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How The London Olympic Ended. by Cornel88(m): 4:42am On Aug 14, 2012
The much talked about Olympic
has come and gone, with 204
NOCs, approximately 10,500
athletes participated in 302
Events in 26 sports. Only 85
countries won at least one gold
medal. 7 countries made history
by winning their first ever
olympic medal. The countries
includes : Bahrain, Botswana,
Cyprus, Gabon, Grenada,
Guatemala and Montenegro. Of all
the seven countries, Grenada was
the only country to go home with
a gold medal. The host nation,
Great Britain was placed third (29
gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze) in
the medal table below USA (46
gold, 29 silver and 29 bronze)
and China (38 gold, 27 silver and
87 bronze) which ended 1st and
2nd respectively in the medal
standing. Below is how The 2012
Summer Olympic medal table
ended: Olympics Medal Table
Rank
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
United States of America
46
29
29
104
2
People's Republic of China
38
27
23
88
3
Great Britain
29
17
19
65
4
Russian Federation
24
26
32
82
5
Republic of Korea
13
8
7
28
6
Germany
11
19
14
44
7
France
11
11
12
34
8
Italy
8
9
11
28
9
Hungary
8
4
5
17
10
Australia
7
16
12
35
11
Japan
7
14
17
38
12
Kazakhstan
7
1
5
13
13
Netherlands
6
6
8
20
14
Ukraine
6
5
9
20
15
New Zealand
6
2
5
13
16
Cuba
5
3
6
14
17
Islamic Republic of Iran
4
5
3
12
18
Jamaica
4
4
4
12
19
Czech Republic
4
3
3
10
20
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea
4
0
2
6
21
Spain
3
10
4
17
22
Brazil
3
5
9
17
23
South Africa
3
2
1
6
24
Ethiopia
3
1
3
7
25
Croatia
3
1
2
6
26
Belarus
2
5
5
12
27
Romania
2
5
2
9
28
Kenya
2
4
5
11
29
Denmark
2
4
3
9
30
Poland
2
2
6
10
30
Azerbaijan
2
2
6
10
32
Turkey
2
2
1
5
33
Switzerland
2
2
0
4
34
Lithuania
2
1
2
5
35
Norway
2
1
1
4
36
Canada
1
5
12
18
37
Sweden
1
4
3
8
38
Colombia
1
3
4
8
39
Georgia
1
3
3
7
39
Mexico
1
3
3
7
41
Ireland
1
1
3
5
42
Argentina
1
1
2
4
42
Serbia
1
1
2
4
42
Slovenia
1
1
2
4
45
Tunisia
1
1
1
3
46
Dominican Republic
1
1
0
2
47
Uzbekistan
1
0
3
4
47
Trinidad and Tobago
1
0
3
4
49
Latvia
1
0
1
2
50
Venezuela
1
0
0
1
50
Bahamas
1
0
0
1
50
Grenada
1
0
0
1
50
Uganda
1
0
0
1
50
Algeria
1
0
0
1
55
India
0
2
4
6
56
Mongolia
0
2
3
5
57
Thailand
0
2
1
3
58
Egypt
0
2
0
2
59
Slovakia
0
1
3
4
60
Finland
0
1
2
3
60
Belgium
0
1
2
3
60
Armenia
0
1
2
3
63
Indonesia
0
1
1
2
63
Puerto Rico
0
1
1
2
63
Estonia
0
1
1
2
63
Taipei (Chinese Taipei)
0
1
1
2
63
Malaysia
0
1
1
2
63
Bulgaria
0
1
1
2
69
Portugal
0
1
0
1
69
Gabon
0
1
0
1
69
Montenegro
0
1
0
1
69
Cyprus
0
1
0
1
69
Botswana
0
1
0
1
69
Guatemala
0
1
0
1
75
Singapore
0
0
2
2
75
Greece
0
0
2
2
75
Qatar
0
0
2
2
75
Republic of Moldova
0
0
2
2
79
Hong Kong, China
0
0
1
1
79
Bahrain
0
0
1
1
79
Afghanistan
0
0
1
1
79
Kuwait
0
0
1
1
79
Saudi Arabia
0
0
1
1
79
Morocco
0
0
1
1
79
Tajikistan
0
0
1
1

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