The country of Russia has won 7 Olympic gold medals in shooting, 2 in men's 50 meter free pistol and 1 each in men's 25 meter rapid fire pistol, men's 10 meter air rifle, men's 10 meter running target, women's 10 meter air pistol, and women's 50 meter three position small bore rifle.
Shooters from Russia competed for the Soviet Union between 1952-1988 and for the Unified Team in 1992. The Soviet Union won 17 gold medals in shooting and the Unified Team won 5. Of the 17 Soviet Union gold medals 9 were won by Russian born shooters and of the 5 Unified Team gold medals 3 were won by Russian born shooters.
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As of August 18, Canada has won 251 Summer Olympic Medals (57 gold, 88 silver, 106 bronze) and 119 Winter Olympic medals (38 gold, 38 silver, 43 bronze).
Since the International Archery Federation created a standardized set of rules in 1972, South Korea has won the most total medals and most gold medals in Olympic competition.
Since netball is not an Olympic sport, Irene has not won an Olympic gold medal but she has won gold medals at the Netball World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
Mark Spitz, winning 7 medals, then a new record. This record has since been pasted by Alexander Dityatin in 1980 and Michael Phelps in 2004 and 2008; both athletes have won 8 medals in a single Olympics. But Spitz would retain the title of most gold medals until 2008 as Dityatin won 3 gold 5 silver and a bronze in 1980. Phelps won 8 gold medals in a single Olympic game in 2008, which set a new record of most gold medals in a single Olympic.
In the past six Olympic Games (since 1984) China has won two gold medals, and Yugoslavia, the European Unified Team, Russia and India (2008) have won one each.
Since India started participating in the Olympic games in 1900, it has won 9 gold medals, mostly in field hockey. If you mean London Olympic 2012, India didn't won any gold medal so far. Only 2 bronze (shooting and badminton) and 1 silver (shooting).
Nigeria has won 14 gold medals in olympic since 1960.
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As of August 18, Canada has won 251 Summer Olympic Medals (57 gold, 88 silver, 106 bronze) and 119 Winter Olympic medals (38 gold, 38 silver, 43 bronze).
14 medals after the 2012 Olympics.
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Michael Phelps, the swimmer
In the past Russia has always seemed to dominate the Olympics, until this year when they came out with only 3 gold medals. The president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev shockingly said that "if those responsible for preparing the athletes don't resign he will make them". Why do you think, since Russia has moved towards a capitalist country has their Olympic medal count gone down?