United States at the Youth Olympics United States has never topped the gold medal count (as the medals are listed internationally by tradition) at a Summer Youth Olympics and only at one Winter Youth Olympics. United States at the Youth Olympics The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the Youth Olympic Games. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States. U.S. athletes have won a total of 43 medals (14 of them gold) at the Summer Olympic Games and another 42 at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Most medals have been won in athletics
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics On 7 August 2012, Great Britain had reached its 48-medal target, and surpassed the 19 gold-medal tally from Beijing, making it the most successful Olympics since 1908. Great Britain left the Summer Olympic Games with a total of 65 medals (29 gold, 17 silver, and 19 bronze), finishing third in the medal table rankings, and fourth in the total number of medal rankings. At least one medal was awarded to Team GB in seventeen sports, eleven of them contained at least one gold. British athletes dominated the medal standings in cycling, wherein they won a total of 12 Olympic medals,