Your favorite OL sport

[DaShi]

Not particularly surprising, but still...
http://news.yahoo.com/north-koreas-k...opstories.html

What use is an empty refrigerator?

[Lorizael]

Gives you a place to store the bodies of the failed Olympians.

[Uncle Sparky]

I think the North Korean weightlifter Kim Kum Sok is a hero purely for the name alone.

[Aeson]

The coolest thing so far these Olympics is Oscar Pistorius making it to the semi-final in the 400m.

[The Mad Monk]

I know the feeling! Why would they include an event my country doesnt get a medal in. Its a travesty!

Also, I thinks it worth noting that the NBC medal chart is dramatically different from the BBC one.

NBC:

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BBC:

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I wonder which definition of 'Winner' is considered kosher by all?

The one that doesn't put 3 gold Kazahkstan ahead of 2 gold plus 17 others Japan.

[The Mad Monk]

...and then there's North Korea.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

They're going to need a third method of ranking now, seeing as China now leads on both number of golds and number of overall medals.

[Alexander's Horse]

I tend to like any Olympic sport that makes the girls titties jiggle, except weightlifting.

[Wezil]

They're going to need a third method of ranking now, seeing as China now leads on both number of golds and number of overall medals.

Rank by medals per population.

[Wezil]

Rank Country Medals Population Population
per Medal
1 Slovenia 4 2,057,540 514,385
2 New Zealand 7 4,432,620 633,231
3 Jamaica 4 2,705,827 676,456
4 Denmark 8 5,580,516 697,564
5 Australia 20 22,880,619 1,144,030
6 Hungary 8 9,962,000 1,245,250
7 Belarus 7 9,461,400 1,351,628
8 Slovakia 4 5,445,324 1,361,331
9 Mongolia 2 2,736,800 1,368,400
10 Lithuania 2 3,192,800 1,596,400
11 Armenia 2 3,268,500 1,634,250
12 Great Britain 37 62,262,000 1,682,756
13 Qatar 1 1,699,435 1,699,435
14 Moldova 2 3,559,500 1,779,750
15 Netherlands 8 16,731,770 2,091,471
16 Czech Republic 5 10,504,203 2,100,840
17 Croatia 2 4,290,612 2,145,306
18 Cuba 5 11,241,161 2,248,232
19 Sweden 4 9,490,683 2,372,670
20 Romania 8 19,042,936 2,380,367
21 South Korea 20 48,580,000 2,429,000
22 Norway 2 5,005,700 2,502,850
23 France 25 65,350,000 2,614,000
24 Kazakhstan 6 16,718,000 2,786,333
25 Azerbaijan 3 9,111,100 3,037,033
26 Canada 10 34,771,400 3,477,140
27 Serbia 2 7,120,666 3,560,333
28 Germany 22 81,831,000 3,719,590
29 Switzerland 2 7,870,100 3,935,050
30 Russia 35 143,056,383 4,087,325
31 Italy 14 60,776,531 4,341,180
32 Georgia 1 4,469,200 4,469,200
33 Japan 27 127,650,000 4,727,777
34 North Korea 5 24,052,231 4,810,446
35 Singapore 1 5,183,700 5,183,700
36 United States 60 313,382,000 5,223,033

http://www.medalspercapita.com/

[Lorizael]

Rank Country Medals Population Population
per Medal
1 Slovenia 4 2,057,540 514,385

Congratulations, Heraclitus?

[The Mad Monk]

They're going to need a third method of ranking now, seeing as China now leads on both number of golds and number of overall medals.

They always rank that way here, whether the US is ahead or behind. I don't know why you guys are sniffing about it.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Everyone is a winner!

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Currently watching the Omnium. I don't understand it.

[BlackCat]

Who cares if one understand it - there are medals in it