Olympic Games
London 2012
Georgia put politics aside to participate at Winter Games
03/05 16:13 CET
Georgia announced this week it will participate in the next year’s Winter Olympics in neighbouring Russia despite lingering resentment about the brief war between the countries almost five years ago. Some members of President Mikhail Saakashvili’s party strongly backed a boycott of the Games but the Georgian National Olympic Committee on Thursday voted…
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25/03 17:56 CETCarl Lewis takes a trip down memory lane in Tokyo
Nine-times Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis said this week he hoped…
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25/03 17:12 CETThe IOC visit Istanbul
The International Olympic Committee continued their visit of Istanbul…
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18/03 22:04 CETIOC visit Madrid
After concluding its visit of Tokyo the International Olympic Committee…
- 04/03 - IOC begins Tokyo inspection
- 22/02 - German wrestling association shocked as wrestling falls out of Games
- 13/02 - Japan floored by Olympic decision
- 12/02 - Wrestling out of 2020 Olympics
- 08/02 - Russia: Putin throws official out in the cold ahead of Winter Olympics
- 07/02 - Tickets go on sale for Sochi Winter Olympics
- 07/02 - Rubles roll for Sochi Olympics
- 06/02 - Migrant workers abused at Sochi Winter Olympic sites
- 14/11 - Open for Olympic business
- 26/09 - Hot. Cool. Yours. Sochi’s slogan for the 2014 Winter Olympics
- 13/08 - The Olympics as an economic measuring stick
- 13/08 - London Olympics 2012: the ups and downs of the medal table
- 13/08 - Don’t stop them now
- 13/08 - The final day of London 2012 and no let-up in the drama
- 12/08 - London 2012 Day 15: Bolt does the double – triple
- 11/08 - Olympics Day 14: British sailors scoop silver
- 10/08 - London 2012: Bolt wins double-double
- 09/08 - London 2012: Clean sweep for China on day twelve
- 08/08 - The Olympics is ready for Rio, but is the city?
- 08/08 - London 2012: Britain surpasses Beijing medals haul
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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Brazil's stadiums ready for World Cup soccer warm-up in June
20/05/2013, By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took a swipe…
O'Connell relishing unexpected Lions return
20/05/2013, By Padraic Halpin MAYNOOTH, Ireland (Reuters) – When Paul O’Connell played his first 80…
'Special One' Mourinho retains hunger for success
20/05/2013, By Justin Palmer LONDON (Reuters) – Intensely irritating to some, hugely entertaining to…
Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of season
20/05/2013, By Iain Rogers MADRID (Reuters) – Jose Mourinho will quit Real Madrid at the end of the…
Grasshoppers win Swiss Cup, end 10-year trophy drought
20/05/2013, BERNE (Reuters) – Grasshoppers, Switzerland’s most successful club, ended their…
- 20/05/2013 - Gatland says Aussie squad predictable, no Wilkinson u-turn
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Medal count
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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 |




