--- title: Rio 2016 Olympics: Maryland Ranks Third in World Gold Medals description: Athletes with ties to Maryland have won 12 medals at the Rio 2016 Olympics so far, 9 of which are gold canonical: https://time.com/4450159/rio-2016-olympics-maryland-medal-count/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-12T15:23:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:57:03.258Z article:section: Sports og:title: If Maryland Were A Country, It Would Have The Third-Most Olympic Gold Medals og:description: If the state was a country, it would be tied for sixth in the overall medal count og:url: https://time.com/4450159/rio-2016-olympics-maryland-medal-count/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt407118961daa20c9/6988a1d1524fc0f96edf9198/gettyimages-544500180.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials - Day 8 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: If Maryland Were A Country, It Would Have The Third-Most Olympic Gold Medals twitter:description: If the state was a country, it would be tied for sixth in the overall medal count twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt407118961daa20c9/6988a1d1524fc0f96edf9198/gettyimages-544500180.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # If Maryland Were A Country, It Would Have The Third-Most Olympic Gold Medals > Sponsored content. 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Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrate during Day Eight of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at CenturyLink Center on July 3, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska.Tom Pennington-Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 12, 2016 3:23 PM UTC Maryland is the ninth-smallest state in the U.S., home to Old Bay Seasoning, the Baltimore Orioles—and now 12 Rio Olympic medals. [According to the Baltimore Sun](http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-gold-medals-from-maryland-athletes-20160811-story.html), athletes with ties to Maryland have won 12 Olympic medals so far. This means if the state was a country, it would be tied for sixth with South Korea in the overall medal count. A whopping nine of Maryland’s medals are gold, which means that in gold medal count, the state would be the third-ranked country behind the U.S. and China. (Nine medals includes one for each Maryland athlete who participated and won gold for swimming relays.) So far, all of the Maryland’s medaling has come from the swimming: Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps, Allison Schmitt, Cierra Runge, Jack Conger and Chase Kalisz are each Maryland-area athletes, and they’ve all won medals. 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