Winter Olympics: Norwegians lead the medal, Hungary 18th.
On the ninth Sunday of the Beijing Winter Olympics, medals were awarded in seven events. In the table, the Norwegians took the lead from the Germans, still in third place for the American goal. The Hungarian team came in 18th with Liu Shaoang’s gold at 500 meters and two previous bronze medals.
| For the first time, Liu Shaoang was able to stand on the top of the Olympic podium alone (Photo: Károly Orvai) |
Sunday’s seven Olympic championship titles went to riders from seven different countries. The Shaoang gold medal for our most important short track speed skater reached 500 meters. With this, ours came in 18th, ahead of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, New Zealand, Belarus and Spain.
The leading German riders were left without gold, so the Norwegians, who won in ski shooting and collected two more silvers, took the lead.
In third place is still American transport, shoulder to shoulder with the Dutch: the former won the Olympic championship in speed skating and the latter in the short track version. The Russians, the Swiss and the French also received gold.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1. Norway | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| 2. Germany | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 3. United States | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 4. The Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 5. Sweden | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 6. Austria | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 7. Russian team | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 8. China | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 9. Switzerland | 3 | – | 5 |
| 10. France | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 11. Italy | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 12. Japan | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 13. Slovenia | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 14. Canada | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 15. South Korea | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 16. Australia | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17. Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18. HUNGARY | 1 | – | 2 |
| 19. Czech Republic | 1 | – | 1 |
| 20. Slovakia | 1 | – | – |
| New Zealand | 1 | – | – |
| 22. Belarus | – | 1 | – |
| Spain | – | 1 | – |
| 24. Belgium | – | – | 1 |
| Poland | – | – | 1 |
| Latvia | – | – | 1 |
National Sports reports on the venue: Gergely Kohán, Erika Kovács (text), Károly Árvai (photo)
