Hi Edmund I quite agree with you that the existing table is primitive but my calculations generate a different result to yours. My method: a) Score Gold = 3, Silver = 2, Bronze = 1 to arrive at a Total b) Divide that total into the population of a count
Anotehr way of looking at it is to weight it according to the wealth (or otherwise of a country PER HEAD of population) ie a measure of opportunity, here you get a different result. Zimbabwe heads the table because their economy is so devastated and it ha
;-) cos Girls just wanna have fun!
au contraire, given that there is competition WITHIN the country, then that is exactly what is achieved by having a smaller number of sporting representatives...over the whole spread of sports and countries and athletes an increased standard
hmmm....21M Aussies and 60M Brits statistically we should be beating them most of the time, the idea we are pleased by being slightly higher than them in an absolute table is absolutely hilarious! (..as well as mildly embarrassing)
Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva secured Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively earlier today...
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