Gold was the Goal. Few African Nations Achieved it.

Medal Count of African Nations - London 2012 Olympics
	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	3	2	1	6
2	Ethiopia	3	1	3	7
3	Kenya	2	4	5	11
4	Tunisia	1	1	1	3
5	Algeria	1	0	0	1
6	Uganda	1	0	0	1
7	Egypt	0	2	0	2
8	Botswana	0	1	0	1
9	Gabon	0	1	0	1
10	Morocco	0	0	1	1

 (Data: courtesy of www.London2012.com)

When the 2012 Olympic Games kicked off on July 27th, there were 204 countries, all with one goal. To take home a medal. Gold was the goal. Silver and Bronze medals were targets as well. But not winning any medal at all was not the hope of any nation. 53 African nations participated in the 2012 Olympics and as the games came to an end, there was rarely a medal of any kind for most of the African nations. Six countries won at least one gold medal and four countries won at least a silver or a bronze medal. 43 countries did not collect any medal.

There is much to be said about the poor performance of African countries at the Olympics, especially the 43 countries who did not make it to the medal podium at all. Is poverty, corruption and politics keeping Africa's elite athletes from stepping on the medal podium?