If Badminton needs to have more events to be included...... . So true... If a competition is organised with different categories/weights/distances/heights/etc, etc... , it is up to participants to specialise in them. I remember when I was at school interested in participating in my annual school sports events. Year 1: 50m Sprint (Athletics) Year 2: 100m Sprint (Athletics) Year 3: High Jump (Athletics) Year 4: Long Jump (Athletics) Year 5: Football Year 6: Volleyball Year 7: 200m Sprint (Athletics) Year 8: 400m (Athletics) Year 9: 800m(Athletics) Year 10: Javelin (Athletics) Year 11: Shot Put (Athletics) Year 12: Discus (Athletics) Uni: Badminton (Singles) It's up to individuals/nations to become good at the different categories (available). For those who have mentioned about ridiculous options/categories in sports, perhaps they haven't done them before. They are all very different. BCers here are mostly Badminton players. We should appreciate that playing Singles or Doubles is very different, and how to specialise in them require different training/preparation. If Badminton needs to have more events to be included, perhaps we can start events like 3-against-3, 4-against-4, etc, etc, ... .
Uncle chris, you didn't tell us how many gold medals you've been collecting during those beautiful age of youth. And don't forget the ever-innovative badminton PAW event!
. As you know, I moved from one event to another. It's because after performing well in one event, I wanted to experience in participating in another. .
I sort and regroup the Olympics sports based on the number of events (and total medals) for easier identification. Athletics (47) [141] Swimming (34) [102] Shooting (15) [45] Weightlifting (15) [45] Gymnastics - Artistic (14) [42] Judo (14) [42] Rowing (14) [42] Boxing (13) [39] Canoeing - Sprint (12) [36] Wrestling - Freestyle (11) [33] Cycling - Track (10) [30] Fencing (10) [30] Sailing (10) [30] Diving (8) [24] Taekwondo (8) [24] Wrestling - Greco-Roman (7) [21] Badminton (5) [15] Tennis (5) [15] Archery (4) [12] Canoeing - Slalom (4) [12] Cycling - Road (4) [12] Table Tennis (4) [12] Synchronized swimming (2) [6] Water Polo (2) [6] Basketball (2) [6] Cycling - BMX (2) [6] Cycling - Mountain biking (2)[6] Equestrian - Dressage (2) [6] Equestrian - Eventing (2) [6] Equestrian - Jumping (2) [6] Field Hockey (2) [6] Football (2) [6] Gymnastics - Rhythmic (2) [6] Trampoline (2) [6] Handball (2) [6] Modern pentathlon (2) [6] Triathlon (2) [6] Volleyball (2) [6] Beach Volleyball (2) [6] (...) = number of events [...] = total medals (gold, silver, bronze] What i'm trying to point out is the proportionality aspect! Hopefully after sorting and regrouping, it'll be much easier to see the whole big picture Demolidor mentioned about the other sports having weight categories such as Judo and boxing; diving with the height categories. However, If one compares the total medals of each, one will soon notice that swimming is dwarfing each of them! In fact the total medal differences between swimming [102] and all that three combined [105] are just 3 shiny metals. Of course one may argue further that athletics has even more But how can one compare the relatively much diversified events in athletics to those distance varied under several styles in swimming? just to refresh, the freestyle alone offers 30 medals in total. btw talking about boxing, i wonder how does it fare if Julio César Chávez is ever staged against Wladimir Klitschko, or even Mike Tyson? how long (or how many round) does one guess the match will last?
Still don't see a point . Athletics is not distance varied? Only 50m freestyle has been debated before inclusion not long ago. To put in on par with athletics it would be like adding the 60m sprint. All the other "distance varied" events are very much different from each other and only once in a lifetime athletes like Phelps are entering 6-7 events. Let's not forget only two swimmers per country can qualify for an event so it's not like a single country can clean sweep all the medals. I really don't see the problem here and sooner see plenty of opportunities for other countries to medal. It was only brought up because "someone" was unhappy his/her country can't be bothered to concentrate on or simply sucks at swimming Perhaps at 100m, 200m, 400m backwards sprint and 200m hurdles, 1500m steeple chase instead
Here by chance is an overview of all swimming events and winners in Olympic history as I was double checking the 50 free history after vaguely recalling Popov doing a double at the Olympics. http://swimming.about.com/od/swimmingolympics/qt/men_50_free.htm Turns out it was included in '84 already so the debate could've been whether or not to cut it again. I suppose if one were to reduce it a bit, it could go down to 50m free and 200m free. I see Kotajima did the 100/200 breast double back-to-back so maybe 50 instead of 100 or 400 instead of 200 there (but 50 is just really short). Looking at butterfly, other than Phelps the podium is completely different between 100 and 200 in 2004 and 2008. But I believe it's all in the IOC's hands when it comes to reducing number of events (some have already been cut compared to WC) and certainly in men's it isn't all USA when it comes to medals, far from it ...
