19 August 2008

Mongolia 3rd in Olympic medal count

Posted by khuushuur under: mongolia; sport .

That’s an unexpected number. So what About the US, China, UK? Well they do really well, but if you translate the number of medals to the population of the country, they are nowhere to be seen in the top 10. That is the conclusion that the La Times draws. Their Top 10 of medals per capita is as follows:

1. Armenia (4) – 742,147
2. Australia (16) – 1,287,554
3. Mongolia (2) – 1,498,041
4. Georgia (3) – 1,543,614
5. Switzerland (4) – 1,895,380
6. Cuba (6) – 1,903,992
7. Slovenia (1) – 2,007,711
8. Azerbaijan (4) – 2,044,429
9. The Netherlands (7) – 2,377,902
10. Hungary (4) – 2,482,729

No over billion Chinese that can change a thing about that. Reminds that India must be at the very bottom of this list. They might be very proud on their gold, but one medal on a billion is ultimately not al that impressive

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