Yeah right. China has more medals in sports like table tennis, badminton and diving. Whereas the USA has medals in basketball, soccer, vollyball, gymnastics, and tons of tack and field events. Advantage- USA.
Does feel strange that there are a bunch of slightly different events in swimming, tennis, Table Tennis, and a bunch of other sports, but there are these other sports with long tournaments (namely Basketball, Soccer, Field Hockey, Water Polo) that have lots of games and last a week or even 2, and the result is just 1 medal.