Medal Measures
01/28/2022 |
The Friday File: While bigger northern nations win more Olympic medals, a fairer comparison is per capita medal wins. Looking at results from the 2018 winter Olympics in Pyeongchang this way, Liechtenstein, with one medal, placed first with a population/medal ratio of 37,918. Norway, with 39 medals, was a very distant second at 136,205. In dead last came China, with 9 medals but a population/medal ratio of 154,777,777.