Olympic Medals 8/24
USA 36 gold, 38 silver, 36 bronze, 110 total
China 51 gold, 21 silver, 28 bronze, 100 total
Russia 23 gold, 21 silver, 28 bronze, 72 total
Great Britain 19 gold, 13 silver, 15 bronze, 47 total
Australia 14 gold, 15 silver, 17 bronze, 46 total
Germany 16 gold, 10 silver, 15 bronze, [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/22
USA 31 gold, 36 silver, 35 bronze, 102 total
China 47 gold, 17 silver, 25 bronze, 89 total
Russia 17 gold, 17 silver, 22 bronze, 56 total
Great Britain 18 gold, 13 silver, 13 bronze, 44 total
Australia 11 gold, 14 silver, 16 bronze, 41 total
Germany 14 gold, 9 silver, 13 bronze, [...]
Cool Way To Keep Track Of The Beijing Medal Count
Here is a really cool way to keep track of the medal count in the 2008 Beijing Olympics:
http://live.idashboards.com/beijing2008/?guestuser=guest
The daily updated Olympic medal dashboard provides a summary of the day’s athletic results and an interactive world map highlights participating countries and corresponding medal tallies. The dashboards’ unique hover-and-click capabilities enable fans to drill down through [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/21
USA 27 gold, 31 silver, 29 bronze, 87 total
China 45 gold, 15 silver, 21 bronze, 81 total
Russia 16 gold, 16 silver, 19 bronze, 51 total
Great Britain 17 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze, 39 total
Australia 11 gold, 13 silver, 14 bronze, 38 total
Germany 11 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze, [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/20
China 45 gold, 14 silver, 20 bronze, 79 total
USA 26 gold, 26 silver, 27 bronze, 79 total
Russia 13 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze, 45 total
Great Britain 16 gold, 10 silver, 10 bronze, 36 total
Australia 11 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze, 36 total
France 4 gold, 12 silver, 14 [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/19
USA 25 gold, 26 silver, 26 bronze, 77 total
China 42 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze, 74 total
Russia 10 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze, 42 total
Australia 11 gold, 11 silver, 12 bronze, 34 total
Great Britain 15 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze, 32 total
France 4 gold, 11 silver, 14 [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/18
China 39 gold, 14 silver, 14 bronze, 67 total
USA 20 gold, 22 silver, 25 bronze, 67 total
Russia 7 gold, 13 silver, 14 bronze, 34 total
Australia 11 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze, 33 total
Great Britain 12 gold, 7 silver, 8 bronze, 27 total
France 4 gold, 10 silver, 13 [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/17
USA 19 gold, 21 silver, 25 bronze, 65 total
China 35 gold, 13 silver, 13 bronze, 61 total
Russia 7 gold, 11 silver, 12 bronze, 30 total
Australia 8 gold, 10 silver, 11 bronze, 29 total
Great Britain 11 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze, 25 total
France 4 gold, 9 silver, 12 [...]
North Korean shooter stripped of Beijing Olympic medals
Here’s another advantage of doing the medal count by hand. When we were adjusting the medal count this morning, we noticed that North Korea had moved DOWN in the medal count. I thought perhaps I had made a mistake, but figured I’d better check it out anyway. I didn’t see any major [...]
Beijing Olympics Medal Count 8/15
USA 14 gold, 12 silver, 18 bronze, 44 total
China 25 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze, 40 total
Australia 5 gold, 7 silver, 8 bronze, 20 total
Russia 3 gold, 8 silver, 8 bronze, 19 total
France 3 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze, 18 total
South Korea 6 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze, [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/14
China 22 gold, 8 silver, 5 bronze, 35 total
USA 10 gold, 9 silver, 15 bronze, 29 total
South Korea 6 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze, 16 total
Australia 5 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze, 16 total
France 2 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze, 15 total
Russia 3 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze, [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/13
USA 10 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze, 29 total
China 17 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze, 27 total
South Korea 6 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze, 13 total
Australia 4 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze, 12 total
Russia 2 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze, 12 total
Italy 4 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze, 11 [...]
India’s lone Olympic gold medal
When I post the medal standings each day, I have to hand write/ cut and paste all that information. We’ve looked at ways to automate the process (we’re still looking), but there are problems with each of the widgets we’ve found. My biggest problem has been this. I want to post ALL [...]
Tuesday’s Beijing Olympic Medal Standings
USA 7 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze, 21 total
China 13 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze, 20 total
South Korea 5 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze, 12 total
Australia 3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze, 10 total
Italy 3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze, 9 total
Russia 2 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze, 9 [...]
Medal Counts 8/11/08
China 9 gold3 silver2 bronze14 total
U.S. 3 gold4 silver5 bronze 12 total
South Korea 4 gold3 silver0 bronze 7 total
Italy 2 gold3 silver1 bronze 6 total
Russia 0 gold4 silver2 bronze 6 total
Australia 2 gold0 silver3 bronze 5 total
France [...]
Olympic Medal Totals
There sure lot of medals in the Summer Olympics. When I blogged the Winter Olympics, there were only 33 Olympics awarded by this time. So far, there have 67 medals awarded in the Beijing Olympics. That’s a LOT of medals. Here’s the breakdown, as of this morning (last night in [...]
U.S. Women Sweep Fencing Medals
The first medals for the U.S. came in a sweep of the women’s sabre competition. Below are the names of the winners.
Mariel Zagunis— gold
Sada Jacobson— silver
Becca Ward— bronze