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Would be interesting to see it adjusted for GDP and/or sport budgets per capita. In Australia we invest a lot of money in our sporting programs relative to our

Would be interesting to see it adjusted for GDP and/or sport budgets per capita. In Australia we invest a lot of money in our sporting programs relative to our population size.

pykello 14y ago
Thanks for the idea, here it is: http://moshayedi.net/london2012/ranking-gdp.html http://moshayedi.net/london2012/ranking-gdp.html
- vl 14y ago
  BTW, adjusted by GDP per capita would be very interesting as well.
- adaml_623 14y ago
  You need units on that there table. Is GDP '000,000s of USD?
jeza 14y ago
It seems we've spent just as much on preparing our athletes for London 2012[1] as the Phoenix mission to Mars [2]. So when are we launching a space probe into space? :-) [1] $380 million - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/No_surprises_for_sport_in_2012/2013_Australian_federal_budget http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/No_surprises_for_sport_in_2012/2... [2] $386 million - http://www.aerospaceguide.net/mars/phoenixlander.html http://www.aerospaceguide.net/mars/phoenixlander.html
bjnortier_hn 14y ago
The Guardian has that as well http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/interactive/2012/aug/07/olympics-2012-alternative-medal-table-visualised http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/interactive/2012/au...