2012 London Olympics

How has London 2012 changed the sporting map of the world? The United States won the highest number of gold medals and the most medals in total, with China dropping to second place on the medals table after unprecedented (DOMINATE) at their home Olympics in Beijing four years ago. The third place for Great Britain exceeded all (EXPECT). Previously, 2008 Beijing Olympics were considered the most (SUCCESS) for the British with only the fourth place. In 2008, Russia took the third place. This year, Russia fell out of the top three (WIN) for the first time since the end of the Soviet era. South Korea improved to the fifth, their best finish since hosting the Games in Seoul 24 years ago. For Australia it was a (COMPARATIVE) miserable Olympics, where it took the tenth place. It was their worst (PEFRORM) in two decades.