Athens 2004 olympic medal tally by gross domestic product (GDP)

See also:
2004 Athens Olympics Medal Tally by GDP
2004 Athens Olympics Medal Tally by Population
2000 Sydney Olympics Medal Tally by Population
1996 Atlanta Olympics Medal Tally by Population
This page contains Olympic results standardised by GDP. The thinking is that the more money you make the more likely you are able to train a freak of nature that can win a medal. Economics is supposed to be a very large factor in gaining an olympic medal. Reasonably simple to do and although this statistic is by no means an accurate reflection of a country's performance, medals/population is, in my opinion, a far better indicator of success than simple sum-medals, and is easy for the lay person to comprehend. If you want to see a reasonably good predictive statistical model check out the paper by Bernard & Busse, you could then make a function to see what a country's auctual tally was versus the model's predicted value.

Any queries or if you spot a problem contact me neoporcupine@yahoo.com

Three tables contain the following:
Gold medals per $billion
Total medals per $billion
Weighted medal score per $billion

Last updated 12:07 Monday the 6th of September, 2004 (@+10GMT). The population data is stolen from the World Bank. The medal data is filtered out of the Official website, The program to calculate the data was written by me using Delphi. I use GNU Wget to download the web page and MoveIt Freely to transfer these web pages to my site. The time is all mine.

Gold medals per GDP
RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeGold/GDP
1GEORGIA2200.5080
2ETHIOPIA2320.3013
3CUBA97110.2849
4JAMAICA2120.2559
5UZBEKISTAN2120.2010
6THE BAHAMAS1010.1901
7UKRAINE9590.1817
8AZERBAIJAN1040.1404
9ROMANIA8560.1325
10ZIMBABWE1110.1204
11BELARUS2670.1143
12BULGARIA2190.1007
13HUNGARY8630.0966
14CAMEROON1000.0803
15KENYA1420.0722
16DOMINICAN REPUBLIC1000.0628
17SLOVAKIA2220.0628
18RUSSIA2727380.0623
19LITHUANIA1200.0549
20MOROCCO2100.0450
21NEW ZEALAND3200.0393
22CROATIA1220.0353
23GREECE6640.0347
24KAZAKHSTAN1430.0336
25AUSTRALIA1716160.0328
26CHILE2010.0276
27CHINA3217140.0227
28NORWAY5010.0226
29THAILAND3140.0210
30ARGENTINA2040.0154
31KOREA, SOUTH91290.0149
32IRAN2220.0146
33POLAND3250.0143
34UNITED ARAB EMIRATES1000.0141
35SWEDEN4120.0133
36TURKEY3340.0126
37EGYPT1130.0121
38CZECH REPUBLIC1340.0117
39ISRAEL1010.0096
40DENMARK2060.0094
41BRAZIL4330.0081
42AUSTRIA2410.0080
43NETHERLANDS4990.0078
44ITALY1011110.0068
45IRELAND1000.0067
46FRANCE119130.0063
47SOUTH AFRICA1320.0063
48GERMANY1416180.0058
49UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN)99120.0050
50INDONESIA1120.0048
51TAIWAN (CHINESE TAIPEI)2210.0038
52JAPAN169120.0037
53CANADA3630.0036
54SPAIN31150.0036
55BELGIUM1020.0033
56SWITZERLAND1130.0032
57UNITED STATES3539290.0032

