Olympic Standings
Just wanted to give people a more realistic view of how countries are fairing. It seemed ridiculous that France was in 13th place when they should really be in the top ten.
Olympic Standings on scribd.
Criteria:
Gold is worth 3 points, Silver 2, and Bronze 1.
Rank is determined by Value then Total (medal count).
Position changes from previous edition:
- United States took number 1 slot from China.
Top Ten as of 11AM PST on 8/21/2008
- United
States with 200pts and 102 medals
- China with 200pts and 89 medals
- Russian Fed. with 109pts and 57 medals
- Great Britain with 93pts and 44 medals
- Australia with 80pts and 42 medals
- Germany with 73pts and 36 medals
- Korea with 60pts and 28 medals
- France with 57pts and 34 medals
- Japan with 49pts and 25 medals
- Italy with 47pts and 25 medals
That's very interesting stuff. I like that system of scoring the "winners" better. Of course, China's points will drop when all of their 12 year-old gymnasts are stripped of their medals. 
Position changes from previous edition:
- China took number 1 slot from United States.
Top Ten as of 8AM PST on 8/23/2008
- China with 213 points and 96 medals.
- United States with 209 points and 106 medals.
- Russian Fed. with 132 points and 69 medals.
- Great Britain with 98 points and 47 medals.
- Australia with 87 points and 45 medals.
- Germany with 83 points and 41 medals.
- Korea with 67 points and 31 medals.
- France with 65 points and 38 medals.
- Italy with 51 points and 27 medals.
- Japan with 49 points and 25 medals.
you must have a lot of time on your hands to keep posting updates :) people can just check the medal count site for updates..
p.s. to go with what kthompson said, I watched diving earlier and they had a 14yr old boy competing, I didn't hear what the circumstances are but I wonder how he's able to be in the Olympics.
I don't believe that diving has a minimum age -- not positive, but don't think so (and can't be bothered googling it at the moment :) )
Most sports don't have a minimum age limit, diving is one of them. Alexandre Despatie won gold at the Commonwealth Games when he was 13.
Original Post by vicereine:
you must have a lot of time on your hands to keep posting updates :) people can just check the medal count site for updates..
Did you not read the OP? I did this because, ranking solely by gold count or total medal count produces wonky results. So I made this to sort apply values to the medals and then rank by value then total count.
Oh and no, updates take just under 5 min, because I copy paste the data from that site into a Data(#) worksheet in my excel workbook. Then I hit use the F3 Replace All function to change the (#) to the newest data set.
The longest part is actually making this post here.
- China with 223 points and 100 medals.
- United States with 220 points and 110 medals.
- Russian Fed. with 139 points and 72 medals.
- Great Britain with 98 points and 47 medals.
- Australia with 89 points and 46 medals.
- Germany with 83 points and 41 medals.
- France with 70 points and 40 medals.
- Korea with 67 points and 31 medals.
- Italy with 54 points and 28 medals.
- Japan with 49 points and 25 medals.
*all wall holding a squirrely 9mo old baby in my lap and feeding her.
Ignore the naysayers, OP, and keep posting the updates. I enjoy them!
Most sports don't have a minimum age. For gymnastics there is because being smaller gives an unfair advantage.
Original Post by alibsam:
p.s. to go with what kthompson said, I watched diving earlier and they had a 14yr old boy competing, I didn't hear what the circumstances are but I wonder how he's able to be in the Olympics.
Most sports don't have a minimum age. For gymnastics there is because being smaller gives an unfair advantage.
okie dokie
naysayer? please. Just saying it's easy to look at the link, I didn't tell him NOT to post updates.
Original Post by vicereine:
naysayer? please. Just saying it's easy to look at the link
One last time. If you follow that google link, you'll get different results than if you look at my ranking. My ranking is a weighted ranking that takes into account a differing values for gold, silver and bronze to provide a ranking that actually makes sense, as opposed to Only Golds matter (as per your link) or Only Total Medals matter (as per NBC).
Original Post by kathygator:
You should dock points for government sponsored olympic programs. Anyone could be a powerhouse with 'medal mills' planted all over the country. just sayin'. :)
You know I actually considered working in GDP, because, let's be honest, when it comes to making medalists money matters and the more you have the greater resources you can put into making medalists. I quickly abandoned it because it doesn't really work that way. What you'd want to know would be how much money each country spent on their olympics programs, but that's not readily available.
Final Results.
(1) China with a Value of 223 from 100 medals.
(2) United States with a Value of 220 from 110 medals.
(3) Russian Fed. with a Value of 139 from 72 medals.
(4) Great Britain with a Value of 98 from 47 medals.
(5) Australia with a Value of 89 from 46 medals.
(6) Germany with a Value of 83 from 41 medals.
(7) France with a Value of 70 from 40 medals.
(8) Korea with a Value of 67 from 31 medals.
