This is what I love watching the Olympics. Two Olympic runners stopped mid-race to help each other after falling in the women’s 5,000m qualifying heat.
Great Britain have performed very well these Olympics, nice to see Mo Farah get the double-double.
Australia on the other hand continue to have swimmers that over promise, under deliver and still have the hand deep in the pockets of the tax payer. Exceptionally pleased for those athletes that have made the real sacrifices and come up with some awesome results from the likes of the walkers, the archers, etc and also one Chloe Esposito (how come we never saw coverage of this?)...
Brazil has a population of over 200million, I would not have guessed close to that. There were 306 events held across 28 sports. There were 11,544 athletes from 207 nations participating at the 2016 Olympics, 85 countries won medals of some form.
You know I was here lately thinking your logic is flawed. Just because you have a large population doesn't mean you will be successful at the olymipics. I say that mainly because of India. They have 1.2 billion people and only took home 2 medals. That is one for every 600 million people... Population is irrelevant.
Although it's not my logic I don't think it is flawed, it's simply like golf, a handicap system to allow everyone to appear to find a level playing field, no one is denying the quality of the people who got medals. Are you saying USA is the best because they finished with the most medals then?
Could always do it on GDP.
Rank
Country
Weighted Medals2
GDP1
GDP per Weighted Medal1
1
Grenada
2
0.82
0.41
2
Jamaica
32
15.07
0.47
3
Fiji
4
3.81
0.95
4
Kenya
33
33.62
1.02
5
Armenia
10
10.25
1.02
6
Georgia
14
14.37
1.03
7
Burundi
2
2.33
1.16
8
North Korea
16
22.00
1.38
9
Bahamas
5
7.79
1.56
10
Tajikistan
4
6.52
1.63
11
Cuba
28
60.81
2.17
12
Croatia
28
63.85
2.28
13
Uzbekistan
17
45.36
2.67
14
Serbia
16
45.04
2.82
15
Mongolia
3
8.56
2.85
16
Azerbaijan
22
63.40
2.88
17
Ethiopia
11
31.71
2.88
18
Niger
2
6.02
3.01
19
Hungary
42
140.03
3.33
20
New Zealand
39
130.68
3.35
63 United States 282 15094.00 53.52 85 India 3 1847.98615.99
Or the annual salaries of the USA Dream Team vs any other countries athlete spend...the 12 members of the U.S. team earned a collective $257 million in salary and endorsements in the past year.
Or the annual salaries of the USA Dream Team vs any other countries athlete spend...the 12 members of the U.S. team earned a collective $257 million in salary and endorsements in the past year.
That's not training funds... Aussies can come play in the US?
Or the annual salaries of the USA Dream Team vs any other countries athlete spend...the 12 members of the U.S. team earned a collective $257 million in salary and endorsements in the past year.
That's not training funds... Aussies can come play in the US?
Brazil has a population of over 200million, I would not have guessed close to that. There were 306 events held across 28 sports. There were 11,544 athletes from 207 nations participating at the 2016 Olympics, 85 countries won medals of some form.
Rank
Country
Medals
Population
Population per Medal
1
Grenada
1
106,825
106,825
2
Bahamas
2
388,019
194,009
3
Jamaica
11
2,725,941
247,812
4
New Zealand
18
4,595,700
255,316
5
Denmark
14
5,676,002
405,428
6
Croatia
10
4,224,404
422,440
7
Slovenia
4
2,063,768
515,942
8
Georgia
7
3,679,000
525,571
9
Azerbaijan
15
9,651,349
643,423
10
Hungary
15
9,844,686
656,312
11
Bahrain
2
1,377,237
688,618
12
Lithuania
4
2,910,199
727,549
13
Armenia
4
3,017,712
754,428
14
Australia
29
23,781,169
820,040
15
Sweden
11
9,798,871
890,806
16
Fiji
1
892,145
892,145
17
Netherlands
18
16,936,520
940,917
18
Great Britain
66
65,138,232
986,942
19
Serbia
7
7,098,247
1,014,035
20
Kazakhstan
17
17,544,126
1,032,007
21
Cuba
11
11,389,562
1,035,414
22
Belarus
9
9,513,000
1,057,000
23
Czech Republic
9
10,551,219
1,172,357
24
Norway
4
5,195,921
1,298,980
25
Estonia
1
1,311,998
1,311,998
26
Slovakia
4
5,424,050
1,356,012
27
Switzerland
6
8,286,976
1,381,162
28
Mongolia
2
2,959,134
1,479,567
29
Canada
22
35,851,774
1,629,626
30
France
40
66,808,385
1,670,209
31
Greece
6
10,823,732
1,803,955
32
Kosovo
1
1,859,203
1,859,203
33
Belgium
6
11,285,721
