Olympics: a different analysis

OLYMPICS Is the USA the real Olympic ‘Owner’?

The Olympic most powerful nations in a more balanced and deep analysis Every Olympiad we see, hear and read about the Olympics superpowers, the struggle between USA, Russia and China to rule the total podiums, to be the medals’ kings and/or queens. The measurement is done grossly; the media see the medal count and give this ‘award’ to the country that gained more metals. Nevertheless, when you explore, go deep and research in a detailed way the medals’ origin we probably get a different conclusion.

A sport superpower should be claimed and prize awarded with that via the domain in the highest number of sports, not particularly the number of medals. Why? This has an easy answer. The three pivotal sports, swimming, athletics and gymnastics, award a much superior number of medals in comparison to other Olympic sports, which misrepresent, misleads the final outcome, when you look at it globally, only by the numbers.

So, let’s divide this into 28 sports, considering the current Olympic federations, see the medal table and square it equally, then let’s watch the Olympic diplomas per sport federation to truly get the sports superpower.

This is still not a completely just definition, we should add the investment of each country in sports and in the Olympic projects, the number of athletes each Olympic committee sent to Rio 2016, to get an even more accurate figure, however this analysis will surely give a better perception of the true sports superpower Olympic committees.

The sum will be done in the usual terms for the classifications, 8-1 points for 1st to 8th places in the diplomas’ table, 5-3-1 for the medals table.

South Korea keeps dominating this sport and grabbed all the four golds available went to the Asian country and also a bronze medal. South Korea got almost 60 percent of the medals.

23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

58,33%

60%

Archery Medals

55% 50% 45% 40% 35%

21

11,11% 4

1

1 1

8,33%

4

1

8,33% 3

1

8,33% 3

30%

Silver

25%

Bronze

20%

Total

15%

Perc

10% 2,78% 1 1

2,78% 1 1

Australia

Taiwan

3

1

Gold

5% 0%

South Korea

USA

France

Germany

Russia

In terms of diplomas this is the final table of the Archery Rio 2016 events.

Diplomas South Korea USA France Australia Taiwan Italy China Mexico Germany Russia Netherlands Indonesia India Japan Great-Britain

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc 4 1 1

1 1

1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1

1 1

2 1

1

1 1 1

1 1 1 2 1

40 27,78% 13 9,03% 11 7,64% 10 6,94% 10 6,94% 10 6,94% 10 6,94% 9 6,25% 7 4,86% 7 4,86% 7 4,86% 3 2,08% 3 2,08% 2 1,39% 2 1,39%

Arranging a method, a system to measure the performance wasn’t easy. It was decided to equally divide each federation, so 1/28, which means 0.036, then the impact of each Olympic Committee (percentage of medals and diplomas obtained) will be divided by the above mentioned number and the sum of all that will bring more light into the true Olympic superpowers. In the diplomas setting they’re will be some issues, for some sports don’t split

10

30,00%

Badminton Medals

25,00%

20,00%

12

24,44%

the athletes, like Badminton for instance, where all the quarterfinalists are 5th but we’ll work with that.

20,00% Gold

11,11%

11,11%

15,00%

6,67%

8,89%

6

10,00% 2,22%

2

Silver Bronze Total

2,22%

4

13,33%

8

5,00%

0

Perc

0,00%

Diplomas China South Korea Japan Malaysia Indonesia Denmark India Great-Britain Spain Taiwan Thailand Netherlands Russia Poland

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc 2

1 1 1

1 3 1 1 1

5

1 6 3 1 2

1 1

1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1

51 30 26 25 16 13 11 10 8 4 4 4 4 4

24,29% 14,29% 12,38% 11,90% 7,62% 6,19% 5,24% 4,76% 3,81% 1,90% 1,90% 1,90% 1,90% 1,90%

Basketball had USA win both competitions, as usual, with Spain and Serbia dividing the podium both in men and women, exchanging spots, the Serbs 2nd in men and 3rd in women, the Spaniards vice-versa.

Volleyball and Beach Volleyball witnessed the home side Brazil winning two golds and a silver medal, the USA got three bronzes, Germany and China were the other gold winners.

0

0,62%

5

0,62%

1,85%

3,09%

3,09%

3,09%

3,09%

3,09%

10

3,70%

15

4,32%

20

Gold 15% 4,32%

25

20%

5,56%

30

25%

6,79%

35

11,73%

40

30%

All Gymnastics Medals

20,37%

45

24,69%

The Gymnastics, including Artistic, Rhythm and Trampoline show an even balance between USA and Russia in the medals.

Silver

10%

Bronze

5%

Total

0%

Perc

30 Olympic Committees got diplomas from the Gym and the tie between USA and Russia is even closer, with China also closing the gap.

Diplomas USA Russia China Great-Britain Japan Ukraine Brazil Germany Belarus Canada Italy Netherlands France North Korea Romania Greece Spain Bulgaria Switzerland Cuba Venezuela India South Korea Israel

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc 4 3 2 2 1

6 5 1 2 1 2

1 1 1

2 3 4 3 1 1 1 1

1 1 4 1 3

1 3 4 1 1 2 2

1 3 1 2

1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1

2

1 2 1

1 2 1 1 2 4 1

1 1 2

1

1

2 1

2 1

1 1

1

1

1 1

1 1 1

1 1 1

1 1

1 1 1

1

103 15,87% 99 15,25% 80 12,33% 63 9,71% 50 7,70% 35 5,39% 32 4,93% 24 3,70% 24 3,70% 14 2,16% 13 2,00% 12 1,85% 12 1,85% 11 1,69% 10 1,54% 8 1,23% 8 1,23% 8 1,23% 7 1,08% 7 1,08% 5 0,77% 5 0,77% 5 0,77% 3 0,46%

Armenia Chile Uzbekistan New Zealand Georgia Belgium

1 1 1 1 1 1

2 2 2 2 2 1

0,31% 0,31% 0,31% 0,31% 0,31% 0,15%

The Equestrian events gave Germany almost half the point medals available, winning half the competitions disputed and getting six of the 12 medals open for grabs. Great Britain and France got the other wins and scored each three podiums, alongside USA. 25

50%

Equestrian Medals

45%

20

40% 35%

15

10

30%

Gold

25%

Silver

20% 15%

5

10%

Bronze

Total Perc

5%

0

0% Germany

Great Britain

Diplomas Germany Great Britain USA France Australia Sweden Netherlands Canada New Zealand Switzerland Spain Brazil Denmark Qatar China

France

USA

Sweden Australia

Canada

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc 3 2 1

1 1 1 2

2 2

1 1

1 1

1 1

1

1

1 1

1 1

1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1

1 2

1

1 1 1

1 1 1

46 29 28 23 15 14 12 11 10 8 6 6 3 3 1

25,56% 16,11% 15,56% 12,78% 8,33% 7,78% 6,67% 6,11% 5,56% 4,44% 3,33% 3,33% 1,67% 1,67% 0,56%

Ireland Argentina

1 1

1 1

0,56% 0,56%

The football tournaments gave the first Olympic men gold for Brazil, the only title lacking in its history, while in the women history was also made, but for Germany, only the third country to win the Olympic football event, after Norway got it once and the USA grabbing it four times and never missing a final until 2016 where it was out of the medals contention.

Golf wasn’t an Olympic event since 1904. Disagreements between the English and Scottish Golf Associations led to no tournament in 1908 and it didn’t return since… until 2016. Although there were a lot of dropouts it was a surprising event and names like Sergio García and Bubba Watson finished only in the 8th spot. The win was British in the men and South Korean in the women.

Mikkel Hansen got his Olympic gold for the Danish handball, overcoming the powerful French side in the final, world champions’ holders and Olympic champions in 2008 and 2012. Germany got the bronze. In the women event Russia prevailed over France and the bronze went to Norway.

Russia, Ukraine and Mexico filled the podium in the men Modern Pentathlon. The women to take medals to their homeland were from Australia, France and Poland.

The paradise islands of Fiji got their first ever medal in Rio 2016 and it was gold, debuting alongside the Rugby Sevens and winning the men event. The Brits and the South Africans were the other medalists and Japan was 4th. New Zealand, dominant nation in the Sevens Circuit, was the biggest disappointment, finishing only 5th. The women awarded Australia, New Zealand and Canada in this return of rugby after almost 100 years of absence, but now in the sevens variant.

The Brownlee brothers continue to dominate the Triathlon and this time there wasn’t a Spanish ace to prevent the British pair to accomplish the 1-2 ahead of South African Henri Schoeman. USA’s Jorgensen won the women triathlon, beating the Swiss Nicola Spirig Hug and the Brit Holland.

Serena Williams didn’t win another medal, and a couple was expected, however Venus despite her health issues got a fifth one. All the tennis events had drama, lots of surprises and the honoring of the likes of Del Potro, after years trying to overcome a severe wrist injury, Hingis and Bacsinszky, the ‘Swiss Miss’, the little genius that ruled girls tennis in the mid and late 90’s and another Swiss girl, almost forced out of tennis due to a foot injury that nearly cost her even the natural walk, but returned amazingly and is now among the best, Mattek-Sands and her unique way of being and appearing, Andy Murray, who defended his title from London and keeps on surprising everyone with his words, an idol to worship. Monica Puig, who gave Puerto Rico the first ever Olympic gold and was the biggest surprise of the tennis tournaments; she’s a girl that has an island at her feet now.

