Olympic medals by country
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Exactly my thought as well. A map showing medals from where people actually live. Reminds me of Eileen Gu (born in California, her dad is American, her mom moved here from China when she was in her 20s), but does she compete for the USA in the 2022 Olympics? No, she picked China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Gu
At least she made lots of money from Chinese sponsorships.
Or locally... there was a headline about this kid who made the Olympics for Taekwondo. I thought it was cool! Until I realized he was going as a member of Gambia... even though he was born in Minnesota and raised here. His dad is from Gambia.
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poor greece, it was their idea in the first place
@bachophile said in Olympic medals by country:
poor greece, it was their idea in the first place
Yeah, but they are crushing Africa.
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https://www.medalspercapita.com/
Rank Country Medals Population Population per Medal 1 Liechtenstein 10 36,476 3,647 2 Norway 521 5,562,363 10,676 3 Finland 470 5,407,040 11,504 4 Sweden 652 10,548,261 16,178 5 Hungary 498 9,584,627 19,246 6 Switzerland 344 8,981,565 26,109 7 Austria 319 8,452,835 26,497 8 Bahamas 13 353,658 27,204 9 Denmark 195 5,967,824 30,604 10 East Germany 519 16,111,000 31,042 11 Estonia 41 1,318,005 32,146 12 Bulgaria 223 7,364,570 33,024 13 Jamaica 78 2,825,544 36,224 14 Netherlands 415 17,977,676 43,319 15 New Zealand 120 5,338,900 44,490 16 Cuba 219 11,089,511 50,637 17 Slovenia 40 2,123,949 53,098 18 Australia 511 27,364,621 53,551 19 Grenada 2 112,579 56,289 20 Romania 307 19,051,562 62,057 21 Bermuda 1 64,237 64,237 22 Trinidad and Tobago 19 1,317,714 69,353 23 Latvia 27 2,070,371 76,680 24 Belgium 154 11,828,948 76,811 25 Great Britain 876 67,596,281 77,164 26 Iceland 4 319,575 79,893 27 France 836 68,468,000 81,899 28 Canada 499 41,012,563 82,189 29 Italy 702 58,971,479 84,004 30 Germany 992 84,673,158 85,356 31 Croatia 44 3,855,641 87,628 32 Czechoslovakia 168 15,000,000 89,285 33 Greece 116 10,413,982 89,775 34 Belarus 105 9,461,400 90,108 35 Tonga 1 103,036 103,036 36 Virgin Islands 1 106,405 106,405 37 Yugoslavia 94 10,348,473 110,090 38 Netherlands Antilles 2 227,049 113,524 39 Georgia 32 3,694,600 115,456 40 Lithuania 25 2,891,215 115,648 41 United States 2,827 335,893,238 118,816 42 Poland 304 37,582,000 123,625 43 Luxembourg 4 511,800 127,950 44 Czechia 84 10,859,532 129,280 45 Mongolia 26 3,504,741 134,797 46 Slovakia 36 5,422,620 150,628 47 South Korea 334 51,285,153 153,548 48 Ireland 31 5,281,600 170,374 49 Armenia 16 3,039,700 189,981 50 Soviet Union 1,204 272,000,000 225,913 51 Azerbaijan 44 10,151,517 230,716 52 Russian Federation 586 143,056,383 244,123 53 Japan 497 123,960,000 249,416 54 Kazakhstan 77 20,118,478 261,278 55 Suriname 2 529,000 264,500 56 Ukraine 135 36,700,000 271,851 57 Barbados 1 274,200 274,200 58 West Germany 243 72,562,666 298,611 59 