(9) Italy with a Value of 54 from 28 medals.
(10) Japan with a Value of 49 from 25 medals.
(11) Ukraine with a Value of 46 from 27 medals.
(12) Cuba with a Value of 39 from 24 medals.
(13) Spain with a Value of 38 from 18 medals.
(14) Netherlands with a Value of 35 from 16 medals.
(14) Canada with a Value of 33 from 18 medals.
(14) Belarus with a Value of 32 from 19 medals.
(15) Kenya with a Value of 29 from 14 medals.
(16) Jamaica with a Value of 26 from 11 medals.
(17) Brazil with a Value of 25 from 15 medals.
(18) Poland with a Value of 22 from 10 medals.
(19) Kazakhstan with a Value of 21 from 13 medals.
(20) Hungary with a Value of 21 from 10 medals.
(20) Norway with a Value of 21 from 10 medals.
(21) Romania with a Value of 17 from 8 medals.
(21) New Zealand with a Value of 16 from 9 medals.
(22) Ethiopia with a Value of 16 from 7 medals.
(23) Czech Republic with a Value of 15 from 6 medals.
(24) Turkey with a Value of 14 from 8 medals.
(25) Slovakia with a Value of 14 from 6 medals.
(25) Denmark with a Value of 13 from 7 medals.
(26) Georgia with a Value of 12 from 6 medals.
(26) Azerbaijan with a Value of 11 from 7 medals.
(27) DPR Korea with a Value of 11 from 6 medals.
(28) Uzbekistan with a Value of 10 from 6 medals.
(28) Switzerland with a Value of 10 from 6 medals.
(28) Argentina with a Value of 10 from 6 medals.
(29) Mongolia with a Value of 10 from 4 medals.
(29) Thailand with a Value of 10 from 4 medals.
(29) Slovenia with a Value of 9 from 5 medals.
(29) Sweden with a Value of 9 from 5 medals.
(30) Zimbabwe with a Value of 9 from 4 medals.
(30) Bulgaria with a Value of 8 from 5 medals.
(30) Indonesia with a Value of 8 from 5 medals.
(31) Lithuania with a Value of 7 from 5 medals.
(31) Croatia with a Value of 7 from 5 medals.
(32) Finland with a Value of 7 from 4 medals.
(33) Mexico with a Value of 7 from 3 medals.
(34) Armenia with a Value of 6 from 6 medals.
(35) Greece with a Value of 6 from 4 medals.
(36) Latvia with a Value of 6 from 3 medals.
(36) Nigeria with a Value of 5 from 4 medals.
(37) India with a Value of 5 from 3 medals.
(38) Estonia with a Value of 5 from 2 medals.
(38) Portugal with a Value of 5 from 2 medals.
(38) Belgium with a Value of 5 from 2 medals.
(38) Dominican Rep. with a Value of 5 from 2 medals.
(39) Chinese Taipei with a Value of 4 from 4 medals.
(40) Austria with a Value of 4 from 3 medals.
(40) Serbia with a Value of 4 from 3 medals.
(40) Ireland with a Value of 4 from 3 medals.
(41) Iran with a Value of 4 from 2 medals.
(41) Trinidad/Tobago with a Value of 4 from 2 medals.
(42) Algeria with a Value of 3 from 2 medals.
(42) Colombia with a Value of 3 from 2 medals.
(42) Kyrgyzstan with a Value of 3 from 2 medals.
(42) Tajikistan with a Value of 3 from 2 medals.
(42) Bahamas with a Value of 3 from 2 medals.
(42) Morocco with a Value of 3 from 2 medals.
(43) Bahrain with a Value of 3 from 1 medals.
(43) Cameroon with a Value of 3 from 1 medals.
(43) Panama with a Value of 3 from 1 medals.
(43) Tunisia with a Value of 3 from 1 medals.
(44) Chile with a Value of 2 from 1 medals.
(44) Ecuador with a Value of 2 from 1 medals.
(44) Malaysia with a Value of 2 from 1 medals.
(44) South Africa with a Value of 2 from 1 medals.
(44) Singapore with a Value of 2 from 1 medals.
(44) Vietnam with a Value of 2 from 1 medals.
(45) Afghanistan with a Value of 1 from 1 medals.
(45) Egypt with a Value of 1 from 1 medals.
(45) Israel with a Value of 1 from 1 medals.
(45) Rep. of Moldova with a Value of 1 from 1 medals.
(45) Mauritius with a Value of 1 from 1 medals.
(45) Togo with a Value of 1 from 1 medals.
(45) Venezuela with a Value of 1 from 1 medals.
So the US wins because Communism is wrong. 
No. China wins because they own a fifth of our debt.
at least
Agrees ^^^
Dock them points!!!
*Look at the UK in fourth place! makes such a nice change*
*flaps feet in glee*
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