Olympics: Which country won the most medals per head of population?

Question

It was no surprise that the USA and China won a lot of medals at the recent games, but they also have hundreds of millions of eligible athletes. Which country had the best medal tally per head of population?

Answer 1

Jamaica should be proud of its achivements while India was a disaster as ever.

Answer 2

Bill is absolutely right. There is a limit to the number of participants from each country, which works against larger countries.

Answer 3

Jamaica did

http://www.symworld.com/medals/index.php...

Answer 4

it is unfair to count medals per head of population. because many sports limit sportman by country. every country can only send 3 people to attend a game regardless the county with 1billion person or just 1million person.  

Answer 5

Jaimaca had a medal ratio of 1-440,000  

Answer 6

Dr. Illegals Man Crush - this is a worldwide forum so who exactly are the 'foreigners'?????  

Jamaica beat all other countries per capita!!

Answer 7

I am proud to say that it is Jamaica. Big up to Usain Bolt.

Answer 8

Oh boy, I can hear the whiny foreigners when they get a hold of this one.

Answer 9

http://www.symworld.com/medals/index.php...

Jamaica

Answer 10

You guys all got it wrong!  Jamaica was second place in the "overall" metal count.  The country that won the most medals "per capita" is the same country that won the honor in the last Olympic games in Athens.  The country is ....... (drum roll)...... THE BAHAMAS.

Answer 11

Try this web site.

http://www.symworld.com/medals/index.php...