Olympic Medals Table- an alternative view
Beijing 2008
Great Britain has done much better than expected in the Beijing Olympics, but we have done even better than almost every other country if you look at our population. Let’s take a look at the top four-
Great Britain- 47 medals (19 golds) = 1 medal per 1.3 million people (1 gold per 3.2 million)
China- 100 medals (51 golds) = 1 medal per 13 million people (1 gold per 26 million)
USA- 110 medals (36 golds) = 1 medal per 2.8 million people (1 gold per 8.4 million)
Russia- 72 medals (23 golds) = 1 medal per 2 million people (1 gold per 6.16 million)
There are many other factors to consider such as opportunity, which many countries do not have, and some countries do much better than the UK by populations. No matter what, it has been a very successful Olympics for the UK and we should all be proud!
