2008 Olympic Medal Count

The 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China is turning out to be full of gold medals and world records for our Unites States team. Go team USA!

As of today (8/15/08) the USA is ranked #1 in number of total medals obtained. So far, the USA has been awarded 45 medals, while China has received 41 medals.

The United States' Michael Phelps has won a total of 6 Gold Medals, followed by Stephanie Rice of Australia with 3.

In case you haven't been able to catch the results of every olympic sport, here's a rundown of medal winners for some of the most popular events.

Men’s Team Gymnastics Artistic
1. China
2. Japan
3. USA – the US was NOT expected to medal at all in this event

Women’s Team Gymnastics Artistic
1. China
2. USA
3. Romania

Men’s Individual All-Around Gymnastics
1. China
2. Japan
3. France

Women’s Individual All-Around Gymnastics
1. USA
2. USA
3. China

Men’s 100m Freestyle Swimming
1. France
2. Australia
3. Brazil and USA – Tie

Men’s 200m Freestyle Swimming
1. USA
2. Korea
3. USA

Men’s 400m Freestyle Swimming
1. Korea
2. China
3. USA

Men’s 100m Backstroke Swimming
1. USA
2. USA
3. Australia and Russian Federation – TIE

Men’s 200m Breaststroke Swimming
1. Japan
2. Australia
3. France

Men’s 200m Butterfly Swimming
1. USA
2. Hungary
3. Japan

Men’s 200m Individual Medley Swimming
1. USA
2. Hungary
3. USA

Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
1. USA
2. France
3. Australia

Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1. USA
2. Russian Federation
3. Australia

Women’s Individual Sabre Fencing
1. USA
2. USA
3. USA