| Kasz216 said: Oh, and if you want to look at further back. 2004 1) US 2) China 3) Russia 4) Australia 5) Japan vs 1) US 2) Japan 3) Germany (6th) 4) France (7th) 5) China 2000 1) USA 2) Russia 3) China 4) Australia 5) Germany GDP 1) USA 2) Japan (15th)! 3)Germany 4) United Kingdoms (10th!) 5) France (6th) |
Population and GDP play (huge) factors in Olympic performance, but so does sport preference of particular countries ...
Some countries participate heavily in sports where there are multiple medal opportunities, while other countries particpate mostly in sports where there is one (or no) medal opportunities.
When it comes to the summer olympics, Canada demonstrates all three of these disadvantages. Compared to the dominant nations we are a country with a small population, small economy, and most of the sports our citizens participate in are winter olympic sports. This means our goal as a country is to break into the top 10 medal winning countries.
In contrast, when it comes to the Winter Olympics we can be highly competitive in many sports and we can place in the top 5; and at the 2010 we had the most gold medals.
