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Wrestlers at the Beijing games (Photo: Wikipedia)

EU 'wins' 2008 Olympic games

The 27 member states of the EU when counted together won 87 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, dwarfing the individual tallies of China on 51 and the US on 36, as the games closed on Sunday (24 August).

The figures - compiled as a mini-political project by think-tank the Young European Federalists and just for fun by German PR firm Euro-Informationen - also show the EU on 280 medals in total, ahead of China (100) and the US (110).

"The European Union therefore takes the leading...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Wrestlers at the Beijing games (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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