United States
- Largest city: New York
- Official languages: No Official Language
- National languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
- Total area: 3,794,083 miles² (9,826,630 km²)
- 2008 Estimated population: 303,824,646 people
United States Headlines
- Konerko now third in White Sox history in games played 5 minutes ago
- Angels' Trout struggling after strong start 5 minutes ago
- Astros' Norris dominating opponents 5 minutes ago
- Boxing Fight Schedule for May 26, 2012 24 minutes ago
- Feliz says he expects to remain a starter 35 minutes ago
- Nassau County, Long Island Girls' Lacrosse Finals Set: a Fan's Preview 36 minutes ago
- Friday's Sports in Brief 39 minutes ago
- LB has Canes No. 1 on list - Miami-FL [$$] 49 minutes ago
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Record Breakers
- Swimming
- Men's 400m Medley Qualification - Heat 4: United States (Michael Phelps) 4:07.82 (OR)
- Swimming
- Men's 400m Medley Final: United States (Michael Phelps) 4:03.84 (WR)
- Swimming
- Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 4: United States (Matt Grevers) 53.41 (OR)
- Swimming
- Women's 400m Freestyle - Heat 5: United States (Katie Hoff) 4:03.71 (OR)
- Swimming
- Men's 4 x 100m Free Qualification - Heat 1: United States (Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Matt Grevers) 3:12.23 (WR)
- Swimming
- Men's 4 x 100m Free Qualification: United States (Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Matt Grevers) 3:12.23 (WR)
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- Men's 4 x 100m Free Final: United States (Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak) 3:08.24 (WR)
- Swimming
- Men's 200m Butterfly Qualification: United States (Michael Phelps) 1:53.70 (OR)
- Swimming
- Men's 200m Butterfly - Heat 6: United States (Michael Phelps) 1:53.70 (OR)
- Shooting
- Men's double trap (150 targets) Qualification: United States (Walton Eller) 145 (OR)
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Overall Medal Count
Presented by Chevrolet| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flag of United States | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| 2 | Flag of China | 51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| 3 | Flag of Russia | 23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| 4 | Flag of Britain | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Flag of Australia | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| 6 | Flag of Germany | 16 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 7 | Flag of France | 7 | 16 | 17 | 40 |
| 8 | Flag of South Korea | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
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