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Olympic Medal Count: The Tally So Far

China leads so far in gold medals in 2012 Summer Olympics in London, while the United States and China are tied for first in total medals. Japan ranks third in total medals, and France ranks third in gold as of early this morning, Wednesday.

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The Olympics competition pits not just individuals against each other but also nations.

So far China has been pulling in the most gold medals (13) with three each in diving, swimming and weight-lifting, two in shooting, and one each in fencing and gymnastics. China has 18 total medals so far, same as the United States. 

Team USA currently ranks second in gold medals (9) with six in swimming, two in shooting and one in gymastics.

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The host nation, Great Britain, has yet to win a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics, though it has two silver and two bronze.

Here is the Olympic medal count as of 1 a.m. Pacific time today, Wednesday, Aug. 1, according to the official London Olympics Web site. 

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RankCountry GoldSilverBronze Total 1 People's Republic of China 13 6 4 23 2 United States of America 9 8 6 23 3 France 4 3 4 11 4 Republic of Korea 3 2 3 8 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3 0 1 4 6 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 7 Italy 2 4 2 8 8 Germany 2 3 1 6 9 Russian Federation 2 2 4 8 10 South Africa 2 0 0 2 11 Japan 1 4 8 13 12 Australia 1 3 2 6 13 Romania 1 2 2 5 14 Brazil 1 1 1 3 14 Hungary 1 1 1 3 16 Netherlands 1 1 0 2 17 Ukraine 1 0 2 3 18 Georgia 1 0 0 1 18 Lithuania 1 0 0 1 18 Slovenia 1 0 0 1 21 Great Britain 0 2 2 4 22 Colombia 0 2 0 2 22 Mexico 0 2 0 2 24 Indonesia 0 1 1 2 25 Cuba 0 1 0 1 25 Denmark 0 1 0 1 25 Egypt 0 1 0 1 25 Poland 0 1 0 1 25 Sweden 0 1 0 1 25 Thailand 0 1 0 1 25 Taipei (Chinese Taipei) 0 1 0 1 32 Canada 0 0 4 4 33 Slovakia 0 0 2 2 34 Azerbaijan 0 0 1 1 34 Belgium 0 0 1 1 34 India 0 0 1 1 34 Republic of Moldova 0 0 1 1 34 Mongolia 0 0 1 1 34 Norway 0 0 1 1 34 New Zealand 0 0 1 1 34 Qatar 0 0 1 1 34 Serbia 0 0 1 1 34 Uzbekistan 0 0 1

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Olympians of El Cerrito

Meanwhile, if you like to read about El Cerrito connections to the Olympics, here are links to the the articles in our  series:

  • July 1, , who represented the U.S. in judo at the Beijing Olympics four years ago
  • July 2, Sayaka Matsumoto's  of participating in the Beijing Olympics in 2008
  • July 24, profile of Teri McKeever, who's now in London as the first woman in history to be head coach of the US Olympics women's swim team
  • July 25, , who ran for Taiwan in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
  • July 27, , bronze-medal winner who competed in four Olympics – two for Hungary and two for the United States – and served on the U.S. Olympic Committee

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