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protokatie:
The stats I see for 2008 are a bit different:

              US   GB    total
2008:   931     0      931

Way to really bring in the win in 2008, USA!   :applaud:

RetroBorg:
Updated the table to include the worlds number one sporting nation, Australia.

  US  Aus  GB  Total1984  83    4  5  6891988  36    3  5  7381992  37    7  5  8151996  44    9  1  8422000  40  16  11  9272004  35  17  9  929
Populations

USA - 303,332,000

Great Britain - 60,587,300

Australia - 21,200,000

The US has 14 times the population of Australia and GB has 3 times the population of Australia.

The 1984 results are bit dodgy as 14 Eastern bloc countries boycotted the olympics.

If you look at the table, Australia has out performed both the US & GB on a per capita basis from 1988 onwards and dominated GB outright from 1992 onwards.

 

psychotech:
What do you mean we're not in Kansas anymore?

How about ...FINLAND ..?

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protokatie:
Retroborg:

Either get me Au citizenship so I can live a new life, or farken sod off.

(seriously, get me Au citizenship...)

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: patrickl on February 08, 2008, 09:08:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 08, 2008, 04:49:38 pm ---In the US its completely different, and shows as the number of Gold Medals Britain won or any medals were a lot less than in the 80s versus the US or any other country like Kenya.
--- End quote ---
Let's check the number of gold medals of the US and GB won in the Olympics since the eighties:
  US  GB  Total1984  83  5  6891988  36  5  7381992  37  5  8151996  44  1  8422000  40  11  9272004  35  9  929
Funny how especially lately the US seems to be getting less gold medals while Great Brittain is getting more.

Since the US has 5 times the population of GB it's clear that, per capita, the GB is actually outperforming the US in the last 2 Olympics.

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If you read my post properly you will find that I was basically saying that the US was getting more Gold Medals than the UK, or Kenya was getting more than the UK etc.

As USA provides more funding to its Olympic hopefuls than does the UK government.

Nice to see you took an interest though.


--- Quote from: txtworld on February 08, 2008, 05:43:30 pm ---ark_ader,

Are you an American who grew up living in England, or an Englishman who's now living in America ?

I had to laugh when I read this  :laugh2:  ... although if this is happening, it's a sad situation indeed :


--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 08, 2008, 04:49:38 pm ---the councils want the playing fields converted into Tesco supermarkets.

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... sometimes those councilors have their pockets greased by "donations" from property developers.    :(

BTW, my post was a bit tongue in cheek ... we like having a gentle jibe at the Poms when the opportunity presents itself, especially when it comes to sport.   ;)


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Both   :laugh2:

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