Which Country will win the most Gold Medals in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China?

It'll be all about BLING in Beijing.

How's that for a theme in the coming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China eh? With merely days to go before the Beijing Games begin, athletes who will be competing in this grandest sporting event of the year are all set to go and win gold medals for their respective countries.

Different countries are pouring in tons of resources, hoping that their athletes will achieve national glory by winning a gold medal.

While the Olympics do not lack feel-good stories of athletes overcoming adversity to make it to the Olympic Games, the superpowers of the world have traditionally dominated the podium.

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, for example, the top-five nations that won the most gold medals are; USA, China, Russia, Australia, and Japan, with USA taking home 36 gold medals, closely followed by China with 32.

The biggest question now is, which of these superpowers will go on and win the most gold in the 2008 Olympics? China, as the host country, has a bigger chance of winning it overall since they will be participating in all of the events, while the United States of America is an automatic shoe-in to win the 2008 Beijing Olympics because, well, they the United States.

Still, host China could still give the United States some competition mainly because they improved a lot during the past 4 years, especially in boxing, weightlifting, gymnastics, taekwondo and judo.

China is capable of winning the total medal count but as far as gold medal count is concerned, it's entirely a different story. The United States is too dominant in sport disciplines like track and field and swimming to be displaced from the top.

China, on the other hand, is still at the stage of searching for gold in minor disciplines like weight lifting and shooting, disciplines that do not carry as many events as track and field and swimming.

Nevertheless, it is the competition and the excitement of combat which counts. As corny as it may sound, we are all winners in the Olympics.

Who will be the winners of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Most Overall Medals

China 1.80

United States 2.10

Russia 15.00

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2008 Beijing Olympic Games Gold Medals