Will U.S. Win Medal Race at the London Olympics?

by Fef Posted 2012/07/20 19:00:00

Related Topics: Sports, Olympics, London Olympics, Summer Olympics, Games, Gold, United States, China, USA, Country, London, America

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The United States holds the all-time record for medals in the summer Olympics between 1896 and 2010. The United States also holds the record for the most Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals.

The Soviet Union (now defunct) comes a distant second with less than half the total medals of the USA. China, however, won the medal race in the 2008 games and poses a threat to America's dominance every four years. Do you think America will win this year?

ONLINE.WSJ.COM reports:
This was supposed to be a big year for China. But The Wall Street Journal projects that the U.S. will dominate, big time, in the London Games.

supposed year china wall street journal projects dominate london games

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neetsie2000 2012/07/24 13:41:54

Yes

The Summer Olympics is the only event where the US always cleans up in the medals. Don't think China is much of a threat.

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Rob Williams 2012/07/24 00:55:00

Yes

Undoubtedly because you guys have the breadth of talent to choose from as ell as the facilities to train your athletes... not sour grapes, just fact.

We'll probably come second or third due to the home field advantage with China and Australia up there as well.

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MrsB 2012/07/23 17:09:35

Yes

Swimming!!!

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Be Original 2012/07/23 15:52:50

Yes

duh!!!!!

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BIG BAD JOHN R. 2012/07/23 15:19:14

Yes

We sure will.

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jacktown kid 2012/07/23 15:14:06

Yes

Yes they will

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NickPirce 2012/07/23 15:01:13

Yes

Big Olympics for USA

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intolerantrwj 2012/07/23 14:36:56

No

..... good Lord, I hope not !

You know how much it will cost us to fly Barry over there so he can apologize for us ' Winning ' ..... screw it, lets just forfeit < s >

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Michelle 2012/07/23 05:50:13

No

Okay, it probably will be the States... But I'm not American, so I don't cheer for you guys. :P It's just a friendly competition, though.

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joe.noonan2 2012/07/23 01:26:26

Yes

Yes, but more gold medals might go to china.

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Lady Sure Shot 2012/07/22 23:09:16

Yes

Absolutely! The US dominates in the water!

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Myopinionmatters 2012/07/22 16:26:22

Yes

Here comes michael the fish!

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AmericanVirus 2012/07/22 07:00:43

Yes

Great picture

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thetruth 2012/07/22 04:06:28

Yes

+1
Is the desert dry?

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AvaC 2012/07/22 02:45:14

No

I don't know. Celebrating victories is great but I don't remember the point of the Olympics being to focus on a ''medal race'' among the participating countries.

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Rock 2012/07/22 01:31:23

Yes

+1
I wonder how many countries have less medals than Michael Phelps?

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Cal 2012/07/21 22:45:53

Yes

+1
Of course. We do every Olympics.

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MarinerFH 2012/07/21 21:46:27

No

Too much attention is paid to the so called "medal race". It's all about the athletes, not some national medal race.

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Altering_Minds. 2012/07/21 17:42:56

Yes

No mater the odds, America will come out on top!

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Sterling 2012/07/21 17:04:40

Yes

China got a lot more gold but we also got a lot more silver and bronze. Try repeating when you're not at home, China. Let's see it.

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ahumblevoter 2012/07/21 15:41:28

No

Nope, as Many of their athletes from 2008 are not participating and china look a lot more likley to win. And because i dont want them to ;)

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Fallout 2012/07/21 12:16:15

Yes

USA

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Donnie 2012/07/21 11:13:13

No

i don't know (flipped a coin for vote)

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Hockey 40 2012/07/21 10:58:53 (edited)

Yes

The US will win medals in London but, Canada will win the majority of the medals. http://images.sodahead.com/pr...

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SilveryRow 2012/07/21 10:56:51

Yes

Gets boring really

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skyebrand 2012/07/21 05:45:16

No

I have no idea. I'm not a psychic. I hope not though.

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Osk The Great Guru 2012/07/21 05:15:53

Yes

It is hard to compare a country this big with a small country

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Matt 2012/07/21 04:54:14

Yes

i really hope so!

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Your Favorite Nerd Guru 2012/07/21 04:02:02

Yes

+2
Go USA!

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Eric 2012/07/21 03:40:00

Yes

The US is the third most populous country and should take more medals than any country. India does poorly and China, which beat the US in Gold medals in 2008, probably won't do as well.

Sad that the US continues to decline in the main sports such as Track and Field, Swimming, etc. I assume that the US will be c. 40th in medals per capita, behind Australia, UK, Germany, Cuba, Bahamas, etc.

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AyyyJose 2012/07/21 03:14:28

Yes

Can't really say but I'm sure they'll do great (:

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American Nate 2012/07/21 02:54:20 (edited)

Yes

Won the 2008 Olympics in China, and won the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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Angel* 2012/07/21 02:34:04

Yes

If they don't think they are French and give their metals to the wrong team.
Just joking. A few years ago a bust of one of the founding fathers (who, ?)
It was given to someone by the President Bush ?!? Well on the bottom of the bust of this
Statue given as an American honor, said Made in China. " we are number 1 " !?!?

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Rubyking 2012/07/21 02:32:10

Yes

amurrrica ftw

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VenomHalos 2012/07/21 01:05:14

Yes

+1
Probably. I mean, we all know it won't be Canada....... *sigh*

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glen to VenomHalos 2012/07/24 17:42:43

It's the spirit of the games that counts and Canada exemplifies this . Go Canada .

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VenomHalos to glen 2012/07/24 20:16:10

Yes, but we still won't get many medals lol

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glen to VenomHalos 2012/07/25 11:22:15

Triathalon with Simon Whitfield is a pretty safe bet .

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VenomHalos to glen 2012/07/30 06:00:23

Okay, but that's one out of how many?

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glen to VenomHalos 2012/08/01 15:12:06

One's better than none . Go Canada !!

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