London Olympics by the numbers

After 16 days of competition, the final gold medal was awarded to Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda the winner of the men’s marathon during the closing ceremony held August 12th.  The USA is atop the medal leader board with the most gold and silver medals and the most medals overall. Their final haul,104 medals – 46 Gold, 29 Silver, and 29 Bronze. Michael Phelps was the athlete with the most medals at these games, taking home a total of 6 medals in London, 4 Gold and 2 Silver. This brings his total to 22 Olympic medals (18 of which are gold) making him the most successful Olympic athlete of all time. A total of 25 world records were set at these games. 8 in swimming, 6 in weightlifting, 4 in athletics, 4 in cycling, 2 in archery and 1 in shooting.

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