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SPORTS / SPORTING EVENTS
List: Top Ten Medal Winning Nations In The Olympics
Date: Up to end of 2003.
Source: Daily Telegraph newspaper / Ben Schott
Base: All modern Olympics since 1896, Winter and Summer
Notes: From Ben Schott's regular column of Original Miscellany. * East and West Germany
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Country
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No. Golds
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No. Silvers
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No. Bronzes
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Total
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USA
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876
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660
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585
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2,121
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Germany*
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374
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392
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418
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1,184
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Soviet Union
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440
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357
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325
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1,122
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Great Britain
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188
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245
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232
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665
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France
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189
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195
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217
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601
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Italy
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179
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143
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156
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478
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Sweden
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138
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157
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176
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471
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Hungary
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150
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134
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157
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441
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Australia
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104
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110
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138
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352
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Japan
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98
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97
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103
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298
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