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Olympic Medal Count: Team USA Takes First Place

Team USA is winning big at the 2012 Olympics in London, overtaking China for the first time. Here's the medal count for Aug. 11. What has been your favorite moment of the games?

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As the 2012 Olympics enters its final weekend, Team USA has pulled ahead of China for first time and grabbed the top spot. The American Olympians have 94 medals total, 41 of which are gold.

Team China has a total of 81 medals so far, 37 of which are gold.

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The host nation, Great Britain, has won 57 medals in the 2012 Olympics to date, including 25 golds.

Here is the Olympic medal count as of the morning of Saturday, Aug 11. 

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Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 41 26 27 94 2 China 37 22 19 81 3 Great Britain 25 15 17 57 4 Russia 12 21 27 63 5 Korea 13 7 7 27 6 Germany 10 18 14 42 7 France 9 9 12 30 8 Hungary 8 4 3 15 9 Australia 7 14 10 31 10 Italy 7 6 8 21 11 Kazakhstan 6 - 4 10 12 Japan 5 14 16 35 13 Netherlands 5 5 7 17 14 Iran 4 5 1 10 15 New Zealand 4 3 5 12 16 DPR Korea 4 - 2 6 17 Belarus 3 3 4 10 18 Cuba 3 3 4 10 18 Jamaica 3 4 3 10 20 Ukraine 3 1 9 13 21 South Africa 3 1 1 5 22 Spain 2 8 3 13 23 Romania 2 5 2 9 24 Denmark 2 4 3 9 25 Czech Republic 2 3 3 8 26 Brazil 2 2 8 12 27 Kenya 2 3 3 8 28 Poland 2 2 6 10 29 Croatia 2 1 1 4 30 Switzerland 2 1 - 3 31 Ethiopia 3 - 3 6 32 Canada 1 5 11 17 33 Sweden 1 3 3 7 34 Slovenia 1 1 2 4 35 Georgia 1 1 1 3 35 Norway 1 1 1 3 35 Tunisia 1 1 1 3 38 Dominican Republic 1 1 - 2 39 Ireland 1 - 2 3 40 Lithuania 1 - 1 2 40 Turkey 2 2 1 5 42 Algeria 1 - - 1 42 Grenada 1 - - 1 42 Venezuela 1 - - 1 45 Colombia 1 3 4 8 46 Mexico - 3 2 5 47 Azerbaijan - 2 3 5 48 Egypt - 2 - 2 49 India - 1 3 4 49 Mongolia - 1 3 4 49 Slovakia - 1 3 4 52 Armenia - 1 2 3 52 Belgium - 1 2 3 54 Estonia - 1 1 2 54 Indonesia - 1 1 2 54 Malaysia - 1 1 2 54 Serbia - 1 1 2 54 Thailand - 1 1 2 54 Chinese Taipei - 1 1 2 60 Botswana - 1 - 1 60 Bulgaria - 1 - 1 60 Cyprus - 1 - 1 60 Finland - 1 - 1 60 Guatemala - 1 - 1 60 Portugal - 1 - 1 66 Argentina - - 2 2 66 Greece - - 2 2 66 Moldova - - 2 2 66 Qatar - - 2 2 66 Singapore - - 2 2 66 Uzbekistan - - 2 2 72 Afghanistan - - 1 1 72 Hong Kong, China - - 1 1 72 Saudi Arabia - - 1 1 72 Latvia - - 1 1 72 Morocco - - 1 1 72 Puerto Rico - - 1 1 72 Tajikistan - - 1 1 72 Trinidad and Tobago - - 1 1 72 Kuwait - - 1 1

 

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