http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/08/everybody-says.html
FORGET THE AMERICANS AND CHINESE TALLIES - THIS IS THE TRUE TEST OF OLYMPIC GREATNESS - THE TOTAL OF MEDALS EARNED IN RATIO TO THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTRY:
1. Australia (5 medals) - 4,120,171
2. Croatia (1 medal) - 4,491,543
3. Georgia (1 medal) - 4,630,841
4. Czech Republic (2 medals) - 5,110,456
5. The Netherlands (3 medals) - 5,548,438
6. Cuba (2 medals) - 5,711,976
7. North Korea (4 medals) - 5,869,772
8. South Korea (8 medals) - 6,154,106
9. Italy (8 medals) - 7,268,165
10. Azerbaijan (1 medal) - 8,177,717
Side note: The laggard United States had 12 medals for 25,318,721, and the Lilliputian Chinese gamely had clawed for 14 medals but still looked stuck with 95,003,186.
SOURCED FROM THE LA TIMES 13TH AUGUST 2008
NO REAL SURPRISES WITH THE NUMBER 1 SLOT - TYPICAL AUSSIES
BUT REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE MANY EMERGING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PUTTING IN SOME REAL EFFORT
AND ALSO KOREA SHOWING THE CHINESE HOW TO WIN MANY MEDALS WITH LOW RESOURCES OF PEOPLE
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/08/everybody-says.html