Total medals per GDP
RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal Medals
/GDP
1ERITREA0011.3624
2ETHIOPIA2321.0545
3GEORGIA2201.0160
4BELARUS2670.8575
5CUBA97110.8547
6MONGOLIA0010.8418
7AZERBAIJAN1040.7019
8JAMAICA2120.6396
9BULGARIA2190.6043
10KENYA1420.5057
11UZBEKISTAN2120.5026
12UKRAINE9590.4643
13LATVIA0400.4136
14THE BAHAMAS1010.3802
15ZIMBABWE1110.3613
16ESTONIA0120.3579
17ROMANIA8560.3148
18KAZAKHSTAN1430.2689
19KOREA, NORTH (DPR OF KOREA)0410.2188
20RUSSIA2727380.2122
21HUNGARY8630.2053
22SLOVAKIA2220.1883
23CROATIA1220.1765
24PARAGUAY0100.1720
25LITHUANIA1200.1647
26SLOVENIA0130.1522
27SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (YUGOSLAVIA)0200.1043
28TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO0010.0980
29AUSTRALIA1716160.0945
30CZECH REPUBLIC1340.0936
31GREECE6640.0925
32CAMEROON1000.0803
33MOROCCO2100.0674
34NEW ZEALAND3200.0656
35DOMINICAN REPUBLIC1000.0628
36EGYPT1130.0607
37THAILAND3140.0559
38KOREA, SOUTH91290.0496
39POLAND3250.0477
40ARGENTINA2040.0462
41CHINA3217140.0447
42IRAN2220.0438
43NETHERLANDS4990.0430
44TURKEY3340.0420
45CHILE2010.0414
46NIGERIA0020.0398
47DENMARK2060.0377
48SOUTH AFRICA1320.0375
49AUSTRIA2410.0278
50NORWAY5010.0271
51VENEZUELA0020.0236
52SWEDEN4120.0233
53SPAIN31150.0227
54ITALY1011110.0218
55BRAZIL4330.0203
56PORTUGAL0210.0201
57GERMANY1416180.0200
58ISRAEL1010.0193
59INDONESIA1120.0192
60FRANCE119130.0189
61SYRIA0010.0172
62UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN)99120.0167
63SWITZERLAND1130.0162
64CANADA3630.0144
65UNITED ARAB EMIRATES1000.0141
66COLOMBIA0010.0129
67FINLAND0200.0124
68BELGIUM1020.0099
69UNITED STATES3539290.0095
70TAIWAN (CHINESE TAIPEI)2210.0095
71JAPAN169120.0086
72IRELAND1000.0067
73MEXICO0310.0064
74HONG KONG0100.0063
75INDIA0100.0017

Weighted medal score per GDP
Bronze=1 Silver=2 Gold=4
RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeWeighted Medals
/GDP
1GEORGIA2203.0480
2ETHIOPIA2322.4104
3CUBA97111.9310
4BELARUS2671.5435
5JAMAICA2121.5351
6ERITREA0011.3624
7UZBEKISTAN2121.2062
8AZERBAIJAN1041.1230
9UKRAINE9591.1103
10KENYA1421.0114
11BULGARIA2190.9567
12THE BAHAMAS1010.9506
13ZIMBABWE1110.8430
14MONGOLIA0010.8418
15LATVIA0400.8272
16ROMANIA8560.7953
17HUNGARY8630.5676
18KAZAKHSTAN1430.5042
19ESTONIA0120.4772
20RUSSIA2727380.4614
21SLOVAKIA2220.4393
22LITHUANIA1200.4392
23KOREA, NORTH (DPR OF KOREA)0410.3939
24CROATIA1220.3531
25PARAGUAY0100.3440
26CAMEROON1000.3213
27DOMINICAN REPUBLIC1000.2513
28GREECE6640.2312
29MOROCCO2100.2248
30AUSTRALIA1716160.2238
31NEW ZEALAND3200.2098
32SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (YUGOSLAVIA)0200.2086
33SLOVENIA0130.1902
34CZECH REPUBLIC1340.1639
35THAILAND3140.1257
36CHINA3217140.1248
37CHILE2010.1243
38KOREA, SOUTH91290.1140
39EGYPT1130.1092
40IRAN2220.1023
41POLAND3250.1002
42TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO0010.0980
43NORWAY5010.0948
44ARGENTINA2040.0925
45TURKEY3340.0924
46NETHERLANDS4990.0841
47SOUTH AFRICA1320.0751
48AUSTRIA2410.0676
49SWEDEN4120.0665
50DENMARK2060.0659
51UNITED ARAB EMIRATES1000.0564
52BRAZIL4330.0508
53ITALY1011110.0498
54ISRAEL1010.0482
55SPAIN31150.0466
56GERMANY1416180.0442
57FRANCE119130.0429
58NIGERIA0020.0398
59INDONESIA1120.0384
60UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN)99120.0368
61PORTUGAL0210.0335
62CANADA3630.0324
63SWITZERLAND1130.0291
64IRELAND1000.0269
65FINLAND0200.0248
66TAIWAN (CHINESE TAIPEI)2210.0246
67VENEZUELA0020.0236
68UNITED STATES3539290.0227
69JAPAN169120.0217
70BELGIUM1020.0199
71SYRIA0010.0172
72COLOMBIA0010.0129
73HONG KONG0100.0126
74MEXICO0310.0112
75INDIA0100.0033

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