The graphs below show the number of medals won by the top five countries in the summer and winter Olympics.

The bar charts display how many

medals

were won by the top five countries throughout the

Summer

and

Winter

Olympics

.

Overall

,

while

during the

Winter

Olympics

, Norway and the United

States

achieved the top of the ranking, during the

Summer

Games

this

top was achieved by the United

States

and

Russia

, winning many more

medals

than in the other

Olympics

. During the

Winter

Olympics

, Norway and the United

States

reached first and second position respectively, winning a total of around 360 and 310

medals

. First place was won by Germany with nearly 240

medals

, followed by

Russia

, which won around 190

medals

.

Although

Canada won more

medals

than

Russia

, it won fewer gold

medals

, giving

as a result

the

last

position for them. During the

Summer

Olympics

, the United State was again

on

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the top of the ranking with a total of 2500

medals

, which positioned them first. Looking at the second and third position,

Russia

and Germany won nearly 1800 and 1600

medals

respectively. The

last

positions had an abysmal difference, with around 800 and 600

medals

won by Great Britain and France respectively. It is

also

worth pointing out how Germany was third in both Games and how

Russia

and the United

States

place better positions in the

Summer

Olympics

than in the

Winter

Olympics

.