The US is dominating the Olympics (golf, single, capita)

[red baron]

Originally Posted by intheclouds1

Well then maybe you should move back to Germany...

Whether I should or shouldn't is none of your business.

[Pueblofuerte]

Sorry to burst your bubble but the UK dominated in cycling, rowing and sailing.

Also a country that's 5x less populated and 40x smaller has over 60% the amount of gold medals the US has, so I wouldn't suggest you boast too much.

Add Australia and New Zealand to the mix and we're practically tied with less than 30% of the population.

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by red baron

Whether I should or shouldn't is none of your business.

I agree, you can consider yourself to be part of any country you want to

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by Pueblofuerte

Sorry to burst your bubble but the UK dominated in cycling, rowing and sailing.

Also a country that's 5x less populated and 40x smaller has over 60% the amount of gold medals the US has, so I wouldn't suggest you boast too much.

Add Australia and New Zealand to the mix and we're practically tied with less than 30% of the population.

The US is beating the UK and population is no excuse

[Pueblofuerte]

Originally Posted by Winterfall8324

The US is beating the UK and population is no excuse

Except it's an obvious variable not only because of human capital but also because of resources and marketing power/money into sport due to sheer size.

Only a dimwit can't see the correlation.

Despite that the UK, Aus and NZ still punch above their weight.

[Winterfall8324]

Originally Posted by Pueblofuerte

Except it's an obvious variable not only because of human capital but also because of resources and marketing power/money into sport due to sheer size.

Only a dimwit can't see the correlation.

Despite that the UK, Aus and NZ still punch above their weight.

Fine but the US is still winning, if New Zealand wanted to dominate the olympics they could

[Pueblofuerte]

Originally Posted by Winterfall8324

Fine but the US is still winning, if New Zealand wanted to dominate the olympics they could

What are you 12?

With less people than Detroit city met area - sure

[yueng-ling]

There are quotas for every country in any event.
Having more total population won't help much after it reaches some threshold.

[Pueblofuerte]

555 US athletes vs 366 GB athletes + you take your pick of a larger pool of human capital.

[MustermannBB]

GB have really stepped up since the last Olympics. Kudos to them.
For a comparable smaller "country" their medal count is impressive.