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  • Medals
    • Rank 23
    • Gold 3
    • Silver 2
    • Bronze 1
    • Total 6
  • Capital City
    Pretoria (administrative capital)
  • National Languages
    IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census)
  • Total Area
    471,011 miles² (1,219,912 km²)
  • Population
    43,786,115 people
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Overall Medal Count

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
15 New Zealand 6 2 5 13

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