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A spokesman for the European Union, Reijo Kemppinen, boasted of European success at the Athens Games. Kemppinen noted that EU member nations won 286 medals, including 82 gold medals.^[1]

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Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	36	39	27	102
2	China (CHN)	32	17	14	63
3	Russia (RUS)	27	27	38	92
4	Australia (AUS)	17	16	16	49 alcatraz
5	Japan (JPN)	16	9	12	37
6	Germany (GER)	13	16	20	49
7	France (FRA)	11	9	13	33
8	Italy (ITA)	10	11	11	32
9	South Korea (KOR)	9	12	9	30
10	Great Britain (GBR)	9	9	12	30
11	Cuba (CUB)	9	7	11	27
12	Ukraine (UKR)	9	5	9	23
13	Hungary (HUN)	8	6	3	17
14	Romania (ROM)	8	5	6	19
15	Greece (GRE)	6	6	4	16
16	Brazil (BRA)	5	2	3	10
17	Norway (NOR)	5	0	1	6
18	Netherlands (NED)	4	9	9	22
19	Sweden (SWE)	4	2	1	7
20	Spain (ESP)	3	11	5	19
21	Canada (CAN)	3	6	3	12
22	Turkey (TUR)	3	3	4	10
23	Poland (POL)	3	2	5	10
24	New Zealand (NZL)	3	2	0	5
25	Thailand (THA)	3	1	4	8
26	Belarus (BLR)	2	6	7	15
27	Austria (AUT)	2	4	1	7
28	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	2	7
29	Iran (IRI)	2	2	2	6
	Slovakia (SVK)	2	2	2	6
31	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2	2	1	5
32	Georgia (GEO)	2	2	0	4
33	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	9	12
34	Jamaica (JAM)	2	1	2	5
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	1	2	5
36	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	0	3
37	Denmark (DEN)	2	0	6	8
38	Argentina (ARG)	2	0	4	6
39	Chile (CHI)	2	0	1	3
40	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	4	3	8
41	Kenya (KEN)	1	4	2	7
42	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	3	4	8
43	South Africa (RSA)	1	3	2	6
44	Croatia (CRO)	1	2	2	5
45	Lithuania (LTU)	1	2	0	3
46	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	3	5
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	3	5
48	Indonesia (INA)	1	1	2	4
49	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	1	1	3
50	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	4	5
51	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	2	3
52	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	1	2
	Israel (ISR)	1	0	1	2
54	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
57	North Korea (PRK)	0	4	1	5
58	Latvia (LAT)	0	4	0	4
59	Mexico (MEX)	0	3	1	4
60	Portugal (POR)	0	2	1	3
61	Finland (FIN)	0	2	0	2
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	2	0	2
63	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	3	4
64	Estonia (EST)	0	1	2	3
65	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
	Paraguay (PAR)	0	1	0	1
68	Colombia (COL)	0	0	2	2
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	2	2
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	2	2
71	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	1	1
Total		301	301	327	929

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• Boxing, all weight categories (11): Two bronze medals
• Judo, all weight categories (14): Two bronze medals

References

1. ^ "EU claims ‘victory’ over US in Athens", The Telegraph, Ananda Publishers, 2004-08-31. Retrieved on 2007-01-15. 

• International Olympic Committee – Athens 2004 Medal Table

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