At the Beijing Summer Olympics, Australia earned a total of 46 medals: 14 Gold, 15 Silver and 17 Bronze. At the Beijing Paralympics, Australian athletes won 23 Gold, 29 Silver and 27 Bronze - a total of 79 medals.
Australia came 6th on the overall Beijing 2008 medals tally.
USA is leading the all time summer Olympics medal tally with 2188 medals(This does not include medals won at 2008 summer Olympics)
USA had the most medals.
Australia's final tally: 14 gold 15 silver 17 bronze 46 total
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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is 17 gold medals at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.
Australia won 20 medals (6 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze) in swimming at the 2008 Games in Beijing. That was second best of all countries, finishing behind the United States who won 31 swimming medals (12 gold, 9 silver, 10 bronze).
The United States won the most medals (91) and the most gold medals (36) at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
The government agency UK Sport targeted a total of 48 to 70 medals, with a commitment of at least 48, one more than the team won at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and a fourth-place finish in the medal table. The 48 medal target was reached on Day 11 (7 August) and on the same day Great Britain surpassed the Beijing tally of 19 gold medals to make it the most successful Olympic Games for Great Britain since the London Games of 1908. see related link Great Britain won 29 Gold Medals 17 Silver Medals and 19 Bronze Medals for a total of 65 Medals
It is believed that Hubert Van Innis is the best athlete in the sport of archery as he has got the top scores in the Olympics. He has six gold medals, three silver medals and no bronze medals but according to a recent tally he is the best and has nine medals in total and a rating of forty two.
Denmark won 7 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) at the 2008 Games in Beijing.The gold medals were won in sailing and rowing, the silver medals in cycling and canoeing, and the bronze medals in equestrian, rowing, and swimming.