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Beijing 2008 - Medal Standing
It doesn't seem right that a Nation wins 3 Gold, 2 Silver and a Bronze and another winning 3 Bronze, 2 Silver and a Gold are ranked the same (both winning 6 medals).
The scaling also signifies the relative diff between the teams even when the ordering is not changed.
Here's a link to the current / updated medal standing.
- manzoor
It doesn't seem right that a Nation wins 3 Gold, 2 Silver and a Bronze and another winning 3 Bronze, 2 Silver and a Gold are ranked the same (both winning 6 medals).
Instead, if we weight a Gold Medal to be 3 unit, a Silver Medal 2 Unit and a Bronze 1, then the standing becomes a bit more interesting.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Scaled |
| USA | 26 | 27 | 28 | 81 | 160 |
| China | 45 | 14 | 20 | 79 | 183 |
| Russia | 13 | 14 | 18 | 45 | 90 |
| Great Britain | 16 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 79 |
| Australia | 11 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 70 |
| France | 4 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 50 |
| Germany | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 48 |
| South Korea | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 48 |
| Japan | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| Italy | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
The scaling also signifies the relative diff between the teams even when the ordering is not changed.
Here's a link to the current / updated medal standing.
- manzoor
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