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Olympic Medal Count: Team USA Takes First Place
Team USA won big at the 2012 Olympics in London, overtaking China for total medals and golds. Here's the final medal count. What was your favorite moment of the games?
The final 2012 Olympics medal count is in and Team USA pulled ahead of China and grabbed the top spot. The American Olympians leave Great Britain with 104 medals total, 46 of which are gold.
Team China came in second with a total of 87 medals, 38 of which are gold.
The host nation, Great Britain, won 65 medals in the 2012 Olympics, including 29 golds.
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Here is the final Olympic medal count.
Rank by Gold Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States of America 46 29 29 104 2 People's Republic of China 38 27 22 87 3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65 4 Russian Federation 24 25 33 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 Cuba 5 3 6 14 16 New Zealand 5 3 5 13 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 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 Argentina 1 1 2 4 42 Slovenia 1 1 2 4 42 Serbia 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 Taipei (Chinese Taipei) 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 Republic of 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, China 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
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