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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 Medal Count

  • Gold 36
  • Silver 38
  • Bronze 36
  • Total 110
United States Athletes »

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)
Swimming
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)

Overall Medal Count

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Overall Medal Count
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Flag of United States 36 38 36 110
Flag of China 51 21 28 100
Flag of Russia 23 21 28 72
Flag of Britain 19 13 15 47
Flag of Australia 14 15 17 46
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