Meanings
nounmedal table (plural medal tables)
plural medal tables
- A visual depiction or ranking of the number of medals won by certain teams at a multi-event competition, especially the Olympic Games.
And her success with Glover, a product of the National Lottery-funded Sporting Giants talent identification programme, will also spark relief among British officials who were starting to fret a little about hitting their target of equalling fourth in the medal table from Beijing.
2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal, Guardian Unlimited
Translations
Catalan medaller
- medallerTranslations
Dutch medaillespiegel
- medaillespiegelTranslations
Esperanto medaltabelo
- medaltabeloTranslations
French tableau des médailles
- tableau des médaillesTranslations
German Medaillenspiegel
- MedaillenspiegelTranslations
Italian medagliere
- medagliereTranslations
Norwegian medaljefordeling
- medaljefordelingTranslations
Spanish medallero
- medalleroTranslations
Swedish medaljfördelning
- medaljfördelningTranslations
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APA
medal table. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medal%20table
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“medal table.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medal%20table. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medal table,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medal%20table.
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