Beijing Olympics 2008 news for Egypt

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

Egypt medal count

Pos	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
83	Egypt	0	0	1	1

Egypt population and other stats

Latest Beijing Olympics News for Egypt

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European Union	0.5346	1.8705
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New Zealand	1.2083	0.8276
India	35.045	0.02853
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