How many medals will GB win

[Hollis]

Medals per capita is pretty meaningless anyway - what are we trying to prove here?

 

[MrCurry]

Medals per capita is pretty meaningless anyway - what are we trying to prove here?

Not trying to prove anything (odd question), but it seems more meritorious that a country of 6M population wins 10 medals than one of 300M+, hence worthy of discussion.

 

[Hollis]

Not trying to prove anything (odd question), but it seems more meritorious that a country of 6M population wins 10 medals than one of 300M+, hence worthy of discussion.

It doesn't necessarity though.... you also have to look at how much has been invested in sport development or elite athlete development. Maybe a country just has a tradition in a particuar sport or more of a focus in sports in general.. Or maybe the small country is just particularly good at sending its athletes to a US College programme or similar.

 

[girasol]

You'd have to get $$$ investment per medal in there as well to get some true comparison.

I'm guessing, given how rich the GB is & population - it's probably not bad but could have been better. Compare that to Brazil, a country that doesn't invest as much in as many sports and there's a huge contrast. Rebeca Andrade has been exceptional and helped Brazil bring up its tally, but a country that doesn't invest in sport gets fewer medals. That's part of the unfairness of the Olympic games.

I noticed a few GB athletes thanking the National Lottery for banking them.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Not trying to prove anything (odd question), but it seems more meritorious that a country of 6M population wins 10 medals than one of 300M+, hence worthy of discussion.

Maybe some countries don't want to spend ridiculous amounts of money in an attempt to make themselves look relevant in a pointless medal tally?