Australia Rules the World!

[Kosta]

Olympic Medals Per Capita

Rank - Country-Gold-Silver-Bronze-Total-Pop('000)-Pop Per Gold-Pop Per Medal

1. Australia 12 8 12 32 20,164 1,680 630
2. New Zealand 2 0 0 2 3,902 1,951 1,951
3. Norway 2 0 0 2 4,551 2,276 2,276
4. Georgia 2 1 0 3 5,073 2,537 1,691
5. Slovakia 2 2 1 5 5,407 2,704 1,081
6. Greece 4 1 3 8 10,963 2,741 1,370
7. Sweden 3 0 1 4 8,887 2,962 2,222
8. United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 3,049 3,049 3,049
9. Hungary 3 4 1 8 9,830 3,277 1,229
10. Romania 6 3 2 11 22,278 3,713 2,025
11. Belarus 2 3 6 11 9,854 4,927 896
12. Denmark 1 0 5 6 5,373 5,373 896
13. Netherlands 3 6 8 17 16,220 5,407 954
14. Switzerland 1 0 1 2 7,160 7,160 3,580
15. France 8 8 7 23 60,428 7,554 2,627
16. Bulgaria 1 1 5 7 7,830 7,830 1,119
17. Chile 2 0 1 3 15,993 7,997 5,331
18. Ukraine 6 2 5 13 48,163 8,027 3,705
19. Italy 7 6 7 20 57,310 8,187 2,866
20. Germany 10 9 12 31 82,504 8,250 2,661
21. Korea (South) 5 10 5 20 47,913 9,583 2,396
22. Japan 13 6 7 26 127,738 9,826 4,913
23. Belgium 1 0 2 3 10,337 10,337 3,446
24. Great Britain 5 7 7 19 59,416 11,883 3,127
25. Zimbabwe 1 1 1 3 12,900 12,900 4,300
26. United States 21 21 15 57 297,031 14,144 5,211
27. Poland 2 2 3 7 38,547 19,274 5,507
28. Russia 7 13 16 36 142,365 20,338 3,955
29. Turkey 3 0 1 4 72,298 24,099 18,075
30. Thailand 2 0 2 4 63,450 31,725 15,863
31. Canada 1 2 1 4 31,731 31,731 7,933
32. South Africa 1 1 2 4 45,058 45,058 11,265
33. China 22 14 10 46 1,312,861 59,676 28,540
34. Ethiopia 1 1 0 2 72,469 72,469 36,235
35. Brazil 1 0 2 3 180,598 180,598 60,199
36. Indonesia 1 1 2 4 222,562 222,562 55,641
37. Estonia 0 1 1 2 1,309 655
38. Slovenia 0 1 2 3 1,981 660
39. Croatia 0 2 2 4 4,413 1,103
40. Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 1 1,307 1,307
41. Cuba 0 2 6 8 11,323 1,415
42. Austria 0 4 1 5 8,116 1,623
43. Czech Republic 0 3 3 6 10,227 1,705
44. Mongolia 0 0 1 1 2,634 2,634
45. Jamaica 0 0 1 1 2,677 2,677
46. Lithuania 0 1 0 1 3,421 3,421
47. Azerbaijan 0 0 2 2 8,453 4,227
48. Eritrea 0 0 1 1 4,307 4,307
49. Portugal 0 2 0 2 10,067 5,034
50. Finland 0 1 0 1 5,215 5,215
51. DPR Korea (North) 0 3 1 4 22,754 5,689
52. Spain 0 6 1 7 41,098 5,871
53. Israel 0 0 1 1 6,556 6,556
54. Hong Kong (S.A.R.) 0 1 0 1 6,742 6,742
55. Serbia-Montenegro 0 1 0 1 10,521 10,521
56. Chinese Taipei 0 1 1 2 22,794 11,397
57. Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1 15,419 15,419
58. Argentina 0 0 2 2 38,864 19,432
59. Kenya 0 1 0 1 32,389 32,389
60. Colombia 0 0 1 1 44,904 44,904
61. India 0 1 0 1 1,080,921 1,080,921

[CraigSca]

Yeah, but all it will take is one gold from Liechtentstein to blow this whole ranking system out of the water :)

[Hurst2112]

Do Austrailians view the Aborigines as humans, like the rest of the world yet? If so, you might want to re calculate those numbers. ;)

(Cranks up Midnight Oil CD).

[mattwakeman]

'Kuh, sad that even with this method GB are still doing poorly. If only we spent less money on our armed forces and more on sport like the Aussies then we could give you a run for your money. Oh well, theres always the Ashes to look forward too...;)

[wade moore]

This is a bit misleading for larger countries. The limits on how many athletes can be sent will skew numbers. The US sends less athletes per capita than the Aussies I'm sure...

