(ATR) The United States topped the London 2012 medal table with 104 medals. China, Russia, and Great Britain were the next three countries in total medals with 88, 82, and 65 medals respectively.
The Hosts won 29 gold medals, which was 10 more than they earned in Beijing. The United States earned the most gold medals with 46, compared to 36 in Beijing.
Overall, 85 Nations earned at least one medal. Bahrain, Botswana, Cyprus, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala, and Montenegro won their first Olympic Medals in London.
In total 302 gold medals and 962 total medals were awarded at the London 2012 games.
Country Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1 United States of America 46 29 29 104 2 People's Republic of China 38 27 23 88 3 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82 4 Great Britain 29 17 19 65 5 Germany 11 19 14 44 6 Japan 7 14 17 38 7 Australia 7 16 12 35 8 France 11 11 12 34 9 Republic of Korea 13 8 7 28 10 Italy 8 9 11 28 11 Netherlands 6 6 8 20 12 Ukraine 6 5 9 20 13 Canada 1 5 12 18 14 Hungary 8 4 5 17 15 Spain 3 10 4 17 16 Brazil 3 5 9 17 17 Cuba 5 3 6 14 18 Kazakhstan 7 1 5 13 19 New Zealand 6 2 5 13 20 Islamic Republic of Iran 4 5 3 12 21 Jamaica 4 4 4 12 22 Belarus 2 5 5 12 23 Kenya 2 4 5 11 24 Czech Republic 4 3 3 10 25 Azerbaijan 2 2 6 10 25 Poland 2 2 6 10 27 Romania 2 5 2 9 28 Denmark 2 4 3 9 29 Sweden 1 4 3 8 30 Colombia 1 3 4 8 31 Ethiopia 3 1 3 7 32 Georgia 1 3 3 7 32 Mexico 1 3 3 7 34 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4 0 2 6 35 South Africa 3 2 1 6 36 Croatia 3 1 2 6 37 India 0 2 4 6 38 Turkey 2 2 1 5 39 Lithuania 2 1 2 5 40 Ireland 1 1 3 5 41 Mongolia 0 2 3 5 42 Switzerland 2 2 0 4 43 Norway 2 1 1 4 44 Argentina 1 1 2 4 44 Slovenia 1 1 2 4 44 Serbia 1 1 2 4 47 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 3 4 47 Uzbekistan 1 0 3 4 49 Slovakia 0 1 3 4 50 Tunisia 1 1 1 3 51 Thailand 0 2 1 3 52 Armenia 0 1 2 3 52 Belgium 0 1 2 3 52 Finland 0 1 2 3 55 Dominican Republic 1 1 0 2 56 Latvia 1 0 1 2 57 Egypt 0 2 0 2 58 Bulgaria 0 1 1 2 58 Estonia 0 1 1 2 58 Indonesia 0 1 1 2 58 Malaysia 0 1 1 2 58 Puerto Rico 0 1 1 2 58 Taipei (Chinese Taipei) 0 1 1 2 64 Greece 0 0 2 2 64 Republic of Moldova 0 0 2 2 64 Qatar 0 0 2 2 64 Singapore 0 0 2 2 68 Algeria 1 0 0 1 68 Bahamas 1 0 0 1 68 Grenada 1 0 0 1 68 Uganda 1 0 0 1 68 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 73 Botswana 0 1 0 1 73 Cyprus 0 1 0 1 73 Gabon 0 1 0 1 73 Guatemala 0 1 0 1 73 Montenegro 0 1 0 1 73 Portugal 0 1 0 1 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
Compiled by Aaron Bauer
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