Britain Olympics shock

by slimboyfat 41 Replies latest social current

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  Fe2O3Girl

  And the poor old Australians are presumably still trying to devise a table system that puts them ahead of Great Britain.

  I'd like to see a league table of medals per capita. Or how about medals per GDP?
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  tijkmo

  cant believe i just cheered on a ozzy win...lol

  in the pole vault..

  cos he beat a russian...who are catching us in the medal table
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  slimboyfat

  The latest games were a bit of a repeat of last time between GB and AUS, only more so.
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  St George of England

  Interesting statistic in the news today. Over one third (37% in fact) of GB's gold medallists went to Public School. This is even more significant when you realise Public Schools account for only 7% of the school population.

  George
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  slimboyfat

  When sports like sailing, dressage and equestrianism are included that only rich people can afford to play it's hardly surprising. It's been said that equestrianism was included in the Olympics purely to give the royals a sport they had a chance of winning.

  Sports played by billions of people in Asia meanwhile are not included. I forget the names of the sports now, but there was a programme on the radio the other day about how they are much more popular than sports included in the Olympics, which largely reflect the interests of the wealthier sections of Western societies.
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  finallysomepride

  Now these are the real winners of the London games:

  Gold medals per million population

  Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold/Million
  1	Grenada	1	0	0	9.1734
  2	Bahamas	1	0	0	3.1627
  3	New Zealand	6	2	5	1.3863
  4	Jamaica	4	4	4	1.3845
  5	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	3	0.8154
  6	Hungary	8	4	5	0.8033
  7	Croatia	3	1	2	0.6696
  8	Lithuania	2	1	2	0.5673
  9	Slovenia	1	1	2	0.5008
  10	Great Britain	29	17	19	0.4600
  11	Latvia	1	0	1	0.4563
  12	Cuba	5	3	6	0.4515
  13	Norway	2	1	1	0.4249
  14	Kazakhstan	7	1	5	0.3995
  15	Czech Republic	4	3	3	0.3930
  16	Denmark	2	4	3	0.3608
  17	Netherlands	6	6	8	0.3586
  18	Australia	7	16	12	0.3180
  19	Republic of Korea	13	8	7	0.2661
  20	Switzerland	2	2	0	0.2612
  21	Georgia	1	3	3	0.2188
  22	Ireland	1	1	3	0.2118
  23	Azerbaijan	2	2	6	0.2107
  24	Belarus	2	5	5	0.2096
  25	Russian Federation	24	26	32	0.1738
  26	France	11	11	12	0.1676
  27	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4	0	2	0.1627
  28	United States of America	46	29	29	0.1466
  29	Serbia	1	1	2	0.1374
  30	Germany	11	19	14	0.1353
  31	Ukraine	6	5	9	0.1338
  32	Italy	8	9	11	0.1306
  33	Sweden	1	4	3	0.1098
  34	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0.0991
  35	Tunisia	1	1	1	0.0932
  36	Romania	2	5	2	0.0915
  37	Spain	3	10	4	0.0638
  38	South Africa	3	2	1	0.0615
  39	Japan	7	14	17	0.0550
  40	Poland	2	2	6	0.0521
  41	Islamic Republic of Iran	4	5	3	0.0507
  42	Kenya	2	4	5	0.0465
  43	Venezuela	1	0	0	0.0357
  44	Uzbekistan	1	0	3	0.0352
  45	Ethiopia	3	1	3	0.0320
  46	Canada	1	5	12	0.0292
  47	People's Republic of China	38	27	23	0.0283
  48	Algeria	1	0	0	0.0282
  49	Uganda	1	0	0	0.0279
  50	Turkey	2	2	1	0.0251
  51	Argentina	1	1	2	0.0237
  52	Colombia	1	3	4	0.0221
  53	Brazil	3	5	9	0.0146
  54	Mexico	1	3	3	0.0087
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  ziddina

  Hey, FSP!!

