Reason for Canada's Olympic flop and USA's Olympic Dominance

[King Missile]

if you're going to do the population to number of medals thing
the netherlands actually performed better than the usa...

probably several others did as well, but its the only one im sure of

http://www.athens2004.com/en/OlympicMedals/medals

[Jeansi]

http://simon.forsyth.net/olympics.html

some more statistics.

[King Missile]

the following countries performed better than the usa according to population/medal ratio (not in this order):

Russia
Australia
Germany
France
Italy
South-Korea
Great Brittain
Cuba
Ukraine
Hungary
Romania
Greece
Norway
Netherlands
Sweden

so thats 15 out of 19 out of the first 20, first counting gold, then silver and then bronze....

(only checked the first 20)

(there are probably more but i think this gives you a pretty good idea of the terrible performance the USA delivered at this years Olympics)

http://www.athens2004.com/en/OlympicMedals/medals

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/population/

[Pearl Jam]

Hoooo!!! U S A! U S A! Hoooo!!!

[Squeezer]

Pearl Jam......I luv u....really let me have ure babies

[ogron]

hahahahahahaa

[Galleleo]

K, so I didnt read much of this crap, but do you know China will probably have the most medals in the next Olympic games, next to the fact that within 10 years time maybe a bit more they will be a larger economic power then the US.

[pv=nrt]

I doubt it.

[Galleleo]

you shouldnt

[Squeezer]

K, so I didnt read much of this crap, but do you know China will probably have the most medals in the next Olympic games, next to the fact that within 10 years time maybe a bit more they will be a larger economic power then the US.

how do u figure? How about u give a little bit of reasoning.....and dont say because they have more ppl than any other country...cuz population has nothing to do with economy

[PaulOakenfold]

China the Communist country... turning out to be one of the most capitalistic economys... with the help of Hong Kong of course

[Jeansi]

Is that guy missing a breast muscle?

[Galleleo]

I had to do a paper about china and how it will develop in the near future (probably that is) and well the reasoning is just too much but they will become a economic power in 10 to 20 years time, China is getting more and more kapitilised.