Tabulated below are the medals and overall rankings for host nations in each Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, based on individual Games medals tables.
Summer Olympics
editRanked first
| Games | Host nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 |  Greece (GRE) |
10 | 17 | 19 | 46 | 2 |
| 1900 |  France (FRA) |
26 | 41 | 34 | 101 | 1 |
| 1904 |  United States (USA) |
76 | 78 | 77 | 231 | 1 |
| 1908 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
56 | 51 | 39 | 146 | 1 |
| 1912 |  Sweden (SWE) |
23 | 25 | 17 | 65 | 2 |
| 1920 |  Belgium (BEL) |
14 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 5 |
| 1924 | France (FRA) |
13 | 15 | 10 | 38 | 3 |
| 1928 |  Netherlands (NED) |
6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 8 |
| 1932 |  United States (USA) |
44 | 36 | 30 | 110 | 1 |
| 1936 |  Germany (GER) |
38 | 31 | 32 | 101 | 1 |
| 1948 | Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 12 |
| 1952 |  Finland (FIN) |
6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 8 |
| 1956 |  Australia (AUS) |
13 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 3 |
| 1960 |  Italy (ITA) |
13 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 3 |
| 1964 |  Japan (JPN) |
16 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 3 |
| 1968 |  Mexico (MEX) |
3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 1972 |  West Germany (FRG) |
13 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 4 |
| 1976 |  Canada (CAN) |
0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 1980 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
80 | 69 | 46 | 195 | 1 |
| 1984 |  United States (USA) |
83 | 61 | 30 | 174 | 1 |
| 1988 |  South Korea (KOR) |
12 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 4 |
| 1992 |  Spain (ESP) |
13 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 6 |
| 1996 | United States (USA) |
44 | 32 | 25 | 101 | 1 |
| 2000 | Australia (AUS) |
16 | 25 | 17 | 58 | 4 |
| 2004 |  Greece (GRE) |
6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 |
| 2008 |  China (CHN) |
48 | 22 | 30 | 100 | 1 |
| 2012 | Great Britain (GBR) |
29 | 18 | 18 | 65 | 3 |
| 2016 |  Brazil (BRA) |
7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 13 |
| 2020 |  Japan (JPN) |
27 | 14 | 17 | 58 | 3 |
| 2024 | France (FRA) |
16 | 26 | 22 | 64 | 5 |
| 2028 | United States (USA) |
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| 2032 | Australia (AUS) |
Winter Olympics
editRanked first
| Games | Host nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 1928 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1932 | United States (USA) |
6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| 1936 | Germany (GER) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1948 | Switzerland (SUI) |
3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| 1952 |  Norway (NOR) |
7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| 1956 | Italy (ITA) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1960 |  United States (USA) |
3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| 1964 |  Austria (AUT) |
4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| 1968 | France (FRA) |
4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
| 1972 | Japan (JPN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 1976 | Austria (AUT) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 1980 | United States (USA) |
6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| 1984 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 1988 | Canada (CAN) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 1992 | France (FRA) |
3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 1994 | Norway (NOR) |
10 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 2 |
| 1998 | Japan (JPN) |
5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| 2002 | United States (USA) |
10 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 3 |
| 2006 |  Italy (ITA) |
5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
| 2010 | Canada (CAN) |
14 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 1 |
| 2014 |  Russia (RUS) |
11 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 1 |
| 2018 |  South Korea (KOR) |
5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 7 |
| 2022 | China (CHN) |
9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 4 |
| 2026 | Italy (ITA) |
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| 2030 | France (FRA) |
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| 2034 | United States (USA) |
External links
edit- The Geopolitics of Winter Olympic Medal Counts, The Atlantic, February 7, 2014
- One Benefit of Hosting the Olympics? More Medals, NPR, August 8, 2012