9

25%

Tennis Medals

20,00%

10

8

20%

11,11%

6,67%

10% 2,22%

6,67%

3

6,67%

4

6,67%

15%

6,67%

11,11%

5

11,11%

6

11,11%

7

2 1 0

5%

Gold Silver Bronze Total Perc

0%

Tennis is one of the sports with the quarters meaning 5th spot in the diploma’s issue. There were 19 Olympic Committees getting diplomas from the tennis events, some of them unexpectedly like India, Canada, Austria, Romania or Switzerland, especially from the players/pairs that get them.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc USA Spain Czech Republic Great Britain Russia Brazil Italy Romania Germany Puerto Rico Argentina Switzerland Japan Canada India France Austria Ukraine Taiwan

1 1

1

1 3

1 1 1

1 1

1 3 2 2 3 3 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1

30 14,29% 25 11,90% 23 10,95% 16 7,62% 16 7,62% 12 5,71% 12 5,71% 11 5,24% 11 5,24% 8 3,81% 7 3,33% 7 3,33% 6 2,86% 5 2,38% 5 2,38% 4 1,90% 4 1,90% 4 1,90% 4 1,90%

China ruled as usual the table tennis competitions winning all four available gold medals and adding another two silvers, they couldn’t do any better, winning both men and women team competitions and getting gold and silver in both individual ties.

30

18,62%

One of the sports to suffer multiple program changes is the canoeing, despite showing a profound number of different medalists, awarding 21 distinct Olympic Committees in 16 events and 33 grabbing diplomas.

20%

Canoeing Medals

18%

20 15 10 5

11,03% 11,03% 10,34% 7,59% 6,21% 6,21% 4,83% 4,14% 3,45% 2,76% 2,76% 2,07% 2,07% 2,07% 1,38% 0,69% 0,69% 0,69% 0,69% 0,69%

25

14% 12% 10%

Gold

8%

Silver

6%

Bronze

4%

Total

2%

Perc

0% Germany Spain Great Britain Hungary Slovakia France New Zealand Brazil Ukraine Czech Republic Azerbaijan Poland Slovenia Serbia Denmark Australia Japan Russia Lithuania Moldova Belarus

0

16%

Germany showed off a bunch of skillful canoeists, even losing a couple of events where medals were also expected. Note on the Brazilian success, grabbing three medals in events where the host nation has no tradition.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc Germany Spain Hungary Great Britain Slovakia France Czech Republic Ukraine Australia Russia New Zealand Brazil Poland Slovenia Azerbaijan Belarus

4 3 3 2 1 1

2

2 2 1 1

1 1 1 2 1 1 1

1 1

2 1 2

3 1

1

1 1

2 1 1

1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1

1 2 2 1

1 1 2 1

2 2 1

1 2 2 1

2 1

1 1

1 1

1

1

1

1 1

1

1

78 13,52% 43 7,45% 36 6,24% 35 6,07% 33 5,72% 31 5,37% 30 5,20% 28 4,85% 25 4,33% 25 4,33% 24 4,16% 23 3,99% 17 2,95% 17 2,95% 14 2,43% 14 2,43%

Denmark Serbia Portugal Lithuania Italy Japan Moldova China Austria Latvia Canada Georgia Uzbekistan Cuba Kazakhstan USA Sweden

1 1 1 1

1 1

2 1 1

1

1

2

1

2

1

1

1 1 1 1 1

2

1

1

1 1 1

1

1 1

13 13 12 10 10 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2

2,25% 2,25% 2,08% 1,73% 1,73% 1,04% 1,04% 0,87% 0,69% 0,69% 0,69% 0,69% 0,52% 0,52% 0,52% 0,35% 0,35%

The track cycling events give Great Britain the control over the global cycling medals table, getting over a quarter of the entire medal points. The Netherlands, one of the traditional homes of cycling, also scored well with six medals. 21 Olympic Committees took cycling medals home and 29 grabbed diplomas.

50 45

27,16%

Olympic cycling has four different categories, BMX, Mountain Bike, Road and Track, but all ruled by the UCI, one Olympic Committee, therefore considered as one sport.

Cycling Medals

25%

40 35

20 15 10 5

15% 6,17% 4,94% 4,32% 3,70% 3,70% 3,70% 3,70% 3,09% 3,09% 2,47% 2,47% 1,85% 1,85% 1,23% 0,62% 0,62% 0,62% 0,62%

25

20%

12,35% 11,73%

30

30%

Silver 10%

Bronze

5%

Total Perc

0% Great Britain Netherlands USA Switzerland Sweden Russia Colombia Belgium Italy Germany China Denmark Poland Australia Czech Republic New Zealand Canada Venezuela Spain France Malaysia

0

Gold

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc Great Britain Netherlands USA Australia Germany Russia Italy New Zealand France Colombia Switzerland Poland Canada Denmark China Spain Belgium Sweden Czech Republic Venezuela Malaysia Hong Kong Ukraine South Africa Portugal Brazil Lithuania Cuba Kazakhstan South Korea

6 2 2

4 3 3 1

1 2 1

2 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1

1 2 1 1

1 2 2

2 3 3 1 1 3 2 1

1

1 1 1

1 1 1 1

1

1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2

1 1 1 1

2 1 2

2 1 1

3 2 1

3 1 1

1 1 1

2 3

1 1 1

2

1 1

1 1

1

1 3

1

1 1

1 1

1 1

1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

92 14,20% 67 10,34% 54 8,33% 44 6,79% 39 6,02% 30 4,63% 29 4,48% 28 4,32% 28 4,32% 27 4,17% 26 4,01% 24 3,70% 24 3,70% 23 3,55% 18 2,78% 18 2,78% 17 2,62% 15 2,31% 11 1,70% 7 1,08% 6 0,93% 5 0,77% 4 0,62% 2 0,31% 2 0,31% 2 0,31% 2 0,31% 2 0,31% 1 0,15% 1 0,15%

Uzbekistan got seven medals in the Olympic boxing, Cuba and France won six, Kazakhstan and Russia five. Cuba is a classic in the boxing, like Ireland once was, now the former ‘Asian-Soviet’ states making a name in the ‘Noble Art’.

Note for Finland, once a sports power nation, namely in athletics, but also in the gymnastics, wrestling, shooting, totaling over 300 medals just in the Summer Olympics, only grabbed one in 2016 and it happened in the women boxing.

18% 16% 14%

0,77%

0,77%

0,77%

0,77%

0,77%

0,77%

6% 0,77%

2,31%

3,08%

5

8% 3,08%

3,85%

10% 4,62%

6,92%

10

12% 6,92%

8,46%

10,00%

15

20%

Boxing Medals

13,85%

20

13,85%

17,69%

25

2%

Finland

Croatia

Mexico

Morocco

Germany

Mongolia

Venezuela

Netherlands

Azerbaijan

Colombia

Brazil

China

Great Britain

USA

Russia

Kazakhstan

France

Cuba

0% Uzbekistan

0

4%

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc Uzbekistan Cuba France Kazakhstan Russia USA China Azerbaijan Great Britain Colombia Brazil Algeria Ireland Venezuela Mongolia Morocco Ecuador Argentina Thailand Italy Netherlands Germany Mexico Croatia

3 3 2 1 1 1

1

2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

2 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 1

1

1 1 1

1 1 1 1

2 4 1 3 1 3 2 5 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

58 10,38% 58 10,38% 46 8,23% 46 8,23% 37 6,62% 33 5,90% 33 5,90% 33 5,90% 25 4,47% 17 3,04% 16 2,86% 12 2,15% 12 2,15% 10 1,79% 10 1,79% 10 1,79% 8 1,43% 8 1,43% 8 1,43% 8 1,43% 7 1,25% 6 1,07% 6 1,07% 6 1,07%

Gold Silver Bronze Total Perc

Finland Spain Kenya Turkey India Egypt Mauritius Jordan Nigeria Ukraine Canada

1

6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1,07% 0,72% 0,72% 0,72% 0,72% 0,72% 0,72% 0,72% 0,72% 0,72% 0,72%

10%

Gold

8%

Silver

6%

0

1,11%

1,11%

1,11%

1,11%

2

Bronze Total

1,11%

2,22%

3,33%

3,33%

4

3,33%

5,56%

6

5,56%

12% 7,78%

8

16% 14%

8,89%

10

18%

Sailing Medals 11,11%

12

13,33%

14

14,44%

16

15,56%

One of the most ancient Men desires was to sail, to find what was beyond the sea the eye could see. Sailing continues to be British, Australian, New Zealander, Dutch and French. The American nations, either northern like USA or southern like Brazil and Argentina, performed below previous Olympiads.

4%

Perc

2% 0%

Despite only owning three medals, France led the diplomas’ points, putting sailors in the top 8 of eight out of the 10 sailing classes that are currently Olympics. Great Britain also got eight diplomas and host Brazil grabbed six, the same as New Zealand.

South Africa, Portugal, Spain, Norway or China, usually with several classes in the Medal Races didn’t perform as expected – historically speaking – in Rio 2016.

