Wikiwand AI

2012 Summer Olympics medal table

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 medal events in 26 sports across 39 different disciplines.[1][2]

Most gold medals
 United States (48)
Most total medals
 United States (106)
Medalling NOCs
86
Quick facts Location, Highlights ...
2012 Summer Olympics medals
London Olympic Stadium in 2012
London Olympic Stadium during the 2012 Summer Olympics
LocationLondon,  Great Britain
Highlights
Most gold medals
 United States (48)
Most total medals
 United States (106)
Medalling NOCs
86
← 2008 ·
· 2016 →
Close
Map displaying countries that won medals during 2012 Summer Olympics.
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, 43 medals have been stripped, with Russia accounting for 20 of those.[12]

Medal table

  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%)
Missy Franklin in 2012.
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.
China's men's table tennis team during the 2012 Summer Olympics/
China defended the men's team event title in table tennis.[13]
Victoria Pendleton competing at the London Summer Olympics in August 2012.
Victoria Pendleton won the first-ever gold medal in the women's Keirin event.[14]
Robert Harting in August 2012
Robert Harting won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event.[15]
Chris Hoy during the Homecoming Parade at George Square in 2012.
Chris Hoy won gold medals in the men's Keirin and team sprint cycling competitions.[16]
Medalists of the Men's Archery Team Competition during the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Medallists in the men's archery team event
Dani King, Laura Trott, and Joanna Rowsell competing in 2012.
Great Britain won the first women's team pursuit title with a world record.[17]
Photo of Usain Bolt in August 2012.
Usain Bolt became the first person to successfully defend both the 100 and 200 metres titles.[18]
Photo of the US Women's Soccer Team in 2012
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]

Key

  ‡   Changes in medal standings (see below)

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

More information Rank, NOC ...
2012 Summer Olympics medal table[31]
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States‡482632106
2 China‡39312292
3 Great Britain*‡29181865
4 Russia‡18192663
5 South Korea‡139931
6 Germany‡11201344
7 France‡11111335
8 Australia‡8151235
9 Italy891128
10 Hungary‡84618
11 Japan7141738
12 Iran‡75113
13 Netherlands66820
14 New Zealand‡62513
15 Ukraine‡541019
16 Cuba‡53715
17 Spain‡410620
18 Jamaica‡45413
19 Czech Republic‡44311
20 South Africa‡4116
21 North Korea‡4037
22 Brazil35917
23 Ethiopia‡3328
24 Kazakhstan‡32611
 Poland‡32611
26 Croatia3126
27 Canada‡261018
28 Kenya‡25613
29 Belarus‡25310
30 Denmark2439
31 Romania‡2417
32 Azerbaijan‡2259
33 Switzerland2204
34 Norway2114
35 Lithuania‡2035
36 Tunisia‡2013
37 Sweden1438
38 Colombia‡1359
39 Mexico‡1348
40 Georgia‡1236
41 Ireland‡1146
42 Argentina1124
 Serbia1124
 Slovenia1124
 Trinidad and Tobago‡1124
46 Turkey‡1113
47 Dominican Republic1102
48 Chinese Taipei‡1012
 Latvia1012
50 Algeria1001
 Bahamas1001
 Bahrain‡1001
 Grenada1001
 Uganda1001
 Venezuela1001
56 Egypt‡0314
57 India0246
58 Mongolia0235
59 Thailand‡0224
60 Bulgaria‡0213
 Finland‡0213
 Indonesia‡0213
63 Slovakia0134
64 Belgium0123
65 Armenia‡0112
 Estonia0112
 Malaysia0112
 Puerto Rico0112
 Qatar‡0112
70 Botswana0101
 Cyprus0101
 Gabon0101
 Guatemala0101
 Montenegro0101
 Portugal0101
76 Uzbekistan‡0033
77 Greece0022
 Singapore0022
79 Afghanistan0011
 Cameroon‡0011
 Hong Kong0011
 Kuwait0011
 Morocco0011
 Saudi Arabia0011
 Tajikistan0011
 Vietnam‡0011
Totals (86 entries)303305353961
Close

Changes in medal standings

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]

Key

  ※   Disqualified athlete(s)

More information Ruling date, Sport/Event ...
List of official changes in medal standings (during the Games)
Ruling date Sport/Event Athlete (NOC) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total Notes
13 August 2012 Athletics
Women's shot put
 Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) ※−1−1 On 13 August 2012, the IOC stripped Belarusian athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk of her gold medal in the women's shot put after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid metenolone. As a result, New Zealand silver medallist Valerie Adams was awarded gold, Russian bronze medallist Yevgeniya Kolodko was awarded silver, and the fourth-placed Gong Lijiao from China was awarded bronze.[34] Kolodko would be later stripped of her silver for doping.
 Valerie Adams (NZL)+1−10
 Yevgeniya Kolodko (RUS)+1−10
 Gong Lijiao (CHN)+1+1
Close
More information Ruling date, Sport/Event ...
Close

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

More information NOC, Gold ...
Close
List of stripped medals
More information NOC, Gold ...
Close

See also

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]

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks