Looks like the IOC will need to add more badminton and table tennis to the Olympic program, to help the Chinese catch up some more.
LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The United States led the Olympic
medal standings after the final day of the London Games on
Sunday.
Results Table
Rank* Country G S B Total
1. U.S. 46 29 29 104
2. China 38 27 22 87
3. Britain 29 17 19 65
4. Russia 24 25 33 82
5. South 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. Cuba 5 3 6 14
16. New Zealand 5 3 5 13
17. Iran 4 5 3 12
18. Jamaica 4 4 4 12
19. Czech Republic 4 3 3 10
20. North Korea 4 0 2 6
21. Spain 3 10 4 17
22. Brazil 3 5 9 17
23. Belarus 3 5 5 13
24. South Africa 3 2 1 6
25. Ethiopia 3 1 3 7
26. Croatia 3 1 2 6
27. Romania 2 5 2 9
28. Kenya 2 4 5 11
29. Denmark 2 4 3 9
30. Azerbaijan 2 2 6 10
30=. Poland 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. Serbia 1 1 2 4
42=. Argentina 1 1 2 4
42=. Slovenia 1 1 2 4
45. Tunisia 1 1 1 3
46. Dominican Republic 1 1 0 2
47. Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 3 4
47=. Uzbekistan 1 0 3 4
49. Latvia 1 0 1 2
50. Algeria 1 0 0 1
50=. Bahamas 1 0 0 1
50=. Grenada 1 0 0 1
50=. Uganda 1 0 0 1
50=. Venezuela 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. Armenia 0 1 2 3
60=. Belgium 0 1 2 3
60=. Finland 0 1 2 3
63. Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
63=. Estonia 0 1 1 2
63=. Indonesia 0 1 1 2
63=. Malaysia 0 1 1 2
63=. Puerto Rico 0 1 1 2
63=. Taiwan 0 1 1 2
69. Botswana 0 1 0 1
69=. Cyprus 0 1 0 1
69=. Gabon 0 1 0 1
69=. Guatemala 0 1 0 1
69=. Montenegro 0 1 0 1
69=. Portugal 0 1 0 1
75. Greece 0 0 2 2
75=. Moldova 0 0 2 2
75=. Qatar 0 0 2 2
75=. Singapore 0 0 2 2
79. Afghanistan 0 0 1 1
79=. Bahrain 0 0 1 1
79=. Hong Kong 0 0 1 1
79=. Saudi Arabia 0 0 1 1
79=. Kuwait 0 0 1 1
79=. Morocco 0 0 1 1
79=. Tajikistan 0 0 1 1
Total 302 304 356 962
G = Gold
S = Silver
B = Bronze
(*Rank by Gold)
()
I did not see an American boxing champion.
Lot of East Europeans.
The result of the increased popularity of MMA?
China needs agility and skill competitions rather than pure athetlic competitions to catch up.
It was a good Olympics to watch. I think NBC did a good job with the coverage but I would have liked to have seen more of the world’s athletes in the individual competitions. It was heavily focused on the U.S.
Last night Tom Brokaw did a long documentary on Churchill and England from 1940 to 1945. It was a very good documentary but it took a lot of time from the events.
I sure do miss the days of ABC’s Wide World of Sports. The thrill of victory and the agony of (that guy falling during the ski event) defeat.
That pic looks very USA. Who came up with the ugly medals ceremony uniforms. Gray?
That’s all fine and dandy but what about track and field events? Who took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the decathalon?
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 930 | 730 | 638 | 2,298 |
| 2 | USSR (URS) (1952-1988) | 395 | 319 | 296 | 1,010 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 207 | 255 | 253 | 715 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 191 | 212 | 233 | 636 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 190 | 158 | 174 | 522 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) (1896-1952 & 1992-present) | 163 | 163 | 203 | 529 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 163 | 117 | 106 | 386 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 159 | 140 | 159 | 458 |
| 9 | East Germany (GDR) (1968-1988) | 153 | 129 | 127 | 409 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 142 | 160 | 173 | 475 |
| 11 | Australia (AUS) | 131 | 137 | 164 | 432 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 123 | 112 | 125 | 360 |
| 13 | Russia (RUS) (1996-present) | 108 | 97 | 110 | 315 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 101 | 83 | 115 | 299 |
| 15 | Romania (ROM) | 86 | 89 | 116 | 291 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 71 | 79 | 96 | 246 |
| 17 | South Korea (KOR) | 68 | 74 | 73 | 215 |
| 18 | Cuba (CUB) | 67 | 64 | 63 | 194 |
| 19 | Poland (POL) | 62 | 80 | 118 | 261 |
| 20 | Canada (CAN) | 58 | 94 | 108 | 260 |
| 21 | West Germany (FRG) (1968-1988) | 56 | 67 | 81 | 204 |
| 22 | Norway (NOR) | 54 | 48 | 43 | 145 |
| 23 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 51 | 84 | 77 | 212 |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) (1920-1992) | 49 | 49 | 45 | 143 |
| 25 | Switzerland (SUI) | 45 | 70 | 65 | 180 |
| 26 | Unified Team (EUN) [2] | 45 | 38 | 29 | 112 |
| 27 | Denmark (DEN) | 41 | 63 | 66 | 170 |
| 28 | Belgium (BEL) | 37 | 51 | 51 | 139 |
| 29 | Turkey (TUR) | 37 | 23 | 22 | 82 |
| 30 | New Zealand (NZL) | 36 | 15 | 35 | 86 |
| 31 | Spain (ESP) | 34 | 49 | 30 | 113 |
| 32 | Greece (GRE) | 30 | 42 | 36 | 108 |
| 33 | United Team of Germany (EUA) (1956-1964) | 28 | 54 | 36 | 118 |
| 34 | Yugoslavia (YUG) (1920-2000 except 1992) | 28 | 31 | 31 | 90 |
| 35 | Ukraine (UKR) (1996-present) | 28 | 22 | 46 | 96 |
| 36 | Kenya (KEN) | 22 | 29 | 24 | 75 |
| 37 | Brazil (BRA) | 20 | 25 | 46 | 91 |
| 38 | South Africa (RSA) | 20 | 24 | 26 | 70 |
| 39 | Austria (AUT) | 18 | 33 | 35 | 86 |
| 40 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 18 | 6 | 14 | 38 |
| 41 | Argentina (ARG) | 17 | 23 | 26 | 66 |
| 42 | Jamaica (JAM) | 13 | 24 | 16 | 53 |
| 43 | Mexico (MEX) | 12 | 18 | 25 | 55 |
| 44 | Iran (IRI) | 11 | 15 | 22 | 48 |
| 45 | Belarus (BLR) (1996-present) | 10 | 20 | 36 | 66 |
| 46 | North Korea (PRK) | 10 | 12 | 19 | 41 |
| 47 | Czech Republic (CZE) (1996-present) | 10 | 12 | 11 | 33 |
| 48 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) (1996-present) | 9 | 16 | 14 | 39 |
| 49 | Estonia (EST) (1996-present) | 9 | 8 | 14 | 31 |
| 50 | India (IND) | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 51 | Ireland (IRL) | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 52 | Mixed team (ZZX) (1896-1904) | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 53 | Slovakia (SVK) (1996-present) | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 54 | Egypt (EGY) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 55 | Thailand (THA) | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 56 | Indonesia (INA) | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