Diplomas France Great Britain

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc 1 2

2 1

2 1

2 2

1 2

36 10,00% 35 9,72%

New Zealand Australia Netherlands Brazil Croatia Denmark USA Italy Argentina Slovenia Greece Germany Sweden Spain China Ireland Austria Russia Poland Belgium Finland Japan Cyprus Israel Lithuania Switzerland Hong Kong Guatemala

1 1 2 1 1

2 3

1

1

1 1

2 2 1

1 1

2

1

1

1 2 1

1 1 2

1

1

1 1

1 1 1

1 1 3 1

1

1 1 1 1

1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

35 30 28 22 19 17 14 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1

9,72% 8,33% 7,78% 6,11% 5,28% 4,72% 3,89% 3,06% 2,78% 2,78% 2,78% 2,50% 2,50% 2,50% 1,94% 1,94% 1,94% 1,67% 1,67% 1,39% 1,11% 1,11% 0,56% 0,56% 0,56% 0,56% 0,28% 0,28%

Regardless of the inevitable evolution of sports and the need to keep up with the public’s desires, even if that is so very subjective, the classics are known as classics for some reason, whether it’s movies, it’s music, it’s any other form of art, a classic is timeless and fencing is clearly a classic.

For all it’s known there isn’t a threat to Olympic fencing, although taking Modern Pentathlon out of the Olympic program, a sport which truly shows what a versatile sportsman or sportswoman should be, swimming, shooting, riding, fencing, running, remembering the military old days needs but also the ability to sword, to shoot, to swim, to ride, to run, a dream for any sports lover to do, can of course mean that other classics, which aren’t so talked about, that aren’t so mediatic in comparison to others, not due to the global impact, not due to the sports impact, but just some lobbying and fashionable things, can also vanish from the Olympic schedule.

30

27,78%

Russia dominated the global fencing medals, winning seven in total. The usual sabre, foil and epĂŠe rulers, Italy, Hungary and France came behind, with some expected results, some delusions, especially the Hungarians and the French, the latter in terms of medals, the Magyars in terms of their global performance.

30%

Fencing Medals

Gold Silver Bronze Total Perc 1,11%

4,44%

5

4,44%

10%

5,56%

10

15% 6,67%

10,00%

15

20%

8,89%

20

15,56%

25% 15,56%

25

0

5% 0%

Note also on the poor German performance, a land known in the old days for having excellent fencers, a country that won dozens of medals in the several Olympic fencing events throughout the Olympiads and in 2016 only managed to score an 8th place between eight different events, with the three Olympic fencing weapons, epĂŠe, foil and sabre.

Diplomas Russia France Italy USA Hungary South Korea China Ukraine Tunisia Romania Switzerland Great Britain Estonia Brazil Iran

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc 4 1 1 2 1

1 1 3 2 1 1 1

2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1

1 2 2

3

2 1

3 1

1 1

2 2 1

1

1 1

1

1 1

1

1 1 1 1

1 1 1

1

1 1

1 1 2

62 17,22% 52 14,44% 43 11,94% 34 9,44% 29 8,06% 27 7,50% 20 5,56% 19 5,28% 13 3,61% 12 3,33% 10 2,78% 8 2,22% 6 1,67% 5 1,39% 5 1,39%

Japan Poland Egypt Canada Mexico Germany Venezuela

1 1

1

4 3 2 2 2 1 1

1 1 1 1 1

1,11% 0,83% 0,56% 0,56% 0,56% 0,28% 0,28%

1,25%

1,25%

1,25%

1,25%

1,25%

1,25%

2

1,25%

3,75%

3,75%

3,75%

3,75%

5,00%

4

3,75%

5,00%

6,25%

6

7,50%

8

Taekwondo Medals 8,75%

10

11,25%

12

12,50%

14

16,25%

Seoul 1988 saw the start of the Olympic bye for Taekwondo, exhibition in 88 and 92 and becoming full member of the Olympic sports family since Sydney 2000, although with only partial weight categories than the ones fully present in the taekwondo events. 20 Olympic Committees left Rio 2016 with taekwondo medals and another 15 got Olympic diplomas.

USA

Turkey

Egypt

Iran

Brazil

Tunisia

Dominican Rep

Mexico

France

Serbia

Niger

Spain

Russia

Thailand

Jordan

Ivory Coast

Azerbaijan

Great Britain

China

South Korea

0

18% 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0%

Gold

Silver Bronze Total Perc

South Korea scored big, with medalists in five of the eight weight categories fought.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc South Korea Great Britain Azerbaijan China Spain France Thailand Mexico Ivory Coast USA Jordan Egypt Turkey Morocco

2 1 1 2

1

1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1

3 1 2 1

1 2

1

1 1

2 1 1

1

1 1 1 1

1 1 2

34 10,90% 25 8,01% 24 7,69% 18 5,77% 17 5,45% 17 5,45% 15 4,81% 15 4,81% 14 4,49% 10 3,21% 8 2,56% 8 2,56% 8 2,56% 8 2,56%

Belgium Russia Niger Serbia Dominican Republic Tunisia Brazil Iran Australia Venezuela Poland Uzbekistan Sweden Taiwan Germany Kazakhstan Peru Haiti Canada Nepal Philippines

2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

8 7 7 7 6

2,56% 2,24% 2,24% 2,24% 1,92%

6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

1,92% 1,92% 1,92% 1,28% 1,28% 1,28% 1,28% 1,28% 1,28% 0,64% 0,64% 0,64% 0,64% 0,64% 0,64% 0,64%

Judo is a Japanese domain and the country of the rising sun scored 12 medals out of 14 possible. Naturally, contrary to other sports, usually the fighting ones only have one spot per NOC (National Olympic Committee) which naturally affects also the final outcome in terms of deep impact in the final table.

On the other hand, the limit of one athlete per weight, per country, allows the 26 NOC achieving Olympic medal status, 41 totaling the number of Olympic Committees getting at least one diploma.

18,57%

30

20%

Judo Medals

18%

25 12,14%

20

16% 14%

15 10 5

7,86% 5,71% 5,71% 5,00% 5,00% 4,29% 4,29% 3,57% 3,57% 3,57% 2,86% 2,86% 2,14% 2,14% 2,14% 1,43% 1,43% 1,43% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71%

12%

8%

1 2 2

2 1

1 1 1

1

8 1 2 1 1 1

1 2 2 2

1

1 1 1

2 1 1 1

1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1

1 1 1 1 1

2 1

1 1 1

2 2 1 1 1

2 3

Bronze

4%

Perc

2%

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc 3 2 1

Silver

Total

0%

Japan France Brazil South Korea Russia Georgia Italy Cuba Slovenia Azerbaijan Israel China USA Mongolia Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Germany Netherlands Hungary Czech Rep Argentina Kosovo

Gold

6%

Japan France Russia Italy USA Brazil South Korea Slovenia Azerbaijan Czech Rep Argentina Kosovo Kazakhstan Georgia Mongolia Colombia Cuba Uzbekistan China Israel Belgium UAE Portugal Netherlands Great Britain Germany

0

10%

83 15,20% 40 7,33% 32 5,86% 26 4,76% 24 4,40% 23 4,21% 19 3,48% 19 3,48% 18 3,30% 18 3,30% 18 3,30% 18 3,30% 17 3,11% 17 3,11% 16 2,93% 15 2,75% 14 2,56% 10 1,83% 10 1,83% 8 1,47% 8 1,47% 8 1,47%

Great Britain Canada Colombia Belgium UAE Portugal Romania Austria Sweden Ukraine Taiwan Spain Turkey Dominican Rep Bulgaria Egypt Kyrgysztan Mauritius Tunisia

1 1

1 2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1

8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2

1,47% 1,47% 1,28% 1,10% 1,10% 1,10% 1,10% 1,10% 0,73% 0,73% 0,73% 0,73% 0,73% 0,37% 0,37% 0,37% 0,37% 0,37% 0,37%

Rowing is a British sport, everyone that knows a little about sport has heard about the famous Oxford-Cambridge historical rowing competition on the Thames. The strong rowing athletes in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands, France or Italy, alongside USA, doesn’t disguise the fact that the World Rowing Federation should work harder to bring more nations into the sport, it’s not positive for an Olympic sport to have events with less than eight nations taking part in it and that happened in three of the events (both the eight and the women quadruple skull), truth be told, these are boats that need heavy numbers but either they get enough nations doing it – and the eight is the most famous rowing boat of all, precisely due to the regatta between Oxford and Cambridge, or it should, unfortunately, be out of the Olympic program. It’s strange that countries like China or Japan didn’t present eight boats. The Russian had 19 rowers suspended from the competition which also contributed to lesser boats.

There’s only South Africa from African countries. Apart from US and Canada, only Cuba and Mexico got diplomas, one each, from the rest of America and Asia also only had China boats getting diplomas. This means that the rowing responsible parts need to further develop the sport worldwide and take it outside their comfort zone.

The German rowing was also below expectations, as were the Romanians, formerly one of the rowing powers, particularly in the women boats, historically having 38 Olympic medals. The Danish crews are also far from past glories, grabbing two medals but no other diploma.

