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Beijing 2008: Olympic Medals Count & Country Ranking

As of August 25 (Morning)

* First African nations to get on the medals list.

Country	Gold⁺	Silver⁺⁺	Bronze⁺⁺⁺	Total	Ranking
China	51	21	28	100	1
United States	36	38	36	110	2
Russia	23	21	28	72	3
Great Britain	19	13	15	47	4
Australia	14	15	17	46	5
Germany	16	10	15	41	6
France	7	16	17	38	7
South Korea	13	10	8	31	8
Italy	8	10	10	27	9
Japan	9	6	10	25	10
Ukraine	7	5	15	27	11
Canada	3	9	6	18	12
Cuba	2	11	11	24	13
Spain	5	10	3	18	14
Netherlands	7	5	4	16	15
Belarus	4	5	10	19	16
Kenya	5	5	4	14	17
Jamaica	6	3	2	11	18
Brazil	3	4	8	15	19
Poland	3	6	1	10	20
Norway	3	5	2	10	21
Kazakhstan	2	4	7	13	21
Hungary	3	5	2	10	21
Romania	4	1	3	8	24
Ethiopia	4	1	2	7	25
New Zealand	3	1	5	9	25
Czech Republic	3	3	0	6	27
Slovakia	3	2	1	6	28
Turkey	1	4	3	8	28
Denmark	2	2	3	7	30
Georgia	3	0	3	6	31
North Korea	2	1	3	6	32
Azerbaijan	1	2	4	7	32
Thailand	2	2	0	4	34
Uzbekistan	1	2	3	6	34
Mongolia	2	2	0	4	34
Switzerland	2	0	4	6	34
Argentina	2	0	4	6	34
Zimbabwe*	1	3	0	4	39
Slovenia	1	2	2	5	39
Sweden	0	4	1	5	39
Indonesia	1	1	3	5	42
Bulgaria	1	1	3	5	42
Mexico	2	0	1	3	44
Lithuania	0	2	3	5	44
Croatia	0	2	3	5	44
Finland	1	1	2	4	44
Armenia	0	0	6	6	48
Latvia	1	1	1	3	48
Greece	0	2	2	4	48
Estonia	1	1	0	2	51
Portugal	1	1	0	2	51
India	1	0	2	3	51
Nigeria	0	1	3	4	51
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2	51
Belgium	1	1	0	2	51
Iran	1	0	1	2	57
Austria	0	1	2	3	57
Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	0	2	57
Chinese Taipei	0	0	4	4	57
Ireland	0	1	2	3	57
Serbia	0	1	2	3	57
Algeria*	0	1	1	2	63
Columbia	0	1	1	2	63
Kyrgyzstan	0	1	1	2	63
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	63
Panama	1	0	0	1	63
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	63
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	63
Tajikistan	0	1	1	2	63
Bahamas	0	1	1	1	63
Morocco	0	1	1	2	63
Malaysia	0	1	0	1	73
Vietnam	0	1	0	1	73
South Africa	0	1	0	1	73
Singapore	0	1	0	1	73
Chile	0	1	0	1	73
Ecuador	0	1	0	1	73
Sudan	0	1	0	1	73
Iceland	0	1	0	1	73
Togo*	0	0	1	1	81
Egypt	0	0	1	1	81
Afghanistan	0	0	1	1	81
Israel	0	0	1	1	81
Venezuela	0	0	1	1	81
Moldova	0	0	1	1	81
Mauritius	0	0	1	1	81

^{Ranking Formula:

+}One Gold Medal = 3 points
⁺⁺One Silver Medal = 2 points
⁺⁺⁺One Bronze Medal = 1 point

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