Beijing Olympics 2008 news for Cuba

Beijing Medal Tally - top 5

#	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	51	21	28	100
2	USA	36	38	36	110
3	Russian Federation	23	21	28	72
4	Great Britain	19	13	15	47
5	Germany	16	10	15	41
6	Australia	14	15	17	46
7	South Korea	13	10	8	31
8	Japan	9	6	10	25
9	Italy	8	10	10	28
10	France	7	16	17	40

11	Ukraine	7	5	15	27
12	Netherlands	7	5	4	16
13	Jamaica	6	3	2	11
14	Spain	5	10	3	18
15	Kenya	5	5	4	14
16	Belarus	4	5	10	19
17	Romania	4	1	3	8
18	Ethiopia	4	1	2	7
19	Canada	3	9	6	18
20	Poland	3	6	1	10
21	Hungary	3	5	2	10
22	Norway	3	5	2	10
23	Brazil	3	4	8	15
24	Czech Republic	3	3	0	6
25	Slovakia	3	2	1	6

26	New Zealand	3	1	5	9
27	Georgia	3	0	3	6
28	Cuba	2	11	11	24
29	Kazakhstan	2	4	7	13
30	Denmark	2	2	3	7
31	Mongolia	2	2	0	4
32	Thailand	2	2	0	4
33	North Korea	2	1	3	6
34	Argentina	2	0	4	6
35	Switzerland	2	0	4	6
36	Mexico	2	0	1	3
37	Turkey	1	4	3	8
38	Zimbabwe	1	3	0	4
39	Azerbaijan	1	2	4	7
40	Uzbekistan	1	2	3	6
41	Slovenia	1	2	2	5
42	Bulgaria	1	1	3	5
43	Indonesia	1	1	3	5
44	Finland	1	1	2	4
45	Latvia	1	1	1	3
46	Belgium	1	1	0	2
47	Domonican Republic	1	1	0	2
48	Estonia	1	1	0	2
49	Portugal	1	1	0	2
50	India	1	0	2	3
51	Iran	1	0	1	2
52	Bahrain	1	0	0	1
53	Cameroon	1	0	0	1
54	Panama	1	0	0	1
55	Tunisia	1	0	0	1
56	Sweden	0	4	1	5
57	Croatia	0	2	3	5
58	Lithuania	0	2	3	5
59	Greece	0	2	2	4
60	Trinidad/Tobago	0	2	0	2
61	Nigeria	0	1	3	4
62	Austria	0	1	2	3
63	Ireland	0	1	2	3
64	Serbia	0	1	2	3
65	Algeria	0	1	1	2
66	Bahamas	0	1	1	2
67	Colombia	0	1	1	2
68	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	1	2
69	Morocco	0	1	1	2
70	Tajikistan	0	1	1	2
71	Chile	0	1	0	1
72	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
73	Iceland	0	1	0	1
74	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
75	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1
76	Singapore	0	1	0	1
77	S Africa	0	1	0	1
78	Sudan	0	1	0	1
79	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
80	Armenia	0	0	6	6
81	Taiwan	0	0	4	4
82	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
83	Egypt	0	0	1	1
84	Israel	0	0	1	1
85	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
86	Moldova	0	0	1	1
87	Togo	0	0	1	1
88	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
89	Albania	0	0	0	0
90	American Samoa	0	0	0	0
91	Andorra	0	0	0	0
92	Angola	0	0	0	0
93	Antigua Barbuda	0	0	0	0
94	Aruba	0	0	0	0
95	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0
96	Barbados	0	0	0	0
97	Belize	0	0	0	0
98	Benin	0	0	0	0
99	Bermuda	0	0	0	0
100	Bhutan	0	0	0	0
101	Bolivia	0	0	0	0
102	Bosnia Herzegovnia	0	0	0	0
103	Botswana	0	0	0	0
104	British Virgin	0	0	0	0
105	Brun Darussalam	0	0	0	0
106	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0
107	Burundi	0	0	0	0
108	Cambodia	0	0	0	0
109	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0
110	Cayman Isls	0	0	0	0
111	Central African Republic	0	0	0	0
112	Chad	0	0	0	0
113	Comoros	0	0	0	0
114	Congo	0	0	0	0
115	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0
116	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0
117	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0
118	Cyprus	0	0	0	0
119	Democratic Republic of Congo	0	0	0	0
120	Djibouti	0	0	0	0
