How did USA (media) do the ranking in the previous Olympics?

Question

Was it by total golds or total medal count?

Answer 1

It doesn't matter how they did it. In the past 4 Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004), US got both the most gold medals and the most number of medals overall.

Answer 2

I may be somewhat young but as far as I can remember it's always been by the overall medal count. I think many people haven't realized that's how we do things and think they're some sort of biased. People see what they want to see.

Answer 3

pretty sure weve always counted by medals.i think you could find out by doing a search.good link jim

Answer 4

previous is by total

http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/...

Answer 5

It's usually done by number of golds.

Infact the link from Jim, supports this fact.

For the people that aren't looking beyond 1-2 and 3, note that Japan is ranked over Germany by virtue of having more golds.

Answer 6

It's always been the same... really a combo of both...