Moldova 8 2,423,300 302,912 60 Bahrain 4 1,234,571 308,642 61 Spain 151 48,692,804 322,468 62 Uruguay 10 3,251,526 325,152 63 Qatar 5 1,699,435 339,887 64 Australasia 12 4,651,848 387,654 65 Puerto Rico 9 3,725,789 413,976 66 Serbia 15 6,605,168 440,344 67 Portugal 24 10,639,726 443,321 68 North Korea 56 25,950,000 463,392 69 Kenya 99 52,428,290 529,578 70 Namibia 4 2,324,000 581,000 71 Montenegro 1 620,029 620,029 72 Argentina 74 47,067,441 636,046 73 South Africa 86 63,015,904 732,743 74 Guyana 1 784,894 784,894 75 Djibouti 1 818,159 818,159 76 Cyprus 1 838,897 838,897 77 Fiji 1 893,468 893,468 78 Kuwait 4 3,582,054 895,513 79 Turkey 95 85,372,377 898,656 80 Tunisia 13 11,850,232 911,556 81 Taiwan 24 23,234,003 968,083 82 Singapore 5 5,183,700 1,036,740 83 Uzbekistan 35 36,963,262 1,056,093 84 Lebanon 4 4,259,000 1,064,750 85 Costa Rica 4 4,301,712 1,075,428 86 Israel 9 9,921,100 1,102,344 87 Iran 68 76,309,000 1,122,191 88 Panama 3 3,405,813 1,135,271 89 Mauritius 1 1,286,051 1,286,051 90 Morocco 23 32,526,800 1,414,208 91 Gabon 1 1,534,000 1,534,000 92 Chile 13 19,960,889 1,535,453 93 Dominican Republic 7 10,760,028 1,537,146 94 Zimbabwe 8 12,754,000 1,594,250 95 Brazil 127 203,080,756 1,599,061 96 Kosovo 1 1,762,220 1,762,220 97 Venezuela 15 27,150,095 1,810,006 98 Kyrgyzstan 3 5,477,600 1,825,866 99 Mexico 67 129,713,690 1,936,025 100 Colombia 27 52,695,952 1,951,701 101 Botswana 1 2,038,228 2,038,228 102 Macedonia 1 2,057,284 2,057,284 103 Ethiopia 53 109,499,000 2,066,018 104 Thailand 30 65,975,198 2,199,173 105 China 605 1,409,670,000 2,330,033 106 Hong Kong 3 7,503,100 2,501,033 107 Tajikistan 4 10,277,100 2,569,275 108 Algeria 17 46,700,000 2,747,058 109 Malaysia 11 33,980,600 3,089,145 110 Egypt 29 105,914,499 3,652,224 111 Cameroon 5 19,406,100 3,881,220 112 Burundi 2 8,038,618 4,019,309 113 United Arab Emirates 2 8,264,070 4,132,035 114 Haiti 2 10,085,214 5,042,607 115 Eritrea 1 5,415,000 5,415,000 116 Serbia and Montenegro 2 10,832,545 5,416,272 117 Ghana 4 24,223,431 6,055,857 118 Togo 1 6,191,155 6,191,155 119 Jordan 1 6,289,800 6,289,800 120 Paraguay 1 6,337,127 6,337,127 121 Zambia 2 13,046,508 6,523,254 122 Uganda 7 45,935,046 6,562,149 123 Nigeria 24 162,471,000 6,769,625 124 Côte d'Ivoire 3 21,395,000 7,131,666 125 Syria 3 21,532,000 7,177,333 126 Peru 4 30,135,875 7,533,968 127 Niger 2 16,274,738 8,137,369 128 Ecuador 2 16,938,986 8,469,493 129 Saudi Arabia 3 27,136,977 9,045,659 130 Indonesia 30 281,603,800 9,386,793 131 Sri Lanka 2 20,653,000 10,326,500 132 Philippines 10 114,163,719 11,416,371 133 Mozambique 2 23,700,715 11,850,357 134 Afghanistan 2 24,485,600 12,242,800 135 Senegal 1 12,855,153 12,855,153 136 Guatemala 1 17,843,132 17,843,132 137 Pakistan 10 179,309,000 17,930,900 138 Tanzania 2 43,188,000 21,594,000 139 Vietnam 4 87,840,000 21,960,000 140 Sudan 1 30,894,000 30,894,000 141 Iraq 1 33,330,000 33,330,000 142 India 28 1,404,910,000 50,175,357 -
@89th said in Olympic medals by country:
That makes Pakistan's win in the javelin throw even more impressive.
