If you counted 2010 Olympic medals by how many medals were given out rather than by how many events were won, what would the standings look like?

- Allen

March 15th, 2010

As requested, here is the medal count, using this algorithm:

  1. actual medals handed out (e.g. 5 for curling, 4 for 4-man bobsled, etc.)
  2. there were 2 team events where winning teams had different numbers of participants.  In these cases, I used the least number of medals given to any of the gold/silver/bronze winning teams
  3. for “Points”, I used 3 points for gold, 2 points for silver and 1 point for bronze.  Because, face it: Gold is better than Silver.

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2 Responses

  1. Allen says:

    Wonderful. It’s good when you can use math to prove your country’s superiority.

  2. Good Morning , I just stopped by to visit your website and thought I’d say I enjoyed myself .

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