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    txbrian txbrian Sep 3, 2008 @ 8:43 am
    YES!! The achievements. The results. The Gold!!!!
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    American American Aug 29, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
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    miragana miragana Aug 28, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
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    divo2000 divo2000 Aug 28, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
    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.
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    COOLFLOWEU COOLFLOWEU Aug 26, 2008 @ 9:52 am
    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.
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    Chuck Chuck Aug 22, 2008 @ 10:45 pm
    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.
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    divo2000 divo2000 Aug 22, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
    Thanks Mitch. Australia has always done well in the summer games. I would assume many countries reward their athletics programs well (such as USA and European countries). I also think that culture may play a huge role. Does anyone know about the athletic culture in India? Maybe athletics is not a huge emphasis in India? (They sure have the population to win a lot of medals).

    James, thanks for the widget. I added a link above. Usain Bolt is the real 'Flash.'
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    james james Aug 22, 2008 @ 4:58 am
    @Divo2000
    I have found a nice widget that displays the medal count per million dollar GDP.

    I think you might like it:-)
    http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/48abc6bc903b61d0
    Go Jamaica
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    Mitch Mitch Aug 21, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
    Thanks for the update... we Aussies expect a good showing due to infrastructure that Australia has in its government funding of Institutes of Sport etc and it's medal tallies in Commonwealth Games. Hence my suggestion with Olympic budgets.
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    pitt pitt Aug 21, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
    thanks so much - again great site, thanks for doing this.
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    trailbikeboy trailbikeboy Aug 21, 2008 @ 11:41 am
    Even more interesting

    http://plus.maths.org/latestnews/may-aug08/olympics/index.html
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    trailbikeboy trailbikeboy Aug 21, 2008 @ 11:24 am
    Consider stats from GDP at:

    http://www.portfolio.com/interactive-features/2008/07/Country-Olympic-Medal-Count-Vs-Wealth
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    Aug 20, 2008 @ 11:30 pm
    Yeah, GDP would be cool.
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    divo2000 divo2000 Aug 20, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
    And yes, Jamaica sent 56 athletes, which calculates that they should receive 4.65 medals. From that standpoint, their medal earnings (5) line up very close. Complete stats at http://thirstywebsites.com/OlympicStats.pdf
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    divo2000 divo2000 Aug 20, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
    Pitt,
    The first table is ordered by the current medal count (for the most part). That's why Jamaica shows up. The other tables only show the calculated number of medals each country should receive based on athletes or population. You're right, Jamaica has done very well. According to their population volume, they should only receive .37 medals! That's one medal every 3rd Summer Olympics! Currently they beat their calculated medal volume 13 times! When the Closing Ceremony arrives, I'll calculate which country had the highest increase in medals compared to their population-calculated number.
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    pitt pitt Aug 20, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
    i've been in a huge argument that Cdn. Olympic Committee sends too many atheletes and the stats here back that up. I feel that the standards to qualify for a Cdn athelete are too low and therefore the poor showing.

    Q: how come jamaica only shows up in the first table, i mean their medal count:atheletes sent must be pretty good right?
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    divo2000 divo2000 Aug 20, 2008 @ 9:17 am
    Yeah, I'd like to make comparisons of medals to economy in some way -- whether that be by GDP or Olympic Budget (thanks Mitch). Land mass might be interesting too (thanks Jonny).
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    Jonny Jonny Aug 20, 2008 @ 7:43 am
    Very good, how about measuring medals against land mass of each country.
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    pitt pitt Aug 20, 2008 @ 6:45 am
    awesome work if accurate
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    Kanga Kanga Aug 20, 2008 @ 6:36 am
    These stats are fascinating... Australia seems to be doing pretty well whichever way you look at it!

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    sunnysumersmile sunnysumersmile Aug 19, 2008 @ 11:49 pm
    Woah! Those are awesome stats!
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    Mitch Mitch Aug 19, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
    Nice work... I'd love to see stats on the number of medals verses the Olympic budget for each country.

    Mitch
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    buffalo buffalo Aug 18, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
    Wow! Did you do all of those stats yourself? That is pretty impressive stuff!!

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