Top medals #Rio2016
1. US
2. China
3. UK
4. Russia
5. Germany
Top countries by population
1. China
2. India
3. US
4. Indonesia
5. Brazil
Top medals at #Rio2016:
1. US
2. China
3. UK
4. Russia
5. Germany
Top world economies, by GDP:
1. US
2. China
3. Japan
4. Germany
5. UK
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Morals of the story - 1. Wealth gets you medals, US cant be too smug and 2. Russia sort of did amazing even after many athletes were banned
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Brazil in global rankings:
#Rio2016 medal count: #13 World countries by population: #5 World economies by GDP: #9 -
Super interesting, also when you look at the complete anomalies - like India.
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not an anomaly when you look at GDP per capita. India is really, really poor
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actually I take that back. India came REALLY low in medal rankings, that looks like an anomaly to me indeed despite poverty
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Top medals at
#PyeongChang2018 1. Norway 2. Germany 3. Canada 4. United States 5. Netherlands GDP per capita (nominal, IMF) of top medal countries 1. $73,000 2. $44,000 3. $45,000 4. $59,000 5. $48,000 Out all the world's countries, median GDP per capita is: $5,000Show this thread -
Obvious moral of the story here - a big economy helps you get medals at the Olympics. And at the Winter Olympics, which by its nature excludes the Global South anyways, only the super-rich countries really have a chance
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question: aren't those countries always among the ones on the top on medals for like 30-40 years now?
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sort of. China has really improved as it's economy improved
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in the final medals table, UK is the 2nd, not 3rd
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err UK came 2nd not 3rd. Gold medals carry more weight. Plus we have more silvers than china.
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And if you count the medals of the EU?
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