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Who Won the Olympics?
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The Olympics are over and there is debate over which country won? Was it China the host nation who won the most gold medals or the United States which won the most medals overall? How about a third choice?. The Bahamas was the country that won the most medals per capita, which may be the fairest way to measure the success of a nation’s Olympic program.
Olympics Ranking by Population per Medal
1 Bahamas 153,725
2 Jamaica 254,939
3 Iceland 304,367
4 Slovenia 401,542
5 Australia 447,844
6 New Zealand 463,717
7 Norway 464,445
8 Cuba 475,998
9 Armenia 494,764
10 Belarus 509,777
11 Trinidad and Tobago 523,683
12 Estonia 653,802
13 Lithuania 713,041
14 Bahrain 718,306
15 Latvia 748,474
16 Mongolia 749,020
17 Georgia 771,806
18 Denmark 783,531
19 Slovakia 874,124
20 Croatia 898,284
21 Hungary 993,091
22 Netherlands 1,040,332
23 Azerbaijan 1,168,245
24 Kazakhstan 1,180,041
25 Switzerland 1,263,586
Source: Wikipedia
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4 Comments »
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August 25, 2008
Anonymous says:
where the heck is the United States on this list????
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August 26, 2008
Anonymous says:
Yeah for Latvia. A tiny country but proud.
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August 26, 2008
Cindy says:
Except for Track & Field the United States did great, but the coach for the track team should be fired for the lack of preparation they showed in China.
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August 26, 2008
Anonymous says:
Australia has a great Olympics! And the number one reason is they take a month of vacation a year - American should try it.
