Longhorns Ranked 15 in the World at Olympics

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Ranking by Gold medals, then by total.

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 22 87
3 Great Britain & N. Ireland 29 17 19 65
4 Russian Federation 24 25 33 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
9 Hungary 8 4 5 17
10 Japan 7 14 17 38
11 Australia 7 16 12 35
12 Kazakhstan 7 1 5 13
13 Netherlands 6 6 8 20
14 Ukraine 6 5 9 20
15 The University of Texas 6 5 2 13
16 Cuba 5 3 6 14
17 New Zealand 5 3 5 13
18 Iran 4 5 3 12
19 Jamaica 4 4 4 12
20 Czech Republic 4 3 3 10
21 North Korea 4 0 2 6
22 Spain 3 10 4 17
23 Brazil 3 5 9 17
24 Belarus 3 5 5 13
25 Ethiopia 3 1 3 7

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Is there a college ranking? I know schools on the West Coast do very well.

 

[blonthang]

Stanford went 12-2-2 (16 total):
The Link

 

[2003TexasGrad]

10 of Stanford's medals come from the soccer team, water polo team and a men's doubles tennis team.

Having 5 ladies on the winning water polo team really helps pad the stats.

 

[Branyon]

How did the aggies fare? They sent 23 athletes, but I don't recall hearing about any of them, probably because only five competed for the US.

 

[Third Coast]

15th seems about par for the course.

 

[blonthang]

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[Texanne]

Hu-Fan,

I hope one day some young pup decides you are too old to do your job.

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Oh, its a testament that 5 girls were all on the same team for sure, but its not quite the same accomplishment to me because its a team medal, not an individual one. Certainly, 2 of our medals were by Ricky and Jimmy swimming in a qualifying heat, so the same could be said about that yes.

Stanford just has a much higher percentage of medals due to the fact that they had several athletes on a single team that won a medal.

 

[Hu_Fan]

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[Hook 'Em Danno]

Per Texassports.com, Texas athletes accounted for a total of 13 medals, including six gold. If they were competing as a separate country, Texas would have ranked in a tie for 13th place among all nations in the number of gold medals earned and tied for 18th in the number of total medals won.
Linky.

 

[overseasbbfan1]

Most impressive for the Horns is that their 13 medals came in 5 different sports, or 7 if you separate men's and women's T&F and swimming discciplines. 7 of the 13 came in individual (4), duo (1) or team (2) events. The remaining 6 were relays. IMO that is a little more impressive than some schools that might have four or five athletes on a single team or squad. And of course, team/relay medals only count once in the official tally, even though all squad members receive a medal. For example, (just guessing here) there could be some Ivy League school/s that have multiple rowers on a single boat, or in a couple of events, and who subsequently rack up a lot of medals that way.

Great showing by the Horns!