The Medal Count…...All Over Again!
Is it 2008 all over again?
BUT the Olympic medals table was always listed on who won the most Golds, then Silver, then Bronze. The US media started to list medals count by most medals during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing when they were leading in overall medals but China was in the lead with Gold medals. So if you count by Gold medals, Canada came first (with 14), Germany was second with 10, followed by the USA and Norway with 9.
Let’s go a step further and see how well a country does in proportion to its population: Norway would lead with 4.82 medal per 1 million inhabitant, followed by Austria (1.91 medals/1M), Slovenia would come third (1.47 medals/1M) Sweden (1.19 medals/1M) and Switzerland (1.18 medals/1M) would round up the top 5., Canada would be 8th (0.78 medals/1M) and the USA 20th (0.12 medals/1M). France would be 17th 0.17 medals/1M (sources 1 & 2)
Winter Olympics 2010 Medal Count – USA Placed First
The Winter Olympics has been a mega event with full of sad and happy moments for different countries.
The United States of America won the record of having the most medals during the event. The States won 9 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze medals which totals to 37. It is also the first time that the United States became the overall medal winner at the Winter Olympics Games History.
Germany grabbed the second spot by gaining 30 medals including 10 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze.
While the host country, Canada placed third with 26 medals – 14 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze. The event finished on a good note for Canada because they won the last gold medal for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The sporting event made the athletes and people of Canada united because they were able to set a record for their country. The most medals that Canada won is around 14 and having 26 medals this year made them all proud.
On the other hand, Norway finished fourth with 9 gold medals equivalent to USA.
BUT the Olympic medals table was always listed on who won the most Golds, then Silver, then Bronze. The US media started to list medals count by most medals during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing when they were leading in overall medals but China was in the lead with Gold medals. So if you count by Gold medals, Canada came first (with 14), Germany was second with 10, followed by the USA and Norway with 9.
Let’s go a step further and see how well a country does in proportion to its population: Norway would lead with 4.82 medal per 1 million inhabitant, followed by Austria (1.91 medals/1M), Slovenia would come third (1.47 medals/1M) Sweden (1.19 medals/1M) and Switzerland (1.18 medals/1M) would round up the top 5., Canada would be 8th (0.78 medals/1M) and the USA 20th (0.12 medals/1M). France would be 17th 0.17 medals/1M (sources 1 & 2)
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