16,67%

25

18%

Rowing Medals

16%

15

10

5

10,32% 10,32% 8,73% 7,14% 6,35% 6,35% 4,76% 4,76% 3,97% 3,17% 3,17% 2,38% 2,38% 2,38% 1,59% 1,59% 1,59% 0,79% 0,79% 0,79%

20

12% 10%

Gold

8%

Silver

6%

Bronze

4%

Total

2%

Perc

0% Great Britain New Zealand Germany Australia Netherlands Croatia USA France Poland Switzerland Denmark Lithuania South Africa Ireland Canada Italy Norway China Czech Republic Estonia Romania

0

14%

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc Great Britain New Zealand USA Australia Poland Netherlands Germany France South Africa Italy China Croatia Canada Switzerland Denmark Lithuania Norway Ireland Czech Republic Greece Ukraine Romania Estonia Belarus

3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1

2 1 1 2 1 1

1 1

2 1 2

1

1 1

1 1 2 2

1

1 3 2

2 2

1 1 1 1 1

1 1

1

1 3 2 1

1 2

1 1

1 1

1

1

1 1 1 1

2 2

2

1

1 1

1 1 2

1

1 1

2 1 1

1 1

1 1

1 1

1

2

55 10,98% 45 8,98% 38 7,58% 31 6,19% 30 5,99% 29 5,79% 27 5,39% 25 4,99% 25 4,99% 25 4,99% 18 3,59% 15 2,99% 15 2,99% 14 2,79% 13 2,59% 13 2,59% 12 2,40% 10 2,00% 10 2,00% 9 1,80% 8 1,60% 7 1,40% 6 1,20% 6 1,20%

Belgium Cuba Spain Austria Mexico

1

5 3 3 3 1

1 1 1 1

1,00% 0,60% 0,60% 0,60% 0,20%

Over 100 NOC take part in the several and different Olympic shooting competitions, which easily tells the worldwide diffusion of the shooting disciplines, either with pistol, shotgun or rifle.

35

21,48%

Italy won four golds and three silver medals while China got one gold medal, two silvers and four bronze ones. There were 19 NOC in the Olympic shooting podiums and diplomas reached 39 NOC, including Kuwait, suspended by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) but with two shooters giving medals to the Persian Gulf country under the Olympic flag.

25%

Shooting Medals

30 13,33%

25 20

11,11%

20%

15% Gold Silver Bronze

0,74%

0,74%

Total 1,48%

2,22%

2,22%

2,22%

2,22%

5

2,96%

3,70%

3,70%

4,44%

4,44%

10% 5,19%

5,93%

10

5,93%

5,93%

15

Perc

Switzerland

North Korea

Great Britain

New Zealand

Sweden

Brazil

Ukraine

France

Australia

Croatia

Greece

IOA/Kuwait

USA

Russia

Vietnam

South Korea

China

Germany

0% Italy

0

5%

Historical rulers in the Olympic shooting medals, the US got only three, way below the achievements of both Italy and China, less that the ones Russia and Germany won also.

Sweden and Great Britain are also strong NOC in the shooting historical set, but the Brits only had two medals and two other Olympic diplomas while the Swedes only managed to win one medal and one other diploma.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc Italy China Russia Germany

4 1 3

3 2 2 1

4 2

1 3 1 2

1 2 1

5 1 1 1

1 4

2 1

75 13,89% 70 12,96% 51 9,44% 48 8,89%

USA South Korea Great Britain Australia France Vietnam IOA/Kuwait Greece Ukraine Croatia Sweden Switzerland North Korea India Egypt Spain Brazil New Zealand Belarus Slovakia Czech Republic Mexico Hungary Cuba Denmark Iran Austria Georgia Serbia Canada Thailand Norway Bulgaria Kazakhstan Argentina

1 1

2 1 2

1 1

1 1 1 1

1 1

1

1 1

1

1

1 2

1 1

1 1 1

1

1 1

1

1

2 1

1 1

1 1

1 1

1

1

2 1

1

1 1 1

1

1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1

1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

27 25 20 16 16 15 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

5,00% 4,63% 3,70% 2,96% 2,96% 2,78% 2,78% 2,59% 2,41% 2,22% 1,85% 1,67% 1,48% 1,48% 1,48% 1,48% 1,30% 1,30% 1,30% 1,30% 1,30% 0,93% 0,74% 0,74% 0,74% 0,74% 0,74% 0,56% 0,37% 0,37% 0,19% 0,19% 0,19% 0,19% 0,19%

Weightlifting has had some troubles and several national federations are suspended.

Nevertheless, 21 NOC got Olympic medals, with an Asian prevalence highly noted, China winning seven medals, Kazakhstan five, North Korea and Thailand four and another eight Asian federations got podiums. The diplomas reached 42 different NOC.

22,96%

35

25%

Weightlifting Medals

30 20%

0,74%

0,74%

0,74%

0,74%

0,74%

0,74%

1,48%

2,22%

5 0

5%

0%

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc China Kazakhstan Thailand Colombia North Korea Egypt Belarus Armenia Iran Indonesia Japan Taiwan Uzbekistan Georgia South Korea USA Ukraine Mexico Dominican Rep. Spain Brazil Turkey Philippines Romania

5 1 2 1 1

2 1 1

3 1 1

1 2 2 3

1 2

1

3

1 2

2 2

1

2 2

1

1 2

1 1 1

1

1 1

1

1

2 1 1

1

1 2

1 1

1 1 1 1 1

1

1

1

1 2 1

2 1

1 1 1 1

1

1

1 2

1 1 1

Bronze

Total 2,22%

3,70%

4,44%

4,44%

4,44%

4,44%

4,44%

7,41%

Gold Silver

10% 4,44%

10

15% 8,15%

15

10,37%

20

10,37%

25

1

59 10,93% 47 8,70% 39 7,22% 37 6,85% 30 5,56% 27 5,00% 23 4,26% 23 4,26% 21 3,89% 18 3,33% 18 3,33% 16 2,96% 15 2,78% 14 2,59% 14 2,59% 12 2,22% 12 2,22% 10 1,85% 9 1,67% 8 1,48% 8 1,48% 7 1,30% 7 1,30% 7 1,30%

Perc

Moldova Ecuador Lithuania Latvia Italy Albania Vietnam Papua-New Guinea France Poland Estonia Chile Venezuela Samoa Qatar Czech Republic Cuba Mongolia

1

1

1

1

1 1

1 1

1

1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1

1 1 1 1 1

7 7 6 6 5 5 4 3

1,30% 1,30% 1,11% 1,11% 0,93% 0,93% 0,74% 0,56%

3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

0,56% 0,37% 0,37% 0,37% 0,37% 0,19% 0,19% 0,19% 0,19% 0,19%

Another classic sport, wrestling comes from Ancient Greece and is one of the pictured images in surviving vases and other artefacts from the Ancient Olympics.

The freestyle wrestling and the Greco Roman wrestling saw Russia win nine medals, as did Azerbaijan. The Japanese seven medals, four gold and three silver ones also made a big impact.

27 NOC got to climb into the Olympic podium and 42 NOC got to win at least one diploma.

35

Wrestling Medals

30

20% 18% 16%

25

14%

20 15 10 5

Gold

10%

Silver

8%

Bronze

6%

Total

4%

Perc

2% Russia Japan Azerbaijan Cuba Turkey USA Iran Armenia Georgia Serbia Canada Belarus Kazakhstan Denmark Ukraine Uzbekistan China Sweden Norway South Korea Germany Italy Romania Bulgaria Tunisia India Poland

0

12%

0%

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc Russia Azerbaijan Japan Turkey Iran USA Cuba Kazakhstan Georgia Belarus Uzbekistan Armenia Bulgaria China Sweden Canada Germany Ukraine South Korea Romania Hungary Serbia Poland Kyrgysztan Venezuela Denmark Mongolia Norway Italy Tunisia India Croatia Estonia Argentina Egypt Cameroon North Korea Colombia Algeria France Senegal Latvia

4 4 1 1 2 2

3 3 3 2 1 1 1

1 1 1

2 6 2 3 1 2 2 2 3

1 1 2 2

1 1 1 1 1

1 2 1

3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1

1

1

1 1

2 1 1 1

1

1

1

1 1

1 2 2

1 1

1

1

1

1 2 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

70 10,23% 67 9,80% 59 8,63% 39 5,70% 39 5,70% 36 5,26% 33 4,82% 30 4,39% 26 3,80% 25 3,65% 23 3,36% 19 2,78% 18 2,63% 17 2,49% 17 2,49% 13 1,90% 12 1,75% 11 1,61% 10 1,46% 10 1,46% 10 1,46% 9 1,32% 8 1,17% 8 1,17% 8 1,17% 7 1,02% 7 1,02% 6 0,88% 6 0,88% 6 0,88% 6 0,88% 4 0,58% 4 0,58% 4 0,58% 4 0,58% 4 0,58% 3 0,44% 2 0,29% 1 0,15% 1 0,15% 1 0,15% 1 0,15%

FINA rules the swimming competitions, water polo, diving, synchronized swimming, marathon swimming and the pool swimming. The latter has over 30 events, so almost 100 medals to offer, which more than doubles all the team sports put together and can easily create, when you have a high domination from one or two nations, a false illusion of global domain in the Olympics, as does with the athletics.

The experiences with mixed relays, not only mixing styles – although that needs to be defined on which gender does what two styles – but also mixing in one style, have been very positive and it makes no sense to have both 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays in men and women and having no other – apart the medley – relays, it would be much more fairer and interesting to choose one of the two freestyle relays to maintain and double it (4x100 freestyle) but doing mixed, two men and two women, or having the 4x200 freestyle for men and women and the 4x100 freestyle has a mixed relay, or vice-versa.

When you have such different styles of swimming, demanding efforts from different muscles, etc., and you observe some swimmers win so many medals you need to rethink the entire program.

It’s strange to double 100 and 200, opting out of the 50 meters. It would make more sense to choose 50 and 200 or 100 and 400 in each of the styles where only two individual events are disputed, to really define between sprinters and long distance swimmers.

