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middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> USA</a></td> <td>23</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>28</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/29198">Larisa Latynina</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a><br/><a href="/countries/UKR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/UKR.png" /> UKR</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/67728">Paavo Nurmi</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/FIN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/FIN.png" /> FIN</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr class='top'> <td><a href="/athletes/51572">Mark Spitz</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img 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href="/athletes/1200868">Evelina Christillin</a></td> <td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ITA.png" /></td> <td>1955</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/athletes/91706">Thirumal Valavan Selvaraj</a></td> <td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/IND.png" /></td> <td>1970</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/athletes/102129">Olga Kryukova</a></td> <td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/KAZ.png" /></td> <td>1974</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/athletes/103660">José Iván Gutiérrez</a></td> <td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ESP.png" /></td> <td>1978</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/athletes/115184">Arantxa King</a></td> <td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BER.png" /></td> <td>1989</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='3'> <b><a href="/today">More</a></b> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class='row'> <div class='col-xs-12'> <h2>Lists of athletes</h2> <a href="/lists/62/manual">Olympians Who Won a Laureus World Sports Award</a> • <a href="/lists/19/manual">Olympians Who Swam the English Channel</a> • <a href="/lists/105/manual">Olympians Who Were Head of State</a> • <a href="/lists">…More</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class='col-lg-6'> <h1>Results</h1> <form role="form" action="/results/search" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" /><input type="hidden" name="authenticity_token" value="osPN2u0AtoDpESnnX/vHHrce8faRrxt42rnjaPLDeGeEPcPNOuAcIXy1kC1zvIjEeuQijc8ruQJYMhvEskVkuA==" /> <div class='row'> <div class='col-xs-10'> <input type="text" name="query" id="query" value="" class="form-control" placeholder="E.g. 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vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> USA</a></td> <td>1183</td> <td>963</td> <td>839</td> <td>2985</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/URS">Soviet Union</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/URS"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/URS.png" /> URS</a></td> <td>473</td> <td>376</td> <td>355</td> <td>1204</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/GER">Germany</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GER"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GER.png" /> GER</a></td> <td>351</td> <td>371</td> <td>361</td> <td>1083</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/GBR">Great Britain</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" /> GBR</a></td> <td>304</td> <td>328</td> <td>332</td> <td>964</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/countries/CHN">People's Republic of China</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/CHN"><img style="padding-right: 2px; 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