London Olympics wrap-up: how Africa matched up on the medal tally!

Although Ghana was down on her luck at the London 2012 Olympics, Africa was done proud by the likes of South Africa, Kenya, Ehiopia and other who managed to arrive at the party for medals.  South Africa won 6 medals, Ethiopia 7 and Kenya 11 medals. Some of Africa’s highlight included Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich winning the Olympic men’s marathon, beating Kenya’s Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang. This was the first gold for Uganda since 1972. Uganda’s last Olympic champion was 400m hurdler John Akii-Bua, who won gold at Munich in 1972.  

Rank by Gold	Country	Gold	Silver Advertisement	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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