Beijing Olympics Come to an End

Beijing Olympics: Closing Ceremony Originally uploaded by rich115

The Beijing Olympics have come to an end… What an AMAZING 16 days!

Stay tuned for this weeks Top Tuesday as we feature the up’s and down’s of this years 29th Olympiad.

Not so bad Canada! We ranked 19th overall, and tied for 14th with Spain in total medals!

Rank	NOC Name	Total				Rank by Total
		G	S	B	T
1	CHN – China	51	21	28	100	2
2	USA – United States	36	38	36	110	1
3	RUS – Russian Fed.	23	21	28	72	3
4	GBR – Great Britain	19	13	15	47	4
5	GER – Germany	16	10	15	41	6
6	AUS – Australia	14	15	17	46	5
7	KOR – Korea	13	10	8	31	8
8	JPN – Japan	9	6	10	25	11
9	ITA – Italy	8	10	10	28	9
10	FRA – France	7	16	17	40	7
11	UKR – Ukraine	7	5	15	27	10
12	NED – Netherlands	7	5	4	16	16
13	JAM – Jamaica	6	3	2	11	20
14	ESP – Spain	5	10	3	18	14
15	KEN – Kenya	5	5	4	14	18
16	BLR – Belarus	4	5	10	19	13
17	ROU – Romania	4	1	3	8	25
18	ETH – Ethiopia	4	1	2	7	27
19	CAN – Canada	3	9	6	18	14
20	POL – Poland	3	6	1	10	21

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