Olympic Games
London 2012
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London 2012 Special features
the New Media team at euronews has traced the history of the Olympics, with photos, videos and text, in the timeline below. we also looked at how many medals each country has won since the Games began, calculating an average of how many medals per Games. We also looked at the relationship between a country's medal success and its population and GDP. Feel free to have a play with our interactive medal table!
You can also read our in-depth report: What does it take to win al Olympic medal?
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England reach final after another South Africa collapse19/06/2013, LONDON (Reuters) – Hosts England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South…
Neymar a little on the light side, Barca doctor says19/06/2013, BARCELONA (Reuters) – Brazil forward Neymar is on the light side and might need to bulk…
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Juventus sign Ghana midfielder Asamoah from Udinese19/06/2013, By Terry Daley ROME (Reuters) – Juventus have bought Ghana international Kwadwo Asamoah…
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Medal count
| Countries |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S.A. | 46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| China | 38 | 27 | 22 | 87 |
| Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| Russia | 24 | 25 | 33 | 82 |
| South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| Germany | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
| France | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| Italy | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| Hungary | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| Australia | 7 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| Japan | 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| Cuba | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| Iran | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| North Korea | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| Brazil | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| Belarus | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Romania | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Kenya | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| Denmark | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Turkey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Canada | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| Sweden | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Colombia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Mexico | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Georgia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grenada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Thailand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Egypt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Armenia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Finland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Botswana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
