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Historical Olympic Medal Count

By Miss Cellania in Sports on Aug 6, 2008 at 9:33 am



The New York Times has an interactive timeline/map/infographic that shows the medal count of each country for all of the Modern Games since 1896. At the link, select a year, then click on each country’s circle to see the medal count. Link -via Digg


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  1. lol
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 11:40 am

    portugal on the right side of spain.. only an american could do such a geographical feat

  2. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    Well, they've got Finland further south of Ukraine, too. I guess they're better at making graphics than they are at geography.

  3. becca
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    Very interesting to see the changes during and after the boycotts.

  4. Polx
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    Look at Australia!!

    A country that has only just broken the 20 million population mark.

    Unbelievable number of medals.

    Also re the drifting geography , much like the London Tube graphic that we're all familiar with,this is also not a map.

  5. chay
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    I'm impressed with the medal count of Cuba. in Athens it was only 3 medals short of Britain's total. And I would assume the money/facilities involved in Britain's team would have been far greater than that of Cuba.

  6. Nicole
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    Awww, Bolivia doesn't have any medals. I can't believe it.

  7. Johnny Cat
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 11:45 pm

    Trinidad and Tobago is such fun to say, apologies to Nicole, and Bolivia.

  8. JC
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    #1 Haha I didn´t notice that.

  9. Travelling Backpacker
    Aug 15th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Well, India got it's first olympic medal in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics ... interesting

    But if you check East Germany (a country that doesn't exist today), you will be surprised to find them still high on the list... even today!

  10. Chris Todd
    Aug 23rd, 2008 at 9:17 am

    indian 1 billion ppl = 1 gold....

    i am SO impressed !!!!!

    common Indians, start writing in your excuses..

  11. Chris Todd
    Aug 23rd, 2008 at 9:18 am

    indian 1 billion ppl = 1 gold….

    i am SO impressed !!!!!

    common Indians, start writing in your excuses..

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