2012 Summer Olympics medal table

2012 Summer Olympics medals
London Olympic Stadium in 2012
London Olympic Stadium during the 2012 Summer Olympics
LocationLondon,  Great Britain
Highlights
Most gold medals United States (48)
Most total medals United States (105)
Medalling NOCs86
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Map displaying countries that won medals during 2012 Summer Olympics.
World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 2012 Summer Olympics
Legend:
   represents countries that won at least one gold medal.
   represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals.
   represents countries that won only at least one bronze medal.
   represents countries that did not win any medals.
   represents entities that did not participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, was a summer multi-sport event held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August. A total of 10,768 athletes from 204 nations participated in 302 events in 26 sports across 39 different disciplines.[1][2]

Overall, 86 nations received at least one medal, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal. Athletes from the United States won the most medals overall, with 105, and the most gold medals, with 48.[a][3] The latter record is the largest gold medal haul for the country at a non-US-hosted Olympics.[3] Host nation Great Britain[b] won 29 gold medals and 65 overall medals, making it the most successful Olympics performance for that nation since the 1908 edition.[5]

Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin won the most gold medals at the Games with four each. Phelps also won the highest number of medals overall, winning six in total.[6] Bahrain,[c] Botswana, Cyprus, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala, and Montenegro all won their first Olympic medals, with Bahrain and Grenada winning their nation's first Olympic gold medal.[1] Previously, Montenegrin athletes had competed as nationals of Serbia and Montenegro and of Yugoslavia.[8][d] Taekwondo athlete Milica Mandić from Serbia won the first Olympic gold medal for that nation as an independent nation.[9]

During and after the Games, many athletes who were caught doping, or tested positive for banned substances, were disqualified from competition and had their medals revoked.[10][11] To date, 42 medals have been stripped, with Russia accounting for 19 of those.[12]

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  8. ^ a b "Only Olympic medal: Golden Lionesses Become Symbol of Montenegro". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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  10. ^ Shapiro, Michael; Chavez, Chris (18 January 2019). "There Have Been 121 Positive Doping Tests and Counting From 2012 Olympics". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  11. ^ "The 'Real' Threat to Russia's Former Doping Mastermind". BBC News. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Bloodsport—Is this the biggest Olympic scandal of all time?". BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.


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