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Before London 2012 The combined list (summer+winter Olympics):

1st Unites States

2nd Soviet Union

3rd Germany

4th Italy

5th France

6th Great Britain

7th East Germany

8th Sweden

9th China

10th Hungary

Well, if you look at the number of Olympic medals in relation to the population of the country, which comes out on top?

1th Finland

2nd Sweden

3rd Hungary

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