1,880,953
34
Germany
41
81,413,145
1,985,686
35
Qatar
1
2,235,355
2,235,355
36
Ireland
2
4,640,703
2,320,351
37
Italy
26
60,802,085
2,338,541
38
South Korea
21
50,617,045
2,410,335
39
Russian Federation
53
144,096,812
2,718,807
40
United States
116
321,418,820
2,770,851
41
Japan
41
126,958,472
3,096,548
42
Spain
14
46,418,269
3,315,590
43
Poland
11
37,999,494
3,454,499
44
Puerto Rico
1
3,474,182
3,474,182
45
Uzbekistan
9
31,299,500
3,477,722
46
Moldova
1
3,554,150
3,554,150
47
Bulgaria
2
7,177,991
3,588,995
48
North Korea
7
25,155,317
3,593,616
49
Tunisia
3
11,107,800
3,702,600
50
Kenya
12
46,050,302
3,837,525
51
Ukraine
11
45,198,200
4,108,927
52
Israel
2
8,380,400
4,190,200
53
Romania
4
19,832,389
4,958,097
54
Finland
1
5,482,013
5,482,013
55
South Africa
10
54,956,920
5,495,692
56
Singapore
1
5,535,002
5,535,002
57
Colombia
8
48,228,704
6,028,588
58
Malaysia
5
30,331,007
6,066,201
59
Jordan
1
7,594,547
7,594,547
60
Taiwan
3
23,510,000
7,836,666
61
Tajikistan
1
8,481,855
8,481,855
62
Austria
1
8,611,088
8,611,088
63
United Arab Emirates
1
9,156,963
9,156,963
64
Turkey
8
78,665,830
9,833,228
65
Iran
8
79,109,272
9,888,659
66
Portugal
1
10,348,648
10,348,648
67
Venezuela
3
31,108,083
10,369,361
68
Dominican Republic
1
10,528,391
10,528,391
69
Argentina
4
43,416,755
10,854,188
70
Burundi
1
11,178,921
11,178,921
71
Thailand
6
67,959,359
11,326,559
72
Côte d'Ivoire
2
22,701,556
11,350,778
73
Brazil
18
207,847,528
11,547,084
74
Ethiopia
7
99,390,750
14,198,678
75
China
70
1,371,220,000
19,588,857
76
Algeria
2
39,666,519
19,833,259
77
Niger
1
19,899,120
19,899,120
78
Mexico
5
127,017,224
25,403,444
79
Egypt
3
91,508,084
30,502,694
80
Morocco
1
34,377,511
34,377,511
81
Vietnam
2
91,703,800
45,851,900
82
Indonesia
3
257,563,815
85,854,605
83
Philippines
1
100,699,395
100,699,395
84
Nigeria
1
182,201,962
182,201,962
85
India
2
1,311,050,527
655,525,263
So Texas ended up with 41 medals one medal for every 658k people...
Texas would have ended up 8th overall and 3rd in the gold count. If you took away Texas' gold medals from the US Texas would have more than the US...
On medals per capita, one medal every 658K would put Texas 11th.
With a population of one the Country of Phelps would have finished first overall on a medal count per capita, however on a gold medal count that country would have finished 17th= in front of Canada and New Zealand. That said I believe tourism in the country is not all that it is made out to be.
Comments
Watched the Boomers yesterday - they do look like they mean business.
http://www.medalspercapita.com/
per Medal
This is what I love watching the Olympics. Two Olympic runners stopped mid-race to help each other after falling in the women’s 5,000m qualifying heat.
Well...that deserves a gold medal.
Australia on the other hand continue to have swimmers that over promise, under deliver and still have the hand deep in the pockets of the tax payer. Exceptionally pleased for those athletes that have made the real sacrifices and come up with some awesome results from the likes of the walkers, the archers, etc and also one Chloe Esposito (how come we never saw coverage of this?)...
per Medal
Brazil has a population of over 200million, I would not have guessed close to that. There were 306 events held across 28 sports. There were 11,544 athletes from 207 nations participating at the 2016 Olympics, 85 countries won medals of some form.
per Medal
Could always do it on GDP.
Medals2
Weighted Medal1
63 United States 282 15094.00 53.52
85 India 3 1847.98615.99
I didn't say it was training funds.
Texas would have ended up 8th overall and 3rd in the gold count. If you took away Texas' gold medals from the US Texas would have more than the US...
http://m.chron.com/olympics/article/Where-Texas-ranks-Olympic-medal-count-own-country-9176024.php?utm_source=twitterfeed?cmpid=twitter-mobile
On medals per capita, one medal every 658K would put Texas 11th.
With a population of one the Country of Phelps would have finished first overall on a medal count per capita, however on a gold medal count that country would have finished 17th= in front of Canada and New Zealand. That said I believe tourism in the country is not all that it is made out to be.