Gold

15%

0

0,24%

0,72%

0,72%

0,72%

0,72%

0,72%

1,20%

1,20%

1,20%

1,44%

1,44%

1,67%

1,67%

10% 2,15%

2,39%

2,87%

4,31%

5,02%

4,55%

20

5,02%

Perc 6,94%

40

20%

Total 7,42%

60

25%

Bronze

14,83%

80

30%

Silver

100

0,24%

120

35%

Swimming / FINA Medals

0,24%

140

30,38%

Even with China’s prevailing heavily in the Diving, the Balkan countries in the water polo, the swimming, despite the many distinct events, sees the USA grabbing 18 out of 47 available gold medals, nine silver and 10 bronze medals!

5% 0%

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc USA

18

9

10

5

8

4

4

1

345 20,81%

China Australia Great Britain Japan Canada Russia Italy Hungary Germany France Brazil Sweden Netherlands Spain Denmark South Africa Mexico Ukraine Belgium Malaysia Greece Kazakhstan Serbia Singapore Croatia North Korea Belarus Montenegro Iceland Lithuania Zimbabwe Egypt Puerto Rico Ireland Norway Romania Jamaica

8 3 2 2 2 1 3

6 4 6 2 2 2 3 1 2

1 2 1 1

1

2 1

4 4 1 5 6 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

7 3 7 1 3 4 1 2 2 1

1 1 1 1 2

1 1 1

3 9 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1

3 6 3 2 3 2 4 1 4 1 3

2 1

1 2 1

1 1

2 6 3 2 4 4 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1

1 3 2 7 4 1 1 4 8

1 2

2

1 1

1 1 1

1

1 1

1

1 1 1 1

1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

191 11,52% 160 9,65% 124 7,48% 98 5,91% 98 5,91% 90 5,43% 77 4,64% 68 4,10% 41 2,47% 40 2,41% 35 2,11% 31 1,87% 30 1,81% 30 1,81% 27 1,63% 27 1,63% 25 1,51% 20 1,21% 12 0,72% 11 0,66% 10 0,60% 9 0,54% 8 0,48% 8 0,48% 7 0,42% 7 0,42% 6 0,36% 5 0,30% 4 0,24% 3 0,18% 3 0,18% 2 0,12% 2 0,12% 1 0,06% 1 0,06% 1 0,06% 1 0,06%

Alongside swimming and gymnastics, athletics is the vertex of the Modern Olympics, is the first basis of modern sports tales, history, development and the relation between ancient and modern Olympics, going back to the Battle of Marathon and from there linking into the rebirth of the Olympics and the ideal and ideas of Pierre de Coubertin and the group that reestablished the gathering of the known world sporting community and heroes.

USA grabbed 13 of the 47 gold medals awarded in the athletics events, plus 10 silver medals and nine bronze medals, taking full advantage of the Russian athletics suspension to get even more awards, both in terms of podiums and naturally the diplomas obtained.

120 100

24,59%

There were 42 NOC getting the flag shown in the Olympic athletics podiums (swimming only saw 26) and in terms of diplomas there were 69 different Olympic Committees achieving at least one top 8 finish (swimming only awarded 38), which makes an interesting comparison, athletics vs. swimming.

30%

Athletics Medals

25% Gold

80

0

15%

Total Perc

4,26% 4,02% 3,78% 3,78% 2,84% 2,84% 2,60% 2,60% 1,89% 1,89% 1,42% 2,13% 1,42% 1,42% 1,18% 1,18% 1,18% 1,18% 1,18% 1,18% 0,95% 0,95% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,24% 0,24% 0,24% 0,24% 0,24% 0,24% 0,24% 0,24%

20

11,58% 9,69%

40

Bronze

USA Kenya Jamaica China Great Britain South Africa Ethiopia Canada France Germany Croatia Spain Bahrain Bahamas Poland Algeria New Zealand Slovakia Brazil Tajikistan Greece Colombia Belgium Japan Australia Grenada Qatar Belarus Netherlands Burundi Denmark Mexico Bulgaria Venezuela Turkey Ukraine Trinidad and Tobago Serbia Kazakhstan Hungary Cuba Czech Republic

60

20%

Silver

Almost a quarter of the NOC present at the Rio 2016 got athletics medals and more than a third obtained Olympic diplomas. This sustains the athletics claim as the ‘king of sports’.

Diplomas

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Perc

USA Kenya Jamaica Great Britain China Germany Ethiopia Canada France Poland South Africa Australia New Zealand

13 6 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 2

10 6 3 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 1

9 1 2 4 2 1 5 4 3 1

5 3 1 3 3 5 2 4 2 2

1 3

2

5 2 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1

6 2 2 4 1 3

6 3 2 2 2 2

1 2

1 1 2

1

3

7 2 3 1 1 2 1 2

1

310 18,28% 131 7,72% 106 6,25% 93 5,48% 81 4,78% 73 4,30% 72 4,25% 65 3,83% 57 3,36% 45 2,65% 34 2,00% 33 1,95% 25 1,47%

10% 5% 0%

Ukraine Brazil Trinidad and Tobago Croatia Bahrain Czech Republic Netherlands Belarus Bahamas Spain Algeria Japan Cuba Estonia Belgium Italy Ivory Coast Slovakia Colombia Mexico Turkey Greece Hungary Qatar Grenada Morocco Portugal Tajikistan Bulgaria Botswana Ireland Burundi Denmark Venezuela Serbia Kazakhstan Eritrea Djibouti Uganda Cyprus Switzerland Congo Nigeria Latvia Tanzania

1 1 1 2 1

1 1 1

1 1 2

1 1 1

1

1 2

1

1 1 1

2

1 1 1 1

2 1 1

3 2 1

1 2 1

1

2 1 1

1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 2

1

1 1

1 1

2 2

2 2

1 1 2

1 1

1 1 1

1 1

1

1 1 1 1

1 1 2

1 1 1

1 1 1

1 3

1 1

1 2 1

1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1

2 1

2 1

1 1 1 1

1

24 23 23

1,42% 1,36% 1,36%

22 21 21 20 20 19 18 18 17 17 15 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4

1,30% 1,24% 1,24% 1,18% 1,18% 1,12% 1,06% 1,06% 1,00% 1,00% 0,88% 0,83% 0,83% 0,77% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,71% 0,65% 0,65% 0,59% 0,53% 0,53% 0,53% 0,47% 0,47% 0,47% 0,47% 0,41% 0,41% 0,41% 0,35% 0,35% 0,35% 0,29% 0,29% 0,29% 0,29% 0,29% 0,29% 0,29% 0,24%

Norway Finland Sweden Israel Moldova Uruguay Austria Santa Lucia Panama Syria Guyana

2 1 1

1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2

0,24% 0,24% 0,24% 0,24% 0,24% 0,18% 0,18% 0,18% 0,12% 0,12% 0,12%

So, after detailing each Olympic sport Federation’s medals and diplomas, let’s see the global numbers per NOC and Sport.

It’s important to note that, for instance, Russia was barred from presenting the athletics squad, a lot of Russian rowers, canoeists, etc. were also suspended, there are several national federations suspended by the IWF (International Weightlifting Federation) and issues like these weren’t taken into the equation and each NOC performance per sport is divided by the total number of Olympic federations. Another very relevant issue to underline is the fact that, apart from the hockey – and the water polo, this one under the FINA ruling, Great Britain doesn’t have a unified team in the team sports, so it isn’t able to enter in the basketball, football, handball and volleyball events.

The first table highlights the number of sports in which each NOC had medals and/or diplomas, again underlining the fact that the sports categories are divided into the international federations they are ruled by. For instance, all cycling events, all part and ruled by the UCI (Union Cycliste International), road, BMX, track and Mountain Bike are all in one cluster, cycling.

So, the total number of International Federations participating in the Olympics 2016 is 28 and the below shown numbers present the number of those where each NOC got medals and/or diplomas. The first and second percentages represent the impact of each NOC in the total number of sport federations, the third one respect to the effectiveness diplomas/medals.

NOC USA Germany Great Britain China France Russia Australia Brazil Spain Japan

Fed .

