London 2012 day three: how does Team GB's Olympic medal ranking compare to ... - The Guardian (blog)

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It may seem ridiculously early, three days in, but how does it compare to the Beijing 2008 Olympics so far? Team GB is placed 20th in the league table, compared to seventh at the same stage last time, although that doesn't take account of difference in events timings (ie, that just reflects the numbers of days that have passed).

And this is the answer:

Day three at London 2012, we actually have one more medal than we did in Beijing at the same stage - problem is that it's not a gold. The Guardian predicted that Mark Cavendish would win one by this stage at the cycling road race, which failed to materialise.

Interactive guide to Olympic medal predictions

We will be returning to this analysis as the games progress and it becomes more meaningful. The data is below

Data summary

Day three compared

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SOURCE: GUARDIAN ARCHIVE
1	China	9	3	2	9	5	3
2	South Korea	4	4	0	2	2	2
3	US	3	4	5	5	7	5
4	Italy	3	3	2	2	4	2
5	Australia	2	0	3	1	2	1
6	Japan	2	0	2	1	4	6
7	Great Britain	1	0	1	0	1	2
8	Czech Republic	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	0
10	Finland	1	0	1	0	0	0

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