Languages: English. Since the start of the Olympic Games in 1896, nations across the globe have garnered a number of different medals. From the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896 ...

A clean sweep is when athletes or teams from the same country win all three medals ... the Summer Olympics. The total number of clean sweeps for each country in any event since 1896 were totaled ...

The Olympic Games are at an end with the United States edging out China to top the medal ... top of the table at 19 of the 30 summer Olympics, including the very first in Athens in 1896, and ...

where the United States are once again favourites to top the medal table at the end of the 17-day festival of sport. The USA have finished on top of the table at 18 of the 29 summer Olympics, ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...