skip on 26 January 2009
| FaRmLaNd said: Australia: We'll beat you in sport. Check our olympic medal tally in comparison to our population for the last few olympics if you don't believe me. |
2006 olympics medal table
Rank  | Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) |
11 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) |
9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 |  Austria (AUT) |
9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) |
8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 |  Canada (CAN) |
7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) |
7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 |  South Korea (KOR) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 |  Italy (ITA) |
5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 |  France (FRA) |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 |  Netherlands (NED) |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 |  Estonia (EST) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 |  Norway (NOR) |
2 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 |  China (CHN) |
2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 |  Croatia (CRO) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 |  Australia (AUS) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 |  Japan (JPN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 |  Finland (FIN) |
0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 |  Poland (POL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 |  Belarus (BLR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 |  Latvia (LAT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 84 | 84 | 84 | 252 |
*note: The gold medal won by australia was won by a canadian ex pat.
