The bar chart below shows the total number of Olympic medals won by twelve different countries.

The figure below gives information about how many Olympic medals each country has won. The study focused on the 12 best countries.

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, we can see that some countries have dominated the Olympic Games by winning a lot,

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others of the top 12 did not have the same success.

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, it can be clearly seen that the United States is the best country in the World and they have won approximately 2,250 medals. They won in total of 1,000 gold medals, 600 in silver and 500 in bronze. The United States are followed by the Soviet Union (1,000),that have two times less than they do.

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, most of the top 12 , like Sweden, Australia , or Japan, have not yet achieved the 500 medal mark. Others have reached by a little , like Italy, Germany and France. And there is

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the UK , with more than 700, which are not too far from the Soviet Union.