I love the Olympics. I enjoy watching the competition, and occasionally I enjoy the behind the scenes, human interest story. But one thing that I struggle with is: Who is winning? Depending win where you look you can see who has the most medals, who has the most gold medals, etc. So I am going to throw my scoring into the mix. Yes, it is probably as convoluted as the scoring in figure skating. (what is the difference between at toe loop and a lutz anyway?) So here’s my scoring:
- Every Gold is worth 3 points
- Every Silver is worth 2 points
- Every Bronze is worth 1 point
Yep, more points for the winners. But this is where my scoring becomes interesting. I divide the number of points by the number of athletes. I found the number of athletes from http://www.vancouver2010.com/. What I find cool about this is that figures out which country sent the best athletes. That’s my idea of who wins. Since this my blog I get to make my own rules. So without further ado, here’s the current top 10: Final Standings Updated 2/28/10 2:55 pm EST
| Place |
Country |
Athletes |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Points |
Points per Athlete |
| 1 |
Republic of Korea |
46 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 | .696 |
| 2 |
Netherlands |
34 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .500 |
| 3 |
Norway |
99 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 49 | .459 |
|
4 |
Germany |
153 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 63 | .412 |
| 5 |
Austria |
81 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 30 | .370 |
| 6 |
United States of America |
215 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 70 | .326 |
| 7 |
Canada |
205 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 61 | .298 |
| 8 |
Croatia |
18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .278 |
| 9 |
People’s Republic of China |
90 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | .256 |
|
10 |
Poland |
50 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
.220 |