London Olympics: 10 African nations win medals

London, Great Britain – Following is the list of the 10 African nations that won medals at the 2012 London Olympics which rounded off on Sunday night. Overall, 53 African nations were represented at the 27 July to 12 Aug Games. United States emerged the overall winner of the games with 46 gold, 29 silver and 29 bronze for a total of 104 medals, followed by China (38-27-22=87) and host Great Britain (29-17-19=65)

Country         Position Overall     Position in Africa    Gold   Silver Bronze   Total

South Africa   24                         1                                         3        2           1              6

Ethiopia          25                         2                                          3        1           3              7

Kenya            28                         3                                            2         4          5             11

Tunisia            45                       4                                            1        1           1               3

Algeria           50                         5                                            1         0          0               1

Uganda          50                         6                                           1         0           0               1

Egypt             58                         7                                            0          2          0                2

Botswana     69                        8                                             0          1          0                 1

Gabon           69                          9                                             0          1           0                1

Morocco       79                        10                                             0          0           1

*Source PANA