| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1. |  | China | 51 | 21 | 28 | 100 | |
| 2. |  | United States | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 | |
| 3. |  | Russian Fed | 23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
Final USA Olympic Medal Count
The United States has won the overall medal count for the 2008 Summer Olympics, with a total of 110 medals: 36 gold, 38 silver, and 36 bronze. China came in second place with 100 medals, including 51 gold. Russia came in third with a total of 72 Olympic medals.
With help from British star power, China concluded its debut as Olympic host Sunday after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement — coexisting awkwardly with the government’s wariness of dissent and free speech.
A spectacular closing ceremony opened with torrents of fireworks and included a pulsating show-within-a-show by London, host of the 2012 Games. From a stage formed from a red double-decker bus, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page played classic rock hit “Whole Lotta Love” and soccer icon David Beckham booted a ball into the surrounding throng of athletes on the stadium floor...........
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