Congratulations! 24th August 2008 have wrapped the Olympics to a final conclusion!
Started on 8th August 2008, it was indeed The Event of The Year! 16 days of glory, joy and tremedous excitement just ended with a BIG BANG! Full coverage of The Closing Ceremony can be found here:
Do make sure you read the much elaborated details in there!
Anyway... here are the top 3 final overall medal standings for 2008 Olympics.
Coming in 1st... (Drum roll...) (Drum roll not effective! All knew China will get it!)
China! coming in with a total of 51 Gold, 21 Silver and 28 Bronze medals!
A stunning total number of 100 Medals!
And... trying to catch up, we have USAcoming in 2nd! It was a close competition and it was only so close! With a total of 36 Gold, 38 Silver and 36 Bronze medals, the USA will be held in high esteem!