Final Vancouver Olympic Medal Rankings, Weighted, Per Capita, Etc.
Posted by turdslinger on March 1st, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Ok. Final figures. Final changes.
First is a weighted ranking. For this, a bronze medal is worth one point, a silver is worth two points, and a gold four. You can tweak this however, but that’s the ranking I settled on, the feeling being that a the difference in value between a gold medal and a silver should be worth at least as much as the difference in value between a silver and a bronze.
Second is a ranking showing an average rank of how well a country performed (on an unweighted basis by medal) based on how populous the country, and by how productive the country (using GDP). (click to see full image)
Third is a ranking showing the same as the above (an average rank of how well a country performed based on how populous the country, and by how productive the country (using GDP)) using gold medals only.(click to see full image)
