The wushu contingent is also very strong, and could well rack up three golds.
The Iranians won three golds in London, backed by a fan section more boisterous than any other nation.
Two years later at the Sydney Olympics, he delighted the home support by winning three golds and two silvers.
She followed up that performance by winning five medals, including three golds, at the FINA World Championships in July.
She won five medals, including three golds, in Sydney but they will be re-allocated by the International Olympic Committee next month.
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Orozco, who was 14 at the time, went on to win the junior all-around title and claimed five apparatus medals, including three golds.
Joyner-Kersee, now 50, won six medals, including three golds, in the heptathlon and long jump, over four Olympics, from 1982 through 1996.
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He had already won three golds - in the individual free pistol and with Nick Baxter in the men's pairs free pistol and men's pairs air pistol.
Roberts, who won three golds at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics and four at the 2004 Athens Games, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of 11 and was told swimming was the best form of physiotherapy.
She said she had discussed the issue with Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, who was only able to compete in one sprint cycle event at last year's Beijing Games while team-mate Chris Hoy won three golds in the discipline.
He won three more golds in his next major international outing, the 2006 IPC World Championships in the Netherlands, setting a new world record over 200m in the process.
Soni now has five Olympic career medals three silvers and two golds, both from the 200-meter breast stroke.
All three of the boxing golds were also state school-educated.
Her triumph has been met with acclaim across Britain, which is third in the medal table with 22 golds -- three more than at Beijing 2008, with four days to go.
With a tally that has reached five golds, two silvers and three bronzes, Yorkshire currently stands 13th on the alternative table - above Japan and below the Netherlands.
But in Berlin they have collected five golds, two silvers and two bronzes, with three days of action remaining.
Over the games' history, which dates back to 1985, those three have more than twice the number of total medals and golds as fourth-place Monaco.
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He is now three from three in Beijing, keeping him on course to beat Spitz's 36-year-old record of seven golds in a single Olympics.
Phelps is now three from three in Beijing, keeping him on course to beat Spitz's 36-year-old record of seven golds in a single Olympics.
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