Infographic: Olympic Medal Count

Paul Adams 14 years ago Comments Off 1.1 K

The United States has taken home 2,511 Olympic medals. Second place belongs to the Soviet Union with 1,204, while Great Britain takes third with 736. Those numbers will change over the next few weeks, but it is certain that the world’s richest countries will take home the largest share of medals. But what happens when you divide the medal count by the GDP of the country? Portfolio.com has an interactive infographic that shows the outcome.

Country Olympic Medal Count Vs Wealth

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Paul Adams

Paul Adams leads an award-winning, diverse contractor team that runs a federal high performance computing facility where he has worked for 17 years. He loves getting his hands on the latest visualization and computer hardware, astronomy, aerospace engineering, working with the poor, and ringing cowbells.

Infographic: Olympic Medal Count

Paul Adams

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