The United States came out on top with 110 total medals. The Chinese had a total of 100 medal, however, they top the gold medal chart with 51. The Americans received the the second most gold with a count of 36. Russia was third all around with 72 total medals and 23 golds.

In the Trampoline event china took gold, Canada won the silver and Uzbekistan came in third. Next is the Uneven Parallel Bars China won gold again, Nastia Liukin won silver for America, and bronze went to Yinlin Yang of China. An upset for China, Romania won gold, in the Floor Exercise, and the US picked up silver and bronze respectively going to Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin. Finally , in the Horse Vault, North Korea won the gold, Germany was awarded silver, and China rounded out the podium with the bronze.

Now the United Stated did not place in any of these events so if that’s all you care about read my next post which will have the women’s standings. In the Men’s Horse Vault, Poland took first, France came in second, and Russia finished with bronze. In the Men’s Rings event, China went one-two for the silver and gold with the Ukraine winning the bronze. Next in line is the Pommel Horse competition where China again took gold. For the silver we have Filip Ude of Croatia and bronze went to Louis Smith of Great Britain. China won gold one more time in the men’s competition with th Floor Exercise. Silver was awarded to Spanish gymnast, Gervasio Defer, while bronze was won by Russia.

Now for the good news. American gymnastic dream team, Shawn Johnson and Nastia Luikin, placed first and second tonight in the Balance Beam event. Shawn won gold, Nastia took silver, and no surprise China rounded out the podium with bronze. We are proud of you girls!

So without further ado, the medal standings. In the Men’s Individual All-Around competition, the gold went to Wei Yang of China. The silver was awarded to Kohei Uchimura of Japan, and bronze was placed on the neck of Benoit Caranobe of France. What an upset for America! There is good news though, we placed third in the Men’s Team Competition. China won gold and Japan came in second.

The women fared a little better in their team competition, where China took gold, the USA won sliver, and Romania beat out Russia for the bronze. The best part, of the Women’s All-Around competition, tonight was what the media is calling the one-two punch from Nastia Lukin and Shawn Johnson. Both of these women are from the United States, Nastia took gold and Shawn won the silver medal. China’s Yilin Yang stood in third place on the podium while The Star-Spangled Banner played.

Go USA!

The biggest achievement of all, in my opinion, was when they had a large number of people under multi-layered boxes that extended when they stood up. They created a visual feast for the eyes as the boxes formed waves and Chinese characters from their language. Apparently, the performers had been working eight hours days for 4 months before the ceremony. For the last few days leading up to the ceremony they worked even longer hours. The really interesting part is that they did not have a perfect performance until the ceremony itself. Talk about Olympic Gold!