![]() ![]() Sports search interest: Ethiopia, Israel, Serbia top rankīased on search trends, if medals were given out based on sports search interest, Ethiopia would top the list with 39 medals. Russia is 25th with three medals, with China and the US bottom of the table with one medal each. Normalizing for the size of each country’s economy, San Marino comes out on top again with 164 medals, followed by Fiji with 60 medals, Georgia (49 medals), Jamaica (48), Kosovo (35), Kyrgyzstan (34), Armenia (31), Mongolia (30), Croatia (19) and Bermuda (18). Cox Getty Images GDP: San Mariano leads again The highest ranking conventional Olympic powerhouse is Australia in 11th with 9 medals.įull screen Bronze Medalist Alessandra Perilli of Team San Marino on the podium following the Trap Women's Finals on day six of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on Jin Asaka, Saitama, Japan. Normalizing for per capita, San Marino leads the medal count with 370 medals, Bermuda is second with 98 medals, New Zealand third with 18 medals, followed by Fiji (14 medals), Croatia (13 medals), Slovenia (12), Georgia (11), Estonia (10), Jamaica (10) and Switzerland (9) to make up the top 10. “Additionally, we computed new medal rankings and counts by looking at the volume of search interest in Sports and Olympics topics.” Population: San Marino leads medal count ![]() “In addition to the official medal count, we decided to see what the equivalent medal breakout would resemble if we normalized each country’s medal tally by their population, as well as by their GDP,” says Google. #SAN MARINO OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 SERIES#While large and rich countries lead the medal count, little attention is paid to the handful of smaller countries that punch above their weight at each edition of ther ¡ Olympic Games.īut what would happen if the Olympic medals were re-ranked based on other factors? Well, Google Trends has put together a series of Alternative Olympic Medals Table that take in into account population size, wealth and search interest. James Chance Getty ImagesĪ Financial Times report puts Olympic success down to three factors: “population size, economic might and past performance”. What all of these countries have in common is the financial resources to invest heavily in training and molding the best Olympic athletes, as well as large populations from which they select and churn out the best talent.įull screen Ryan Murphy of Team United States poses for a photo with his Gold, Silver and Bronze medals during the United States Swimming press conference on day nine of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Augin Tokyo, Japan. Although the same cannot be said for India, so certainly investment in Olympic sports training programs, facilities and sports science is also key, which also comes down to economic wealth. The fact that China’s ascendance in the Olympic medal leader board in recent years has coincided with its emergence as one of the world’s economic powerhouses is testament to this. Undoubtedly, there is an intrinsic link between economic wealth and Olympic sporting success. It’s of course no coincidence that all of these countries are also some of the world’s largest economies with large populations. ![]() The USA currently leads the medal count race with 76 medals (at time of publication), followed by China with 69 medals, the Russian Olympic Committee (52 medals), Great Britain (45), Japan (39), Australia (35), Germany (30), Italy (29) and France (24). There have been no surprises with the medal count leaderboard at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. ![]()
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