Tuesday, November 2, 2010

OLYMPIC GAMES


S. No.
Year
Place and Host Country
Countries securing first, second and third positions
1.
1896
Athens, Greece
USA, Greece, Germany
2.
1900
Paris, France
France, USA, UK
3.
1904
St. Louis, U.S.A.
USA, Cuba, Germany
4.
1908
London, U.K.
UK, USA, Sweden
5.
1912
Stockholm, Sweden
USA, Sweden, UK
6.
1916
Berlin, Germany
 Abandoned due to World War-I
7.
1920
Antwerp, Belgium
USA, Sweden, UK
8.
1924
Paris, France
USA, Finland, France
9.
1928
Amsterdam, Netherland
USA, Germany, Finland
10.
1932
Los Angles, USA
USA, Italy, France
11.
1936
Berlin, Germany
Germany, USA, Hungary
12.
1940
Helsinki, Finland
Abandoned due to World War-II
13.
1944
London, U.K.
 Abandoned due to World War-II
14.
1948
 London, U.K.
USA, Sweden, France
15.
1952
Helsinki, Finland
USA, USSR, Hungary
16.
1956
Melbourne, Australia
USSR, USA, Australia
17.
1960
Rome, Italy
USSR, USA, Italy
18.
1964
Tokyo, Japan
USA, USSR, Japan
19.
1968
Mexico City, Mexico
USA, USSR, Japan
20.
1972
Munich, W. Germany
USSR, USA, East Germany
21.
1976
Montreal, Canada
USSR, East Germany, USA
22.
1980
Moscow, Russia
USSR, East Germany, Bulgaria
23.
1984
Los Angles, U.S.A.
USA, Rumania, West Germany
24.
1988
Seoul, S. Korea
USSR, East Germany, USA
25.
1992
Barcelona, Spain
CIS, USA, Germany
26.
1996
Atlanta, U.S.A.
USA, Russia, Germany
27.
2000
Sydney, Australia
USA, Russia, Germany
28.
2004
Athens, Greece
USA, China, Russia
29.
2008
Beijing, China
China, USA, Russia
30.
2012
London (UK)
Scheduled

2008 Summer Olympics medal table


Rank↓Nation↓Gold↓Silver↓Bronze↓Total↓
1 China (CHN)512128100
2 United States (USA)363836110
3 Russia (RUS)23212872
4 Great Britain (GBR)19131547
5 Germany (GER)16101541
6 Australia (AUS)14151746
7 South Korea (KOR)1310831
8 Japan (JPN)961025
9 Italy (ITA)891027
10 France (FRA)7161841
11 Ukraine (UKR)751527
12 Netherlands (NED)75416
13 Kenya (KEN)64414
14 Jamaica (JAM)63211
15 Spain (ESP)510318
16 Belarus (BLR)451019[13]
17 Romania (ROU)4138
18 Ethiopia (ETH)4127
19 Canada (CAN)39618
20 Hungary (HUN)35210
21 Poland (POL)36110
22 Norway (NOR)3519
23 Brazil (BRA)34815
24 Czech Republic (CZE)3306
25 New Zealand (NZL)3249
26 Slovakia (SVK)3216
27 Georgia (GEO)3036
28 Cuba (CUB)2111124
29 Kazakhstan (KAZ)24713
30 Denmark (DEN)2237
31 Mongolia (MGL)2204
31 Thailand (THA)2204
33 North Korea (PRK)2136
34 Switzerland (SUI)2057
35 Argentina (ARG)2046
36 Mexico (MEX)2013
37 Turkey (TUR)1438
38 Zimbabwe (ZIM)1304
39 Azerbaijan (AZE)1247
40 Uzbekistan (UZB)1236
41 Slovenia (SLO)1225
42 Bulgaria (BUL)1135
42 Indonesia (INA)1135
44 Finland (FIN)1124
45 Latvia (LAT)1113
46 Belgium (BEL)1102
46 Dominican Republic (DOM)1102
46 Estonia (EST)1102
46 Portugal (POR)1102
50 India (IND)1023
51 Iran (IRI)1012
52 Cameroon (CMR)1001
52 Panama (PAN)1001
52 Tunisia (TUN)1001
55 Sweden (SWE)0415
56 Croatia (CRO)0235
56 Lithuania (LTU)0235
58 Greece (GRE)0224
59 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0202
60 Nigeria (NGR)0134
61 Austria (AUT)0123
61 Ireland (IRL)0123
61 Serbia (SRB)0123
64 Algeria (ALG)0112
64 Bahamas (BAH)0112
64 Colombia (COL)0112
64 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0112
64 Morocco (MAR)0112
64 Tajikistan (TJK)0112
70 Chile (CHI)0101
70 Ecuador (ECU)0101
70 Iceland (ISL)0101
70 Malaysia (MAS)0101
70 South Africa (RSA)0101
70 Singapore (SIN)0101
70 Sudan (SUD)0101
70 Vietnam (VIE)0101
78 Armenia (ARM)0066
79 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0044
80 Afghanistan (AFG)0011
80 Egypt (EGY)0011
80 Israel (ISR)0011
80 Moldova (MDA)0011
80 Mauritius (MRI)0011
80 Togo (TOG)0011
80 Venezuela (VEN)0011
Total302302353957

[edit]Changes in medal standings