. I believe that many BCers do not know that China has been working very hard to perform well in Swimming at international events. Their swimmers were actually quite good some 10-20 years ago. But at those times many of them were (without their knowledge) fed with enhancing drugs. After being condemned by FINA, Chinese swimmers went low-profile. But at this 2012 Olympics, it's great to find CHN swimmers making a come-back (without drugs involved). .
You're right Chris, i recall the short spikes of the past (happened in some athletic fields as well, known as the "Ma Army") at the same era or followed by the frenzy times of those performance-enhancing suits, an hectic race that witnessed the countless record breaking within short time intervals. I think China already came to the awakening from the many decades ago that IF it really wants to excel in the Olympic stage, it will have to play their games by their rules and beat them on their own games! Just relying on its traditional medal counters is not enough, realizing that the pool is offering so many medals luckily today it has the needed resources to invest there and of course, a very huge pool of population to select from.
Random fiy's [TABLE] [TR] [TD="width: 50%"]All Time Medal Count for Fencing[/TD] [TD="width: 50%"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]France[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]44[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]41[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]35[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]120[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Hungary[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]34[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]22[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]27[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]83[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Italy[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]29[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]26[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]24[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]79[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Soviet Union[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]19[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]17[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]18[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]54[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Italy (until 1946)[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]37[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]23[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Poland[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]22[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United States[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]20[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Cuba[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]West Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Russia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]All Time Medal Count for Archery[/TD] [TD="width: 50%"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United States[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]31[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]South Korea[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]30[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]France[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]23[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Belgium[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]20[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United Kingdom[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Soviet Union[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]China[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Italy[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Finland[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Ukraine[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]All Time Medal Count for Diving[/TD] [TD="width: 50%"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United States[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]48[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]41[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]42[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]131[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]China[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]27[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]49[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Sweden[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]21[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Soviet Union[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]17[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Russia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Australia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Germany (until 1912)[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Mexico[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Canada[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Italy[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]East Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD="width: 50%"]All Time Medal Count for Gymnastics [/TD] [TD="width: 50%"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Soviet Union[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]83[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]72[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]49[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]204[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United States[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]30[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]35[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]30[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]95[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Japan[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]28[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]30[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]33[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]91[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Romania[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]24[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]20[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]25[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]69[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]China[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]24[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]17[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]57[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Switzerland[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]19[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]12[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]47[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Russia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]41[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Hungary[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]12[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]39[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]East Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]17[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]36[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Czechoslovakia (until 1992)[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]12[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]35[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Finland[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]12[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]25[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]France[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]25[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]25[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
[TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="width: 50%"]All Time Medal Count for Badminton[/TD] [TD="width: 50%"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8, width: 600"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]China[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]30[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Indonesia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]18[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]South Korea[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]17[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Denmark[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Malaysia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]0[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United Kingdom[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]0[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Netherlands[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]0[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]0[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="width: 50%"]All Time Medal Count for Tennis [/TD] [TD="width: 50%"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8, width: 600"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United Kingdom[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]39[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United States[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]17[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]32[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]France[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]21[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Spain[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Greece[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Sweden[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]0[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]International Team[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Australia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Russia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="width: 50%"]All Time Medal Count for Judo[/TD] [TD="width: 50%"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8, width: 600"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Japan[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]35[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]65[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]France[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]19[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]37[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]South Korea[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]37[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Cuba[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]17[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]33[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Soviet Union[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]27[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Netherlands[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]19[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]China[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]18[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United Kingdom[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]0[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Brazil[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="width: 50%"]All Time Medal Count for Boxing[/TD] [TD="width: 50%"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8, width: 600"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United States[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]48[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]23[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]38[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]109[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Cuba[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]32[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]19[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]12[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]63[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Soviet Union[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]20[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]19[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]53[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United Kingdom[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]23[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]48[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Poland[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]26[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]43[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Italy[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]35[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]5[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]12[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]28[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Romania[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]1[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]25[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Argentina[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]24[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Hungary[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]10[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]2[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]20[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Russia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]3[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]20[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]All Time Medal Count for Cycling[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: pt8"] [TR="class: statHead, bgcolor: #ABABAB"] [TD]Country[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]G[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]S[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]B[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]TOT[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]France[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]41[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]26[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]27[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]94[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United Kingdom[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]20[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]27[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]21[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]68[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]United States[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]14[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]22[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]51[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Italy[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]26[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]7[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]48[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Australia[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]42[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]13[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]12[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]40[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Netherlands[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]15[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]40[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Belgium[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]25[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Soviet Union[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]11[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]9[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]24[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]Denmark[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]8[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]22[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: cl2"] [TD]East Germany[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]6[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]4[/TD] [TD="class: cen"]16[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Olympics Day 6 USA tops the medal standings, China comes as #2, Japan #3 NBC Version, updated: 2012-08-02 22:47 ET http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/2012-standings/index.html
Should be weighted by points. G=8, S=4, B=1 No way Canada should be that high (in the NBC version) as they have 0 golds
i wonder if one day US gets more gold than China but China gets more overall medals, will they change their metric.