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Re: This makes things easier - golds per capita etc

By: DigSpace in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Mon, 06 Aug 12 11:38 PM | 55 view(s)
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GB is having a bumper year at home that's for sure.

AUS definitely had a bad pool year and with all the medals in swimming they suffer. There is a reason swimmers tend to occupy the biggest individual hauls: lots of events, all pretty much the same, so no real specialization ...e.g. marathoners simply do not run the 100m dash. So if a country happens to have a couple of that years standout swimmers, they are going to make a real haul.

USA usually fairs pretty well in track as well as swimming, but their mens mid-distance seems to be having a very off year (no qualifiers for Men's 400 e.g. an event they swept 4 years ago).

The breadth of GB's competitiveness is the remarkable thing this year.


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Re: This makes things easier - golds per capita etc
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Mon, 06 Aug 12 10:12 PM 		Msg. 09152 of 54959

new theory.

australia usually does well because it is good at swimming and swimming is heavily weighted with medals. but this time, they have had a tough time in the pool.

the us team also does very well in swimming. this time the swimmers have been incredible. all the same, but for its dominance in the pool which has resulted in 17 gold medals, the us would be having a bleak olympics, well behind britain and northern ireland and about equal with south korea. that is on an absolute basis. much, much worse on a per capita measure.

in the absence of aussie dominance of the per capita chart, gb is currently leading amongst the 60 largest countries.

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