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Olympic-Medal-Winning Countries

This August, athletes and sports fans from all over the world will gather in Beijing, China, for the Olympic Summer Games. Since 1896, modern athletes have competed in sporting events to determine who is the best in the world. The prize at the first modern Olympic Games was a silver medal and an olive branch. Today, the top athletes take home gold, silver and bronze medals. Here are the countries that have won the most medals in the Summer Games.

1 United States 2,191 medals

2 Russia/Soviet Union* 1,373 medals

3 Germany** 1,220 medals

4 Great Britain 668 medals

5 France 595 medals

*THE SOVIET UNION BROKE UP INTO 15 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING RUSSIA, IN 1991.

**EAST GERMANY AND WEST GERMANY COMPETED AS SEPARATE NATIONS FROM 1968 UNTIL 1988.

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