Which country leads medals per capita in the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

Question

the top 10?

Answer 1

i no

Answer 2

I don't quite understand the question, but my guess is the U.S. or China??? : )

Answer 3

The state of California. Population 38 million, 65 medals.

Oh you wanted country. I don't know. Great Britain?

It is the Netherlands! good for them!

Answer 4

U.S.A?

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Answer 5

Australia - as they do each games.

Answer 6

Believe it or not it's Armenia- they have 5 Bronze which is one medal for every 120 000 of their population. And in spite of the thumbs down it's actually true- thumbs down can't change facts I'm afraid. How about you add as many thumbs down as possible because you don't like the answer then we'll go and look at the medals table and see if anythings changed- and guess what, it won't have.

Answer 7

<~~from america but i think per capitol would be jamacai or australia.forgive my spelling.

Answer 8

Per capita is not a good measurement of "olympic or athletic prowess" because it benefits small countries in the sense that you can only have one or a few people qualify.

Australia is practically always #1 in summer olympics per capita.

Answer 9

The alternative approach to measure the success of respective nations in the Olympic games is to calculate how many medals per million inhabitants were won by each respective nation.

in 2004 the rankings were

1) Bahamas

2) Cuba

3) Australia

39) USA

69) China

Answer 10

According to the list - Jamaica

However it is in need of a recent update, but that is to add another gold to Jamaica so it wont change much.

Answer 11

I'm not sure where this mythology that we aussies win on a per capita basis comes from.. all the olympics I've seen where someone measures this way ends up with some small nation taking these honours..  

Answer 12

1. Australia (5 medals) - 4,120,171

2. Croatia (1 medal) - 4,491,543

3. Georgia (1 medal) - 4,630,841

4. Czech Republic (2 medals) - 5,110,456

5. The Netherlands (3 medals) - 5,548,438

6. Cuba (2 medals) - 5,711,976

7. North Korea (4 medals) - 5,869,772

8. South Korea (8 medals) - 6,154,106

9. Italy (8 medals) - 7,268,165

10. Azerbaijan (1 medal) - 8,177,717

Answer 13

Maybe Jamaca?

Answer 14

Here is the Listing of Medals Per Capita:

1. Armenia (2) - 1,484,293

2. Australia (10) - 2,060,086

3. Slovakia (2) - 2,622,375

4. Azerbaijan (3) - 2,725,905

5. Finland (2) - 2,727,704

6. North Korea (7) - 3,354,156

7. South Korea (12) - 4,102,737

8. Austria (2) - 4,102,767

9. The Netherlands (4) - 4,161,328

10. Croatia (1) - 4,491,543

Answer 15

Australia.

By far the best medalling country per capita. Although New Zealand, with its much smaller population was leading per capita for a little while.