So who won the Olympics?

[pokerfan]

Total medal count (US) can't be right because that makes bronze, silver and gold all equal in value. Gold medal count can't be right either because that means that bronze and silver are the same as no medal at all. The only fair weight is to give them weights. Gold = 3, Silver = 2, Bronze = 1. Using this method, I give you the following weighted medal tally:

USA 70
GER 63
CAN 61
NOR 49
AUT 30
RUS 29
CHN 23
SWE 23
SUI 21
FRA 20
NED 17
POL 11
CZE 10
AUS 8
ITA 8
JPN 8
BLR 6
SVK 6
FIN 6
CRO 5
SLO 5
LAT 4
GBR 3
EST 2
KAZ 2

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[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Canada.

They won hockey. Everything else is fluff.

[pokerfan]

4. So hockey is worth 1,000,000 points?

[Lucy Goosey]

6. To Canadians? Yes.

And don't forget Canada won TWO hockey gold medals - the women kicked ass - so that's 2,000,000 points!

:D

[pokerfan]

8. Revised standings

CAN 2,000,055
USA 70
GER 63
NOR 49
AUT 30
RUS 29
CHN 23
SWE 23
SUI 21
FRA 20
NED 17
POL 11
CZE 10
AUS 8
ITA 8
JPN 8
BLR 6
SVK 6
FIN 6
CRO 5
SLO 5
LAT 4
GBR 3
EST 2
KAZ 2

[sakabatou]

13. It's over 9000!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtpyeLxVkI

[provis99]

2. 'murka won.

to paraphrasse Patton: 'murka has never lost an Olympics, and never will, because the very idea of losing an Olympics is hateful to 'murkins.

[Lucy Goosey]

3. As a Canadian, I say that the most gold medals = winner of the Olympics....

...or, as an alternative measure, if a country wins both hockey gold medals, they automatically win the Olympics. :D

Kidding!

Really, seriously, congratulations USA! I love you guys, and 37 medals is an exceptional achievement. Bravo!

[PaddyBlueEyes]

14. Yeah but

The men took you guys to overtime, that has to be worth something....

[Terra Alta]

5. Playing devil's advocate here...

but shouldn't Canada, being the host country -- get 10 extra points? ;-)

[pokerfan]

23. Extra points? Canada should get a ten point handicap

Host country = least amount of travel, familiarity with the language and customs of the local, familiarity with the venue, playing in front of friends and family.

:)

[Forkboy]

7. I did, and I'd like to thank all the little people I crawled upon to get here.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Did you have to wear those stilettos?

Ouch! x(

[Oregone]

9. Why weight only first through 3rd? Why is first only 3 X more better than 3rd?

Why do you neglect to calculate in a country's population.

And why doesn't Canada get 10 bonus points for starting with the letter "C"?

Its all arbitrary...just celebrate the athletes. No matter how you frame it at the end of the day....


...


Canada dominated the Gold Medal haul, which is the only medal that counts in my biased book. You can choose to celebrate mediocrity with the US though

[pokerfan]

10. Norway wins!

adjusted for population:


NOR 1.01E-005
AUT 3.59E-006
SUI 2.70E-006
SWE 2.46E-006
SLO 2.43E-006
CAN 1.79E-006
LAT 1.79E-006
EST 1.49E-006
FIN 1.12E-006
SVK 1.12E-006
CRO 1.11E-006
NED 1.02E-006
CZE 9.52E-007
GER 7.71E-007
BLR 6.22E-007
AUS 3.61E-007
FRA 3.06E-007
POL 2.88E-007
USA 2.27E-007
RUS 2.04E-007
ITA 1.33E-007
KAZ 1.25E-007
JPN 6.28E-008
GBR 4.84E-008
CHN 1.72E-008

[Hardrada]

11. O ja! Ja vi elsker.........Norge!!

[Oregone]

12. They have better pants

[Arugula Latte]

18. We're Number 19!!!

:woohoo:
U-S-A! U-S-A! :bounce:

[AsahinaKimi]

21. wait.. I thought Japan

Had more of a population then Norway..why Tokyo alone... O.o" OOPS..and then there is China..
which has far more people THEN EVERYONE.

[Deep13]

15. Vancouver's creditors. nt

[Brother Buzz]

16. The Zamboni® won

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[Orsino]

19. How about ranking by medals per capita of national population?

How about medals per capita per mean annual degree above freezing in the given nation?

These figures might tell us a little more.

[Posteritatis]

20. The IOC won. (nt)

[Quezacoatl]

22. This is one of the few things the IOC gets right

Here is the correct rating system. It's quite simple and it most sports use the same system.

1st place = 1
All others = 0

I don't think any country "wins" the Olympics but any that tries to lay claim to the title is the country that won the most.

1st place is a win, 2nd and 3rd are fine accomplishments but they are still losses.


You only count your wins. Multiple losses can never add up to even one win.