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Olympic Medals by Country 2024

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Olympic Medals
The Olympic logo or symbol initially used in 1913, consists of five interlaced rings with blue, yellow, black, green and red. These five rings represent five continents in the world which are Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Below list is the collective medals for the countries for both Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. The 10 countries in 2024 with the most Olympic medals are United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, China, Sweden, Australia, Japan, Russia and Norway. Norway was the most medal nation in terms of gold medals of 16 in 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, China.

The Ancient Olympic Games were religious festivals, it was Heracles who first called the Games as "Olympic" or "Olympia", is a site where games are held, in southern Greece. The most widely accepted inception date for the Ancient Olympics is around 776 BC, The Olympics were played of religious importance, some of them even featuring ritual sacrifices honouring Zeus, the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The Olympic Games reached the full length of their success in and around 6th BC. The marathon was NOT an event of the ancient Olympic games. Many of the games are played in naked, The running race known as stadion or stade is the oldest sport played in Ancient Olympics, The race was about 192 metres long. Later wrestling and the pentathlon were introduced in 708 BCE, along with this in the later years Long Jump, Javelin Throw, Discus Throw, a Footrace, Boxing, Chariot racing were conducted. In the early centuries all the contests took place on one day, later due to popularity the Games were spread over four days. The Games were gradually declined during 393 AD as the Romans gained power in Greece.

Below is the list of Olympic Medals by country till 2024:

CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal Medals
United States1,1659438262,934
Great Britain296323331950
Germany293295307895
France259286330875
Italy257224261742
China275227194696
Sweden205222234661
Australia169178215562
Japan183172200555
Russia196165186547
Norway194176161531
Canada144173208525
Hungary182156180518
Finland144148180472
Netherlands140149163452
Switzerland109124126359
South Korea127116114357
Austria84116128328
Poland7996145320
Romania9097122309
Cuba846982235
Bulgaria559085230
Denmark487979206
Spain497252173
Czechoslovakia515760168
Belgium455860163
Brazil374271150
Ukraine383772147
New Zealand533453140
Greece354541121
Kenya354236113
Turkey412637104
Belarus213547103
Czech Republic28323898
South Africa27332989
Jamaica26362587
Yugoslavia26322987
Kazakhstan16253980
Argentina21263077
Iran24232976
Mexico13243572
Ethiopia23122358
North Korea16172457
Croatia18191552
Azerbaijan7142849
Slovenia10142145
Estonia14111843
Georgia10121840
Slovakia1318940
Egypt8111938
Indonesia8141537
Uzbekistan1162037
Taiwan7111836
India1091635
Ireland11101435
Thailand1081735
Colombia5131634
Latvia5141130
Mongolia2111730
Portugal591428
Nigeria3111327
Lithuania671326
Morocco751224
Serbia671124
Trinidad and Tobago351119
Venezuela37919
Armenia28818
Algeria54817
Bahamas82616
Tunisia53715
Philippines15814
Chile27413
Israel31913
Malaysia08513
Dominican Republic35412
Uganda44311
Liechtenstein22610
Pakistan33410
Puerto Rico22610
Uruguay22610
Hong Kong2349
Serbia and Montenegro2439
Qatar2248
Zimbabwe3418
Kyrgyzstan0347
Cameroon3126
Moldova0246
Ecuador3205
Ghana0145
Luxembourg2305
Namibia0505
Singapore1225
Vietnam1315
Bahrain2204
Bohemia0134
Costa Rica1124
Ivory Coast1124
Iceland0224
Lebanon0224
Peru1304
Saudi Arabia0224
Syria1124
Tajikistan1124
Fiji2013
Grenada1113
Jordan1113
Kosovo3003
Kuwait0033
Panama1023
San Marino0123
Afghanistan0022
Bermuda1012
Botswana0112
Burundi1102
Haiti0112
Mozambique1012
Niger0112
North Macedonia0112
Sri Lanka0202
Suriname1012
Tanzania0202
United Arab Emirates1012
Zambia0112
Barbados0011
Burkina Faso0011
Cyprus0101
Djibouti0011
Eritrea0011
Gabon0101
Guatemala0101
Guyana0011
Iraq0011
Mauritius0011
Montenegro0101
Paraguay0101
Samoa0101
Senegal0101
Sudan0101
Togo0011
Tonga0101
Turkmenistan0101
Virgin Islands0101

Summer Olympics Medals by Country

The Summer Olympic Games are a popular international multi-sport event generally held once every four years. It started in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and the most recently Summer Olympics happened in Tokyo Japan. The 2028 Summer Olympics also known as Los Angeles 2028 is a forthcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, California. Below is the list of Summer Olympics Medals by Country.

CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal Medals
United States1,0608317382,629
Great Britain285319314918
Germany201207247655
France223251277751
Italy217188213618
China262199173634
Sweden148176179503
Australia164173210547
Japan169150178497
Russia149126151426
Norway625150163
Canada71109146326
Hungary181154176511
Finland10185119305
Netherlands95105122322
Switzerland537974206
South Korea9691100287
Austria20354196
Poland7289137298
Romania9097121308
Cuba846982235
Bulgaria548882224
Denmark487879205
Spain487249169
Czechoslovakia494945143
Belgium445657157
Brazil374271150
Ukraine353668139
New Zealand533351137
Greece354541121
Kenya354236113
Turkey412637104
Belarus13304285
Czech Republic19212767
South Africa27332989
Jamaica26362587
Yugoslavia26292883
Kazakhstan15223572
Argentina21263077
Iran24232976
Mexico13243572
Ethiopia23122358
North Korea16162355
Croatia14131441
Azerbaijan7142849
Slovenia891128
Estonia1091736
Georgia10121840
Slovakia1014832
Egypt8111938
Indonesia8141537
Uzbekistan1062036
Taiwan7111836
India1091635
Ireland11101435
Thailand1081735
Colombia5131634
Latvia411621
Mongolia2111730
Portugal591428
Nigeria3111327
Lithuania671326
Morocco751224
Serbia671124
Trinidad and Tobago351119
Venezuela37919
Armenia28818
Algeria54817
Bahamas82616
Tunisia53715
Philippines15814
Chile27413
Israel31913
Malaysia08513
Dominican Republic35412
Uganda44311
Pakistan33410
Puerto Rico22610
Uruguay22610
Hong Kong2349
Serbia and Montenegro2439
Qatar2248
Zimbabwe3418
Kyrgyzstan0347
Cameroon3126
Moldova0246
Ecuador3205
Ghana0145
Luxembourg2103
Namibia0505
Singapore1225
Vietnam1315
Bahrain2204
Bohemia0134
Costa Rica1124
Ivory Coast1124
Iceland0224
Lebanon0224
Peru1304
Saudi Arabia0224
Syria1124
Tajikistan1124
Fiji2013
Grenada1113
Jordan1113
Kosovo3003
Kuwait0033
Panama1023
San Marino0123
Afghanistan0022
Bermuda1012
Botswana0112
Burundi1102
Haiti0112
Mozambique1012
Niger0112
North Macedonia0112
Sri Lanka0202
Suriname1012
Tanzania0202
United Arab Emirates1012
Zambia0112
Barbados0011
Burkina Faso0011
Cyprus0101
Djibouti0011
Eritrea0011
Gabon0101
Guatemala0101
Guyana0011
Iraq0011
Mauritius0011
Montenegro0101
Paraguay0101
Samoa0101
Senegal0101
Sudan0101
Togo0011
Tonga0101
Turkmenistan0101
Virgin Islands0101

Winter Olympics Medals by Country

The Winter Olympic Games is a popular international multi-sport event held once in every four years for sports mainly played on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games was celebrated in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, will take place between 4 and 20 February 2022. Below is the total list of Winter Olympics Medals by Country wise.

CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal Medals
United States10511288305
Great Britain1141732
Germany928860240
France363553124
Italy403648124
China13282162
Sweden574655158
Australia55515
Japan14222258
Russia473935121
Norway132125111368
Canada736462199
Hungary1247
Finland436361167
Netherlands454441130
Switzerland564552153
South Korea31251470
Austria648187232
Poland77822
Romania0011
Bulgaria1236
Denmark0101
Spain1034
Czechoslovakia281525
Belgium1236
Ukraine3148
New Zealand0123
Belarus85518
Czech Republic9111131
Yugoslavia0314
Kazakhstan1348
North Korea0112
Croatia46111
Slovenia251017
Estonia4217
Slovakia3418
Uzbekistan1001
Latvia1359
Liechtenstein22610
Luxembourg0202

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