China is the new medal leader at the Paris Olympics after Wednesday’s races, the fifth official day of competition, while Romania is on 17th, after the gold won by swimmer David Popovici in the 200m freestyle on Monday and the bronze won on Wednesday in the 100 m freestyle.
David Popovici will return home with a gold and a bronze. PHOTO: Facebook
China has 9 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals, followed by France (9-10-8) and Japan (8-3-4), the former leader, as noted by Agerpres.
Medal standings after Wednesday:
place country GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
1 China 9 7 3 19
2 France 8 10 8 26
3 Japan 8 3 4 15
4 Australia 7 6 3 16
5 Great Britain 6 6 5 17
6 South Korea 6 3 3 12
7 USA 5 13 12 30
8 Italy 3 6 4 13
9 Canada 2 2 3 7
10 Germany 2 2 2 6
11 Hong Kong 2 0 2 4
12 Sweden 1 1 2 4
13 Netherlands 1 1 1 3
14 Georgia 1 1 0 2
14 New Zealand 1 1 0 2
16 South Africa 1 0 2 3
16 Belgium 1 0 2 3
16 Kazakhstan 1 0 2 3
19 Romania 1 0 1 2
19 Croatia 1 0 1 2
19 Guatemala 1 0 1 2
19 Ireland 1 0 1 2
23 Argentina 1 0 0 1
23 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1
23 Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1
23 Serbia 1 0 0 1
23 Slovenia 1 0 0 1
28 Hungary 0 2 1 3
29 North Korea 0 2 0 2
30 Brazil 0 1 3 4
31 Poland 0 1 2 3
32 Kosovo 0 1 1 2
32 Mexico 0 1 1 2
32 Switzerland 0 1 1 2
32 Turkey 0 1 1 2
36 Fiji 0 1 0 1
36 Mongolia 0 1 0 1
36 Tunisia 0 1 0 1
39 India 0 0 2 2
39 Moldova 0 0 2 2
41 Austria 0 0 1 1
41 Egypt 0 0 1 1
41 Spain 0 0 1 1
41 Greece 0 0 1 1
41 Slovakia 0 0 1 1
41 Tajikistan 0 0 1 1
41 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