| 57 | Morocco (MAR) | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 58 | Georgia (GEO) (1996-present) | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 59 | Portugal (POR) | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 60 | Uzbekistan (UZB) (1996-present) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 61 | Lithuania (LTU) (1992-present) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 62 | Azerbaijan (AZE) (1996-present) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 63 | Algeria (ALG) | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 64 | Croatia (CRO) (1992-present) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 65 | Slovenia (SLO) (1992-present) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 66 | Australasia (ANZ) (1908-1912) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 67 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 68 | Bahamas (BAH) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Pakistan (PAK) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 70 | Cameroon (CMR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 71 | Latvia (LAT) (1992-present) | 2 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 72 | Nigeria (NGR) | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| 73 | Mongolia (MGL) | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 74 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 75 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 76 | Uruguay (URU) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 77 | Tunisia (TUN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 78 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 80 | Russian Empire (RUL) (1900-1912) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 81 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 82 | Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 83 | Peru (PER) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 84 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 85 | Armenia (ARM) (1996-present) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 86 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 87 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 88 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 89 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hong Kong (HKG) (1952-present) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 92 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 93 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Suriname (SUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 95 | Burundi (BDI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bahrain (BRN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 98 | Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 99 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 100 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 101 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 104 | Serbia Montenegro (SCG) (2004) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 108 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 109 | Bohemia (BOH) (1900-1912) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 111 | Independent Olympic Participant (IOP) (1992) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) (1996-present) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Serbia (SRB) (2008-present) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 114 | Haiti (HAI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 119 | Côte d'Ivoire (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paraguay (PAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tonga (TGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Virgin Islands (ISV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 126 | British West Indies (BWI) (1960) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 122 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Eritrea (ERI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Macedonia (MKD) (1996-present) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mauritius (MRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Niger (NIG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Togo (TOG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 4505 | 4473 | 4773 | 13751 |
How can women have abs like that and not be on steroids?
Not to diminish a great medal count, but how much of this dominance is simply the result of the U.S. competing in a lot of events where few other countries even field serious competitors? I mean, how does anyone keep a straight face on the medal stand after winning a medal in beach volleyball?
???
closing ceremony on right now
it’s like a bad half time show
really bad
I’m embarrassed for all of western ‘culture’
> Olympics 2012: Medal Count Proves US Is Still World’s Most
> Dominant Athletic Country
When is Obama going to apologize to the world for this?
All of this without the “benefit” of government funding.
Yea but none of them won their medals on their own. As dear leader would say, “You didn’t win that”...
Those Olympians who skedaddled out of London and skipped the closing ceremony did the right thing. We briefly tuned in, and it was awful. What they lacked in creativity, they made up for with the worst caterwauling ever.
But in the really athletic sports, such as badminton, table tennis, checkers, log rolling, etc., how did we do? Inquiring minds at ESPN need to know to fill in their Fall schedule.
Americans are often snidely ridiculed by foreigners for being fat. And a lot of us are. But at least our athletes and our military are lean and mean.
I love it!!! That’ll teach all those freedom haters (including BO and his Rats). USA USA!!!!!!
Weighted Final Rankings
Rank Total Points
1 United States 296
2 China 276
3 Russia 178
4 Great Britain 146
5 Germany 109
6 France 87
7 South Korea 81
8 Australia 79
9 Japan 79
10 Italy 59
11 Hungary 55
12 Netherlands 46
13 Ukraine 33
14 Spain 33
15 Kazakhstan 33
16 Cuba 30
17 Brazil 28
18 New Zealand 27
19 Iran 27
20 Jamaica 26
21 Belarus 26
22 Canada 25
23 Czech Republic 24
24 North Korea 23
25 South Africa 22
26 Ethoipia 21
27 Croatia 19
Congratulations China and my native country Great Britain.
Commiserations to Canada women's soccer team.
I thought the closing ceremonies were trying to be bigger than the games themselves. Not to be too critical though. Would have preferred a quiet Guinness in London pub myself,had I been in London.