Apparently the IOC doesn't officially sanction any sort of medal tally...presumably because the Olympics are about participation and not just a nationalistic sporting land grab. But, of course, Olympic media coverage the world over features medal tables.
Not surprisingly, even this simple statistics gathering exercise is open to interpretation. The US media ranks based on total medal count; the Chinese and many others across the world rank based on gold medals won. This conveniently allows for two countries to claim top spot.
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