Yeah, I would have expected Africa and Cleveland to have done better in the spear chucking categories…
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There goes my running for School Board…
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@Jolly said in Olympic medals by country:
A lot of the track & field athletes from all over the world, go to college and train in the U.S.
Yeah, that's what I don't get. There was a girl from ... I don't remember where. As American as a Tri-Delt cheerleader.
She represented - Palestine.
@George-K said in Olympic medals by country:
@Jolly said in Olympic medals by country:
A lot of the track & field athletes from all over the world, go to college and train in the U.S.
Yeah, that's what I don't get. There was a girl from ... I don't remember where. As American as a Tri-Delt cheerleader.
She represented - Palestine.
The guy who set the Olympic pole vault record competed for Sweden. He's more coonass than I am.
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@George-K said in Olympic medals by country:
@Jolly said in Olympic medals by country:
A lot of the track & field athletes from all over the world, go to college and train in the U.S.
Yeah, that's what I don't get. There was a girl from ... I don't remember where. As American as a Tri-Delt cheerleader.
She represented - Palestine.
The guy who set the Olympic pole vault record competed for Sweden. He's more coonass than I am.
@Jolly said in Olympic medals by country:
@George-K said in Olympic medals by country:
@Jolly said in Olympic medals by country:
A lot of the track & field athletes from all over the world, go to college and train in the U.S.
Yeah, that's what I don't get. There was a girl from ... I don't remember where. As American as a Tri-Delt cheerleader.
She represented - Palestine.
The guy who set the Olympic pole vault record competed for Sweden. He's more coonass than I am.
Fortunately, his penis wasn’t large enough to inhibit his vaults…
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Armand Duplantis.
Link to video
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Wow had no idea he was American. So stupid…his dad is American, his mom moved to America as an adult. But he picked Sweden…probably because the US has a harder “olympic trials, do or die” approach to making the team but in Sweden you get on the team from cumulative points. Plus they pay a salary.
What a shame.
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Wow had no idea he was American. So stupid…his dad is American, his mom moved to America as an adult. But he picked Sweden…probably because the US has a harder “olympic trials, do or die” approach to making the team but in Sweden you get on the team from cumulative points. Plus they pay a salary.
What a shame.
@89th said in Olympic medals by country:
Wow had no idea he was American. So stupid…his dad is American, his mom moved to America as an adult. But he picked Sweden…probably because the US has a harder “olympic trials, do or die” approach to making the team but in Sweden you get on the team from cumulative points. Plus they pay a salary.
What a shame.
He's the #1 guy in the world. Has been a phenom since he was in high school.
His dad is the Swedish pole vaulting coach. I think dad makes decent money coaching the lads.
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The coupling of athletes to nationalities is rather unnecessary.
You don’t want athletes telling you how to run a country.
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The coupling of athletes to nationalities is rather unnecessary.
You don’t want athletes telling you how to run a country.
You don’t want politics tainting sports.@Axtremus said in Olympic medals by country:
The coupling of athletes to nationalities is rather unnecessary.
You don’t want athletes telling you how to run a country.
You don’t want politics tainting sports.As usual, the point has flown over your head...
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The coupling of athletes to nationalities is rather unnecessary.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Olympic medals by country:
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I remember that one. Reception was horrible on the antenna and it was like watching them play in a snowstorm. Couldn't follow the puck. Wouldn't have made much difference, anyway. Dixie rednecks didn't know much about hockey, except yankees and furriners played it on ice.
Didn't matter. When our bunch of amateurs beat what was essentially one of the best professional teams in the world, we were all screaming and hollering at the top of our lungs.
