Olympics 2008

Alex · 08-25-2008, 12:44 PM

Congratulations to Iceland, Bahamas, and Australia for taking the gold, silver, and bronze in total medal count, adjusted for national population. Sadly, the good old USA came in 29th but the evil Chinese came in a horrible 57th.

I've decided that to the degree I care about medal counts it is the number of physical medals (gross number of medals adorning necks from each country; e.g., winning the a basketball medal counts as 12 since 12 people get a medal) as a proportion of national population.

And thanks to a four hour conference call I have to be on but don't have to participate in, a table of the results:

Spoiler:

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Iceland                14 (1)          44.30
The Bahamas             5 (2)          15.11
Australia             150 (46)          7.01
Jamaica                17 (11)          6.26
Norway                 26 (10)          5.44
Cuba                   47 (24)          4.17
Netherlands            64 (16)          3.89
Trinidad & Tobago       5 (2)           3.75
Denmark                18 (7)           3.28
New Zealand            14 (9)           3.27
Belarus                30 (19)          3.10
Hungary                27 (10)          2.69
Slovenia                5 (5)           2.46
Estonia                 3 (2)           2.24
Armenia                 6 (6)           2.00
Slovakia               10 (6)           1.85
Spain                  73 (18)          1.58
Serbia                 15 (3)           1.52
Mongolia                4 (4)           1.52
Lithuania               5 (5)           1.49
South Korea            68 (31)          1.41
Georgia                 6 (6)           1.37
Germany               111 (41)          1.35
Argentina              53 (6)           1.32
Latvia                  3 (3)           1.32
Bahrain                 1 (1)           1.32
UK                     80 (47)          1.31
France                 74 (40)          1.15
Croatia                 5 (5)           1.10
USA                   320 (110)         1.05
Romania                22 (8)           1.03
Canada                 34 (18)          1.02
Russia                143 (72)          1.01
Finland                 5 (4)           0.94
Switzerland             7 (6)           0.92
Kazakhstan             13 (13)           0.90
Azerbaijan              7 (7)           0.83
Mauritius               1 (1)           0.79

===================MEDIAN===================

Sweden                  7 (5)           0.76
Italy                  43 (28)          0.72
Ireland                 3 (3)           0.68
Ukraine                31 (27)          0.67
Bulgaria                5 (5)           0.65
Singapore               3 (1)           0.65
Greece                  7 (4)           0.63
Czech Republic          6 (6)           0.58
Poland                 20 (10)          0.52
Belgium                 5 (2)           0.47
Brazil                 75 (15)          0.40
Japan                  51 (25)          0.40
Kyrgystan               2 (2)           0.38
Kenya                  14 (14)          0.37 
Austria                 3 (3)0.36
Zimbabwe                4 (4)0.30
Tajikistan              2 (2)0.30
 Panama                  1 (1)0.30
Moldova                 1 (1)0.26
North Korea             6 (6)0.25
Uzbekistan              6 (6)0.22
Dominican Republic      2 (2)0.20
Portugal                2 (2)0.19
Republic of China       4 (4)0.17
Nigeria                24 (4)           0.16
Togo                    1 (1)0.15
China                 188 (100)         0.14
Israel                  1 (1)0.14
Turkey                  8 (8)0.11
Tunisia                 1 (1)0.10
Ethiopia                7 (7)0.09
Ecuador                 1 (1)0.07
Thailand                4 (4)0.06
Algeria                 2 (2)0.06
Morocco                 2 (2)0.06
Chile                   1 (1)0.06
Cameroon                1 (1)0.05
Mexico                  4 (3)0.04
Colombia                2 (2)0.04
Malaysia                1 (1)0.04
South Africa            1 (1)0.04
Afghanistan             1 (1)0.04
Venezuela               1 (1)0.04
Indonesia               7 (5)0.03
Iran                    2 (2)0.03
Sudan                   1 (1) 0.03
Egypt                   1 (1)0.01
Vietnam                 1 (1)0.01
India                   3 (3)0.003