How is the olympics won?

Question

Is the country with the most medals considered the winner of the olympics? Or is the country with the most Gold medals the winner of the olympics?

Answer 1

The Olympics are not won.  You can be the leader in a medal count, i.e. gold, overall total, etc.  

The true winners are the athletes that won the medals.  The countries did not win those medals, the athlete did.

Lets get over this "winner" thing.  It makes everyone look petty.

Answer 2

there has never been a winner of the Olympics, you can't "win" it.

there is a medal tally and each country that competed is a winner and uses their medal tally as a performance gauge.