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PostPosted: 08/14/12 4:44 pm    ::: Biggest winners and losers by country Reply Reply with quote
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/34682/the-biggest-winners-and-losers-of-the-olympics-by-country

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FIVE BIGGEST LOSERS

1. Australia



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PostPosted: 08/15/12 2:55 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Well, I think we are just coming down to realistic levels after funding was pumped in for Sydney Olympics. But I quite like this analysis.... Laughing

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Using the formula, medals won multiplied by athletes in your team divided by home count population (MAP), here are the top four:
Australia 632
Great Britain 565
Hungary 268
Russia 250


http://www.smh.com.au/business/how-australia-topped-the-medal-tally-20120814-245vf.html
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PostPosted: 08/15/12 4:45 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Yeah, the media talk here was overwhelmingly negative about our so-called disappointing result, but overall I think we still punch well above our weight given our population.
My days of watching the olympics started in the 80's, and golds were definitely much rarer then than they are for us these days.

(As for the quality of that formula: no comment!)



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PostPosted: 08/15/12 6:32 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Luuuc wrote:

My days of watching the olympics started in the 80's, and golds were definitely much rarer then than they are for us these days.


I remember being taken out of class in primary school to watch Debbie Flintoff-King win 400m hurdles in 1988 such was the excitement over one possible gold medal.
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