Sliver Medal Holders are the competent athletes of the Olympic Games who rank the second position in the games. Looking into the past records of many great athletes, we have researched out that there are great many athletes of the world who take the pride of winning Silver Medals. We at Ancient Olympic Games, a leading information providing company, take the initiative to bring into focus the basic and the most crucial information of our ancient Olympic Games.
We have gone through the previous and the present records of the athletes given by International Committee of Olympics (IOC) and piled up various information in this context. Among the numerous silver holders, there are some outstanding athletes who are marked remarkable in the Olympic History because of their feats.
In 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, the USA takes the pride of winning the maximum number of silver medals. Winning 38 silver medals, 36 gold and 36 bronze, the country has attained the first position in the medal tally. Next to USA, China hold the second position in the tally chart with 21 silver, 51 gold and ad 28 bronze medals in its account. Russia got 21 silver and 28 bronze medals and was ranked third in total number of medals. While Britain bagged 19 gold and 13 silver medals, Germany won 16 and 10.
If we look into and study the all Olympic summer chart, we will find that USA is the leading nation in the chart from all respects. Maximum number of gold, silver and bronze medals went in favor of the country’s athletes. The top most nations that are prominent in the medal count has always been persistent with United States, Russia (and former USSR), Germany (former East & West), Australia, Italy, and China (since 1984).