what country won the most gold medals in the 2012 summer olympics?
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Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 46, and the most overall, with 104.
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Norway finished with the most medals of any of the 92 countries to compete, with Germany coming in second with 31 medals and Canada taking third with 29. Despite a lackluster start, the United States finished fourth in the medal count with 23 — nine of which were gold.
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The United States has hosted the Summer Olympic Games four times: the 1904 Games was held in St. Louis, Missouri; the 1932 and 1984 Games were both held in Los Angeles, California, and the 1996 Games were held in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The United States has won a total of 31 medals in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics - 14 gold, seven silver, and 10 bronze medals.
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['Finland: 17,904 people per medal (302 medals, population: 5,407,040)', 'Sweden: 19,649 people per medal (483 medals, population: 9,490,683)', 'Hungary: 20,792 people per medal (475 medals, population: 9,962,000)']
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Michael Phelps won 28 Olympic medals, the most ever. He won 23 gold medals, the most ever.
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All-time medal table Winter Olympic Games 1924-2018, by country. Norway is the most successful nation of all time at the Winter Olympic Games, having amassed a total of 368 medals since the first Winter Olympics in 1924 – this tally includes 132 gold medals, 125 silver, and 111 bronze.
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From 1896 to 2018 inclusive, Great Britain has won 851 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 32 at the Winter Olympic Games. ... Sir Steve Redgrave is the only British Olympian to win a gold medal in five consecutive Olympic Games, winning his first in 1984 Los Angeles and last in 2000 Sydney.
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Japan tied Russia for the most gold medals claimed with four, and also earned three silver. Twenty-seven countries took home medals. Here are the individual medal count breakdowns for each tournament.
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Most swimming Olympic medals won, men (single games) Michael Phelps (USA) holds the record for the most medals won in the pool at a single Olympics,…
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['India – 328.', 'Brazil – 300.', 'USA – 295.', 'Japan – 263.', 'China – 209.']
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India is the leading team in overall medal tally with 11 medals (8 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze).
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["Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won fifteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. ... ", 'There are eight male and two female athletes who have won four or more Olympic medals in water polo.']
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The most Olympic gold medals won by an individual competitor in boxing is three, by Laszlo Papp (Hungary) in 1948-56, Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba) in 1972-80, and Felix Savon (Cuba) in 1992-2000.
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The Soviet Union began competing at the Olympics in 1956 and won nine straight Olympic medals, including seven gold. The Soviet Union broke up in 1991, and in 1992, a Unified Team composed mainly of former Soviet players won gold. Teams from Canada have won the most medals, with fifteen, including nine gold.
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The last series of Olympic medals to be made of solid gold were awarded at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Olympic gold medals are required to be made from at least 92.5% silver, and must contain a minimum of 6 grams of gold. All Olympic medals must be at least 60mm in diameter and 3mm thick.
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Winter Olympics Medal Count Norway came out on top with the most medals and tied with Germany for most golds. The United States came in fourth with only 23 medals, its lowest in 20 years.