Global Dominance: Olympic Winnings vs GDP

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by hartleybrody • 14 years ago

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poundy• 14 years ago

These facts stand out about the Olympics:

- Phelps has won more Olympic medals in his career than India in all Olympics

- Jamaica won 2 medals at women's 100m a few minutes go. Bolt still has to go. Why Jamaica?

- The United States has heavily relied on its dominance in swimming, racking up 23 of its 37 medals in the pool.

- Kazakhstan has 5 medals, all gold! Four in weightlifting. Population is barely 16 million

Will be interested to find more

hartleybrody• 14 years ago

There are certainly lots of ways to slice and dice the data. Download my research data and add to it!

nhaehnle• 14 years ago

The author provides raw data (kudos!), but if you're just interested in a quick overview on the ranking in the current olympics vs. population and GDP, you can take a look here: http://www.billmitchell.org/sport/medal_tally_2012.html

Global Dominance: Olympic Winnings vs GDP

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