Hp Report This Comment
Date: August 17, 2012 08:50AM

Whingeing Ozzies now!!

So complacent, took their eye off the game and got stuffed!!!

Incidentally, where are the Kiwi's on that list?

GAK67 Report This Comment
Date: August 17, 2012 09:01AM

Kiwi's were 3rd on that table - 1 medal per 340k population. In fact we almost got as many gold medals per capita as Aus got total medals per capita.

woberto Report This Comment
Date: August 17, 2012 09:45AM

The sign was done by poms in London.
Statistically it's kinda lame.
It would be more interesting if it showed the size of the contingent.
That would be a useful success ratio.
Even in America & Australia, most of the population couldn't give a shit about sports or athletics.

pulse Report This Comment
Date: August 17, 2012 12:47PM

If it wasn't for the Scotts, Welsh and N.Irish, "Great Britain" would've scored nowhere near as well. England did fuck all comparatively (especially considering population)

Hp Report This Comment
Date: August 17, 2012 09:33PM

Total bollocks pulse, you're talking out of your A hole.

Yorkshire, ( just a small part part of England ) would have qualified 11th in the total medal table on their own, let alone all the other 'English' medal winners.

Do some research.

pulse Report This Comment
Date: August 18, 2012 02:16AM

I can't be bothered looking up the stats but I stand by my statement. If you can tell me that English athletes scored 12x the medals of Scotland (note I said by population), 20 times the medals of the Welsh athletes and 34x the medals of the N.Irish athletes I'll eat your hat.

woberto Report This Comment
Date: August 18, 2012 02:38AM

Tread carefully pulse...

pulse Report This Comment
Date: August 18, 2012 02:38AM

Statistician Brian Dawes has formulated the only true and just statistical representation of Olympic medal performance.

Dawes calls it the MAP methodology.

"Based on a crafty combination of medals won, athletes in your team, and your country's population, I am pleased to advise that the real winner of the London Olympics is Australia!"

Using the formula, medals won multiplied by athletes in your team divided by home count population (MAP), here are the top four:

1. Australia 632

2. Great Britain 565

3. Hungary 268

4. Russia 250

Team USA scored a measly 175, and China only 23.

Hp Report This Comment
Date: August 18, 2012 10:26AM

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pulse x
I can't be bothered looking up the stats but I stand by my statement. If you can tell me that English athletes scored 12x the medals of Scotland (note I said by population), 20 times the medals of the Welsh athletes and 34x the medals of the N.Irish athletes I'll eat your hat.

I don't have a hat!


but I have a cheesy helmet.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 18/08/2012 10:27AM by Hp.

pulse Report This Comment
Date: August 18, 2012 11:02AM

Nobody wants your "helmet" cheese........

Hp Report This Comment
Date: August 18, 2012 12:09PM

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pulse X
Nobody wants your "helmet" cheese........

Go on pulse,

you know you want to,

get out of your closet, man(?)