Final Olympics results per capita

[jgo]

Final results of the 2026 Winter Oympics -
Number of gold medals per 10M people:
Norway 32.03
Slovenia 9.44
Sweden 7.50
Switzerland 6.69
Austria 5.48
Netherlands 5.45
Czechia 1.88
Italy 1.69
Canada 1.20
France 1.20
Australia 1.13
Germany 0.95
South Korea 0.57
Kazakhstan 0.48
GB 0.43
Japan 0.40
United States 0.35
Spain 0.20
Brazil 0.04
China 0.03

[chicoescuela]

1. So, USA USA?

Interesting fact however

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. That's an odd set of statistics

Why not just a plain medal count?

[jgo]

4. I thought it would be interesting

to see the odds of running into a gold medalist at the grocery store, in different countries

[Prairie Gates]

3. Pretty much everything there could be predicted by geography and climate except for

the absolutely stunning skating culture in the Netherlands.

Italy also shines, though people forget that northern Italy is alpine with a deep skiing culture.

[Rhiagel]

5. How about winter Olympic medal count per least average snow accumulation per country?

Just a guess, but Brazil would probably be on top.

[PeaceWave]

6. To properly attempt to denigrate the U.S., we also need to factor in per capita income.

[miyazaki]

7. Guess those other losers can sell their medals on Ebay.