Medals 20 19 18 17 15 15 11 11 10 10

Perc 71.43% 67.86% 64.29% 60.71% 53.57% 53.57% 39.29% 39.29% 35.71% 35.71%

Fed. Diplomas 24 22 22 22 23 17 18 17 21 17

Perc

Med/Dip

85.71% 78.57% 78.57% 78.57% 82.14% 60.71% 64.29% 60.71% 75.00% 60.71%

83.33% 86.36% 81.82% 77.27% 65.22% 88.24% 61.11% 64.71% 47.62% 58.82%

Netherlands Canada South Korea Denmark Italy New Zealand Sweden Ukraine Serbia Poland Switzerland Kazakhstan Belarus Croatia Czech Republic Belgium Mexico Romania Colombia Greece South Africa Azerbaijan Argentina Cuba Hungary Turkey Uzbekistan North Korea Venezuela Lithuania Georgia Iran Norway Bulgaria Slovenia Tunisia Malaysia Egypt India Ireland Taiwan Thailand Mongolia Armenia Indonesia Slovakia Austria Portugal Estonia Israel Nigeria

10 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

35.71% 32.14% 32.14% 32.14% 28.57% 28.57% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 21.43% 21.43% 21.43% 21.43% 21.43% 21.43% 17.86% 17.86% 17.86% 17.86% 17.86% 17.86% 17.86% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 14.29% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57%

14 19 14 12 17 12 14 14 8 13 11 10 9 9 8 11 10 8 7 6 6 5 12 11 7 7 7 6 8 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 8 8 7 7 6 4 3 3 3 8 7 5 4 4

50.00% 67.86% 50.00% 42.86% 60.71% 42.86% 50.00% 50.00% 28.57% 46.43% 39.29% 35.71% 32.14% 32.14% 28.57% 39.29% 35.71% 28.57% 25.00% 21.43% 21.43% 17.86% 42.86% 39.29% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 21.43% 28.57% 25.00% 21.43% 21.43% 21.43% 17.86% 14.29% 14.29% 10.71% 28.57% 28.57% 25.00% 25.00% 21.43% 14.29% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 28.57% 25.00% 17.86% 14.29% 14.29%

71.43% 47.37% 64.29% 75.00% 47.06% 66.67% 50.00% 50.00% 87.50% 46.15% 54.55% 60.00% 66.67% 66.67% 75.00% 45.45% 50.00% 62.50% 71.43% 83.33% 83.33% 100.00% 33.33% 36.36% 57.14% 57.14% 57.14% 66.67% 37.50% 42.86% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 60.00% 75.00% 75.00% 100.00% 25.00% 25.00% 28.57% 28.57% 33.33% 50.00% 66.67% 66.67% 66.67% 12.50% 14.29% 20.00% 25.00% 25.00%

Qatar Algeria Dominican Rep. Finland Moldova Morocco Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya Philippines Puerto Rico Singapore Vietnam Bahamas Bahrain Burundi Ethiopia Fiji Grenada Kosovo Kuwait/IOA Niger Tajikistan Trinidad and Tobago UAE Latvia Chile Hong Kong Cyprus Ecuador Kyrgyzstan Mauritius Albania Angola Bermuda Botswana Cameroon Congo Djibouti Eritrea Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Iceland Montenegro Nepal Panama Papua-New Guinea Peru

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

14.29% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 10.71% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 14.29% 10.71% 10.71% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57%

25.00% 33.33% 33.33% 33.33% 33.33% 33.33% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Samoa Santa Lucia Senegal Syria Tanzania Uganda Uruguay Zimbabwe

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57%

0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Note: Despite Kuwait being suspended from the IOC, the shooting medals under the Olympic flag are from proud Kuwaitis; therefore they’re included in the Kuwaiti country.

Archery Dip %

Gymnastics Med %

Gymnastics Dip %

Athletics Med %

Athletics Dip %

Badminton Med %

Badminton Dip %

Basketball Med %

Basketball Dip %

Volleyball Med %

Volleyball Dip %

Boxing Med %

Boxing Dip %

USA Germany Great Britain China France Russia Australia Brazil Spain Japan Netherlands Canada South Korea Denmark Italy New Zealand Sweden Ukraine Serbia Poland Switzerland Kazakhstan Belarus Croatia Czech Republic Belgium Mexico Romania Colombia Greece South Africa Azerbaijan Argentina Cuba

Archery Med %

NOC

11.11 8.33 8.33 8.33 2.78 58.33 -

9.03 4.86 1.39 6.94 7.64 4.86 6.94 1.39 4.86 27.78 6.94 6.25 -

24.69 3.70 11.73 4.32 20.37 4.32 1.85 6.79 3.09 3.09 5.56 0.62 3.09 3.09 -

15.87 3.70 9.71 12.33 0.51 15.25 4.93 1.23 7.70 1.85 2.16 2.00 0.31 5.39 1.08 3.70 0.15 1.54 1.23 1.08

24.59 2.60 4.02 4.26 2.84 0.95 1.18 1.89 0.95 0.71 2.84 0.71 1.42 0.24 0.24 2.13 0.24 0.71 2.60 0.24 1.18 0.71 1.18 1.18 3.78 0.24

18.28 4.30 5.48 4.78 3.36 1.95 1.36 1.06 1.00 1.18 3.83 0.41 0.83 1.47 0.24 1.42 0.35 2.65 0.29 0.35 1.18 1.30 1.24 0.83 0.71 0.71 0.65 2.00 1.00

2.22 24.44 11.11 13.33 2.22 8.89 -

4.76 24.29 1.90 3.81 12.38 1.90 14.29 6.19 1.90 -

55.56 22.22 22.22 -

22.22 11.11 12.50 18.06 1.39 2.78 18.06 5.56 1.39 -

8.33 13.89 13.89 36.11 2.78 16.67 8.33 -

13.10 4.76 4.76 13.10 2.38 19.05 2.38 8.93 4.76 8.33 4.17 2.38 2.38 2.38 2.38

6.92 0.77 6.92 4.62 13.85 8.46 3.85 2.31 10.00 0.77 0.77 3.08 3.08 13.85

5.90 1.07 4.47 5.90 8.23 6.62 2.86 0.72 1.25 0.72 1.43 0.72 8.23 1.07 1.07 3.04 5.90 1.43 10.38

Hungary Turkey Uzbekistan North Korea Venezuela Lithuania Georgia Iran Norway Bulgaria Slovenia Tunisia Malaysia Egypt India Ireland Taiwan Thailand Mongolia Armenia Indonesia Slovakia Austria Portugal Estonia Israel Nigeria Qatar Algeria Dominican Rep. Finland Moldova Morocco Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya Philippines Puerto Rico Singapore Vietnam Bahamas Bahrain Burundi Ethiopia Fiji Grenada Kosovo Kuwait/IOA Niger Tajikistan Tri. and Tobago UAE Latvia Chile Hong Kong

2.78 -

2.08 6.94 2.08 -

3.09 0.62 -

0.31 1.69 0.77 0.31 1.23 0.77 0.31 0.18 0.53 0.46 0.31 -

0.24 0.24 0.71 0.71 1.18 0.71 1.42 9.69 11.58 1.42 1.89 0.71 3.78 0.71 1.18 0.24 -

0.65 0.71 0.41 0.24 0.47 0.47 0.71 0.88 0.24 0.29 0.59 1.06 0.24 0.24 0.53 0.77 6.25 7.72 1.12 1.24 0.41 4.25 0.53 0.47 1.36 0.29 -

20.00 6.67 11.11 -

11.90 5.24 1.90 1.90 7.62 -

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17.69 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.77 -

0.72 10.38 1.79 0.72 0.72 2.15 1.43 1.79 0.72 2.15 1.07 1.79 0.72 0.72 -

Cyprus Ecuador Kyrgyzstan Mauritius Albania Angola Bermuda Botswana Cameroon Congo Djibouti Eritrea Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Iceland Montenegro Nepal Panama Papua-New Guinea Peru Samoa Santa Lucia Senegal Syria Tanzania Uganda Uruguay Zimbabwe

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0.29 0.47 0.29 0.29 0.35 0.12 0.12 -

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1.43 0.72 -

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0.18 0.12 0.24 0.29 0.18 -

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Canoeing Dip %

Cycling Med %

Cycling Dip %

Swimming Med %

Swimming Dip %

Equestrian Med %

Equestrian Dip %

Fencing Med %

Fencing Dip %

Football Med %

Football Dip %

Golf Med %

Golf Dip %

USA Germany Great Britain China France Russia Australia Brazil Spain Japan Netherlands Canada South Korea Denmark Italy

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NOC

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18.62 11.03 6.21 0.69 1.38 4.83 11.03 0.69 2.07 -

0.35 13.52 6.07 0.87 5.37 4.33 4.33 3.99 7.45 1.04 0.69 2.25 1.73

11.73 3.70 27.16 3.09 0.62 4.32 2.47 0.62 12.35 1.23 3.09 3.70

8.33 6.02 14.20 2.78 4.32 4.63 6.79 0.31 2.78 10.34 3.70 0.15 3.55 4.48

30.38 0.24 6.94 14.83 1.67 4.55 7.42 0.24 1.44 5.02 2.39 2.87 1.44 4.31

20.81 2.47 7.48 11.52 2.41 5.46 9.65 2.11 1.81 5.91 1.81 5.91 1.63 4.64

11.11 44.44 28.89 24.44 2.22 2.22 -

15.56 25.56 16.11 0.56 12.78 8.33 3.33 3.33 6.67 6.11 1.67 -

8.89 4.44 10.00 27.78 6.67 15.56

9.44 0.28 2.22 5.56 14.44 17.22 1.39 1.11 0.56 7.50 11.94

44.44 27.78 5.56 -

5.56 20.83 1.39 4.17 2.78 18.06 8.33 5.56 1.39 -

5.56 27.78 5.56 27.78 -

14.46 12.05 7.23 7.23 6.02 6.02 2.41 15.66 -

New Zealand Sweden Ukraine Serbia Poland Switzerland Kazakhstan Belarus Croatia Czech Republic Belgium Mexico Romania Colombia Greece South Africa Azerbaijan Argentina Cuba Hungary Turkey Uzbekistan North Korea Venezuela Lithuania Georgia Iran Norway Bulgaria Slovenia Tunisia Malaysia Egypt India Ireland Taiwan Thailand Mongolia Armenia Indonesia Slovakia Austria Portugal Estonia Israel Nigeria Qatar Algeria Dominican Rep. Finland Moldova Morocco Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya

