Is Anyone Here ACTUALLY Watching The Olympics ???

Now that GB is gathering some medals, and because I felt interested, here is a league table of Gold medals won so far by country population. ie. Country's population/10,000/No of medals Gold Gold by pop 1. Jamaica 2 140,2166 2. Slovakia 3 181,8469 3. Australia 11 187,2805091 4. Slovenia 1 200,7711 5. New Zealand 2 208,673 6. Georgia 2 231,54205 7. Denmark 2 274,23615 8. Mongolia 1 299,6081 9. Panama 1 329,2693 10. Switzerland 2 379,076 11. United Kingdom 15 406,2927467 12. Norway 1 464,4457 13. Czech Republic 2 511,04555 14. Finland 1 524,4749 15. Netherlands 3 554,8437667 16. Romania 4 556,17155 17. Korea, South 8 615,41055 18. Bulgaria 1 726,2675 19. Azerbaijan 1 817,7717 20. Germany 10 823,69548 21. Ukraine 5 919,88574 22. Belarus 1 968,5768 23. Italy 6 969,0886833 24. Tunisia 1 1038,3577 25. Cuba 1 1142,3952 26. Korea, North 2 1173,95445 27. United States of America 25 1215,298584 28. Zimbabwe 1 1238,292 29. Poland 3 1283,356533 30. Spain 3 1349,7017 31. Kazakhstan 1 1534,0533 32. Russia 9 1563,3566 33. Japan 8 1591,105238 34. France 4 1601,44475 35. Canada 2 1660,6348 36. Cameroon 1 1846,7692 37. Kenya 2 1897,6919 38. China 40 3325,111513 39. Ethiopia 2 3912,7045 40. Argentina 1 4067,7348 41. Thailand 1 6549,3298 42. Brazil 1 19190,8598 43. Indonesia 1 23751,2355 44. India 1 114799,5898 Tut tut... North Korea just ahead of the USA..... (Please - no flames or aguments - this is for amusement purposes only and uses up to date figures - and I know that we can't expect the very old and very young of respective countries..... etc etc ........) I'll update it as we go along and do it for silver, bronze, total medals and also by land area.

Interesting Skippy. Also, without Michael Phelps the USA would have only 17 gold medals, which would put them considerably further down that list. Does it really matter though?

Interesting Skippy. Also, without Michael Phelps the USA would have only 17 gold medals, which would put them considerably further down that list. Does it really matter though? Maybe he should be given statehood! I haven't watched anything - just briefly followed the results reported in the media. I note GB doing really well this time around. I thought it was interesting that Zimbabwe was doing quite well (4 medals) and in swimming.

I thought it was interesting that Zimbabwe was doing quite well (4 medals) and in swimming. Yep, although all four medals won by the same swimmer, Kirsty Coventry, who lives and trains in the US. I was quite surprised Zimbabwe were represented at all to be honest, considering the situation.

Love the input from you lot.... This should bring us back on topic I wasn't aware that we'd gone off-topic. The thread is about whether anyone is watching the Olympics. Surely discussion about the over-commercialisation of the Games is at least as relevant to the topic as is the ethics of making one little girl lip-synch to the singing of another? Or as an individual competitor having a hissy fit? Spartacus Spartacus, you obviously are a closet case still living with your Mum !!!

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