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2012 Summer Olympics medal table

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2012 Summer Olympics medal table
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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, was a summer multi-sport event held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August. A total of 10,768 athletes from 204 nations participated in 302 events in 26 sports across 39 different disciplines.[1][2]

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World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 2012 Summer Olympics
Legend:
   represents countries that won at least one gold medal.
   represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals.
   represents countries that won only at least one bronze medal.
   represents countries that did not win any medals.
   represents entities that did not participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Overall, 86 nations received at least one medal, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal. Athletes from the United States won the most medals overall, with 105, and the most gold medals, with 48.[a][3] The latter record is the largest gold medal haul for the country at a non-US-hosted Olympics.[3] Host nation Great Britain[b] won 29 gold medals and 65 overall medals, making it the most successful Olympics performance for that nation since the 1908 edition.[5]

Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin won the most gold medals at the Games with four each. Phelps also won the highest number of medals overall, winning six in total.[6] Bahrain,[c] Botswana, Cyprus, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala, and Montenegro all won their first Olympic medals, with Bahrain and Grenada as well as Serbia winning their nation's first Olympic gold medal.[1] Previously, Montenegrin athletes had competed as nationals of Serbia and Montenegro and of Yugoslavia.[8][d] Taekwondo athlete Milica Mandić from Serbia won the first Olympic gold medal as an independent nation.[9]

During and after the Games, many athletes who were caught doping, or tested positive for banned substances, were disqualified from competition and had their medals revoked.[10][11] To date, 42 medals have been stripped, with Russia accounting for 19 of those.[12]

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  1. Athletics (15.5%)
  2. Swimming (11.2%)
  3. Gymnastics (5.90%)
  4. Cycling (5.90%)
  5. Wrestling (5.90%)
  6. Canoeing (5.30%)
  7. Weightlifting (5.00%)
  8. Shooting (5.00%)
  9. Judo (4.60%)
  10. Rowing (4.60%)
  11. Boxing (4.30%)
  12. Sailing (3.30%)
  13. Fencing (3.30%)
  14. Taekwondo (2.60%)
  15. Diving (2.60%)
  16. Equestrian (2.00%)
  17. Badminton (1.70%)
  18. Tennis (1.70%)
  19. Archery (1.30%)
  20. Table tennis (1.30%)
  21. Volleyball (1.30%)
  22. Basketball (0.70%)
  23. Field hockey (0.70%)
  24. Football (0.70%)
  25. Handball (0.70%)
  26. Modern pentathlon (0.70%)
  27. Synchronized swimming (0.70%)
  28. Triathlon (0.70%)
  29. Water polo (0.70%)
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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.[13]
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Victoria Pendleton won the first-ever gold medal in the women's Keirin event.[14]
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Robert Harting won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event.[15]
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Chris Hoy won gold medals in the men's Keirin and team sprint cycling competitions.[16]
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Medallists 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.[17]
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Usain Bolt became the first person to successfully defend both the 100 and 200 metres titles.[18]
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The United States won their third consecutive gold medal in women's football.[19]

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.[20][21] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[22]

In boxing, judo, taekwondo, and wrestling, two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class.[23][24][25][26] Two silver medals (and no bronze) were awarded for second-place ties in both the men's 200 metre freestyle swimming and the men's 100 metre butterfly swimming events.[27][28] Two bronze medals were awarded for a third-place tie in the men's keirin cycling race;[29] three bronze medals were awarded for a three-way third-place tie in the men's high jump.[30]

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     Changes in medal standings (see below)

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

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On 29 August 2016, a report indicated that a retested sample for Besik Kudukhov of Russia, the silver medallist in the men's 60 kg freestyle wrestling event, had returned a positive result (later disclosed as dehydrochlormethyltestosterone).[32] Kudukhov died in a car crash in December 2013. On 27 October 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) dropped all disciplinary proceedings against Kudukhov, stating that such proceedings cannot be conducted against a deceased person.[33]

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   Disqualified athlete(s)

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A minus sign (−) indicates that medals were either stripped altogether or exchanged for a silver or gold when upgraded in a reallocation.

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Notes

  1. The United States won 46 gold medals at the Games, and later secured two more as a result of doping samples re-analysis and medal re-allocations.
  2. The United Kingdom competes under the name Great Britain to include athletes from the Isle of Man, Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories (except Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, which all compete separately).[4]
  3. Middle-distance runner Maryam Yusuf Jamal was retroactively awarded a gold medal in 2017 due to doping violations that affected the results of the Women's 1500 metres race. Originally, runner Rashid Ramzi won the Men's 1500 metres race in 2008, but he was stripped of his gold medal the following year after he tested positive for the blood-booster CERA.[7] Furthermore, athlete Ruth Jebet won the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2016 Summer Olympics prior to Jamal receiving the reallocated gold medal the following year.[7]
  4. During the 1992 Summer Olympics, Montenegrin athletes competed as Independent Olympic Participants.[8]
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