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Olympic Medal Count Map - 2008 Beijing Olympics - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

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Olympic Athletes Sent from each Country

The "Athletes" columns shows how many athletes were sent by each country. The last column shows how many athletes should have been sent from each country.

Country

Athletes

# Athletes country should send

U.S.A.

595

506.47

New Zealand

182

7.1

Great Britain

312

100.65

Canada

332

55.4

Australia

433

35.54

Germany

439

136.58

India

57

1888.44

China

639

2202.03

Indonesia

24

384.78

Bangladesh

5

263.57

Pakistan

21

272.58

Nigeria

33

246.01

Philippines

15

150.27

Vietnam

21

145.15

Ethiopia

22

131.6

Mexico

85

177.22

Thailand

25

104.72

Myanmar

6

78.08

Tanzania

0

67.2

Iran

55

117.11

Sudan

9

64.06

Turkey

68

117.26

Iraq

4

48.16

Afghanistan

4

45.09

Uganda

11

51.3

Nepal

7

46.84

Peru

12

47.76

Brazil

277

311.44

Uzbekistan

12

45.47

Yemen

5

37.19

Ghana

9

39

Mozambique

6

35.54

Madagascar

4

32.7

Syria

7

33.11

Saudi Arabia

16

41.09

Sri Lanka

8

32.06

Niger

0

23.63

Burkina Faso

2

24.56

Arab Rep. of Egypt

103

124.93

Malawi

4

23.13

Complete Olympics Statistics

The tables above are partial. Please visit the complete Olympics Statistics to see numbers for all participating countries.

Final Medal Count

USA or China at the Final Medal Count?

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China

gary Li says:

i agree iwth buffalo, china win gold, but usa win total count

Posted August 19, 2008

rod says:

China...no way USA can reach them

Posted August 18, 2008

James says:

China by a land slide

Posted August 18, 2008

Peter says:

Try statistics of already received medals per country inhabitans.
You will see that USA is somewhere in the middle...
China is going up... There is a corelation between economics and olympic success.

Posted August 18, 2008

USA

dude in underpants says:

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllloooooooo

Posted October 29, 2008

bob the builder says:

U.S.A! U.S.A!

Posted October 29, 2008

liahona says:

Great information. Interesting to look at the medals counts by population and athletes. Nice job.

Posted August 21, 2008

Greg says:

If China doesn't come out on top, I am sure some heads will roll. Literally!

Posted August 19, 2008

Travle says:

USA all the way

Posted August 19, 2008

Olympic Medals by GDP

What if GDP was the only factor? This data was calculated to determine how many medals each country should receive based on their Gross Domestic Product. (The data is fairly skewed, because this table doesn't account population)

Country

Medals per GDP

U.S.A.

230.63

China

73.03

India

55.34

Japan

54.16

Germany

46.19

Great Britain

42.65

Russia

35.06

France

23.97

Italy

23.86

Brazil

21.88

Canada

21.48

Spain

18.31

Australia

15.94

South Korea

15.14

Indonesia

14.88

Mexico

12.81

Netherlands

11.05

Poland

7.59

Ukraine

7.56

Pakistan

7.21

Turkey

7.06

Nigeria

7.00

Bangladesh

6.52

South Africa

6.39

Argentina

6.26

Arab Rep. of Egypt

6.23

Greece

5.24

Iran

5.20

Hungary

4.90

New Zealand

4.71

Sweden

4.33

Venezuela

4.31

Belarus

4.09

Chinese Taipei

4.08

Philippines

3.94

Czech Republic

3.72

Switzerland

3.44

Vietnam

3.21

Thailand

3.11

Kazakhstan

2.92

Colombia

2.86

Norway

2.78

Romania

2.77

Cuba

2.73

Austria

2.70

Ethiopia

2.69

Denmark

2.40

Algeria

2.40

Portugal

2.34

Saudi Arabia

2.31

Kenya

2.19

Croatia

2.13

Belgium

2.13

Serbia

1.85

Finland

1.82

Morocco

1.73

Malaysia

1.25

Ireland

1.22

North Korea

1.21

Medal count a product of many factors

When you take number of athletes, GDP and population into account, you can predict more accurately the final medal count. Look at the table below.

