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Host City: London, Great Britain (July 25, 2012 to August 12, 2012)
Opening Ceremony: July 27, 2012 (opened by Queen Elizabeth II)
Lighter of the Olympic Flame: Desiree Henry
Taker of the Olympic Oath: Sarah Stevenson (athlete)
Closing Ceremony: August 12, 2012
Events: 302 in 32 sports
Participants: 10,517 (5,864 men and 4,653 women) from 205 countries
Youngest Participant: Adzo Kpossi (13 years, 191 days)
Oldest Participant: Hiroshi Hoketsu (71 years, 128 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): Michael Phelps (6 medals)
Most Medals (Country): United States (103 medals)
London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, but neither of the previous could be considered normal host efforts. In [1908] the Games were originally awarded to Rome, which relinquished the responsibility in 1906 because of government funding problems, then exacerbated by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Thus the London 1908 organizers had only 2 years to put on the Games but they did well, hosting the first truly modern Olympic Games, if one omits the [1906 Intercalated Games]. In [1948] London was chosen as host city despite recovering from World War II, its streets and buildings bombed out, and its citizens still on rations, of food and other essentials. They have been called the Austerity Olympics, but again London did their job and did it well.
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Rk | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 46 | 28 | 29 | 103 |
2 | China | 38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
3 | Russia | 24 | 26 | 32 | 82 |
4 | Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
5 | Germany | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
6 | Japan | 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 |
7 | France | 11 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
8 | Australia | 7 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
9 | South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
10 | Italy | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
11 | Netherlands | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
12 | Ukraine | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
13 | Hungary | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
14 | Canada | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
15 | Spain | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
16 | Brazil | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
17 | Cuba | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
18 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
19 | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
20 | Iran | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
21 | Jamaica | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
22 | Belarus | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
23 | Kenya | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
24 | Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
25 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
26 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
27 | Romania | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
28 | Denmark | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
29 | Sweden | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
30 | Colombia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
31 | Ethiopia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
32 | Mexico | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
33 | Georgia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
34 | North Korea | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
35 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
36 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
37 | India | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
38 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
39 | Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
40 | Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
41 | Mongolia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
42 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
43 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
44 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
45 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
46 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
48 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
49 | Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
50 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
51 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
52 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
53 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
54 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
55 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
56 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
57 | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
58 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
59 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
60 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
61 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
62 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
63 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
64 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
65 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
66 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
67 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
68 | Grenada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
69 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
70 | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
71 | Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
72 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
73 | Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
74 | Botswana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
75 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
76 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
77 | Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
78 | Gabon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
79 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
80 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
81 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
82 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
83 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
84 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
85 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rk | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Michael Phelps (USA) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Missy Franklin (USA) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Allison Schmitt (USA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Alicia Coutts (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Sun Yang (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Aliya Mustafina (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Dana Vollmer (USA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Allyson Felix (USA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Matt Grevers (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
13 | Nathan Adrian (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
14 | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
15 | Yannick Agnel (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
16 | Zou Kai (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
17 | Aly Raisman (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
18 | Kohei Uchimura (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
19 | Mel Schlanger (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
20 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
21 | Cullen Jones (USA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
22 | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
23 | Yohan Blake (JAM) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
24 | Brittany Elmslie (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
25 | Camille Muffat (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
26 | Carmelita Jeter (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
27 | Guo Shuang (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
28 | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
29 | Satomi Suzuki (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |