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2008 Olympic Medal Count |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| COUNTRY | ||||
| United States | 26 | 28 | 28 | 82 |
| China | 45 | 14 | 20 | 79 |
| South Korea | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| Japan | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| North Korea | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Cool graph!
I have found a widget that can show medals per inhabitants and medals per million dollar GDP, in addition to medals per country.
I think this widget adds another angle to the discussion of “who is winning the Olympics”
Check it out:
http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/48abc6bc903b61d0
James
cool graph, but still inaccurate. :)
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