Olympic Medals by Population, Athletes and GDP

This table shows how many medals each country should receive based on 3 factors: the country's population, their GDP and the number of athletes they sent to the Beijing Games. Notice how this table is most accurate when shown against the current medal cou

Country

AVG per GDP/Athletes, population

U.S.A.

107.34

China

96.62

India

59.91

Japan

39.92

Germany

34.37

Great Britain

26.81

Russia

26.6

France

26.11

Italy

23.94

Brazil

23.57

Canada

18.67

Spain

18.04

Australia

18

South Korea

14.91

Indonesia

13.71

Mexico

12.21

Netherlands

11.8

Poland

11.5

Ukraine

9.92

Pakistan

8.92

Turkey

8.81

Nigeria

8.64

Bangladesh

7.83

South Africa

7.53

Argentina

7.08

Arab Rep. of Egypt

7.01

Greece

6.66

Iran

6.39

Hungary

5.96

New Zealand

5.94

Sweden

5.63

Venezuela

5.61

Belarus

5.45

Chinese Taipei

5.4

Philippines

5.37

Czech Republic

5.16

Switzerland

5.03

Vietnam

4.98

Thailand

4.95

Kazakhstan

4.94

Colombia

4.77

Norway

4.74

Romania

4.73

Cuba

4.64

Austria

4.45

Ethiopia

4.36

Denmark

4.31

Algeria

4

Portugal

3.86

Saudi Arabia

3.67

Kenya

3.44

Croatia

3.4

Belgium

3.39

Serbia

3.23

Finland

3.21

Morocco

3.2

Malaysia

3.2

Ireland

3.13

North Korea

2.84

China and USA were close in the final medal count. China received the most Golds, but USA received the most medals.

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Who really has the most medals?

Many have spoken that economics plays a huge role in Olympic medals. I tend to agree. Check out this graph. It shows which country made the most medals per their Gross Domestic Product during the 2004 Athens Games. As it stands, the small, poor country of Ethiopia dominates over the Olympics with an incredible medal count. Go Ethiopia!

I have also been informed of a great widget that displays this same data for the current Beijing Games. Check it out. Currently Jamaica stands at the top. Usain Bolt, 'bolting' past his opponents, really made a difference here.

Athens 2004 Olympics - Medals per population

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Posted September 03, 2008

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Posted August 29, 2008

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Posted August 28, 2008

divo2000 wrote...

Thanks COOLFLOWEU,
How is Germany treating you? I would have to agree with you (don't tell anyone but I'm a fan of the EU). The EU stomps everyone else--especially in economics. I know it doesn't sound realistic, but the EU as a united country would be the next world power--especially at the games. I've found that economics plays a huge role, if not the greatest role, when it comes to winning Olympic medals.

Posted August 28, 2008

Lensmaster

COOLFLOWEU wrote

I am a German from the European Union and set up a website with the intention to motivate my fellow Europeans to think more %u201EEuropean".
As you can see under www.EUCHAMPIONS.eu
the European Union comes out on top and way ahead of China and USA.
Of course you may argue this doesn't count, because European Union is no country or nation and if it was, could only have sent 3 athletes per event. Agreed as far as the official table of the International Olympic Committee is concerned, but to show the Europeans themselves - and while on the go also the rest of the world - how well the EU athletes have performed, why not ?!
Especially if you take into account the EU motto : UNITED IN DIVERSITY .
Or if you want to put it under an old competition (or war-) slogan :
%u201EMarch separately, but win together!"
The table also includes a column giving the population per country, allowing everybodyone's own MPC calculation.

Posted August 26, 2008

Lensmaster

Chuck wrote

Your medals per GDP table must be incorrect because Ireland has a greater GDP than New Zealand but is below us in numbers of medals they should win based on GDP. I'm pretty sure Sweden would also have a higher GDP than us too, but not shown in your table.

Posted August 22, 2008