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The 2016 Olympic Games opened on Friday, August 5th in Rio, Brazil at the Maracana Stadium in Rio. The mega sporting event will end on August 21, 2016. Below is the full list of Rio Olympics 2016 Medal Table with country ranks (UPDATED):
COUNTRY |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
TOTAL |
|
Britain (Rank 2) |
27 |
23 |
17 |
67 |
|
India (Rank 70) |
0 |
1 (PV Sindhu) |
1 (Sakshi Malik) |
1 |
|
Sri Lanka |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pakistan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Bangladesh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Australia (Rank 9) |
8 |
11 |
10 |
29 |
|
Below Countries in Ranking order with US at #1, China at #3 |
|
|
|
|
|
United States |
43 |
37 |
36 |
116 |
|
China |
26 |
18 |
26 |
70 |
|
Germany |
17 |
10 |
14 |
41 |
|
Japan |
12 |
8 |
21 |
41 |
|
Russia |
19 |
18 |
19 |
56 |
|
Italy |
8 |
9 |
6 |
23 |
|
South Korea |
6 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
|
France |
8 |
11 |
13 |
32 |
|
Hungary |
5 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
|
Netherlands |
8 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
|
Spain |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
New Zealand |
2 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
|
Canada |
2 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
|
Kazakhstan |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
Belgium |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Thailand |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Croatia |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Switzerland |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
Iran |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Sweden |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
Denmark |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
North Korea |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
Belarus |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
Brazil |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Poland |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Romania |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Slovenia |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Vietnam |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Czech Republic |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
|
Chinese Taipei |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
Ethiopia |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
Greece |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Independent Olympic Athletes |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Jamaica |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Argentina |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Fiji |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Kosovo |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Peurto Rico |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Singapore |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
South Africa |
0 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
Ukraine |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Azerbaijan |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Indonesia |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Kenya |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Cuba |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Lithuania |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Georgia |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Ireland |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Malaysia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Mongolia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Philippines |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Turkey |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Uzbekistan |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3
|
|
Egypt |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Israel |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Norway |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Estonia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Portugal |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Tunisia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
UAE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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