a mapping look at Olympic medals
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kylie posted 13 weeks ago.
Well the 08 one can't be complete yet, so perhaps the sports they excel at haven't all completed?
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Leroy Bonkers posted 13 weeks ago.
That's really cool. I wonder how the total number of medals awarded has changed over the years?
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Ironmom posted 13 weeks ago.
Very cool, I love maps!
I thought the early games were really interesting on this map. Clearly, where the game was held vastly influenced who won the medals. I'm guessing that was probably due to transportation issues? That traveling teams just wouldn't be able to send a very big contingent maybe. Or perhaps the hosting country also got to seat the judges or something else entirely?? Very interesting.
I also thought it was fascinating how many medals East Germany picked up in the communist-bloc years, for such a relatively small country.
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Dean55 posted 13 weeks ago.
Ironmom wrote:
I also thought it was fascinating how many medals East Germany picked up in the communist-bloc years, for such a relatively small country.
Yes, those were the days when East German "women" shaved their mustaches daily and had bigger biceps than Ah-nold.....
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jsk85 posted 13 weeks ago.
1904 just made me laugh...I think US won more medals there than were even offered in the olympics before and for like 20 years after.
We must have just been making up events on the fly to give medals for
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beads1985 posted 13 weeks ago.
Hey Ky Thanks for the link. My kids were checking it out and got a real kick out of it.
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kylie posted 13 weeks ago.
Good to find so many other mapheads :) Now I know why so many of us love our Garmins -- maps are just a cool way to look at data.
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cutiger95 posted 12 weeks ago.
Man China and the good ole USA better be glad that the USSR is no longer one unit. Look at the count from all the old block countries. They would be smashing both of us on count and on golds.
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kylie posted 12 weeks ago.
Although if they were one country still they would have less medal chances, right? Instead of each of them having a couple people/teams in events, it would only be the one.
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Tri-grit posted 12 weeks ago.
Very cool map. I like that you can see the sports that they offered back in the day. Did you see what made up the "triathlon" in 1904? Long jump / shot put / 100 yards. I wonder what the transition was like?
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PrinceofClydes posted 12 weeks ago.
Nice link Kylie,
At least Canada got on the map, after the first week it looked doubtful, then Simon Whitfirld kicked in with a triathlon silver.
How does a guy from Togo get a Kayak medal?
He must train by being chased by crocodiles.
Geoff
I;m thinking I could compete for Tonga in Triathlon in London if I switched nationalities.
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Nobody posted 12 weeks ago.
Very cool!
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azstinger11 posted 12 weeks ago.
PrinceofClydes wrote:
Nice link Kylie,At least Canada got on the map, after the first week it looked doubtful, then Simon Whitfirld kicked in with a triathlon silver.
How does a guy from Togo get a Kayak medal?
He must train by being chased by crocodiles.Geoff
I;m thinking I could compete for Tonga in Triathlon in London if I switched nationalities.
Bet you could make their tri team easier =)
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A classmate shared this link with me, and being the mapgeek I am I thought it was really neat ;) So for those of you interested, check out this map that looks at the number of medals won in summer Olympics by different countries.