Olympic Gold Medals per capita

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Rank Country Medals Population Population per Medal 1 San Marino 2 33,931 16,965 2 Bermuda 1 63,918 63,918 3 New Zealand 11 4,822,233 438,384 4 Fiji 2 896,445 448,222 5 Slovenia 4 2,078,938 519,734 6 Croatia 7 4,105,267 586,466 7 Estonia 2 1,326,535 663,267 8 Georgia 6 3,989,167 664,861 9 Switzerland 12 8,654,622 721,218 10 Jamaica 4 2,961,167 740,291 11 Australia 32 25,499,884 796,871 12 Kosovo 2 1,859,203 929,601 13 Netherlands 17 17,134,872 1,007,933 14 Mongolia 3 3,278,290 1,092,763 15 Czech Republic 8 10,551,219 1,318,902 16 Qatar 2 2,881,053 1,440,526 17 Denmark 4 5,792,202 1,448,050 18 Hungary 6 9,660,351 1,610,058 19 Cuba 7 11,326,616 1,618,088 20 Ireland 3 4,937,786 1,645,928 21 Serbia 5 8,737,371 1,747,474 22 Austria 5 9,006,398 1,801,279 23 Norway 3 5,421,241 1,807,080 24 Slovakia 3 5,459,642 1,819,880 25 Latvia 1 1,886,198 1,886,198 26 Great Britain 33 65,138,232 1,973,885 27 Macedonia 1 2,078,453 2,078,453 28 Italy 28 60,461,826 2,159,350 29 Taiwan 10 23,510,000 2,351,000 30 Hong Kong 3 7,496,981 2,498,993 31 Sweden 4 10,099,265 2,524,816 32 Canada 14 37,742,154 2,695,868 33 South Korea 19 51,269,185 2,698,378 34 France 23 65,273,511 2,837,978 35 Russian Federation 50 144,096,812 2,881,936 36 Israel 3 8,655,535 2,885,178 37 Armenia 1 2,963,243 2,963,243 38 Puerto Rico 1 3,474,182 3,474,182 39 Greece 3 10,423,054 3,474,351 40 Dominican Republic 3 10,847,910 3,615,970 41 Japan 33 126,476,461 3,832,620 42 Belgium 3 11,589,623 3,863,207 43 Germany 20 83,783,942 4,189,197 44 Kuwait 1 4,270,571 4,270,571 45 Belarus 2 9,449,323 4,724,661 46 Romania 4 19,237,691 4,809,422 47 Azerbaijan 2 10,139,177 5,069,588 48 Portugal 2 10,196,709 5,098,354 49 United States 61 331,002,651 5,426,272 50 Finland 1 5,540,720 5,540,720 51 Ecuador 3 17,643,054 5,881,018 52 Tunisia 2 11,818,619 5,909,309 53 Turkmenistan 1 6,031,200 6,031,200 54 Kazakhstan 3 18,776,707 6,258,902 55 Spain 7 46,754,778 6,679,254 56 Bulgaria 1 6,948,445 6,948,445 57 Ukraine 6 43,733,762 7,288,960 58 Venezuela 4 31,108,083 7,777,020 59 Jordan 1 10,203,134 10,203,134 60 Uzbekistan 2 33,469,203 16,734,601 61 Turkey 5 84,339,067 16,867,813 62 Colombia 3 50,882,891 16,960,963 63 Poland 2 37,846,611 18,923,305 64 South Africa 3 59,308,690 19,769,563 65 Brazil 10 212,559,417 21,255,941 66 Uganda 2 45,741,007 22,870,503 67 China 60 1,439,323,776 23,988,729 68 Côte d'Ivoire 1 26,378,274 26,378,274 69 Malaysia 1 32,365,999 32,365,999 70 Mexico 3 128,932,753 42,977,584 71 Argentina 1 45,195,774 45,195,774 72 Egypt 2 102,334,404 51,167,202 73 Indonesia 5 273,523,615 54,704,723 74 Thailand 1 69,799,978 69,799,978 75 Iran 1 83,992,949 83,992,949 76 Philippines 1 109,581,078 109,581,078 77 Ethiopia 1 114,963,588 114,963,588 78 India 2 1,380,004,385 690,002,192

 