I think a more valuable piece of data would be medals per athlete sent...

[mattwakeman]

If thats the case then Mongolia must be near the top of the table! I have no idea what they won their medal for but am afraid to find out in case it destroys the mystique that I self-created around it.

[Blackadar]

The Aussies almost always top this list.

[Blade6119]

roids

[MIJB#19]

Kosta, isn't Korea supposed to be listed as one country, they are playing together these Olympics. (Makes your source so much less reliable, I "love" the official Olympic stats providers, was the first companyI ever applied for a job with and are just as Dutch as the opening ceremonies DJ, DJ Tiesto.)

Netherlands 13th, just as we are in the "normal" medals table.

Is that proof that we're going on par with what we should and proof that the goverment is doing things right? The Dutch goverment is pro "Competing is not enough, prove to be top 8 of the world or you won't be supported". On one hand, it's fair, but in a country where people are paid for their job, not for their work, it's pretty contradictional. Still, when your country relies on the same three people as in Syndey (Pieter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruijn and Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel) of which two will retire, where's the prove then?

[Kosta]

Do Austrailians view the Aborigines as humans, like the rest of the world yet? If so, you might want to re calculate those numbers. ;)

(Cranks up Midnight Oil CD).

We treat them ok if they are likely to be good at sport and win a medal...

[Kosta]

And another gold in the cycling a few seconds ago.. medal tally is now

Rank - Country - G - S - B - Total

1. China 22 15 11 48
2. United States 21 22 15 58
3. Australia 13 8 13 34
4. Japan 13 6 6 25
5. France 9 7 7 23
6. Germany 8 10 11 29
7. Italy 7 6 7 20
8. Russia 6 14 17 37
9. South Korea 6 10 5 21
10. Great Britain 6 7 7 20

[Ksyrup]

This is a bit misleading for larger countries. The limits on how many athletes can be sent will skew numbers. The US sends less athletes per capita than the Aussies I'm sure...

I think a more valuable piece of data would be medals per athlete sent...
That's right. The Olympics are like the Senate, but there's no House of Representatives counterpart.

[ScottVib]

Korea is marching together at the medal ceromonies, but they have been competing as seperate countries.

There is talk about competing as 1 nation in the 2008 games.

[KevinNU7]

Can someone with free time take the countries and create a formula for success, maybe

(# of gold * 3) + (# of sliver * 2) + (# of bronze * 1) =

[wade moore]

That's right. The Olympics are like the Senate, but there's no House of Representatives counterpart.


Exactly! I'm not complaining, I just think it should be considered when trying to make a "which country had the best performance" discussion.

[finkenst]

Can someone with free time take the countries and create a formula for success, maybe

(# of gold * 3) + (# of sliver * 2) + (# of bronze * 1) =
Paging FM.

[MrBug708]

I heard somewhere that if Russia hadn't lost all of it's former provinces, they'd have nearly 20 more medals than the US

[MIJB#19]

Can someone with free time take the countries and create a formula for success, maybe

(# of gold * 3) + (# of sliver * 2) + (# of bronze * 1) =Then stick with the good old "Summer Games" computer game from back in the C=64 days.

Gold * 5 + Silver * 3 + Bronze * 1

[wade moore]

I heard somewhere that if Russia hadn't lost all of it's former provinces, they'd have nearly 20 more medals than the US

Again, misleading...

if they had all of their former provinces, would all of the athletes that won medals even be there? For instance.. in some events there are say 8 people combined if you add the russians and the provinces... this would not happen if they were all one country..

we need to look at the whole picture here folks..

[mattwakeman]

Yeah, its all one big world so in that sense we've all won lots of medals *goes off to hug a tree and look at clouds*

[MIJB#19]

I heard somewhere that if Russia hadn't lost all of it's former provinces, they'd have nearly 20 more medals than the USOnly not having lost Ukraine and Belarus would have been enough.
But then, Soviet Union does not equal Russia, it's total crap to make such statements. (Not pointing to MrBug, pointing to the source of the statement.)

Why can't some countries quit with winning medals?
Please stop Hungary, Korea, GB, Romania and Greece.
The Dutch representation is dropping too fast on the tables! (maybe a 3 gold out of 17 medals efficiency hurts afterall.)

[Bee]

I heard somewhere that if Russia hadn't lost all of it's former provinces, they'd have nearly 20 more medals than the US

If England hadn't lost control of the Canada, the US and Australia, they'd be doing pretty well too. :D