Why all USA media including Yahoo, do the medal count based in the total Medals and not in Gold Medals (IOC)?

Question

If you go to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) web site they do the medal count based on the Gold Medals, this is the official ranking.

Are they trying to made the wrong impression that USA its in first place?

Answer 1

OMG get the h**l over it already...We ALL know china has More freaking gold medals and thats great! they are showing that the USA has most OVERALL Medals.

Answer 2

OMG, this question.......again. My god this is getting old.  Someone give these foreigners a hobby.

Answer 3

I already answered this somewhere else, but this seems to be the only answer that makes sense and hundreds of people have asked the question.

There needs to be some sort of point system associated with the medals. An example of this would be:

Gold = 10 points

Silver = 5 points

Bronze = 1 point

If you use this point system with today's medal count, you would get the following:

China:

41 Golds = 410 points

17 Silvers = 80 points

25 Bronzes = 25 points

TOTAL = 515 points

US

31 Golds = 310 points

36 Silvers = 180 points

35 Bronzes = 35 points

TOTAL = 525 points

Of course, the points associated with each medal can be debated, but I would think that a system such as this is entirely appropriate to award athletes for winning at least some sort of medal. If no value is given for anything other than gold, then why would there be silver and bronze medals?

Answer 4

Nobody cares. It's all the same information, regardless of the order it goes in.

Answer 5

they like it better that way but I am tired of this question

Blaze: silver and bronze medals are included in the traditional method as well so it could not be called the "Gold medal count".

Answer 6

Because it is the US media and we can do whatever we want. Maybe next time we will have the country with the least # of medals first....would that make you happy.

two thumbs down shows that some people aren't happy no matter what.

Answer 7

Ya know, this question has been asked an awful lot.

Answer 8

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawnnn...

Answer 9

Anyone who can read knows that China has the most gold medals. Let it go.

Answer 10

Because USA won the Most Medals in Total.

If you notice it says Medal Count not Gold Medal Count

Answer 11

There are no first place or anything. Its not like they give the top countries a prize or even a cookie after the Olympics.  

Answer 12

get over it.

Answer 13

It's about time somebody asked this question.

Answer 14

Is it really that important?

Answer 15

Gold Medals are GOLD! And that's it...