[Visualizing Rio 2016: the Post Graphics collection]
Medal leaders
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Full results
The other leaders
Data shows that the usual suspects will be on the top of the table: United States, China, Britain and Russia. Population and money are two factors that put those countries on top of all others. But, what would happen if we measure all nations equally?
(Total medals for each country)
By Gross Domestic Product
Medals per $100 million of GDP
By GDP per capita
Medals per $1,000 of GDP per capita
By population
Medals per 1 million inhabitants
How different groups of countries stack up
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All the Olympic sports
Schedules and medals awarded for each sport.
Archery
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Field Hockey
Golf
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Soccer
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Team Handball
Tennis
Track and Field
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Graphic by Lazaro Gamio and Chiqui Esteban. Pictograms by Álvaro Valiño.
Sources: International Olympic Committee, CIA World Factbook
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