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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
by dejb 18y ago
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? :)
- whatusername 18y agoMore 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?
- timr 18y agoTough 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....
- dejb 18y agoI 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? :)
- whatusername 18y agoTo 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!