Top 10 countries that dominate specific sports

4. South Korea – Archery and Taekwondo

Ki Whang Kim – the Great Taekwondo Grand Master

Taekwondo has become part of the elite list of Olympic Sports in recent decaded. Since then South Koreans have stamped their authority on Taekwondo. Their stellar performance in the 2008 Beijing Olympics helped them bag 4 of the 8 gold medals.

The Women’s Archery team has been hitting the bullseye for a good 20 years. Ki Bo-Bae led the women's team that has clinched gold at every Olympics since 1988, the first year of the event. The team set World Record in every edition of the Olympics other than 2004.

3. Russia – Wrestling, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Synchronised Swimming

The Great Russian Gymnast Larisa Latynina

Russian wrestlers have excelled in the last four editions of the Olympics, bringing their total haul of Gold Medals to 21. Wrestling was dominated by the USA until the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Since then Russia has taken over the role of the frontrunner.

Synchronised Swimming is one discipline which Russia has been dominant with since the inception of the sport, winning the team and duet titles at every Olympics. Their production line of synchronised swimmers is so robust that not even one swimmer who was part of the gold-winning 2008 Beijing Olympics was in the winning team eight years earlier.

Russia has also dominated the discipline of Rhythmic Gymnastics. At the 1964 Tokyo Games, Larisa Latynina won 6 of 18 medals. She bettered her own performance four years later at Mexico City, where she won 7 gold medals.