10 Countries with Highest Olympic Gold Medals

9. Japan

Number of Gold Medals: 114

Japan has performed well in Olympic Games and has got 114 medals. This achievement ranked Japan at number 9th position. The Japanese excel at judo, a sport developed in their country, as well as gymnastics, swimming and wrestling. Hitomi Obara , Kaori Icho , Saori Yoshida each has each gold medal in women wrestling  various events. Kaori Matsumoto earned gold and Mika Sugimoto earned a silver medal in women’s Judo various events. Japan is not represented in basketball and handball at these Games.

10. China

Number of Gold Medals: 112

China’s performance in every Olympic remained remarkable. This country has a world’s best athletes. With their superb performance china has won yet 112 gold medals. This effort made it ranked at number 10th position. A total of 396 Chinese athletes, 171 male and 225 female, were selected by the Chinese Olympic Committee to compete in 23 sports. The Chinese are excellent at diving and gymnastics while enjoying complete domination in table tennis. Weightlifting and shooting are also specialities.