We have been watching a lot of the Olympics over the past two weeks. Why not? They only come around every four years.
We were totally impressed with the way China handled this event. The Chinese government spent $40 billion to put these games on and 204 countries sent athletes to compete in the games. That's very impressive.
We enjoyed watching various events, especially those which we don't see very much. For example, The gold-medal match between Hungary and the USA in water polo was very exciting. Hungary won the gold as they have in the previous two Olympics.
2008 Medal Count
Country G S B TOTAL
United States 36 38 36 110
China 51 21 28 100
Russia 23 21 28 72
Britain 19 13 15 47
Australia 14 15 17 46
Germany 16 10 15 41
France 7 16 17 40
South Korea 13 10 8 31
Italy 8 10 10 28
And the list goes on ... for a grand total of 958 medals.
Country G S B TOTAL
United States 36 38 36 110
China 51 21 28 100
Russia 23 21 28 72
Britain 19 13 15 47
Australia 14 15 17 46
Germany 16 10 15 41
France 7 16 17 40
South Korea 13 10 8 31
Italy 8 10 10 28
And the list goes on ... for a grand total of 958 medals.
We might mention in passing that Hungary won ten medals and Austria won three.
Most impressive was the sportsmanship and the respect that the athletes showed each other.
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