Does anyone know what the total metal count was?

Question

I wonder how many total overall metals each country received, counting each of the multiple metals they would receive for team events. for example, most metal count charts you see would credit the USA basketball team with one gold metal, while the fact is each player received one gold metal....

Answer 1

Wont really matter. For example, if the U.S baseball team won gold, the players who were benched, pinch hitter, relieve pitcher etc. would still get a medal on something they may have not deserve.

It seems like you just want people to know what U.S really got, the fact that US was ranked number 2 on the medal table. The IOC goes by gold medal count conventional, and its been like that for years.

And for the people who rooted' for the U.S, I'm happy for you that you love your country. But there are somethings that you have to get over with.

Answer 2

I'm guessing you're asking how many medalist (how many athletes received medals] each country.

Your numbers for total medalists are right.

The break down is as follows:

USA

Gold 125

Silver 109

Bronze 81

China

Gold 74

Silver 56

Bronze 56

Answer 3

110 for USA 100 for China