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Schedule
- Medals
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- Rank 86
- Gold 0
- Silver 0
- Bronze 0
- Total 0
- Capital City
- Damascus
- Official Languages
- Arabic (official)
- National Languages
- Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood
- Total Area
- 71,498 miles² (185,180 km²)
- Population
- 19,747,586 people
Overall Medal Count
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| 2 | China | 38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| 4 | Russia | 24 | 26 | 32 | 82 |
| 5 | South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Germany | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
| 7 | France | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 75 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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