The Americans topped the tally in the last Olympics at London too.
In
the 26 Olympics they have participated, they have finished first on 16
occasions and were second eight times.
Twice they took the third place.
And it is by some distance that they have beaten the competition in the
historical medals table. They have so far won 2399 medals, of which 976
are gold.
It is swimmers and athletes who have won a high percentage of medals
for USA. Between them, they have won 1287 medals but there are more
medals to be won on the track and the swimming pool.
The Americans have lorded over many other sports too, including basketball, tennis and shooting.
They
are the leading medal-winners in all those disciplines. In fact, there
are only a few sports — like badminton, table tennis and handball — in
which they are yet to reach the podium.
Second-placed Soviet Union has 1010 medals. That country
has dissolved into various nations, including Russia. But even if you
add all those medals of the former Soviet countries to the account of
the USSR, the resultant total will still not challenge the United
States.
Russia is no longer the main challenger
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