Olympics

Olympics

At 08/08/2008 at 8 O’clock we witnessed the beginning of the most successful and brilliant Olympic games in history brilliant athletes from all over the world.


Despite the worries there were no boycotts and only one country failed to attend due to some ‘form’ errors and deadlines

No matter what way you look at it China was amazing! The hosting was fantastic and there performance was remarkable

I will rate the scores for the top ten in 3 methods

1) Gold’s

2) Most medals

3) Points (gold=3 points, silver=2 points, bronze=1 point)

I will list Olympic games, Paralympics and there join score for the overall Olympic score table

Overall Olympic Games

(joining Olympics with the Paralympics)

Gold’s

#1 – China – 140

#2 – USA – 72

#3 – Great Britain – 61

#4 – Russia – 41

#5 – Australia -37

#6 – Ukraine – 31

#7 – Germany – 30

#8 – South Korea – 23

#9 – Canada – 22

#10 – South Africa – 21

#10 – Spain – 20

#11(joint) – France – 19

#11(joint) – Brazil – 19

#13 – Japan – 14

#14(joint) –Mexico – 12

#14 (joint)–Netherlands – 12

#16 – Italy – 12

List by number of total medals

#1 – China - 311

#2 – USA – 209

#3 – Great Britain – 149

#4 – Russia – 135

#5 – Australia – 125

#6 – Ukraine – 101

#7 – Germany - 100

#8 – Spain – 76

#9 – France – 72

#10 – Canada – 68

#11(joint) – South Korea – 62

#11 – (joint) – Brazil – 62

#12 – Italy – 46

#13 – Poland – 40

#14 – Netherlands – 38

#15 – Czech Republic – 33

#16 – South Africa – 31

List by points

#1 – China – 682 (G=420, S=182, B=80)

#2 – USA– 383 (G=216, S=146, B=21)

#3 – Great Britain – 313 (G=183, S=84, B=46)

#4 – Russia – 261 (G=123, S=88, B=50)

#5 – Australia – 243 (G=111, S=88, B=44)

#6 – Germany – 195 (G=90, S=70, B=35)

#7 – Ukraine – 186 (G=93, S=46, B=47)

#8 – France – 167 (G=57, S=74, B=36)

#9 – Spain – 147 (G=60, S=62, B=25)

#10 – Canada – 131 (G=66, S=38, B=27)

#11 – South Korea – 126 (G=69, S=36, B=21)

#12 – Brazil – 118 (G=57, S=36, B=25)

#13 – Japan – 100 (G=42, S=20, B=18)

#14 – Italy – 87 (G=36, S=84, B=17)

#15(joint) – Netherlands – 77 (G=36, S=30, B=11)

#15(joint) – South Africa – 77(G=63, S=8, B=6)

#17 – Poland – 74 (G=24, S=36, B=14)

#18 – Czech Republic – 57 (G=27, S=12, B=18)

#19 – Kenya – 51 (G=30, S=16, B=5)

#20 – Mexico – 50 (G=36, S=6, B=8)

Olympic Games

Gold’s

#1 – China – 51

#2 – USA – 36

#3 – Russia – 23

#4 – Great Britain – 19

#5 – Germany – 16

#6 – Australia -14

#7 – South Korea – 13

#8 – Japan – 9

#9 – Italy – 8

#10 – France – 7

List by number of total medals

#1 – USA – 110

#2 – China – 100

#3 – Russia – 72

#4 – Great Britain – 47

#5 – Australia – 46

#6 – Germany - 41

#7 – France – 40

#8 – South Korea – 31

#9 – Italy – 28

#10 – Ukraine – 27

#11 – Japan – 25

List by points

#1 – China – 223 (G=153, S=42, B=28)

#2 – USA – 220 (G=108, S=76, B=36)

#3 – Russia – 139 (G=69, S=42, B=28)

#4 – Great Britain – 98 (G=57, S=26, B=15)

#5 –Australia – 89 (G=42, S=30, B=17)

#6 –Germany – 83 (G=48, S=20, B=15)

#7 – France– 70 (G=21, S=32, B=17)

#8 – South Korea – 67 (G=39, S=20, B=8)

#9 – Italy – 54 (G=24, S=20, B=10)

#10 –Japan – 49 (G=27, S=12, B=10)

Paralympic Games

Gold’s

#1 – China – 89

#2 – Great Britain – 42

#3 – USA – 36

#4 – Ukraine – 24

#5 – Australia-23

#6 – South Africa – 21

#7 – Canada – 19

#8 – Russia – 18

#9 – Brazil – 16

#10 – Spain – 15

List by number of total medals

#1 – China – 211

#2 – Great Britain – 102

#3 – USA – 99

#4 – Australia – 79

#5 – Ukraine – 74

#6 – Russia – 63

#7 – Germany – 59

#8 – Spain – 58

#9 – France – 52

#10 – Canada – 50

List by points

#1 – China – 459 (G=267, S=140, B=52)

#2 – Great Britain – 225 (G=126, S=78, B=21)

#3 – USA– 114 (G=108, S=70, B=36)

#4 – Australia – 154 (G=69, S=58, B=21)

#5 – Spain – 139 (G=45, S=42, B=52)

#6 – Ukraine – 130 (G=72, S=36, B=22)

#7 – Russia – 122 (G=54, S=26, B=22)

#8 – Germany – 112 (G=42, S=50, B=20)

#9 – Canada – 98 (G=57, S=20, B=21)

#10 – France – 97 (G=36, S=42, B=19)