2012 London Olympics: United States Dominates Medal Standings

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LONDON, England, August 4. THE United States dominated the medal standings in swimming at the 2012 London Olympics with 30 of the 96 total medals going to Americans. Meanwhile, half (16/32) of the gold medals went to Team USA.

Nation — Total (g,s,b,) — Ranked by gold medals
1 – USA — 30 (16, 8, 6)
2 – China — 10 (5, 2, 3)
3 — France — 7 (4, 2, 1)
4 — Netherlands — 4 (2, 1, 1)
5 — South Africa — 3 (2, 1, 0)
6 — Australia — 10 (1, 6, 3)
7 — Hungary — 2 (1, 0, 1)
8 — Lithuania — 1 (1, 0, 0)
9 — Japan — 11 (0, 3, 8)
10 — Russia — 4 (0, 2, 2,)
11 — Belarus — 2 (0, 2, 0)
11 — Spain — 2 (0, 2, 0)
11 — South Korea — 2 (0, 2, 0)
14 — Great Britain — 3 (0, 1, 2)
15 — Brazil — 2 (0 , 1, 1)
15 — Canada — 2 (0, 1, 1)
17 — Tunisia — 1 (0, 0, 1)

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