6.21 4.14 2.07 2.76 0.69 3.45 2.76 10.34 0.69 2.07 7.59 0.69 -

4.16 0.35 4.85 2.25 2.95 0.52 2.43 5.20 2.43 0.52 6.24 0.52 1.73 0.69 2.95 5.72 0.69 2.08 1.04 -

1.85 4.94 2.47 6.17 1.85 3.70 3.70 0.62 0.62 -

4.32 2.31 0.62 3.70 4.01 0.15 1.70 2.62 4.17 0.31 0.31 1.08 0.31 0.93 0.31 -

2.15 1.20 1.20 0.24 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 1.67 5.02 0.72 -

1.87 1.21 0.48 0.54 0.36 0.42 0.72 1.51 0.06 0.60 1.63 4.10 0.42 0.18 0.06 0.66 0.12 0.06 0.06 -

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5.56 7.78 4.44 0.56 0.56 1.67 -

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5.28 0.83 2.78 0.56 3.33 8.06 0.28 1.39 3.61 0.56 1.67 -

16.67 5.56 -

9.72 2.78 4.17 8.33 -

16.67 16.67 -

8.43 8.43 6.02 1.20 4.82 -

Philippines Puerto Rico Singapore Vietnam Bahamas Bahrain Burundi Ethiopia Fiji Grenada Kosovo Kuwait/IOA Niger Tajikistan Tri. and Tobago UAE Latvia Chile Hong Kong Cyprus Ecuador Kyrgyzstan Mauritius Albania Angola Bermuda Botswana Cameroon Congo Djibouti Eritrea Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Iceland Montenegro Nepal Panama Papua-New Guinea Peru Samoa Santa Lucia Senegal Syria Tanzania Uganda Uruguay Zimbabwe

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0.69 -

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Handball Dip %

Hockey Med %

Hockey Dip %

Judo Med %

Judo Dip %

Mod. Pentathlon Med %

Mod. Pentathlon %

Rowing Med %

Rowing Dip %

Rugby Med %

Rugby Dip %

Sailing Med %

Sailing Dip %

USA Germany Great Britain China France Russia Australia Brazil Spain Japan Netherlands Canada South Korea Denmark Italy New Zealand Sweden Ukraine Serbia Poland Switzerland Kazakhstan Belarus Croatia Czech Republic Belgium Mexico Romania Colombia Greece South Africa Azerbaijan Argentina Cuba Hungary Turkey Uzbekistan North Korea Venezuela Lithuania Georgia Iran Norway Bulgaria Slovenia Tunisia Malaysia

Handball Med %

NOC

5.56 33.33 27.78 27.78 5.56 -

8.33 19.44 11.11 8.33 4.17 6.94 11.11 2.78 6.94 5.56 8.33 4.17 -

11.11 27.78 16.67 16.67 27.78 -

5.56 16.67 11.11 8.33 6.94 16.67 9.72 9.72 13.89 -

5.71 0.71 0.71 1.43 12.14 7.86 5.00 18.57 0.71 5.00 5.71 2.86 3.57 0.71 2.14 4.29 3.57 2.14 1.43 2.86 4.29 -

3.11 2.56 1.47 3.30 7.33 4.40 5.86 0.73 15.20 1.83 1.47 4.76 3.48 0.73 0.73 2.75 1.47 1.10 1.10 1.28 3.30 1.47 3.48 1.83 0.73 2.93 4.21 0.37 3.30 0.37 -

16.67 27.78 27.78 16.67 5.56 5.56 -

9.72 4.17 6.94 16.67 11.11 13.89 6.94 9.72 8.33 8.33 -

6.35 10.32 16.67 1.59 4.76 8.73 7.14 2.38 3.17 1.59 10.32 4.76 3.97 6.35 0.79 0.79 2.38 3.17 1.59 -

7.58 5.39 10.98 3.59 4.99 6.19 0.60 5.79 2.99 2.59 4.99 8.98 1.60 5.99 2.79 1.20 2.99 2.00 1.00 0.20 1.40 1.80 4.99 0.60 2.59 2.40 -

16.67 27.78 5.56 16.67 5.56 -

5.56 16.67 6.94 12.50 2.78 6.94 8.33 15.28 8.33 4.17 -

1.11 1.11 14.44 3.33 7.78 1.11 15.56 5.56 11.11 2.22 13.33 8.89 1.11 5.56 3.33 -

3.89 2.50 9.72 1.94 10.00 1.67 8.13 6.11 2.50 1.11 7.78 4.72 3.06 9.72 2.50 1.67 0.56 5.28 1.39 2.78 2.78 0.56 2.78 -

Egypt India Ireland Taiwan Thailand Mongolia Armenia Indonesia Slovakia Austria Portugal Estonia Israel Nigeria Qatar Algeria Dominican Rep. Finland Moldova Morocco Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya Philippines Puerto Rico Singapore Vietnam Bahamas Bahrain Burundi Ethiopia Fiji Grenada Kosovo Kuwait/IOA Niger Tajikistan Tri. and Tobago UAE Latvia Chile Hong Kong Cyprus Ecuador Kyrgyzstan Mauritius Albania Angola Bermuda Botswana Cameroon Congo Djibouti Eritrea Guatemala

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1.39 1.39 -

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2.14 0.71 1.43 3.57 0.71 -

0.37 0.73 3.11 1.10 1.10 3.30 0.37 1.47 1.10 0.37 0.37 -

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2.38 0.79 -

2.00 0.60 1.20 -

27.78 -

12.50 -

3.33 1.11 -

1.94 1.94 0.56 1.11 0.28 0.56 0.28

Guyana Haiti Honduras Iceland Montenegro Nepal Panama Papua-New Guinea Peru Samoa Santa Lucia Senegal Syria Tanzania Uganda Uruguay Zimbabwe

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Shooting Dip %

Table Tennis Med %

Table Tennis Dip %

Taekwondo Med %

Taekwondo Dip %

Tennis Med %

Tennis Dip %

Triathlon Med %

Triathlon Dip %

Weightlifting Med %

Weightlifting Dip %

Wrestling Med %

Wrestling Dip %

USA Germany Great Britain China France Russia Australia Brazil Spain Japan Netherlands Canada South Korea Denmark Italy New Zealand Sweden Ukraine Serbia Poland Switzerland Kazakhstan Belarus Croatia Czech Republic Belgium Mexico

Shooting Med %

NOC

5.19 13.33 1.48 11.11 2.96 5.93 3.70 2.22 5.93 21.48 2.22 2.22 2.22 0.74 3.70 -

5.00 8.89 3.70 12.96 2.96 9.44 2.96 1.30 1.48 0.37 4.63 0.74 13.89 1.30 1.85 2.41 0.37 1.67 0.19 1.30 2.22 1.30 0.93

11.11 72.22 13.89 -

12.50 2.38 27.38 16.67 5.36 2.38 2.98 -

1.25 11.25 12.50 3.75 3.75 1.25 5.00 16.25 3.75 3.75

3.21 0.64 8.01 5.77 5.45 2.24 1.28 1.92 5.45 0.64 10.90 1.28 2.24 1.28 0.64 2.56 4.81

20.00 6.67 11.11 11.11 11.11 2.22 6.67 6.67 -

14.29 5.24 7.62 1.90 7.62 5.71 11.90 2.86 2.38 5.71 1.90 3.33 10.95 -

27.78 50.00 16.67 -

11.11 36.11 2.78 4.17 1.39 2.78 9.72 4.17 -

0.74 22.96 0.74 0.74 0.74 8.15 4.44 -

2.22 10.93 0.56 1.48 1.48 3.33 2.59 0.93 2.22 0.37 8.70 4.26 0.19 1.85

6.11 0.56 1.11 17.22 16.11 2.78 0.56 1.67 0.56 1.11 1.67 2.78 0.56 2.78 2.78 -

5.26 1.75 2.49 0.15 10.23 8.63 1.90 1.46 1.02 0.88 2.49 1.61 1.32 1.17 4.39 3.65 0.58 -

Romania Colombia Greece South Africa Azerbaijan Argentina Cuba Hungary Turkey Uzbekistan North Korea Venezuela Lithuania Georgia Iran Norway Bulgaria Slovenia Tunisia Malaysia Egypt India Ireland Taiwan Thailand Mongolia Armenia Indonesia Slovakia Austria Portugal Estonia Israel Nigeria Qatar Algeria Dominican Rep. Finland Moldova Morocco Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kenya Philippines Puerto Rico Singapore Vietnam Bahamas Bahrain Burundi Ethiopia Fiji Grenada Kosovo Kuwait/IOA

4.44 0.74 5.93 4.44

2.59 0.19 0.74 0.74 1.48 0.56 0.74 0.19 0.19 1.48 1.48 1.30 0.74 2.78 2.78

2.78 -

5.95 2.38 4.76 2.38 2.38 7.74 -

8.75 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 5.00 1.25 7.50 6.25 -

7.69 2.56 1.28 1.28 1.92 1.92 2.56 1.28 4.81 1.92 2.56 4.49 2.56 0.64 -

6.67 6.67 11.11 -

5.24 3.33 2.38 1.90 1.90 3.81 -

5.56 -

15.28 5.56 -

0.74 4.44 2.22 3.70 10.37 0.74 4.44 7.41 1.48 4.44 10.37 4.44 4.44 2.22 -

1.30 6.85 0.19 1.30 2.78 5.56 0.37 1.11 2.59 3.89 5.00 2.96 7.22 0.19 4.26 3.33 0.37 0.19 1.67 1.30 1.30 0.74 -

0.56 8.33 7.22 7.22 1.67 3.89 6.11 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.56 4.44 -

1.46 0.29 9.80 0.58 4.82 1.46 5.70 3.36 0.44 1.17 3.80 5.70 0.88 2.63 0.88 0.58 0.88 1.02 2.78 0.58 0.15 -

Niger Tajikistan Tri. and Tobago UAE Latvia Chile Hong Kong Cyprus Ecuador Kyrgyzstan Mauritius Albania Angola Bermuda Botswana Cameroon Congo Djibouti Eritrea Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Iceland Montenegro Nepal Panama Papua-New Guinea Peru Samoa Santa Lucia Senegal Syria Tanzania Uganda Uruguay Zimbabwe

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After detailing the percentage of medals and diplomas each NOC got from every Olympic sport Federation in the above tables, the one below shows the real impact of each NOC in the global 2016 Olympics, measuring each sport federation on equal terms of importance (hence 1/28 which stands for 0.036) and the sum of that to get a more accurate number on the real power of every NOC in the Olympic sports set.

