Position Country 2000 Medal Count

2004 Medal Count

Country 2008 Medal Count

1 United States 92 103 United States 110

2 Russia 88 92 China 100

3 China 59 63 Russia 72

4 Australia 58 49 Great Britain 47

5 Germany 56 49 Germany 41

Position Country 2000 Medal Count

Population ('000s) per medal

Country 2004 Medal Count

Population ('000s) per medal

1 Bahamas 2 142 Bahamas 2 150

2 Barbados 1 259 Australia 49 406

3 Iceland 1 273 Cuba 27 419

4 Australia 58 324 Estonia 3 447

5 Jamaica 7 379 Slovenia 4 503

Position Country 2000 Medal Count

GDP (Mil $) per medal

Country 2004 Medal Count

GDP (Mil $) per medal

1 Cuba 29 597 Cuba 27 1170

2 Jamaica 7 1257 Jamaica 5 2042

3 Georgia 6 1867 Bahamas 2 2550

4 Macedonia 1 2100 Georgia 4 3045

5 Bulgaria 13 2585 Eritrea 1 3300

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Henry Pollack. “Applications of Mathematics”. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 69. 1970.

Andrew Bernard and Meghan Busse. “Who wins the Olympic Games: Economic development and medal totals”. <http://www.nber.org/papers/w7998>.