Medal Count
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1948 Summer Games, ranked by number of gold medals won. The host nation was 12th, with 23 medals, including three golds.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 38 | 27 | 19 | 84 |
| 2 | Sweden | 16 | 11 | 17 | 44 |
| 3 | France | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Hungary | 10 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 5 | Italy | 8 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Finland | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Turkey | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Denmark | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 3 | 14 | 6 | 23 |
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