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Rio Olympics 2016: Team GB beat China to finish second in medal table –
Great Britain have finished second in the medal table at the 2016 Olympics – above sporting powerhouse China. One of the event’s dominant nations, China have won more than 200 golds since returning to the Games in 1984. Britain ended the Rio Games with 27 golds from 15 sports, one ahead of China, as they finished with a total of 67 from 19 sports, beating the 65 at London 2012. Since the modern Olympic era began in 1896, no country has increased its medal tally at the summer Games immediately following one it hosted. GB have also smashed their pre-Games target of at least 48 medals, which was set by UK Sport. That means Rio 2016 is the nation’s most successful ‘away’ Games in history. China, with a population of 1.357bn to Britain’s 64.1m, have amassed more medals (70) than Team GB in Brazil, achieving notable success in table tennis, diving and weightlifting. However, GB are ahead on golds, which is what the rankings are based on. [BBC] See List of the day
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2016 Summer Olympics Medals Table [Wikipedia]
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
46 | 37 | 38 | 121 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
27 | 23 | 17 | 67 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) |
26 | 18 | 26 | 70 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) |
19 | 18 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) |
17 | 10 | 15 | 42 |
| 6 |  Japan (JPN) |
12 | 8 | 21 | 41 |
| 7 |  France (FRA) |
10 | 18 | 14 | 42 |
| 8 |  South Korea (KOR) |
9 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 |  Italy (ITA) |
8 | 12 | 8 | 28 |
| 10 |  Australia (AUS) |
8 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
| 11 |  Netherlands (NED) |
8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 |  Hungary (HUN) |
8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 |  Brazil (BRA) |
7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 14 |  Spain (ESP) |
7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 15 |  Kenya (KEN) |
6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 17 |  Croatia (CRO) |
5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 18 |  Cuba (CUB) |
5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 19 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
4 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 20 |  Canada (CAN) |
4 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 21 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) |
4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 22 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 23 |  Colombia (COL) |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 25 |  Iran (IRI) |
3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 |  Greece (GRE) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 27 |  Argentina (ARG) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 |  Denmark (DEN) |
2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 29 |  Sweden (SWE) |
2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 30 |  South Africa (RSA) |
2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 31 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 32 |  Serbia (SRB) |
2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 33 |  Poland (POL) |
2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 34 |  North Korea (PRK) |
2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 35 |  Belgium (BEL) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 Thailand (THA) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 37 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 |  Georgia (GEO) |
2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 39 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) |
1 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 40 |  Belarus (BLR) |
1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 41 |  Turkey (TUR) |
1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 42 |  Armenia (ARM) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 44 |  Ethiopia (ETH) |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 45 |  Slovenia (SLO) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 46 |  Indonesia (INA) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 |  Romania (ROU) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 48 |  Bahrain (BRN) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Vietnam (VIE) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 50 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 51 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Ivory Coast (CIV) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 54 |  Fiji (FIJ) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Jordan (JOR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kosovo (KOS) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico (PUR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Singapore (SIN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan (TJK) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 60 |  Malaysia (MAS) |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 61 |  Mexico (MEX) |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 62 |  Algeria (ALG) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Ireland (IRL) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 64 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 65 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Venezuela (VEN) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 67 |  India (IND) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Mongolia (MGL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 69 |  Burundi (BDI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Grenada (GRN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Niger (NIG) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Philippines (PHI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Qatar (QAT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 74 |  Norway (NOR) |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 75 |  Egypt (EGY) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Tunisia (TUN) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 77 |  Israel (ISR) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 78 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Dominican Republic (DOM) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Estonia (EST) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Morocco (MAR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova (MDA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total (87 NOCs) | 307 | 307 | 360 | 974 | |
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