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2008 Education Olympics

About the Education Olympics

Events

Highest 9th grade scores on CivEd total knowledge (combined)

Friday, August 22, 2008

Measures how well a country’s students perform on the CivEd exam overall.

The United States ranked 5th in this event and did not win a medal.

Results

Gold
Poland
Silver
Finland
Bronze - Tie
Greece
Cyprus
Additional Results
Place Country
4th Hong Kong
5th United States
6th Italy
7th Slovak Republic
8th Norway
9th Czech Republic
10th Australia
11th Hungary
12th Slovenia
13th Russian Federation
14th Germany
15th Denmark
16th United Kingdom
17th Sweden
18th Bulgaria
19th Switzerland
20th Portugal
21st Belgium
22nd Estonia
23rd Lithuania
24th Latvia
25th Romania

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Education Olympics Today - Final Day - August 22, 2008

They waited until the last second, but the Americans finally won a medal in this year’s games—and a gold, no less. Pandemonium ensued on the set of Education Olympics Today.

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Rankings

Education Olympics Medal Count
Country Medals
United States 1
Finland 35
Hong Kong 33
Singapore 16
Japan 15
Republic of Korea (South Korea) 15
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 12
New Zealand 11
Canada 8
Estonia 8
Total medals awarded: 190
Complete rankings
Olympics Medal Count
Country Medals
United States 110
China* 100
Russian Federation 72
United Kingdom 47
Australia 46
Germany 41
France 40
Republic of Korea (South Korea) 31
Italy 28
Ukraine* 27
Total medals awarded: 818
Complete rankings
* Is not competing in the 2008 Education Olympics

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