How Canada really did at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

[dapatriot]

OK!

All the final standings for the 2010 Winter Olympics

that news media resort to are the final medal count.

That's fine as it goes. Canada came in third

when the final medal tally came in.

USA: 37 medals (nine gold).

Germany: 30 medals (10 gold)

Canada: 26 medals (14 gold).

Canada, of course, had the most gold medals.

BUT!...if you convert the medals to POINTS; 3 points for a gold medal;

2 points for a silver, one for a bronze, then...Canada came in SECOND:

USA: 70 points.

Canada: 68 points.

Germany: 62 points.

Incidently, Canada won more gold medals at these winter olympics than in any

previous olympics, winter or summer.

Our summer olympics gold medal record stands at 10, obtained during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

And, considering our nation is about 30 million people, Germany about 100 million people, and

the USA about 300 million people, that puts our medal count in a different and amazing perspective, doesn't it?

Edited March 10, 2010 by dapatriot

[Smallc]

Until of course you consider what Norway got. We did great, but so did some other countries.

[Smallc]

Oh, just a correction also, Germany has 80M people, and the US about 310M. We have nearly 34M.

[Wilber]

Oh, just a correction also, Germany has 80M people, and the US about 310M. We have nearly 34M.

Half of those Americans live in states where winter sports aren't an option so the ten times the population argument isn't that strong.

[msj]

Half of those Americans live in states where winter sports aren't an option so the ten times the population argument isn't that strong.

Not a very good excuse given that the US is a free country and allows people to move between states to pursue life, liberty and happiness.

[wyly]

Oh, just a correction also, Germany has 80M people, and the US about 310M. We have nearly 34M.

and Norway 3 million...Norway wins...

I recall in past Olympics rankings were done first by the amount of Gold medals and some countries still recognize that method so in those places Canada is rated first...

when tabulating great Stanley Cup or World Cup Champions do we count up 2nd place finishes, do we even care? no, no one even remembers who came 2nd or 3rd...only 1st matters...

Edited March 10, 2010 by wyly

[Sir Bandelot]

if you convert the medals to POINTS; 3 points for a gold medal;

2 points for a silver, one for a bronze, then...Canada came in SECOND:

USA: 70 points.

Canada: 68 points.

Germany: 62 points.

I'm pretty sure it's not much consolation, to nations that consider the gold medal the only one that's worth anything.

Incidently, Canada won more gold medals at these winter olympics than in any

previous olympics, winter or summer.

Just to clarify this point, not only a record for Canadian gold medal wins, but more gold medals than any country has ever won, in the winter olympics.

[Wilber]

Not a very good excuse given that the US is a free country and allows people to move between states to pursue life, liberty and happiness.

Just because you have the liberty doesn't mean you have the opportunity or finances.