Olympic games medal chart

Germany had been promised the games, which were cancelled because of WWI. In the end, all of the usual nations competed. One of the most impressive performances was of athlete Jesse Owens, who won 4 gold medals in the m, m, 4xm relay, and the long jump.

However, Germany did win the overall medal count with the US coming in 2nd. They picked up again in in London for the 2nd time. The United States once again was the leader in the medal count. This time, the Soviet Union won the medal count over the US 98 to The host nation came in 3rd with 35 medals. China did not compete in this Olympics because Taiwan had been allowed to compete. The Soviet Union once again won the medal count beating the US to The host nation came in 4th with 36 medals.

Germany, which was made up of both East and West Germany came in 3rd. The Soviet Union won the medal count again, but only by 6 medals over the US - 96 to The host nation Japan did well and took home 29 medals. With less oxygen in the atmosphere, distance runners had a very hard time and posted slow times.

However, events like the long jump benefitted from less gravity with a world record of 8. Norway has the least number of combined medals among the top ten. Based on the values of the adjusted gold medals represented by the y-axis, the Soviet Union won the most gold medals relative to the number of Olympic games in which they participated, followed by the US and Russia, respectively.

The sizes of the bubbles suggest that the top three countries that won the most medals relative to the number of games they were part of are respectively, the Soviet Union, the US, and Russia. To put it in perspective, by comparing France and China, the latter won fewer total medals overall position on the x-axis.

Tech Blog. Go to your Browser"s Setting's page. Tap on Notifications. Tap on the Block list and find sportskeeda. Tap on sportskeeda. Toss and match updates. Gold Medal. Silver Medal. Bronze Medal. Olympic Medal Tally. United States USA. Great Britain GBR. China CHN. Russia RUS. Germany GER. Japan JPN. France FRA. South Korea KOR. Italy ITA. Australia AUS. Netherlands NED.

Hungary HUN. Brazil BRA. Spain ESP. Kenya KEN. Jamaica JAM. Croatia CRO. Cuba CUB. New Zealand NZL. Canada CAN. Uzbekistan UZB. But hopefully it will also be remembered for the many competitions that will take place. We will show the nations with the most medals, the most successful athletes and much more. Who is in the lead in the Olympic medal table?

In this case we are talking about gold medals. At the end of the Rio Olympics, the nation with the most gold medals at the Summer Olympics was the United States. With , the United States definitely leads the list of nations with the most gold medals at the Olympics.

More than half as many as the USA. In third place is Great Britain with and in fourth place China with gold medals. In the top positions we find many European nations including France with , Italy with and Germany with Again, the calculation of Germany does not include East and West Germany.

Japan, the host nation of the 32nd edition, is also in the top And who won the most gold medals in the first edition in Athens in ? With 14 participating nations, the first edition of the Olympics was still led by the United States, which won 11 gold medals over years ago. In second place was Greece with 10 gold medals and in third place Germany with 6. In the first edition in , 4 nations did not win a single medal gold, silver and bronze.