Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Final Medal Counts

By popular demand, this is an update to my previous post looking at the final Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Medal rankings by GDP, population, and a few other things:

Athletes from 86 countries received at least one medal.

The Bahamas receive top honors for total number of medals in proportion to their population. (2 medals and a population of around 307,451), followed by Jamaica and Iceland. Armenia drops to ninth place. Guess the islands got something.

Top 10 - Ranked by Total Medals to Population

Rank

Country

Gold Medals

Total Medals

Population

1

Bahamas

0

2

307,451

2

Jamaica

6

11

2,804,332

3

Iceland

0

1

304,367

4

Slovenia

1

5

2,007,711

5

Australia

14

46

20,600,856

6

New Zealand

3

9

4,173,460

7

Norway

3

10

4,644,457

8

Cuba

2

24

11,423,952

9

Armenia

0

6

2,968,586

10

Belarus

4

19

9,685,768



Meanwhile, Zimbabwe led for number of medals in proportion to per capita GDP, followed by China and Kenya.

Top 10 - Ranked by Total Medals to Per Capita GDP

Rank

Country

Gold Medals

Total Medals

Per Capita GDP

1

Zimbabwe

1

4

$ 179

2

China

51

100

$ 5,256

3

Kenya

5

14

$ 1,551

4

Ethiopia

4

7

$ 795

5

Cuba

2

24

$ 4,474

6

Russia

23

72

$ 14,840

7

Ukraine

7

27

$ 6,960

8

North Korea

2

6

$ 1,704

9

Uzbekistan

1

6

$ 2,269

10

US

36

110

$ 45,553


Pakistan is the most populous country not to receive any medals, followed by Bangladesh and the Philippines. The 10 largest countries not to receive any medals are:

Country

Population

Pakistan

167,762,040

Bangladesh

153,546,901

Philippines

92,681,453

Congo

66,514,506

Burma

47,758,181

Tanzania

40,213,162

Uganda

31,367,972

Nepal

29,519,114

Peru

29,180,899

Iraq

28,221,181

Saudi Arabia

28,161,417


The 5 smallest countries to receive medals:

Country

Population

Iceland

304,367

Bahamas

307,451

Bahrain

718,306

Trinidad and Tobago

1,047,366

Estonia

1,307,605


Within the Axis of Evil North Korea led in total medals, gold medals, medals to population, and medals to per capita GDP. Iraq was pretty much out of the running

Country

Gold

Total

Population

Per Capita GDP

North Korea

2

6

23,479,089

$1,704

Iran

1

2

65,875,223

$11,431

Iraq

0

0

28,221,181

$3,625


For additional rankings, check out the links on this previous post.


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