As of Thursday August 21st, the Chinese have 22 bronze, 15 silver, and 46 gold medals. The above paragraph was not written by me. But in the paragraph a bove some person says that china won 46 gold but on another web site it does say that in the 2008 olimics china won 51 gold medals. Belive what u want but neva trust the internet get a book from the library! The second paragraph is written by me miss. s.m.l Thanx so very much xoxox
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8 were won by the women's team (2 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze) and 2 were won by the men's team (1 silver, 1 bronze).
1) Nastia Liukin won 4 individual medals (gold in individual all-around, silver in uneven bars and balance beam, and bronze in floor exercise).
2) Shawn Johnson won 3 individual medals (gold in balance beam, silver in floor exercise and individual all-around).
3) The women's team (Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, Bridget Sloan, Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone, and Samantha Peszek) won silver in team all-around.
4) Jonathan Horton won silver in horizontal bars.
5) The men's team (Jonathan Horton, Sasha Artemev, Justin Spring, Raj Bhavsar, Joey Hagerty, and Kevin Tan) won bronze in team all-around.
USA won 46 gold, 29 silver and 29 bronze with total of 104 medals.
Yes, he is, and he brought home three gold medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics in track. He likewise won three gold medals at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin.
England, being a nation of Great Britain, won 56 Gold medals at their home Olympics in London 1908.
His father attended the Athens Olympics, but is watching Beijing from his home in Baltimore, Maryland.
Canada won 5 medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary Alberta: 2 silver and 3 bronze. They won 26 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.: 14 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze.
The United States took home the most medals, winning 110. The host nation of China won the most gold medals, taking 51.2
The good things the contestants bring home are trophy's and medals. When the Olympics comes to an area, it also increases tourism, sales and revenue. When the Olympics are televised, the ratings of the stations increase, and advertisements command high prices and reach many people.
12 Gold Medals.In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, Germany took home the most total medals and was second best in gold medals (behind Norway at 13 and ahead of the host United States at 11). Also 16 Silver and 8 Bronze
As of the 2008 Games, Ireland has won 20 medals (8 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze) in Summer Olympic competition. The Irish athlete that has won the most Olympic medals is swimmer Michelle Smith who won 4 medals (3 gold, 1 bronze) at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Irish athletes have won 9 medals in boxing (1 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze), 6 in athletics (4 gold, 2 silver), 4 in swimming (3 gold, 1 bronze), and 1 in sailing (1 silver).
No, if you look at the last Olympic Games held in Greece in 2004, the host nation took just 6 gold medals, the country who takes home the most Gold is usually China, Russia or America, these are huge countries with alot of athletes from which to pick the best for their Olympic squad.
In 22 appearances in the Summer Olympics, New Zealand athletes have brought home 77 Olympic medals consisting of 33 Gold, 14 Silver and 30 Bronze.
Japan won 37 medals at the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004. Japan won 16 golds, equaling its highest ever total, recorded on home soil at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. In terms of gold medals the country finished at a highly credible 5th, behind the U.S., China, Russia and Australia. Judo and swimming yielded especially large medal hauls, but Japanese competitors also struck gold in the women's marathon, the men's team gymnastics, the men's hammer and women's freestyle wrestling.