I know you have been waiting for my Winter Olympics analysis. Well, here it is (top five, only.)
Total
medals: Norway (39); Germany (31); Canada (29); U.S.A. (23); Netherlands (20)
When you weight the medals – 3 for gold, 2 for silver, 1 for
bronze – the ranking is identical, BUT
If you consider populations and calculate total points per
million residence the table looks like this:
Norway
(15.48); Switzerland (3.70); Sweden (3.43); Austria (3.09); Netherlands
The U.S.? Somewhere
south of Japan. We have too many people. But we can beat most of ‘em in surfing!
So all hail Norway: Lots of mountains, lots of snow, and a
tiny population!
By the way: I am in
the process of moving here in Roadrunner, so the avalanche of blogs will be
interrupted.
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