2008 Summer Olympics

Though the US had been aided in those three prior anomalous Olympic medal tables by an emphasis on gold, recently in 1964, this year US Olympic Committee ... US pleased with Olympic medal count Houston Chronicle China racks up prized medals Seattle Times

BEIJING — As China celebrated the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by gazing upon its pile of gold medals and dipping into Western culture to proclaim, ... China delivers an Olympics like no other BBC Sport US Boosts Olympic Medal Total With Soccer, Track Titles Bloomberg

Washington Post  CO - Source: AP The United States remains in the lead in the Olympic medal count, with a total of 95. That includes 29 gold, 34 silver and 32 bronze. ... Walter Dix: Olympic Stud of the Day Entertainment Weekly Poll: Hottest Olympic bodies Kansas City Star CBC.ca - China Daily

Medal standings Through 241 medal events Nation G S B Total United States 30 35 34 99 China 46 15 22 83 Russia 16 16 20 52 Britain 17 12...

 CO - Source: AP The United States remains in the lead in the Olympic medal count, but its lead has greatly narrowed. Americans have won a total of 83 medals, ...

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By sportslifer Never quite understood the Olympic medal count. Shouldn’t gold count for more than silver or bronze? After all, the objective is to win the gold, not finish second. The silver medalist is like being the Super Bowl runner-up; ...

Cartogram in which countries are circles sized according to the number of Olympic medals received. Use the slider to view results from past Olympics and click the 'by ranking' tab to sort countries into a list. ...

By DG Donavon West has released a Windows Sidebar gadget called “2008 Beijing Olympics Medal Count Gadget” designed to let users keep track of Olympic Medal wins from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This is a great gadget for people who ...

The summer olympic games are here! From it's origins with the Greeks, The Olympics have evolved into a unifying global collaboration. It is such a great time to learn about other countries, watch hardened athletes give it their all and have a sense of national pride.   You can bookmark this p...

Using a few simple factors, Dartmouth professor Andrew Bernard can guess, with a high degree of accuracy, how many medals countries will win at the Beijing Olympics. Bernard talks with Renee Montagne about his economic model for predicting the medal count.