121	Dominica	0	0	0	0
122	El Salvador	0	0	0	0
123	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0
124	Eritrea	0	0	0	0
125	Fiji	0	0	0	0
126	Gabon	0	0	0	0
127	Gambia	0	0	0	0
128	Ghana	0	0	0	0
129	Grenada	0	0	0	0
130	Guam	0	0	0	0
131	Guatemala	0	0	0	0
132	Guinea	0	0	0	0
133	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0
134	Guyana	0	0	0	0
135	Haiti	0	0	0	0
136	Honduras	0	0	0	0
137	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0
138	Iraq	0	0	0	0
139	Jordan	0	0	0	0
140	Kiribati	0	0	0	0
141	Kuwait	0	0	0	0
142	Laos	0	0	0	0
143	Lebanon	0	0	0	0
144	Lesotho	0	0	0	0
145	Liberia	0	0	0	0
146	Libya	0	0	0	0
147	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0
148	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0
149	Macedonia	0	0	0	0
150	Madagascar	0	0	0	0
151	Malawi	0	0	0	0
152	Maldives	0	0	0	0
153	Mali	0	0	0	0
154	Malta	0	0	0	0
155	Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0
156	Mauritania	0	0	0	0
157	Micronesia	0	0	0	0
158	Monaco	0	0	0	0
159	Montenegro	0	0	0	0
160	Mozambique	0	0	0	0
161	Myanmar	0	0	0	0
162	Namibia	0	0	0	0
163	Nauru	0	0	0	0
164	Nepal	0	0	0	0
165	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0
166	Niger	0	0	0	0
167	Oman	0	0	0	0
168	Pakistan	0	0	0	0
169	Palau	0	0	0	0
170	Palestine	0	0	0	0
171	Pap New Guinea	0	0	0	0
172	Paraguay	0	0	0	0
173	Peru	0	0	0	0
174	Philippines	0	0	0	0
175	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0
176	Qatar	0	0	0	0
177	Rwanda	0	0	0	0
178	St Kitts/Nevis	0	0	0	0
179	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0
180	St Vin/Grenad	0	0	0	0
181	Samoa	0	0	0	0
182	San Marino	0	0	0	0
183	STome/Principe	0	0	0	0
184	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0
185	Senegal	0	0	0	0
186	Seychelles	0	0	0	0
187	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0
188	Solomon Isls	0	0	0	0
189	Somalia	0	0	0	0
190	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0
191	Suriname	0	0	0	0
192	Swaziland	0	0	0	0
193	Syrian Arab Rep	0	0	0	0
194	Tanzania	0	0	0	0
195	Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0
196	Tonga	0	0	0	0
197	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0
198	Tuvalu	0	0	0	0
199	Uganda	0	0	0	0
200	Un Arab Emirat	0	0	0	0
201	Uruguay	0	0	0	0
202	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0
203	Virgin Isls	0	0	0	0
204	Yemen	0	0	0	0
205	Zambia	0	0	0	0

Cuba medal count

Pos	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
28	Cuba	2	11	11	24

Cuba population and other stats

Latest Beijing Olympics News for Cuba

Sports in Cuba still No. 1 despite declines - Miami Herald
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Uganda: 20 LRA Surrender, 10 Killed in DR Congo - AllAfrica.com
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China	4.9317	0.2028
European Union	0.5348	1.8698
United States	0.7218	1.3854
United Kingdom	0.4846	2.0637
Fiji	1.2574	0.7953
New Zealand	1.2083	0.8276
India	34.968	0.0286
Pakistan	56.878	0.01758
Philippines	33.618	0.02975
South Africa	6.7615	0.1479
South Korea	943.68	0.00106

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Beijing Medal Tally

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