(Picture is of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals from the 2006 Winter Olympics)
Top Ten Medals over all from the Beijing 2008 Olympics
# Place Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 51 21 28 100 2 USA 36 38 36 110 3 Russia 23 21 28 72 4 Great Britain 19 13 15 47 5 Germany 16 10 15 41 6 Australia 14 15 17 46 7 Korea 13 10 8 31 8 Japan 9 6 10 25 9 Italy 8 10 10 28 10 France 7 15 17 40 This was set up in order of Country with the most Gold Medals, not the total. People with the most Gold medals from the Summer Olympics (before Beijing 2008) # Name Medals 1 Ray Ewry 10 2 Carl Lewis 9 3 Mark Spitz 9 4 Jenny Thompson 5 5 Evelyn Ashford 4 6 Janet Evans 4 7 Pat McCorrmick 4 8 Amy Van Dyken 4 9 Shirley Babashoff 2 - 10 was not given-
Top Ten Moments in the 2008 Beijing Olympics 1. Usain Bolt from Jamacia becoming the fastest man by running 100 meters in 9.69 seconds. 2. Jason Kezak from USA beat Alain Bernard from Fance in the 4x100 freestyle medley so Michael Phelps could beat Mark Spitz in the most Medals in one Olympic game. 3. Liu Xiang from China walked away from the 110 meter hurdle race from a leg injury. 4.Russias Yelena Isinbayeva beat her own pole vault record of 5.05 to win the Gold. 5. At the Opening Ceremony China's former Gymnist, Li Ning, swung from the ceiling. 6. Matthians Steiner, a Gernam weightlifter, kissed a picture of his wife, Susann, when receiving the Gold Medal, saying that he fulfilled their Olympic Dream that they had decided on when she was on her death bed after a car crash in 2007. 7. Matt Emmons, USA, had a 3.3 lead in the 120 Shot Competition and blew it losing the Gold. 8. Jamacia's fastest man, Usain Bolt, broke Michael Johnson's 200 meter record. 9. Rohullah Nikpai won Afghanistan its first medal. It was a bronze medal for Men's 58-kg Taekwando. 10. Estionian Gerd Kanter gets gold in the 100 meter Track and Field Race. Top 5 sports in the Olympics
1. Basketball
2. Beach Volleyball
3. Gymnastics
4. Swimming
5. Track and Field
~ Amy
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www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews
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www.2008.nbcolympics.com/medals/index.html
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(Vol. 75, No. 17)
Jan. 27, 2006, pp. 1+
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