Olympic Medal Math

[Flipadelphia26]

What the Olympic Medal count looks like to the mathematically literate:

In the 2012 Olympics, USA won 104 medals. Jamaica won 12 medals. If Jamaica had the population of the USA, they'd have won 1382 medals.

In the 2012 Olympics, USA won 104 medals. China won 88 medals. If China had the population of the USA, they'd have won only 20 medals.

Scaled by population (9-medal minimum), the top-five winning countries in the 2012 Olympics were 1) Jamaica 2) New Zealand 3) Hungary 4) Denmark 5) Australia.

Scaled by population (5-medal minimum) the five most under-achieving countries in the 2012 Olympics were 1) Mexico 2) China 3) Turkey 4) Ethiopia 5) Brazil.

[sbeth]

Oh shucks - I should have read your post before posting mine! I'm sorry!

[Flipadelphia26]

No problem, great minds think alike.

[ackee]

did you do the Math for this post??

[Flipadelphia26]

did you do the Math for this post??

No, the internet did.

[Rambo]

the five most under-achieving countries ...hmmmmmmm....I think its probably a contest just to live, eat and survive every day

[kbisiar]

So am I mathematically illiterate for noticing Jamaica...Mexico...etc...should prioritize medal count after education, poverty, corruption??? Just sayin'. Plenty of math will support this point!!!

[Bnewb]

So am I mathematically illiterate for noticing Jamaica...Mexico...etc...should prioritize medal count after education, poverty, corruption??? Just sayin'. Plenty of math will support this point!!!

Hmmmm...so much for an easygoing/nice thread!
I believe the point was simply to say, that a country with all the advantages including a much larger population such as the US produce less medals per person than a small developing island country.

[Flipadelphia26]

Hmmmm...so much for an easygoing/nice thread!
I believe the point was simply to say, that a country with all the advantages including a much larger population such as the US produce less medals per person than a small developing island country.

Yes. I believe that was the point. Me posting it was not intended to drum up controversy.