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London 2012: USA Home With 59 of 104 Medals. (Final Gender Break Down)

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This article is broken down to show the number of Olympic medals won by American athletes. It’s broken down to show who has been the more dominant sex so far. Categories show the medal break down between USA’s Women and Men athletes. 59 of the 104 medals team USA holds are owned by women!!!

Rank by Gold Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1
United States of AmericaUnited States of America
46 29 29 104
2
People's Republic of ChinaPeople’s Republic of China
38 27 22 87
3
Great BritainGreat Britain
29 17 19 65
4
Russian FederationRussian Federation
24 25 33 82
5
Republic of KoreaRepublic of Korea
13 8 7 28
Sex Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
M Archery 0 1 0 1
M Athletics 3 9 3 15
F Athletics 6 4 4 14
F Basketall 1 0 0 1
M Basketall 1 0 0 1
F Boxing 1 1 0 2
F Beach Volleyball 1 1 0 2
F Cycling 1 2 1 4
M Diving 1 0 2 3
F Diving 0 1 0 1
F Fencing 0 0 1 1
M Gymnastics 0 0 1 1
F Gymnastics 3 1 2 6
F Judo 1 0 1 2
M Rowing 0 0 1 1
F Rowing 1 0 1 2
F Soccer 1 0 0 1
M Shooting 1 0 1 2
F Shooting 2 0 0 2
M Swimming 8 5 3 16
F Swimming 8 4 3 15
M Tennis 1 0 0 1
F Tennis 3 0 0 3
M Taekwondo 0 0 1 1
F Taekwondo 0 0 1 1
F Volleyball 0 1 0 1
F Wrestling 0 0 1 1
M Wrestling 2 0 1 3
Sex Gold Silver Bronze Total
M 17 15 13 45
F 29 14 15 59
Total 46 29 29 104

Total Medals won by Americans ranked by sex.

Archery events in which Americans have won medals:

Men’s Team.

Athletics events in which Americans have won medals:

Men’s 100m, Men’s 110m, Men’s 1500m, Men’s 400m Hurdles, Men’s Shot Put, Men’s Long Jump, Men’s Triple Jump, Men’s 10,000m, Men’s 4x 100m Relay, Men’s 4x 400m Relay, Men’s Decathlon, Women’s 100m, Women’s 200m, Women’s 400m, Women’s 100m Hurdles, Women’s 400m Hurdles, Women’s Long Jump, Women’s High Jump, Women’s Pole Vault, Women’s 4x100m relay and Women’s 4x400m relay.

Basketball events in which Americans have won medals:

Men’s and Women’s teams.

Boxing events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Fly (51kg)  and Women’s Fly (75kg)

Beach Volleyball events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Team

Cycling Road events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Individual Time Trial,

Cycling Track events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Team pursuit, Women’s Omnium

Diving events in which Americans have won medals:

Men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard, Men’s Synchronized 10m Platform and Women’s Synchronized 3m Springboard.

Fencing events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Team Epee

Gymnastics events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Floor Exercise, Women’s Vault, Women’s Beam, Women’s Individual All-Around, Men’s Individual All-Around, Women’s Team

Judo events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s -57kg and Women’s – 78kg

Rowing events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Quadruple Sculls, Women’s Eight and Men’s Four.

Shooting events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Skeet, Men’s Skeet, Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions

Swimming events in which Americans have won medals:

Men’s 50m Freestyle, Men’s 100m Freestyle, Men’s 400m Freestyle, Men’s 100m Butterfly, Men’s 200m Butterfly, Men’s 100m Breaststroke, Men’s 100m Backstroke, Men’s 200m Backstroke, Men’s 200m Individual Medley, Men’s 400m Individual Medley, Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay, Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay, Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay, Women’s 200m Freestyle, Women’s 400m Freestyle, Women’s 800m Freestyle, Women’s 100m Butterfly, Women’s 100m Breaststroke, Women’s 200m Breaststroke, Women’s 100m Backstroke, Women’s 200m Backstroke, Women’s 200m Individual Medley, Women’s 400m Individual Medley, Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay, Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay, and Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay.

Tennis events in which Americans have won medals:

Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles and Men’s Doubles.

Taekwondo events in which Americans have won medals:

Men’s 68kg and Women’s 67kg.

Wrestling events in which Americans have won medals:

Men’s 60kg Freestyle Men’s 74kg Freestyle Men’s 96kg Freestyle and Women’s 48kg Freestyle,

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