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Rank Country Medals Population Population per Medal 1 San Marino 2 33,931 16,965 2 Bermuda 1 63,918 63,918 3 New Zealand 11 4,822,233 438,384 4 Fiji 2 896,445 448,222 5 Slovenia 4 2,078,938 519,734 6 Croatia 7 4,105,267 586,466 7 Estonia 2 1,326,535 663,267 8 Georgia 6 3,989,167 664,861 9 Switzerland 12 8,654,622 721,218 10 Jamaica 4 2,961,167 740,291 11 Australia 32 25,499,884 796,871 12 Kosovo 2 1,859,203 929,601 13 Netherlands 17 17,134,872 1,007,933 14 Mongolia 3 3,278,290 1,092,763 15 Czech Republic 8 10,551,219 1,318,902 16 Qatar 2 2,881,053 1,440,526 17 Denmark 4 5,792,202 1,448,050 18 Hungary 6 9,660,351 1,610,058 19 Cuba 7 11,326,616 1,618,088 20 Ireland 3 4,937,786 1,645,928 21 Serbia 5 8,737,371 1,747,474 22 Austria 5 9,006,398 1,801,279 23 Norway 3 5,421,241 1,807,080 24 Slovakia 3 5,459,642 1,819,880 25 Latvia 1 1,886,198 1,886,198 26 Great Britain 33 65,138,232 1,973,885 27 Macedonia 1 2,078,453 2,078,453 28 Italy 28 60,461,826 2,159,350 29 Taiwan 10 23,510,000 2,351,000 30 Hong Kong 3 7,496,981 2,498,993 31 Sweden 4 10,099,265 2,524,816 32 Canada 14 37,742,154 2,695,868 33 South Korea 19 51,269,185 2,698,378 34 France 23 65,273,511 2,837,978 35 Russian Federation 50 144,096,812 2,881,936 36 Israel 3 8,655,535 2,885,178 37 Armenia 1 2,963,243 2,963,243 38 Puerto Rico 1 3,474,182 3,474,182 39 Greece 3 10,423,054 3,474,351 40 Dominican Republic 3 10,847,910 3,615,970 41 Japan 33 126,476,461 3,832,620 42 Belgium 3 11,589,623 3,863,207 43 Germany 20 83,783,942 4,189,197 44 Kuwait 1 4,270,571 4,270,571 45 Belarus 2 9,449,323 4,724,661 46 Romania 4 19,237,691 4,809,422 47 Azerbaijan 2 10,139,177 5,069,588 48 Portugal 2 10,196,709 5,098,354 49 United States 61 331,002,651 5,426,272 50 Finland 1 5,540,720 5,540,720 51 Ecuador 3 17,643,054 5,881,018 52 Tunisia 2 11,818,619 5,909,309 53 Turkmenistan 1 6,031,200 6,031,200 54 Kazakhstan 3 18,776,707 6,258,902 55 Spain 7 46,754,778 6,679,254 56 Bulgaria 1 6,948,445 6,948,445 57 Ukraine 6 43,733,762 7,288,960 58 Venezuela 4 31,108,083 7,777,020 59 Jordan 1 10,203,134 10,203,134 60 Uzbekistan 2 33,469,203 16,734,601 61 Turkey 5 84,339,067 16,867,813 62 Colombia 3 50,882,891 16,960,963 63 Poland 2 37,846,611 18,923,305 64 South Africa 3 59,308,690 19,769,563 65 Brazil 10 212,559,417 21,255,941 66 Uganda 2 45,741,007 22,870,503 67 China 60 1,439,323,776 23,988,729 68 Côte d'Ivoire 1 26,378,274 26,378,274 69 Malaysia 1 32,365,999 32,365,999 70 Mexico 3 128,932,753 42,977,584 71 Argentina 1 45,195,774 45,195,774 72 Egypt 2 102,334,404 51,167,202 73 Indonesia 5 273,523,615 54,704,723 74 Thailand 1 69,799,978 69,799,978 75 Iran 1 83,992,949 83,992,949 76 Philippines 1 109,581,078 109,581,078 77 Ethiopia 1 114,963,588 114,963,588 78 India 2 1,380,004,385 690,002,192

Interesting chart Dan.

Are there any of these comparatives based on financial criteria such GDP, or average personal income, or average personal net worth?

BTW, Canada is only 32nd. It must be Trudeau's fault.

 

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Good one, but on a serious note, it's the fault of the people still wimpering in their closets at home, losing muscle mass and not getting enough natural vitamin D. Less people to choose from. I'm sure you are still scared and not athletic so you will disagree.

 

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Good one, but on a serious note, it's the fault of the people still wimpering in their closets at home, losing muscle mass and not getting enough natural vitamin D. Less people to choose from. I'm sure you are still scared and not athletic so you will disagree.

If you are responding to me, I don't think that people aspiring to be Olympic athletes lost their drive because of covid.

And actually, compared to historical Canadian results, I think that Canada has done a great job of being much more competitive than they used to be. The "Own the Podium" programme seems to have been successful.

No way that Canada will ever beat countries like U.S., China, Russia. Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain would also require very big leaps forward (BTW, I am talking Summer Games). So if Canada is 13th in medals, realistically, there are maybe only 4 or 5 countries that we have a chance to overcome. Gone are the days when Greg Joy's silver is the high point of our accomplishments.

I am laying no blame at anyone's feet because there is nothing to blame anybody for. I feel that we do fairly respectably nowadays.

And lastly, I'd rather be 1st in vaccinations along with our citizenry's societal sense of co-operation than 1st at the Olympics.

 

[onomatopoeia]

I expected India to be last on this list. I know they got one of their Golds in skeet shooting, or a similar rifle event. Hence, this joke:

There are only two sports in India: Cricket, and Spelling Bee. If you can't defend a doosra on a slow pitch, you learn how to spell fackeltanz.