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Olympic Medal Count: The Tally So Far

Team USA is doing well at the 2012 Olympics in London, but China is still leading in the race for precious metal and podium time. Are you watching?

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The 2012 Olympics officially kicked off on Friday, July 27 and so far China has been pulling in the medals with a total of 64 medals so far, 31 of which are gold.

Team USA is just behind with 63 medals, with 29 of those gold. Lafayette's Natalie Coughlin medaled yet again in the 2012 Games -- maintaining a perfect 12 for 12 in Olympic races -- only this time, she earned a medal without swimming in the final.

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Coughlin tied Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres for most career medals by an American woman with 12 when the United States won a bronze in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay on Saturday night.

Coughlin, whose six medals in Beijing were the most by an American woman at one Olympics, didn't qualify for an individual event in London. She finished sixth in the 100 free at the U.S. trials to put herself in the relay mix. Cal alumnae and Orinda native Heather Petri continues to contribute to her women's water polo team as Team USA continues to advance, playing Australia in the semifinals tonight, Tuesday, Aug. 7.

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Petri is competing in her fourth Olympics. On the men's side, Moragan Peter Varellas logged a goal and two assists in Team USA's losing effort against Serbia.

So far, host nation Great Britain has won 40 medals in the 2012 Olympics to date, including 18 golds.

Here is the Olympic medal count as of the morning of Tuesday, Aug 7. 

Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 32 19 14 65 2 United States 29 15 19 63 3 Great Britain 19 12 12 43 4 Korea 11 5 6 22 5 France 8 9 10 27 6 Russia 7 17 18 42 7 Italy 7 6 4 17 8 Kazakhstan 6 - 1 7 9 Germany 5 11 7 23 10 Netherlands 4 3 4 11 11 Hungary 4 1 3 8 12 DPR Korea 4 - 1 5 13 Cuba 3 3 1 7 14 Belarus 3 2 3 8 15 New Zealand 3 1 4 8 16 South Africa 3 1 - 4 17 Ukraine 3 - 6 9 18 Japan 2 12 14 28 19 Australia 2 12 8 22 20 Denmark 2 4 2 8 20 Romania 2 4 2 8 22 Brazil 2 1 5 8 22 Poland 2 1 5 8 24 Iran 2 1 1 4 24 Jamaica 2 1 1 4 26 Croatia 2 1 - 3 27 Ethiopia 2 - 2 4 28 Canada 1 3 6 10 29 Sweden 1 3 2 6 30 Czech Republic 1 3 1 5 30 Spain 1 3 1 5 32 Kenya 1 2 2 5 33 Slovenia 1 1 2 4 34 Dominican Republic 1 1 - 2 34 Georgia 1 1 - 2 34 Switzerland 1 1 - 2 37 Lithuania 1 - 1 2 38 Grenada 1 - - 1 38 Venezuela 1 - - 1 40 Mexico - 3 2 5 41 Colombia - 3 1 4 42 Egypt - 2 - 2 43 Slovakia - 1 3 4 44 Azerbaijan - 1 2 3 44 Belgium - 1 2 3 44 India - 1 2 3 47 Armenia - 1 1 2 47 Indonesia - 1 1 2 47 Mongolia - 1 1 2 47 Norway - 1 1 2 47 Serbia - 1 1 2 47 Tunisia - 1 1 2 53 Cyprus - 1 - 1 53 Estonia - 1 - 1 53 Finland - 1 - 1 53 Guatemala - 1 - 1 53 Malaysia - 1 - 1 53 Thailand - 1 - 1 53 Chinese Taipei - 1 - 1 60 Greece - - 2 2 60 Moldova - - 2 2 60 Singapore - - 2 2 63 Argentina - - 1 1 63 Hong Kong, China - - 1 1 63 Saudi Arabia - - 1 1 63 Puerto Rico - - 1 1 63 Qatar - - 1 1 63 Trinidad and Tobago - - 1 1 63 Turkey - - 1 1 63 Uzbekistan - - 1 1

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