In honor of the 36 gold medals won by the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fourth-Place Medal presents 36 interesting facts about the overall medal count:
1) China won the most gold medals at the Beijing Games with 51. They become the first country to crack the 50-gold mark since the Soviet Union in 1988. The most golds ever won in a single Olympics is 83 (United States, 1984).
2) It's the first time since 1936 that a country other than the United States or the Soviet Union has led the medal count.
3) China won more golds in Beijing (51) than they did total medals in Atlanta (50).
4) 'Project 119' was a Chinese initiative designed toward winning golds in the medal-rich sports of swimming, track, rowing, kayaking and sailing. Reports are already crediting Project 119 with China's dominance in the gold medal count, but Chinese athletes won just four golds in those sports. Their total was instead augmented by even better performances ... Read more ...
User Profile
- cookies654
- Last login: 2 days ago
-
- User Since: Jun 5, 2007
- Uploads: 237
- Media Watched: 8,921
- Media Favorited: 30
eRep Stats
Points and Levels
- eRep Points: 251,479
- Reputation Level: Altar Boy
Milestones
- Featured Media: 2
- Profile Views: 43,023
- Subscribers: 10
About Me
Buddies (70)
Subscriptions (3)
Groups (10)
If You Hate Seeing People With 3 Uploads And 20 Subscribers And The On...
If you enjoy talking dirty without actually saying dirty things, this ...
High Scores
