Olympic Medal Map.

By Miss Cellania in Sports, Travel on Aug 12, 2007 at 11:27 am

The big nations (Russia, China, and the United States) vie to see who can win the most Olympic medals, but when the medal count is adjusted for population, the Bahamas are king! Sure, theyâ€™ve only won five medals in the last three Summer Games, but with a population of 331,000 thatâ€™s the most per capita medals. This map shows the countries that have won the most medals per million in population. Medal counts are only from the Summer Games since 1996, because the fall of the Soviet Union changed national boundaries considerably. Link -via Look at This

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anonymous
Aug 12th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
i think that it would be more accurate if the map was medals per people entering from each country.
vandoo
Aug 12th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
medals per capita is pretty accurate.
What would be interesting to see is the % of GDP (or other appropriate measure of national wealth) spent per medal in relation to investment in national olympic programs. (does that make sense?)
Edward
Aug 12th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I think that this is very interesting data. As for accuracy, it is what it is. Other analysis, such as the ones suggested, would also be interesting. I personally don’t care as much about who won as who participated. Plotting participation vs. GDP would be my wish.
Miss Cellania
Aug 12th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Those are three interesting ideas there. I’m sure the statistics needed are available somewhere, it would just take time and a little math and graphics work to make it so.
L
Aug 12th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Interesting. Look at how low China is! But then, look at how big their population is…
robert
Aug 13th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Australia ROCKS
morejamesmore
Aug 21st, 2008 at 4:25 am
Hi
I found a small widget that has the 2008 stats.
This widget can show medals won per million dollar GDP.
In addition the view can be changed to – total medals per million inhabitants.

Check it out:-)
http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/48abc6bc903b61d0

As you point out (vandoo and Edward) this angle of the medal race gives quite another view:-)

Great discussion I’ll be following it:-)
james

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