Norway's 5.2M persons generated a team that earned 37 medals. That can be measured in PPM without a decimal place! My country has 16 fewer medals despites 264+ millions more people.Originally Posted by Montmorency
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Norway's 5.2M persons generated a team that earned 37 medals. That can be measured in PPM without a decimal place! My country has 16 fewer medals despites 264+ millions more people.It turns out in aggregate, the 2018 Olympics results are shaping up to look a lot like the 2014 results. Other than the Russia thing, No, the other Russia thing. The other other Russia thing.
I wouldn't be surprised if this were the stable equilibrium for recent history. Don't know if anyone has dominated like Norway this year.
2018
Country Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL Norway 13 14 10 37 Germany 13 7 6 26 Canada 10 8 9 27 United States of America 8 7 6 21 Netherlands 8 6 4 18
2014
Country Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL Russia 11 9 9 29 Norway 11 5 10 26 Canada 10 10 5 25 United States of America 9 7 12 28 Netherlands 8 7 9 24 Germany 8 6 5 19
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