119 (plus Kuwait) of the 205 participating NOC were able to take home at least one diploma from the 2016 Summer Olympics.

It’s also important to bear in mind the fact that the team sports, which award two medals per NOC, men and women, have the sides that qualify entering with 12, 14, 18 or so players depending on the team sport. This increases heavily the number of athletes present with no direct relation to the possible medals and diplomas obtainable.

NOC

Medal Total Points

Great Britain & NI USA China Russia Germany France South Korea Australia Brazil Japan Italy New Zealand Spain Netherlands Denmark Sweden Argentina Serbia Ukraine Switzerland Hungary Canada Fiji Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Cuba Croatia Belgium Malaysia South Africa Poland North Korea Czech Republic Indonesia Thailand Iran Colombia Romania Belarus Kenya Mexico Georgia Puerto Rico Turkey Greece Slovenia Jamaica Armenia Slovakia Norway Ivory Coast

76,89 75,86 57,14 49,18 43,01 41,49 34,30 27,99 25,65 21,75 19,33 19,08 18,61 16,46 14,18 14,01 12,11 11,28 9,71 9,68 8,66 7,93 7,72 7,56 7,01 6,80 6,51 6,40 6,38 5,93 5,26 5,07 4,72 4,60 4,32 4,27 4,10 4,04 3,98 3,32 3,22 3,20 3,11 3,09 3,04 2,93 2,69 2,69 2,47 2,44 2,14 2,08

Number of Sports with Medals 18 20 17 15 19 15 9 11 11 10 8 8 10 10 9 7 4 7 7 6 4 9 1 5 6 4 4 6 5 3 5 6 4 6 2 2 3 5 5 6 1 5 3 1 4 5 3 1 2 2 3 1

Diplomas Total Points 54,41 62,69 45,61 36,44 44,88 43,01 28,83 33,43 24,47 26,41 22,83 20,01 23,80 21,61 10,35 12,42 9,27 8,12 11,02 9,18 6,41 16,68 3,47 8,09 7,35 5,99 7,08 6,94 8,41 3,75 9,04 11,16 4,32 6,68 3,62 5,66 4,45 5,31 4,29 5,85 2,34 7,28 3,38 1,09 4,41 2,68 3,67 1,75 2,04 2,15 3,36 1,46

Number of Sports with Diplomas 22 24 22 17 22 23 14 18 17 17 17 12 21 14 12 14 12 8 14 11 7 19 1 5 10 7 11 9 11 3 6 13 6 8 3 6 6 7 8 9 2 10 6 2 7 6 4 2 3 3 6 2

Nr.of Athletes at Rio 2016 366 554 413 282 425 395 205 421 465 338 309 199 306 242 122 152 213 104 203 104 160 314 51 56 104 70 120 87 108 32 137 243 35 105 28 54 64 147 97 121 89 125 39 42 103 95 61 68 33 51 62 12

Population (UN 2016 Estimation) 65,111,143 324,118,787 1,382,323,332 143,439,832 80,682,351 64,668,129 50,503,933 24,309,330 209,567,920 126,323,715 59,801,004 4,565,185 46,064,604 16,979,729 5,690,750 9,851,852 43,847,277 8,812,705 44,624,373 8,379,477 9,821,318 36,286,378 897,537 9,868,447 17,855,384 30,300,446 11,392,889 4,225,001 11,371,928 30,751,602 54,978,907 38,593,161 25,281,327 10,548,058 260,581,100 68,146,609 80,043,146 48,654,392 19,372,734 9,481,521 47,251,449 128,632,004 3,979,781 3,680,772 79,622,062 10,919,459 2,069,362 2,803,362 3,026,0,48 5,429,418 5,271,958 23,254,184

Taiwan India Jordan Vietnam Ireland Nigeria Lithuania Kuwait/IOA Ethiopia Niger Kosovo Tunisia Mongolia Egypt Philippines Venezuela Bulgaria Bahrain Israel Algeria Bahamas Dominican Rep. Singapore Tajikistan Austria Estonia Morocco Finland Portugal Qatar UAE Burundi Grenada Moldova Tri. and Tobago Honduras Chile Hong Kong Ecuador Latvia Kyrgyzstan Bermuda Angola Mauritius Albania Cyprus Nepal Haiti Peru Papua-New Guinea Cameroon Botswana Eritrea Djibouti Congo Guatemala

2.01 2,01 1,74 1,65 1,59 1,54 1,28 1,23 1,05 1,04 0,99 0,81 0,81 0,76 0,62 0,58 0,53 0,53 0,40 0,39 0,39 0,35 0,33 0,33 0,31 0,22 0,21 0,21 0,20 0,20 0,20 0,20 0,20 0,19 0,07 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5.03 4,15 0,91 0,98 3,15 3,26 2,57 0,77 1,18 0,62 0,41 1,88 1,70 3,16 0,54 1,99 1,36 0,34 1,27 0,93 0,31 1,10 2,28 0,13 3,31 1,31 1,36 0,67 4,48 1,07 0,31 0,11 0,15 0,72 0,38 1,93 1,73 1,61 0,76 0,62 0,43 0,39 0,39 0,30 0,26 0,24 0,18 0,18 0,18 0,16 0,16 0,13 0,10 0,08 0,08 0,08

7 8 2 2 7 4 7 1 1 1 1 4 4 8 2 8 5 1 4 3 1 3 2 1 8 5 3 3 7 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 2 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

60 124 8 23 77 75 67 9 34 6 8 61 43 120 13 87 51 35 48 67 28 29 25 7 71 45 51 56 92 38 13 9 6 23 32 26 42 38 38 34 19 8 25 12 6 16 7 10 29 8 24 12 12 7 10 21

23,395,600 1,326,801,576 7,747,800 94,444,200 4,713,993 186,987,563 2,850,030 4,007,146 101,853,268 20,715,285 1,852,341 11,375,220 3,006,444 93,383,574 102,250,133 31,518,855 7,097,796 1,396,829 8,192,463 40,375,954 392,718 10,648,613 5,696,506 8,669,464 8,569,633 1,309,104 34,817,065 5,523,904 10,304,434 2,291,368 9,266,971 11,552,561 107,327 4,062,862 1,364,973 8,189,501 18,131,850 7,346,248 16,385,450 1,955,742 6,033,769 61,662 25,830,958 1,277,459 2,903,700 1,176,598 28,850,717 10,848,175 31,774,225 7,776,115 23,924,407 2,303,820 5,351,680 899,598 4,740,992 16,672,956

Uganda Montenegro Tanzania Iceland Saint Lucia Samoa Uruguay Zimbabwe Senegal Guyana Syria Panama

0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0,08 0,08 0,07 0,07 0,05 0,05 0,05 0,05 0,04 0,03 0,03 0,03

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

21 34 7 8 5 8 17 31 22 6 7 10

40,322,768 636,101 55,155,473 331,778 186,383 194,523 3,444,071 15,966,810 15,589,485 770,610 18,563,595 3,990,406

So, at the end of this much more deep study than the mere presentation of the global Olympic medals table, it’s proven that Great Britain & Northern Ireland had a higher importance in the medals table if all sports’ federations are considered alike and measured under the same comparative importance value.

The USA, nevertheless, is the country with more podium presences in different sports, 20 out of the 28 Olympic federations and 24 out of 28 in terms of Olympic diplomas.

On a final note, it’s curious the reading press all over the world or at least in some countries like Portugal, Ireland, UK, etc. present the financial numbers. The country’s investment versus the Olympic medal(s) obtained, neglecting the entire four or eight years projects and all the results in-between, World Championships, Continental Championships, World Cups… completely misleading the public, as if the ‘Olympic investment’ was only for Olympic purposes.

Each and every NOC should present to the public, streaming live or making it available without the media filters, the complete results obtained in the four years duration of each Olympiad, per sport, per athlete or team, in order to enlighten the public, which got the impression that Portugal invested 17 million euros to get one Olympic medal, the cost of that medal was 17 million euros, and in Ireland the cost of the Olympic medals was 18 million euros.

If the Olympic movement and each NOC don’t clarify the numbers and the investment full purposes and achievements, further than just the mandatory financial reports, people who aren’t that much informed, that don’t follow each sport on a regular basis, only paying attention to it every four year, will turn against the athletes, against each sport, claiming it’s a waste of money.