It will be very interesting to see which countries win more medals at these Olympics in China. U.S. is and China which are normally in the top of the table in recent times, and the celebration of the event in his homeland of China which can have an advantage this year. In the last Olympic Games of Athens 2004, a total of 929 medals were awarded to team members from 75 countries, what is interesting is how these medals were distributed in both the Olympics and throughout Olympic history.
In Athens, more than half of these 929 medals were distributed among the top 8 countries in the count, producing an effect very focused on the counting table. The Olympic medal tally has always been focused to a degree with the United States is by far the biggest medal winners in recent years. Throughout Olympic history, the United States team has won almost 2200 medals with 900 of them gold. This is an impressive effort when you see that this number is more than double the nearest competitor in both the gold and overall categories.
Without But this is slowly changing as other successful sporting nations face the challenge. Since the first Olympiad in 1896 both the number of medals and the number from different countries winning medals has been slowly increasing. What is really interesting when it comes to predicting the outcome of this year's Olympic Games when the factor of the home team advantage into the equation. A study after the Sydney games in 2000 showed that of the 17 countries that hosted the Olympic Games so far, 14 of them had won their greatest percentage of medals at the games, because in them.
This home advantage if looked at through the lens history must mean that China will do very well in these Olympics, if they can beat the United States will only be in time. Although there is a random factor to data shows that the home team are on average more medals and a greater mix of medals at the Olympic Games host. The Olympic medal tally should reflect East and with China both hosting the Games and the increase in athletic ability, making it very interesting that a recount Olympics in 2008.
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