Question why is it that on the whole planet earth, there is only one country that doesnt conform to the standard format of the Olympic medal table? .......and that country is the USA! The USA base the Olympic medal table on the total number of medals won by a country, and not by the value of medals in sequence gold, silver and bronze....this leaves the medal table as viewed by US citizens as somewhat skewed! As Americans place great value on winning ie coming first how would they feel if their team got lets say 88 golds, but China got no golds but 89 bronze medals. That means by the American system the Chinese would be top. In reality i doubt very much that the Americans if such a scenario came true would think that they came 2nd.......hence they may convert to the International version of the medal table...lol Yes, i do know that it can work the other way around ie a country with one gold member is rated higher than a country with say 10 silvers.........but youve got to admit the American system is silly....i mean according to NBC Russia is ahead of GB though they have some 10 gold medals less. Mind you its good to see that at least CNN HAS GOT THE MEDAL TABLE FORMAT RIGHT!
There is no right or wrong way to do it. My goodness. The Olympics are supposed to be fun and competitive and foster peace, but everyone wants to take them too (*)(*)(*)(*)ing seriously.
No you missed my point...........i was just stating the fact that for some reason the US doesnt conform. I know the games are fun, and in Britain we have loved them, particularly that as a small nation we gave a very good account of ourselves.
Maybe this is different (I'm thinking of Jeremy Clarkson's famous quip, "Due to the unique way the BBC is funded...") with your publically-sponsored media, but there is no actual official "U.S. method" to do an Olympic medal table. All the various media outlets - thousands in the US - do it however they want. That being said - doesn't matter how you count it, the U.S. kicked ass this games, as usual.
Luckily, they are well ahead in the total and they are equal or better in the number of golds now, so they're doing quite well. I'm glad that we can still top the Chinese. But depending on how you tally, the UK or Russia comes in third/fourth. This is great for the UK, but Russia is looking weaker than in the past.
Not so. If you count it by medals/population, Grenada kicks ass. Jamaica runs it close, with five golds from a population of 2.7 million, the US would need 400 more than you have, to beat them. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olymp...ad-per-capita-medal-count-152102598--oly.html
And since half the medalists from other countries are actually Americans, I'd think we're pretty close.
