Who wins the Olympics games? ?

Question

The Country with the most Gold medals or the Country with the most medals overall?

Answer 1

I don't know how many times this will get asked.

As of now, how the IOC interprets it is ranking by gold. thats how its reported all over the world. but in US, its by the total medal count.

So in the next olympics, if a country wins 100 bronze and another has 99 golds, the second country is the winner as per US media and US.

The following coutries report the medal tally in the same way as IOC (International Olympics Committe) reports this olympics

ABC australia

http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/

British Broadcasting Corp (BBC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Yahoo France

http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/jeux-olympiqu...

Yahoo australia

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/

Germany

http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/olympische...

In many parts of the world for sporting events, they go by a point system. gold 3, silver 2, brozne 1 or gold 5, silver 3 and bronze 1.

We can take the points system - China will be the toper.

We can go with the rest of the world and the IOC - China will be the toper.

Or we can go as yahoo US reports - USA is the winner

In my view, it should be based on a point system.

Answer 2

Country with most overall which is U.S.A.

Answer 3

Most Golds.

Answer 4

whoever says no one 'wins' the olympics is wrong

china wins the olympic medal ranks.

the rule is that gold medal are the ones that affect the medal charts, unless of course there is a tie then they go to silvers and bronzes.

US media just portrays their country as winning by using the total medals as the ranks, which ONLY this country do, no other country will recognize US as winner, only Americans who watch American channels who have perceived people as US for winners.....

so basically, China wins the olympics, to answer your question

Answer 5

Well said right ManSane. It should definitely be based on the number of Gold medals. Otherwise, it is not required to catagorize prize as Gold, Silver and Bronze, and they can just give the same medals to first three winners in each game. So, definitely Gold has high value than Silver and Bronze and more Gold means more points. The country having 99 Golds should be the winner and not the one having 100 Bronze.

Answer 6

There is no such thing as 'winning the Olympic games'

From the IOC itself:

" For those who would like this debate to be formally officiated by a ruling authority, do not count on the International Olympic Committee. “If you read the Olympic charter, we actually see the Games as between athletes, not countries,” Giselle Davies, an I.O.C. spokeswoman, said in an interview Monday."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports...

From the IOC site:

"The I.O.C. does not recognize global ranking per country; the medal tallies are displayed for information only,”

I'm surprised how many people don't know this. It's in the freakin' Olympic charter:

"58 Roll of Honour

The IOC and the OCOG shall not draw up any global ranking per country. A roll of honour

bearing the names of medal winners and those awarded diplomas in each event shall be

established by the OCOG and the names of the medal winners shall be featured prominently

and be on permanent display in the main stadium.

" (page 104 : http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_rep... )

No country has EVER been named "winner of the Olympics" unless we are talking about a nation winning the right to host. As in: "England won the 2012 Olympics".

Answer 7

No country WINS the Olympics, per se.....

Answer 8

china have the most gold medals, but the united states have the most overall medals.

Answer 9

The sponsors.

Answer 10

Technically, no country WINS the Olympics overall...