Do Europeans care about the Olympics? (country, people, compared, time)

[amaroW]

This is the current Sotchi 2014 ranking:

#Pays/RégionTotal1
Norvège10 4 7 21
Canada8 10 4 22
États-Unis8 6 11 2
Allemagne8 4 4 16
Russie7 9 7 23
Pays-Bas6 7 9 22
Suisse6 3 2 11
Biélorussie5 0 1 6
France4 4 7 15
Pologne4 0 0 4
Chine3 2 1 6
Suède2 6 6 14
Autriche2 6 2 10
République tchèque2 4 2
Corée du Sud2 2 1
Slovénie2 1 4
Japon1 4 3
Finlande1 3 0
Grande-Bretagne1 0 2
Slovaquie1 0 0

[botticelli]

Originally Posted by iNviNciBL3

Winter olympics should only be hosted in the Western Hemisphere

because people in the western hemisphere are more important?

[kronan123]

yes it is. particulary hockey and cross-country skiing.

[iNviNciBL3]

Is it popular in Scotland?

[easthome]

Originally Posted by iNviNciBL3

Is it popular in Scotland?

No, why do you ask about Scotland in particular?

[JedlaRoche]

For such a small country Norway has an impressive record. Sure they are born with skis in their feet, but nevertheless.. Quite amazing.
Netherlands are specialized in skating, nobody is surprised by their insane amount of medals any more.
It looks like Russia is failing hard, usually hosting countries have huge medal boost like GB during its summer Olympics.

[cmptrwlt]

Originally Posted by JedlaRoche

It looks like Russia is failing hard, usually hosting countries have huge medal boost like GB during its summer Olympics.

Definitely not.

1. Russia: 11 Gold - 10 Silver - 8 Bronze - 29 Total
4. USA: 9 Gold - 7 Silver - 11 Bronze - 27 Total

The total amount is not that interesting. Most people remember winners (gold medals) not losers (silver and bronze).

Wikipedia

[JedlaRoche]

Originally Posted by cmptrwlt

Definitely not.

1. Russia: 11 Gold - 10 Silver - 8 Bronze - 29 Total
4. USA: 9 Gold - 7 Silver - 11 Bronze - 27 Total

The total amount is not that interesting. Most people remember winners (gold medals) not losers (silver and bronze).

Wikipedia

Wow. In less than two days they won a lot of medals. They were 4 or 5th yesterday morning.
Good for them.

[amaroW]

Norway should have won the last gold medal but finaly it was Russia.

However Norway is not good at the summer Olympics even compared to the number of inhabitants.

[cmptrwlt]

Originally Posted by amaroW

Norway should have won the last gold medal but finaly it was Russia.

However Norway is not good at the summer Olympics even compared to the number of inhabitants.

Eh?

Norway (5 million people) has 56 gold medals in total. That is more than Spain, Switzerland and Brazil.

2012:
Norway: 2 gold, 4 in total
Sweden: 1 gold, 8 in total
Denmark: 2 gold, 9 in total

2008:
Norway: 3 gold, 9 in total
Sweden: 0 gold, 5 in total
Denmark: 2 gold, 7 in total

2004:
Norway: 5 gold, 6 in total
Sweden: 4 gold, 7 in total
Denmark: 2 gold, 8 in total

2000:
Norway: 4 gold, 10 in total
Sweden: 4 gold, 12 in total
Denmark: 2 gold, 6 in total