Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP

Re:Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP by dejb on Monday August 25, 2008 @07:52PM (#286592)

Yes I agree. To make the list statistically valid you should probably only look at those countries with more than say 15 or 20 medals. I wonder who comes out on top then? :)

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Re:Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP by whatusername on Monday August 25, 2008 @10:21PM (#286684)

More than 15 total medals. Looking at GDP per Medal.

* Cuba ------- 1,879

* Belarus ------- 2,038

* Ukraine ------- 5,204

* Russia ------- 17,861

* Australia ------- 19,341

* South Korea ------- 31,674

* China ------- 32,990

* Netherlands ------- 47,181

* Great Britain ------- 59,000

* France ------- 62,875

* Italy ------- 73,857

* Canada ------- 78,111

* Spain ------- 78,611

* Germany ------- 79,488

* United States ------- 125,364

* Japan ------- 173,840

Who were expecting on top?

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Re:Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP by dejb on Tuesday August 26, 2008 @07:14AM (#286958)

I suspect you are deliberately missing the point for the purposes of mischief. I was talking about the population ones which would go like this

Population Gold

* Australia ---- 1,528,165

* Netherlands ---- 2,349,286

* Belarus ---- 2,422,500

* Great Britain ----- 3,052,632

* South Korea ----- 3,709,538

Population Medals

* Australia ----- 465,094

* Cuba ------ 469,500

* Belarus ----- 510,000

Huge Gap ....

* Netherlands ----- 1,027,813

Anything stand out to you about these? :)

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Re:Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP by whatusername on Tuesday August 26, 2008 @08:41AM (#287002)

To be honest - I was trying to prove that point with the GDP figures.. (but the pesky actual data got in the way)...

Good to see that Population proves it out though!

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Re:Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP by timr on Monday August 25, 2008 @10:40PM (#286697)

Tough to say. What this (perhaps) suggests is that there are more good athletes per capita in Cuba than in Japan.

But there are a lot of confounding factors, so I wouldn't read too much into it. For example, one needs to consider the amount of money invested into training and selection of athletes. The US is somewhat lackadaisical about selecting athletes at a young age, whereas the eastern bloc countries tend to be a bit more motivated....

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