Originally posted by SuperR
Norway won 11 golds, 7 silvers and 6 bronzes for a total of 24 medals compared to Canada's 6 golds, 3 silvers and 8 bronzes for a total of 17. Norway really kicked some arses (as they usually do), they truly are a nation of athletes. Having so much medals for so little population is a great achievement. Congrats.
That's pretty awesome!!!
Top 10 ranked by pop/medals. OP = Olympic position PM = Population/Medals position.
PM: 1 OP: 3 Norway = 5 mil / 24 medals = 1 medal for every 208,333 people.
PM: 2 OP: 6 Austria = 8 mil / 16 medals = 1 medal for every 500,000 people.
PM: 3 OP: 9 Switzerland = 7 mil / 11 medals = 1 medal for every 636,364 people.
PM: 4 OP: 4 Canada = 30 mil / 17 medals = 1 medal for every 1,764,705 people.
PM: 5 OP: 10 Netherlands = 16 mil / 8 medals = 1 medal for every 2,000,000 people.
PM: 6 OP: 1 Germany = 82 mil / 35 medals = 1 medal for every 2,342,857 people.
PM: 7 OP: 7 Italy = 57 mil / 12 medals = 1 medal for every 4,750,000 people.
PM: 8 OP: 8 France = 59 mil / 11 medals = 1 medal for every 5,363,636 people.
PM: 9 OP: 2 USA = 286 mil / 34 medals = 1 medal for every 8,411,765 people.
PM: 10 OP: 5 Russia = 144 mil / 16 medals = 1 medal for every 9,000,000 people.