Statistically Speaking...Australia Was The Big Winner In The 2016 Olympics

Ron Clatworthy	7:04 AM (17 minutes ago)
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To me, this is a better representation of a country's commitment to the Olympics.

There are even more discrepancies further down the list but I kept to the top dozen.

Some number rounded for easy reading.

I'm sure I'll get some flack for doing this!

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     Country          Medals      Population         per Medal     Winning Order

  1/ United States      121        324,295,000         2,680,000       10

  2/ China                    70      1,378,330,000      19,690,000       12

  3/ Britain                   67           65,110,000            972,000         3

  4/ Russia                  56         146,640,000         2,619,000         9

  5/ Germany               42           81,771,000        1,947,000         6

  6/ France                   42           64,615,000        1,538,000         4

  7/ Japan                    41         127,000,000         3,098,000       11

  8/ Australia                29           24,165,000            833,000         1

  9/ Italy                        28           60,666,000         2,167,000        7

10/ Canada                  22           36,501,000         1,660,000        5

11/ S. Korea                 21           50,801,000         2,419,000        8

12/ Netherlands           19           16,947,000            892,000        2