Kenya Wins Middle Distance & Distance Medal Count at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Ethiopia Is Second, Russia Third
By LetsRun.com
August 13, 2012
"It was a fiasco. The performance was terrible," so said Kenyan Sports Minister about Kenya's performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics,
In reaction to that, we thought it would be useful to produce a medal count of the mid-d and distance medals earned at the 2012 Olympics to compare Kenya to the other countries.
Kenya, with a population of just 41 million, won by a wide margin. In fact, they nearly doubled second placed Ethiopia.
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Men |
Women |
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Country |
Total Medals |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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KEN |
11 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
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ETH |
7 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
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RUS |
4 |
2 |
2 |
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GBR |
2 |
2 |
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TUR |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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USA |
2 |
2 |
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UGA |
1 |
1 |
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ALG |
1 |
1 |
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BOT |
1 |
1 |
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FRA |
1 |
1 |
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RSA |
1 |
1 |
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TUN |
1 |
1 |
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MAR |
1 |
1 |
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BRN |
1 |
1 |
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TOT |
36 |
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