  Thanks for posting that - very interesting...
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  finallysomepride

  Total medals per million population

  Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total Medals	Total Medals /Million
  1	Grenada	1	0	0	1	9.1734
  2	Jamaica	4	4	4	12	4.1534
  3	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	3	4	3.2616
  4	Bahamas	1	0	0	1	3.1627
  5	New Zealand	6	2	5	13	3.0037
  6	Slovenia	1	1	2	4	2.0034
  7	Hungary	8	4	5	17	1.7071
  8	Denmark	2	4	3	9	1.6235
  9	Australia	7	16	12	35	1.5898
  10	Mongolia	0	2	3	5	1.5723
  11	Estonia	0	1	1	2	1.5690
  12	Georgia	1	3	3	7	1.5314
  13	Montenegro	0	1	0	1	1.5212
  14	Lithuania	2	1	2	5	1.4181
  15	Croatia	3	1	2	6	1.3393
  16	Cuba	5	3	6	14	1.2641
  17	Belarus	2	5	5	12	1.2575
  18	Netherlands	6	6	8	20	1.1954
  19	Ireland	1	1	3	5	1.0589
  20	Azerbaijan	2	2	6	10	1.0533
  21	Great Britain	29	17	19	65	1.0310
  22	Qatar	0	0	2	2	1.0248
  23	Armenia	0	1	2	3	1.0099
  24	Czech Republic	4	3	3	10	0.9826
  25	Latvia	1	0	1	2	0.9126
  26	Sweden	1	4	3	8	0.8788
  27	Cyprus	0	1	0	1	0.8787
  28	Norway	2	1	1	4	0.8497
  29	Bahrain	0	0	1	1	0.8011
  30	Kazakhstan	7	1	5	13	0.7419
  31	Slovakia	0	1	3	4	0.7295
  32	Gabon	0	1	0	1	0.6218
  33	Russian Federation	24	26	32	82	0.5938
  34	Republic of Korea	13	8	7	28	0.5731
  35	Finland	0	1	2	3	0.5700
  36	Serbia	1	1	2	4	0.5497
  37	Republic of Moldova	0	0	2	2	0.5469
  38	Germany	11	19	14	44	0.5412
  39	Canada	1	5	12	18	0.5248
  40	Switzerland	2	2	0	4	0.5225
  41	France	11	11	12	34	0.5181
  42	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2	0.5001
  43	Botswana	0	1	0	1	0.4766
  44	Italy	8	9	11	28	0.4571
  45	Ukraine	6	5	9	20	0.4459
  46	Romania	2	5	2	9	0.4119
  47	Kuwait	0	0	1	1	0.3779
  48	Singapore	0	0	2	2	0.3736
  49	Spain	3	10	4	17	0.3614
  50	United States of America	46	29	29	104	0.3314
  51	Japan	7	14	17	38	0.2983
  52	Belgium	0	1	2	3	0.2874
  53	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2	0.2842
  54	Tunisia	1	1	1	3	0.2795
  55	Poland	2	2	6	10	0.2603
  56	Kenya	2	4	5	11	0.2557
  57	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4	0	2	6	0.2440
  58	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2	0.1982
  59	Greece	0	0	2	2	0.1857
  60	Colombia	1	3	4	8	0.1768
  61	Islamic Republic of Iran	4	5	3	12	0.1522
  62	Uzbekistan	1	0	3	4	0.1409
  63	Hong Kong, China	0	0	1	1	0.1398
  64	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1	0.1287
  65	South Africa	3	2	1	6	0.1229
  66	Argentina	1	1	2	4	0.0948
  67	Portugal	0	1	0	1	0.0928
  68	Taipei (Chinese Taipei)	0	1	1	2	0.0865
  69	Brazil	3	5	9	17	0.0826
  70	Ethiopia	3	1	3	7	0.0746
  71	Guatemala	0	1	0	1	0.0709
  72	Malaysia	0	1	1	2	0.0685
  73	People's Republic of China	38	27	23	88	0.0655
  74	Turkey	2	2	1	5	0.0627
  75	Mexico	1	3	3	7	0.0609
  76	Thailand	0	2	1	3	0.0447
  77	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1	0.0377
  78	Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0.0357
  79	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1	0.0329
  80	Morocco	0	0	1	1	0.0310
  81	Algeria	1	0	0	1	0.0282
  82	Uganda	1	0	0	1	0.0279
  83	Egypt	0	2	0	2	0.0239
  84	Indonesia	0	1	1	2	0.0081
  85	India	0	2	4	6	0.0050
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  Aussie Oz

  I dont like the olympics, and am thankful to not have TV especially at olympic time,

  we did see some in a motel room the other week and what really pissed me off was the australian media making those that got siver feel like failures. It was like, if you didnt get gold you let the country down.

  should be banned next after religion...

  oz
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  finallysomepride

  Aussie

  i agree with you soooooooo much

  the whole thing pisses me off

  that's why i posted the real winners listing

  australia's tv coverage was shit, of what i did see, and that's not much & most plp i talked to held the same view