Nobels are given by committees, so they are not necessarily a fair comparison. Olympic medals are more comparable to IMO medals, and the latter were won dispro

Nobels are given by committees, so they are not necessarily a fair comparison. Olympic medals are more comparable to IMO medals, and the latter were won disproportionately by communists states with dedicated preparation: China in the last 30 years, before that the Soviets, the Hungarians, Romanians and East Germans. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mathematical_Olympiad#/media/File:International_Mathematical_Olympiad_highest_team_score_bar_chart.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mathematical_Oly...