Top medal-winning nations at Summer Olympics The modern Olympic Games began in 1896, with the awarding Recent Olympic emblems of gold, silver and bronze medals introduced at the 1904 Games Host 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 1896 Athens, GRE USA 11 7 2 GRE 10 18 19 GER 6 5 2 1900 Paris, FRA FRA 27 39 37 USA 19 14 15 GBR 15 7 9 1904 St. Louis,USA USA 76 78 77 GER 4 5 6 CAN 4 1 1 1908 London, GBR GBR 56 51 39 USA 23 12 12 SWE 8 6 11 1912 Stockholm,SWE USA 26 19 19 SWE 23 25 17 GBR 10 15 16 1920 Antwerp, BEL USA 41 27 27 SWE 19 20 25 BEL 16 12 14 1924 Paris, FRA USA 45 27 27 FRA 14 15 12 FIN 14 13 10 1928 Amsterdam,NED USA 22 18 16 GER 11 9 19 NED 8 10 5 1932Los Angeles,USA USA 44 36 30 ITA 12 12 12 FRA 11 5 4 1936 Berlin, GER GER 38 31 32 USA 24 21 12 HUN 10 1 5 1948 London, GBR USA 38 27 19 SWE 17 11 18 FRA 11 6 15 1952 Helsinki, FIN USA 40 19 17 URS* 22 30 19 HUN 16 10 16 1956 Melbourne,AUS URS 37 29 32 USA 32 25 17 AUS 13 8 14 1960 Rome, ITA URS 43 29 31 USA 34 21 16 ITA 13 10 13 1964 Tokyo, JPN USA 36 26 28 URS 30 31 35 JPN 16 5 8 1968Mexico City,MEX USA 45 28 34 URS 29 32 30 JPN 11 7 7 1972 Munich, FRG‡ URS 50 27 22 USA 33 31 30 GDR† 20 23 23 1976 Montreal, CAN URS 49 41 35 GDR 40 25 25 USA 34 35 25 1980 Moscow, URS* URS 80 69 46 GDR 47 37 42 BUL 8 16 17 1984Los Angeles,USA USA 83 61 30 ROU 20 16 17 FRG‡ 17 19 23 1988 Seoul, KOR URS 55 31 46 GDR 37 35 30 USA 36 31 27 1992Barcelona, ESP EUN§ 45 38 29 USA 37 34 37 GER 33 21 28 1996 Atlanta, USA USA 44 32 25 RUS 26 21 16 GER 20 18 27 2000 Sydney, AUS USA 37 24 32 RUS 32 28 29 CHN 28 16 14 2004 Athens, GRE USA 36 39 26 CHN 32 17 14 RUS 28 26 36 2008 Beijing, CHN CHN 48 22 30 USA 36 39 37 RUS 24 13 23 2012 London, GBR USA 48 26 30 CHN 39 31 22 GBR 29 18 18 2016Rio de Janeiro,BRA USA 46 37 38 GBR 27 23 17 CHN 26 18 26 2020 Tokyo, JPN USA 39 41 33 CHN 38 32 19 JPN 27 14 17 Notes: No gold medals awarded in 1896 and 1900 – only silver for first place and bronze for second. IOC retroactively assigned gold, silver, and bronze positions to bring them in line with current awards. Olympics not held in 1916, 1940, 1944. USA boycotted 1980 Olympics, URS boycotted 1984 Olympics. Tokyo Olympics delayed from 2020 to 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic. URS* – Soviet Union, GDR† – East Germany, FRG‡ – West Germany, EUN§ – Unified Team (12 of 15 former Soviet republics). Source: IOC © GRAPHIC NEWS