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Posted on 03/01/2010 9:18:36 AM PST by BermanPost
I took a calculation based look at which country should be considered the overall winner of the Vancouver games based on four different metrics, and then had to do another round of calculation given the split results between them.
See the calculations and logic here
Or, if you do not feel like reading through the post to find the answer, the Winner was the United States with Germany taking second, followed very closely by Canada in third.
If you do it on a per capita basis, then Norway has everyone beat. 5 million people and top 5 in the medal counts.
I think you wasted a lot of time ....
You could also weigh the medals as a % of population to see how well countries did. Norway got an amazing # of medals considering its population. In the future China will beat everybody, but it would not be as impressive considering its population. India on the other hand, has not done well at all, ever.
I’ve never thought it was about any particular country “winning” or “losing”.
It’s about individuals and teams of what used to be amateur athletes.
Even thought I get a good feeling when the USA wins a particular event, I’ve never cared about the medal total.
I'm not saying that is the basis which should be used, but it is one criteria to take into consideration. #4 in the medal count for a country of less than 5 million citizens is pretty damn impressive.
I think it was a successful Olympics anyway you look at it.
Canada had never won a Gold Medal, at home, before 2010, so it was a great Games for them. The US won the most Medals ever, so also a great year for them.
But if you want to analyze it a bit more, you would also have to take a look at how much was spent per capita and per athlete and ultimately per medal.
How much did each Country spend in taxpayer money to train etc?
This is what I hate about the Olympics.
The country thing is a joke for one thing. The Japanese woman who took Russian citizenship is just one example of the things that go on.
It’s also vaguely fascist to me. I like to hear about athletes who share my language and culture, but I don’t “win” when the US hockey team wins. They do.
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Norway has a lot of snow. While Germany for example, has a small percentage who live in Bavaria in the snow.
Track meet point scoring will give the overall winner, 5 - 3 - 1 for gold, silver & bronze. By population is a whole different puppy!
You guys had a tremendous games with some absolutely outstanding achievements by American athletes. No doubt in my mind you won those games fair and square. Good on ya.
Using that metric, the Canucks win by a landslide ...
I think that INDIVIDUALS and TEAMS win medals, not countries. I was just as happy for the Chinese couple who won the gold for pairs figure skating as I was for the Shaun White for freestyle snowboard.
Interesting calculations. However, “metals” should be changed to “medals”
Anyone dumb enough to live in a country that has a one month summer is stupid IMHO.
And many of the athletes competing for other countries, live here in the US, and many are even US citizens, or dual-citizens, so it’s not so cut-and-dried.
If it is per capital then unless China or India wins every single metal they lose; that does not seem right.
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