Core Western Europe Won The Olympic Games 2012 In London

If you add up the gold medals of the four countries making up the core of Western Europe, i.e. France, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy, then you come up with 57 gold medals as compared to 44 for the USA (As of Saturday evening 8/11/12). Adding up the population of core Western Europe gives you 269 million or fewer than that of US or of China.

Table: Medal Count (As of Sat. evening 8/11/12)

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Population
1	Core Western Europe (DE, FR, IT, UK)	57	52	53	162	269
2	USA	44	29	29	102	312
3	China	38	27	22	87	1,347

Notes: Population in millions.