According to the official website of the Beijing Olympic Games, China is actually the winner. Not sure our real ranking shows the same thing !
Why another ranking for the BEIJING 2008 Olympiads ?
First, we believe that the official ranking for the Olympic Games is pretty unfair for one essential reason : it makes no difference regarding the population of each countries.
Second, it's much harder to get an equality beetween two countries.
And finaly, our main motivation is that it would be so fun if Jamaica was declared as the winner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games !
How are calculated the scores ?
To establish this new rankings, we simply have normalized the medal's count for each country with its population's count (according to wikipedia).
Rank | Country | G | S | B | T | Official rank |
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1 | JAM - Jamaica | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
2 | BRN - Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
3 | MGL - Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
4 | NZL - New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
5 | EST - Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
6 | AUS - Australia | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 6 |
7 | GEO - Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
8 | NOR - Norway | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
9 | SVK - Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 25 |
10 | SLO - Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 41 |
11 | LAT - Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 45 |
12 | NED - Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 |
13 | BLR - Belarus | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 16 |
14 | DEN - Denmark | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
15 | GBR - Great Britain | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 | 4 |
16 | PAN - Panama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
17 | HUN - Hungary | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
18 | CZE - Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
19 | SUI - Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 34 |
20 | KOR - Korea | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 7 |
21 | GER - Germany | 16 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 5 |
22 | FIN - Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 44 |
23 | ROU - Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
24 | CUB - Cuba | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 28 |
25 | RUS - Russian Fed. | 23 | 21 | 28 | 72 | 3 |
26 | KEN - Kenya | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 |
27 | UKR - Ukraine | 7 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 11 |
28 | BUL - Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 42 |
29 | ITA - Italy | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 9 |
30 | AZE - Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 39 |
31 | KAZ - Kazakhstan | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
32 | USA - United States | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 | 2 |
33 | ESP - Spain | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 14 |
34 | DOM - Dominican Rep. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
35 | FRA - France | 7 | 16 | 17 | 40 | 10 |
36 | TUN - Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
37 | BEL - Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
38 | POR - Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
39 | CAN - Canada | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 19 |
40 | PRK - DPR Korea | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 33 |
41 | ZIM - Zimbabwe | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 38 |
42 | POL - Poland | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
43 | JPN - Japan | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 8 |
44 | CMR - Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
45 | ETH - Ethiopia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
46 | ARG - Argentina | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 34 |
47 | CHN - China | 51 | 21 | 28 | 100 | 1 |
48 | UZB - Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 40 |
49 | THA - Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
50 | MEX - Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 36 |
51 | BRA - Brazil | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
52 | IRI - Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 51 |
53 | TUR - Turkey | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
54 | INA - Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 42 |
55 | IND - India | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
56 | BAH - Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
57 | ISL - Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
58 | TRI - Trinidad/Tobago | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60 |
59 | LTU - Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 57 |
60 | CRO - Croatia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 57 |
61 | SWE - Sweden | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 56 |
62 | IRL - Ireland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 62 |
63 | SIN - Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
64 | KGZ - Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
65 | GRE - Greece | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 59 |
66 | TJK - Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
67 | AUT - Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 62 |
68 | SRB - Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 62 |
69 | ECU - Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
70 | CHI - Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
71 | MAS - Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
72 | MAR - Morocco | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
73 | ALG - Algeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
74 | SUD - Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
75 | COL - Colombia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
76 | RSA - South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
77 | VIE - Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
78 | NGR - Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 61 |
79 | AFG - Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
80 | ARM - Armenia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 79 |
81 | MRI - Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
82 | MDA - Rep. of Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
83 | TOG - Togo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
84 | TPE - Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 80 |
85 | ISR - Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
86 | VEN - Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 |
87 | EGY - Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 |