If Texas was its own country—which may make many Texas happy—it would rank third in the 2016 Olympics gold medal count with 26—and eighth in total medals with 42.

That means the Lone Star State by itself has more medals than all of Canada (22). Countries like Australia (29), Italy (28) and Spain (17) don't want to get into any kind of medal-counting contest with Texas, either.

The 26 gold medals from athletes with Texas ties, without taking in consideration medals from other states, would rank third, only behind the United States (46) and Great Britain (27).

2016 Olympic Medal Count, Ranked by Number of Gold Medals.

1. United States: 46 gold, 37 silver, 38 bronze, 121 total

2. Great Britain: 27 gold, 23 silver, 17 bronze, 67 total

3. Texas: 26 gold, 6 silver, 10 bronze, 42 total

4. China: 26 gold, 18, silver, 26 bronze, 70 total

5. Russia: 19 gold, 18 silver, 19 bronze, 56 total

6. Germany: 17 gold, 10 silver, 15 bronze, 42 total

7. Japan: 12 gold, 8 silver, 21 bronze, 41 total

8. France: 10 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze, 42 total

9. South Korea: 9 gold, 3 silver, 9 bronze, 21 total

10. Italy: 8 gold, 12 silver, 8 bronze, 28 total

Olympic medalists Simone Biles, Simone Manuel, Kerron Clement, DeAndre Jordan, Jimmy Butler, Brittney Griner and Sarah Robles all hail from Houston, making H-Town's medal count include 10 golds, two silvers and two bronzes.

The University of Texas had a nice medal haul as well with nine golds, a silver and two bronzes. Longhorns grabbed five gold medals in swimming and three more in track and field.

From: Chron.com

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