OLYMPICS MEDAL TABLE: U.S. come tops again

The U.S. topped the Olympics medals table for the third successive time after ending the Tokyo Games on Sunday with a best 39 gold, 41 silver and 33 bronze medals.

News Agency of Nigeria • August 8, 2021

Tokyo Olympics

The U.S. topped the Olympics medals table for the third successive time after ending the Tokyo Games on Sunday with a best 39 gold, 41 silver and 33 bronze medals.

American highlights included veteran Alysson Felix winning a gold medal in the 4×400 metres relay and a bronze medal individually to become their most decorated track athlete of all-time.

In the pool, they also had massive success.

This was through freestyle stars Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky, though she was beaten by upcoming Australian Ariarne Titmus in a couple of the shorter races.

China, hosts of the Winter Games in 2022, were second in the table with a 38-32-18 tally while hosts Japan set a national record of 27-14-17.

Great Britain had its least successful Games since Beijing 2008 but was still the top European nation on 22-21-22.

The Russian team – officially competing as neutrals due to a doping ban – were fifth on 20-28-23.

At the other end of the scale, minnows San Marino could celebrate an astonishing three-medal haul (0-1-2) from a delegation containing only five athletes.

Burkina Faso had its first-ever Olympic medallist through triple jumper Hugues Fabrice Zango.

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	39	41	33	113
2	China	38	32	18	88
3	Japan	27	14	17	58
4	Great Britain	22	21	22	65
5	ROC	20	28	23	71
6	Australia	17	7	22	46
7	Netherlands	10	12	14	36
8	France	10	12	11	33
9	Germany	10	11	16	37
10	Italy	10	10	20	40
11	Canada	7	6	11	24
12	Brazil	7	6	8	21
13	New Zealand	7	6	7	20
14	Cuba	7	3	5	15
15	Hungary	6	7	7	20
16	South Korea	6	4	10	20
17	Poland	4	5	5	14
18	Czech Republic	4	4	3	11
19	Kenya	4	4	2	10
20	Norway	4	2	2	8
21	Jamaica	4	1	4	9
22	Spain	3	8	6	17
23	Sweden	3	6	0	9
24	Switzerland	3	4	6	13
25	Denmark	3	4	4	11
26	Croatia	3	3	2	8
27	Iran	3	2	2	7
28	Belgium	3	1	3	7
29	Bulgaria	3	1	2	6
30	Slovenia	3	1	1	5
31	Uzbekistan	3	0	2	5
32	Georgia	2	5	1	8
33	Chinese Taipei	2	4	6	12
34	Turkey	2	2	9	13
35	Serbia	2	1	5	8
36	Uganda	2	1	1	4
37	Ecuador	2	1	0	3
38	Ireland	2	0	2	4
38	Israel	2	0	2	4
40	Greece	2	0	1	3
40	Qatar	2	0	1	3
42	Bahamas	2	0	0	2
42	Kosovo	2	0	0	2
44	Ukraine	1	6	12	19
45	Belarus	1	3	3	7
46	Romania	1	3	0	4
46	Venezuela	1	3	0	4
48	India	1	2	4	7
49	Hong kong	1	2	3	6
50	Philippines	1	2	1	4
50	Slovakia	1	2	1	4
52	South Africa	1	2	0	3
53	Austria	1	1	5	7
54	Egypt	1	1	4	6
55	Indonesia	1	1	3	5
56	Ethiopia	1	1	2	4
56	Portugal	1	1	2	4
58	Tunisia	1	1	0	2
59	Estonia	1	0	1	2
59	Fiji	1	0	1	2
59	Latvia	1	0	1	2
59	Thailand	1	0	1	2
63	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
63	Morocco	1	0	0	1
63	Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1
66	Colombia	0	4	1	5
67	Azerbaijan	0	3	4	7
68	Dominican Republic	0	3	2	5
69	Armenia	0	2	2	4
70	Kyrgyzstan	0	2	1	3
71	Mongolia	0	1	3	4
72	Argentina	0	1	2	3
72	San Marino	0	1	2	5
74	Jordan	0	1	1	2
74	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
74	Nigeria	0	1	1	2
77	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
77	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
77	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
77	North Macedonia	0	1	0	1
77	Namibia	0	1	0	1
77	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
83	Kazakhstan	0	0	8	8
84	Mexico	0	0	4	4
85	Finland	0	0	2	2
86	Botswana	0	0	1	1
86	Burkina Faso	0	0	1	1
86	Ivory coast	0	0	1	1
86	Ghana	0	0	1	1
86	Grenada	0	0	1	1
86	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
86	Moldova	0	0	1	1
86	Syria	0	0	1	1

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