2012 Summer Olympics medal table facts for kids

The 2012 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of the medals won by athletes in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Medal table

Key

  ‡   Changes in medal standings (see below)

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	46	28	30	104
2	China (CHN)	38	31	22	91
3	Great Britain (GBR)*	29	17	19	65
4	Russia (RUS)	20	20	28	68
5	South Korea (KOR)	13	9	8	30
6	Germany (GER)	11	20	13	44
7	France (FRA)	11	11	13	35
8	Australia (AUS)	8	15	12	35
9	Italy (ITA)	8	9	11	28
10	Hungary (HUN)	8	4	6	18
11	Japan (JPN)	7	14	17	38
12	Iran (IRI)	7	5	1	13
13	Netherlands (NED)	6	6	8	20
14	New Zealand (NZL)	6	2	5	13
15	Ukraine (UKR)	5	4	10	19
16	Cuba (CUB)	5	3	7	15
17	Spain (ESP)	4	10	4	18
18	Jamaica (JAM)	4	5	3	12
19	Czech Republic (CZE)	4	3	4	11
20	South Africa (RSA)	4	1	1	6
21	North Korea (PRK)	4	0	2	6
22	Brazil (BRA)	3	5	9	17
23	Poland (POL)	3	2	6	11
24	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	2	3	8
25	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	3	1	7	11
26	Croatia (CRO)	3	1	2	6
27	Canada (CAN)	2	5	11	18
28	Belarus (BLR)	2	5	3	10
29	Kenya (KEN)	2	4	7	13
30	Denmark (DEN)	2	4	3	9
31	Romania (ROU)	2	4	1	7
32	Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	2	5	9
33	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	0	4
34	Norway (NOR)	2	1	1	4
35	Lithuania (LTU)	2	0	3	5
36	Tunisia (TUN)	2	0	1	3
37	Sweden (SWE)	1	4	3	8
38	Colombia (COL)	1	3	4	8
	Mexico (MEX)	1	3	4	8
40	Georgia (GEO)	1	2	3	6
41	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	4	6
42	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
	Serbia (SRB)	1	1	2	4
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	2	4
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1	1	2	4
46	Turkey (TUR)	1	1	1	3
47	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	1	0	2
48	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	1	2
	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	1	2
50	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	0	1
	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	0	1
	Bahrain (BRN)	1	0	0	1
	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
56	Egypt (EGY)	0	3	1	4
57	India (IND)	0	2	4	6
58	Mongolia (MGL)	0	2	3	5
59	Thailand (THA)	0	2	2	4
60	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	2	1	3
	Finland (FIN)	0	2	1	3
	Indonesia (INA)	0	2	1	3
63	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	3	4
64	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	2	3
65	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	1	2
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	1	2
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
69	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	0	1
	Gabon (GAB)	0	1	0	1
	Guatemala (GUA)	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
75	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	3	3
76	Greece (GRE)	0	0	2	2
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	2	2
	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	2	2
79	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon (CMR)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (86 NOCs)		302	301	354	957

Images for kids

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  Missy Franklin (pictured) tied with Michael Phelps for most gold medals won at the 2012 Summer Olympics at four apiece. Phelps led the overall medal count with six.

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  China defended the men's team event title in table tennis.

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  Victoria Pendleton won the first ever gold medal in the women's Keirin event.

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  Robert Harting won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event.

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  Chris Hoy won gold medals in the men's Keirin and team sprint cycling competitions.

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  Medalists in the men's archery team event

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  Great Britain won the first women's team pursuit title with a world record.

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  Usain Bolt became the first person to successfully defend both the 100 and 200 metres titles.

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  The United States won their third consecutive gold medal in women's football.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Medallero de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 para niños