Beijing Olympics: country rankings
As the Beijing Olympics come to a close, it is interesting to rank the participating countries. But not in total medals per country, but in medals per participating athlete per country and medals per million inhabitants per country. 87 countries have won medals in these olympics. This brings us to the following two tables.
Medals per athlete
Medals per million inhabitants
My country Belgium is on rank 84 in medals per athlete and on rank 58 in medals per million inhabitants.
Thanks to R.R. for the data collection and number crunching. Sources: Wikipedia (population per country) and Beijing2008.cn.
Medals per athlete
Medals per million inhabitants
My country Belgium is on rank 84 in medals per athlete and on rank 58 in medals per million inhabitants.
Thanks to R.R. for the data collection and number crunching. Sources: Wikipedia (population per country) and Beijing2008.cn.
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the ratio 'medals per athlete' is wrong in my opinion, because you should consider that in team sports, every athlete obtains a medal, or you should consider one team = one athlete.