US Leads Overall Most Medals and Gold Medals Won

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By M.Rameshon

Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)

Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)

Olympic Medal Count - US shows again that it is the most powerful country in the Olympics

The 2012 London Olympics is coming to an end Sunday, Aug 12. People all over the world are anxious to know about the country that had won the most gold medal.

It seems that Team USA has increased the overall medal and gold medal totals, proving itself as the most dominant country in a number of Olympics, despite losing China in the 2012 Beijing Olympics. Still China was great with 87 medal and 38 of them gold. What was also very amazing is that Great Britain was able to go to fourth poistion in the most medal won country. In terms of gold medals won, Great Britain was third. 

 

				Rank by Gold Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States of America 46 29 29 104 2 People's Republic of China 38 27 22 87 3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65 4 Russian Federation 24 25 33 82 5 Republic of Korea 13 8 7 28 6 Germany 11 19 14 44 7 France 11 11 12 34 8 Italy 8 9 11 28 9 Hungary 8 4 5 17 10 Australia 7 16 12 35 11 Japan 7 14 17 38 12 Kazakhstan 7 1 5 13 13 Netherlands 6 6 8 20 14 Ukraine 6 5 9 20 15 Cuba 5 3 6 14 16 New Zealand 5 3 5 13 17 Islamic Republic of Iran 4 5 3 12 18 Jamaica 4 4 4 12 19 Czech Republic 4 3 3 10 20 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4 0 2 6 21 Spain 3 10 4 17 22 Brazil 3 5 9 17 23 Belarus 3 5 5 13 24 South Africa 3 2 1 6 25 Ethiopia 3 1 3 7 26 Croatia 3 1 2 6 27 Romania 2 5 2 9 28 Kenya 2 4 5 11 29 Denmark 2 4 3 9 30 Azerbaijan 2 2 6 10 30 Poland 2 2 6 10 32 Turkey 2 2 1 5 33 Switzerland 2 2 0 4 34 Lithuania 2 1 2 5 35 Norway 2 1 1 4 36 Canada 1 5 12 18 37 Sweden 1 4 3 8 38 Colombia 1 3 4 8 39 Georgia 1 3 3 7 39 Mexico 1 3 3 7 41 Ireland 1 1 3 5 42 Argentina 1 1 2 4 42 Slovenia 1 1 2 4 42 Serbia 1 1 2 4 45 Tunisia 1 1 1 3 46 Dominican Republic 1 1 0 2 47 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 3 4 47 Uzbekistan 1 0 3 4 49 Latvia 1 0 1 2 50 Algeria 1 0 0 1 50 Bahamas 1 0 0 1 50 Grenada 1 0 0 1 50 Uganda 1 0 0 1 50 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 55 India 0 2 4 6 56 Mongolia 0 2 3 5 57 Thailand 0 2 1 3 58 Egypt 0 2 0 2 59 Slovakia 0 1 3 4 60 Armenia 0 1 2 3 60 Belgium 0 1 2 3 60 Finland 0 1 2 3 63 Bulgaria 0 1 1 2 63 Estonia 0 1 1 2 63 Indonesia 0 1 1 2 63 Malaysia 0 1 1 2 63 Puerto Rico 0 1 1 2 63 Taipei (Chinese Taipei) 0 1 1 2 69 Botswana 0 1 0 1 69 Cyprus 0 1 0 1 69 Gabon 0 1 0 1 69 Guatemala 0 1 0 1 69 Montenegro 0 1 0 1 69 Portugal 0 1 0 1 75 Greece 0 0 2 2 75 Republic of Moldova 0 0 2 2 75 Qatar 0 0 2 2 75 Singapore 0 0 2 2 79 Afghanistan 0 0 1 1 79 Bahrain 0 0 1 1 79 Hong Kong, China 0 0 1 1 79 Saudi Arabia 0 0 1 1 79 Kuwait 0 0 1 1 79 Morocco 0 0 1 1 79 Tajikistan 0 0 1 1

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Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’  by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).

He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.