Nine countries had their Indedendence Day during the 2012 Olympics

Imagine your country celebrating their Independence day while the Olympics are happening. And then what if a country won a gold medal on their Independence day and had their flag raised with their national anthem playing? Here's how the countries performed with Independence days during the Olympics:

July 28 Peru
Zero medals

August 1 Dahomey
Did not participate

August 1 Switzerland
Two gold, two silver on August 4, 5, 8

August 5 Upper Volta
Did not participate

August 6 Bolivia
Zero medals

August 6 Jamaica
Four gold, four silver, four bronze on August 8, 9, 10, 11

August 7 Ivory Coast
Did not participate

August 9 Singapore
Two bronze on August 1 & 7

August 10 Ecuador
Zero medals

No country won a medal on their Independence day during the 2012 Olympics. You'd have to think if an athelete was performing on the during their country's independence, that they would really push harder to get gold. Or some sort of medal. Too bad it didn't happen.