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2012 London Olympics, Medal Count: United States Earns Six Medals On Sunday, Trails China By One Overall

The second full day of competition is officially in the books at the 2012 London Olympics, with Sunday seeing the United States capture six total medals in three events, shooting, diving and swimming. China still tops the overall medal count, with 12 total medals (six golds), and Italy has slipped to third place with seven medals.

Medal Count, Top 5 Nations:

China: 12 total (6 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)

United States: 11 total (3 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)

Italy: 7 total (2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)

South Korea: 5 total (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

Japan: 5 total (0 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)

United States medals earned on Saturday (6):

Swimming (4)

1 gold, Women's 100m Butterfly, Dana Vollmer

1 silver, Men's 4 x 100M Freestyle, Nathan Adrian, Michael Phelps, Cullen Jones, Ryan Lochte, James Feigen, Matthew Grevers, Ricky Berens, Jason Lezak

1 silver, Women's 400m Freestyle, Allison Schmitt

1 bronze, Men's 100m Breaststroke, Brendan Hansen

Diving (1)

1 silver, Diving, Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard, Kelci Bryant, Abigail Johnston

Shooting (1)

1 gold, Shooting, Women's Skeet, Kimberly Rhode

Medals were awarded in the following events:

Road Cycling, Women's Road Race

Diving, Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard

Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol

Shooting, Women's Skeet

Judo, Women's 52kg

Judo, Men's 66kg

Archery, Women's Team

Fencing, Men's Individual Sabre

Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke

Swimming, Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle

Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly

Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle

Weightlifting, Women's 53kg

Weightlifting, Men's 56kg

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