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Background Info: All-Time Overall Medal Count (Gold, Silver & Bronze) United States (USA) 2404 Soviet Union (URS) 1204 Great Britain (GBR) 689 France (FRA) 679 Germany (GER) 648 Italy (ITA) 595 Sweden (SWE) 588 East Germany (GDR) 519 Hungary (HUN) 454 Finland (FIN) 446 Norway (NOR) 415 Australia (AUS) 392 Japan (JPN) 367 Canada (CAN) 361 China (CHN) 319 Russia (RUS) 319 .....the list goes on and you can view the full chart here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_countOf those over-all medals the USA's include 972 Gold and China's include 116 Gold. This 2008 Olympics USA has 26 Gold Medals to China's 43 (http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/index.html). Why do you suppose China's Gold Medal count increased so dramatically this 2008 Summer Olympics?
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