There is also a weighted system. 3 for gold 2 for silver and 1 for bronze.Stubbee wrote:
Only Americans count all the medals in the Olympics, the rest of the world counts Golds, with silver and bronze as tie-breakers.
However the IOC does not endorse any system.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121856271893833843.html
I mean if one country wins 15 silvers and another country wins 2 golds, did the gold medal country really perform better?
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