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Summer Olympics Top 4 Countries

Try to name the four countries that earned the most medals at every Summer Olympics.
Some of these countries NO LONGER EXIST
Done by total medal count rather than gold count
Number of gold medals is used as a tie-breaker
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First submittedJuly 2, 2014
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
2024
United States
China
Great Britain
France
2020
United States
China
Russian Olympic
Committee
Great Britain
2016
United States
China
Great Britain
Russia
2012
United States
China
Russia
Great Britain
2008
United States
China
Russia
Great Britain
2004
United States
China
Russia
Australia
2000
United States
Russia
China
Australia
1996
United States
Germany
Russia
China
1992
Unified Team
United States
Germany
China
1988
Soviet Union
East Germany
United States
West Germany
1984
United States
West Germany
Romania
Canada
1980
Soviet Union
East Germany
Bulgaria
Hungary
1976
Soviet Union
United States
East Germany
West Germany
1972
Soviet Union
United States
East Germany
West Germany
1968
United States
Soviet Union
Hungary
West Germany
1964
Soviet Union
United States
Germany
Japan
1960
Soviet Union
United States
Germany
Italy
1956
Soviet Union
United States
Australia
Hungary
1952
United States
Soviet Union
Hungary
Sweden
1948
United States
Sweden
France
Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
1936
Germany
United States
Italy
Sweden
1932
United States
Italy
Finland
Sweden
1928
United States
Germany
Finland
Sweden
1924
United States
France
Finland
Great Britain
1920
United States
Sweden
Great Britain
France
 
 
1912
Sweden
United States
Great Britain
Finland
1908
Great Britain
United States
Sweden
France
1904
United States
Germany
Canada
Hungary
1900
France
United States
Great Britain
Belgium
1896
Greece
United States
Germany
France
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29 Comments
Findlay
+10
Level 81
Oct 24, 2016
Everything but Cuba. Sweden and Finland were pretty competitive back in the day.
Jzakibe
+6
Level 77
Dec 28, 2022
Probably due to traveling and where the Olympics were being held.
Fryzie
+1
Level 47
Feb 8, 2018
Great quiz, but I finished with 2:38 to spare, could be less time :)
meemee2
+2
Level 58
Apr 25, 2021
Actually got it! Way to go, Fryzie! I needed all but 22 seconds so it was just the right amount of time for me.
PantsLobbyist
+1
Level 97
Apr 26, 2021
Fantastic quiz, thank you. I'd nominate, but I'm out of nominations for the week. 5 stars though!
GoblinOfCooz
+5
Level 77
Feb 15, 2024
Not sure why we keep highlighting super out of date quizzes
Quizmaster
+10
Level ∞
Aug 12, 2024
Maybe people are hoping that I will take over the quiz, update, and feature it? If that was the plan, it worked!
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 86
Aug 12, 2024
Do these rankings include the art medals?
Dynniks
+2
Level 67
Aug 12, 2024
I forgot China?!! Are you grawlix serious??!!!! Face palm emoji
Fannibaling
+2
Level 68
Aug 13, 2024
I forgot Russia
ColinShadow
+2
Level 55
Aug 13, 2024
Me too, even though I got USSR *face palm*
forky76
+23
Level 76
Aug 13, 2024
The logic for this is completely backwards. Number of gold first, number of silver second as a tiebreaker, then number of bronze third. Only the US counts medals the way in this quiz.. which is odd because they are almost always first both ways. Tiger Woods won 3 US Opens, Phil Mickelson finished second 6 times. Is Phil the better golfer? Six 'medals' to three.

2024 top 4 was US, China, Japan, Australia. Period.

jkabq
+7
Level 64
Aug 13, 2024
you should create your own quiz!
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Aug 13, 2024
Bronze should count. A gold counts for more of course, but bronze is pretty damn impressive too, it still means you're in the top 3 in the world for that event. What has more sporting talent, a country that has 25 gold or a country that has 20 gold and 20 silver? I propose a weighted score system. Perhaps it could be something like 0.6*Gold+0.3*Silver+0.1*Bronze = Total Score. Yes this would be more complicated, but also fairer.
overtired
+3
Level 86
Aug 14, 2024
Coming fourth in the world is pretty damn impressive too.
Alexquiz17
+3
Level 92
Aug 15, 2024
Good idea. I’d just use 3 2 1 for gold silver and bronze, but the principal is sound, and gives a more satisfactory result than either total medals or total golds.
attle
+6
Level 72
Aug 13, 2024
Mate how did you count the medals?? 2024's top four were US, China, Japan, Australia
McKenzieFam
+3
Level 67
Aug 13, 2024
he counted the total medals won, not just golds...
HyddenRizz
+2
Level 67
Aug 13, 2024
The official Olympics website has their medal table as 1. USA, 2. China, 3. Japan, 4. Australia.

The quiz is using an unoffical ranking, which is a bit misleading considering the title of the quiz.

overtired
+2
Level 86
Aug 14, 2024
Strictly speaking none are "official" according to the IOC, and you can sort by total medal count on the Olympics website too. But yes, sorting by gold first is the primary method they display.
McKenzieFam
+5
Level 67
Aug 13, 2024
WHAT? I typed Germany, and it gave me Germany, West Germany, but not East Germany?

Maybe this should be changed?

Seanthesheep
+9
Level 74
Aug 13, 2024
I'm pretty sure that's consistent with other quizzes on here. Modern Germany is an enlarged version of the West German state that existed before 1990, while East Germany ceased to exist in 1990 when its land was annexed into the West German/German state.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Aug 13, 2024
Do they treat Czechoslovakia or Austria-Hungary in the same way? I don't see why the borders of these countries are any different.
Viztiz
+4
Level 58
Aug 20, 2024
The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) annexed the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and continued to exist. West Germany isn't a former country.
theenforcer22
+1
Level 68
Aug 13, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 92
Aug 15, 2024
How is Germany an answer for 1960 and 1964? Surely the country was divided between 1949 and 1990 - did they continue with a unified sports team?
blizzrd33
+3
Level 80
Aug 19, 2024
Americans choose to play by their own rules, not surprised that this site is doing it the way the American media ran it during the 2024 Olympics. But the rest of the world was indeed laughing at the US media for doing so. Would not be surprised that inside the US there was no awareness of the rest of the world laughing however.

It's always been about winning the most gold medals as first consideration and not total medals.

Julotek
+4
Level 63
Aug 20, 2024
There is no official ranking for countries. According to IOC it is only a competition between athletes in each sport, nothing more. The medals ranking is coming from media not from any official organisation.
nixO0
+1
Level 24
Feb 27, 2025
damn I forgot Russia
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