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List of Olympic medal leading countries

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This is a list of Olympic medal leading countries.

These rankings are sorted by the number of gold medals earned by a country. If there is a tie, the number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.

Summer Games

Year Leader Runners-up Third Place
2004  United States (USA)  China (CHN)  Russia (RUS)
2000  United States (USA)  Russia (RUS)  China (CHN)
1996  United States (USA)  Russia (RUS)  Germany (GER)
1992  Unified Team (EUN)  United States (USA)  Germany (GER)
1988  Soviet Union (URS)  East Germany (GDR)  United States (USA)
1984  United States (USA)  Romania (ROU)  West Germany (FRG)
1980  Soviet Union (URS)  East Germany (GDR)  Bulgaria (BUL)
1976  Soviet Union (URS)  East Germany (GDR)  United States (USA)
1972  Soviet Union (URS)  United States (USA)  East Germany (GDR)
1968  United States (USA)  Soviet Union (URS)  Japan (JPN)
1964  United States (USA)  Soviet Union (URS)  Japan (JPN)
1960  Soviet Union (URS)  United States (USA)  Italy (ITA)
1956  Soviet Union (URS)  United States (USA)  Australia (AUS)
1952  United States (USA)  Soviet Union (URS)  Hungary (HUN)
1948  United States (USA)  Sweden (SWE)  France (FRA)
1936  Germany (GER)  United States (USA)  Hungary (HUN)
1932  United States (USA)  Italy (ITA)  France (FRA)
1928  United States (USA)  Germany (GER)  Finland (FIN)
1924  United States (USA)  Finland (FIN)  France (FRA)
1920  United States (USA)  Sweden (SWE)  Great Britain (GBR)