With help from British star power, China concluded its debut as Olympic host Sunday after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement--coexisting awkwardly with the government's wariness of dissent and free speech.
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China proved an acquisitive first-time Olympic host, topping the gold-medal chart with one of the most dominating and diverse performances ever. The United States, Britain and an array of small nations also had reasons to celebrate. Full Story
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| Rank | Country |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| 2 |  China |
51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| 3 |  Russia |
23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| 4 |  Britain |
19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 |  Australia |
14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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