The Medal Count

The USA  has won the most medals in the Summer Olympics since 1896, says data from the Olympedia website.

US athletes have won a total of 2,655 medals – 1,070 gold, 841 silver and 744 bronze.

The second most successful nation is the USSR, which only took part between 1952 and 1988. In just ten summer events, Soviet athletes won 395 gold medals, 319 silver medals and 296 bronze medals, for a total of 1,010 medals.



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