59 Countries Win Medals; China Leads

SINGAPORE,19 Aug 2010 - The silver medallist HASEENA SUNIL KUMAR Prannoy of India, the gold medallist POODCHALAT Pisit of Thailand and the bronze medallist KANG Ji Wook of South Korea (L-R) pose together during the awarding ceremony of the boys' singles final match of badminton at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, August 19, 2010.

Fifty-nine countries have won at least one medal at the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore.

China still leads the Youth Olympic Games medal table after pushing Russia out of the top spot Wednesday. China has 22 total medals, while Russia has 24 total medals after five days of competition. China leads because it has 13 gold medals. Russia comes in second with 11 gold medals.

Italy has moved ahead of South Kora to claim third place with 13 total medals and six gold medals. South Korea is in fourth place with eight total medals and five gold.

Host nation Singapore has three bronze and one silver.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China(CHN) 13 7 2 22 2 Russia(RUS)ab 11 9 4 24 3 Italy(ITA)a 6 4 3 13 4 South Korea(KOR) 5 2 1 8 5 Azerbaijan(AZE) 5 1 0 6 6 Japan(JPN) 4 0 0 4 7 Australia(AUS)e 3 8 4 15 8 Thailand(THA) 3 3 0 6 9 Canada(CAN)c 3 0 8 11 10 Ukraine(UKR) 2 4 4 10 11 Kazakhstan(KAZ) 2 2 2 6 12 Iran(IRI) 2 2 1 5 13 Hungary(HUN)d 2 1 1 4 14 Israel(ISR)d 2 1 0 3 15 Bulgaria(BUL) 2 0 0 2 15 Great Britain(GBR) 2 0 0 2 17 United States(USA)cf 1 5 5 11 18 Germany(GER)b 1 4 4 9 19 Turkey(TUR)b 1 2 4 7 20 South Africa(RSA) 1 2 2 5 21 France(FRA) 1 1 4 6 22 Vietnam(VIE) 1 1 2 4 23 Portugal(POR)d 1 1 1 3 24 New Zealand(NZL)e 1 1 0 2 25 Austria(AUT)d 1 0 1 2 25 Kyrgyzstan(KGZ) 1 0 1 2 25 North Korea(PRK) 1 0 1 2 26 Lithuania(LTU) 1 0 0 1 26 Mongolia(MGL) 1 0 0 1 26 Slovenia(SLO) 1 0 0 1 26 Trinidad and Tobago(TRI) 1 0 0 1 32 Cuba(CUB) 0 2 1 3 32 India(IND) 0 2 1 3 34 Singapore(SIN) 0 1 3 4 34 Uzbekistan(UZB) 0 1 3 4 36 Armenia(ARM) 0 1 2 3 36 Spain(ESP) 0 1 2 3 36 Venezuela(VEN) 0 1 2 3 39 Egypt(EGY) 0 1 1 2 39 Greece(GRE) 0 1 1 2 39 Poland(POL)b 0 1 1 2 39 Tajikistan(TJK) 0 1 1 2 43 Chinese Taipei(TPE) 0 1 0 1 43 Colombia(COL) 0 1 0 1 43 Jordan(JOR) 0 1 0 1 43 Moldova(MDA) 0 1 0 1 47 Mexico(MEX)f 0 0 3 3 48 Argentina(ARG)f 0 0 2 2 49 Czech Republic(CZE) 0 0 1 1 49 Finland(FIN) 0 0 1 1 49 Georgia(GEO) 0 0 1 1 49 Indonesia(INA) 0 0 1 1 49 Kuwait (KUW) 0 0 1 1 49 Lebanon(LIB) 0 0 1 1 49 Nigeria(NGR) 0 0 1 1 49 Norway(NOR) 0 0 1 1 49 Romania(ROM) 0 0 1 1 49 Serbia(SRB) 0 0 1 1 49 Sweden(SWE) 0 0 1 1 Total (including medals from mixed NOC events) 74 74 82 230 Official Total 70 70 79 219

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