London 2012 olympic medal tally by GDP

Further reading

• 2012, Hallal, Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects [Figure 1]
• 2011, Vagenas, Olympic medals and demo-economic factors: Novel predictors, the ex-host effect, the exact role of team size, and the "population-GDP" model revisited
• 2010, WHO, Global obesity rankings
• 2008, Newman, The Glory of Just Showing Up
• 2008, Xinhua, Jamaica wins the medal tally, by population
• 2008, West, Modelling Olympic Gold
• 2005, Anon. blogger, Medal Predictions Part II - The Per Capita Olympics
• 2004, MacArthur, Genes and human elite athletic performance
• 2002, Morton, Who won the Sydney 2000 Olympics?: An allometric approach
• 2000, Bernard, Who Wins the Olympic Games: Economic Development and Medal Totals

Any queries or if you spot a problem then contact me simon@neoporcupine.net

Sources: population estimates from Photious/CIA WFB, GDP estimates from IMF, medal results from London2012.com. Note that these results are accurate as at the ending of the Olympic Games event, however as time passes, certain competitors may be stripped of their medals which will definitely affect the country's ranking.

Three tables ranking results using the following methods:

Gold medals per trillion dollars of GDP

Total medals per trillion dollars of GDP

Weighted medal score per trillion dollars of GDP

Last updated 2012-08-14 14:30 (@+10GMT).

85 countries have won medals. 302 gold medals awarded.

Gold medals per GDP*

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold/Trillion GDP
1	Grenada	1	0	0	690.1311
2	Jamaica	4	4	4	161.6162
3	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4	0	2	122.3242
4	Bahamas	1	0	0	92.7214
5	Cuba	5	3	6	86.9716
6	New Zealand	6	2	5	49.1026
7	Hungary	8	4	5	40.8914
8	Georgia	1	3	3	40.7481
9	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	3	37.6818
10	Croatia	3	1	2	37.3441
11	Lithuania	2	1	2	32.4649
12	Kazakhstan	7	1	5	32.2901
13	Ethiopia	3	1	3	31.6196
14	Latvia	1	0	1	28.6361
15	Kenya	2	4	5	28.0006
16	Uganda	1	0	0	21.5666
17	Azerbaijan	2	2	6	21.4927
18	Ukraine	6	5	9	18.2096
19	Slovenia	1	1	2	17.2735
20	Belarus	2	5	5	14.1073
21	Czech Republic	4	3	3	14.0375
22	Great Britain	29	17	19	12.8273
23	Serbia	1	1	2	12.6793
24	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	10.7086
25	Uzbekistan	1	0	3	10.4999
26	Russian Federation	24	26	32	10.0696
27	Tunisia	1	1	1	9.9030
28	Denmark	2	4	3	9.6812
29	Netherlands	6	6	8	8.5223
30	Republic of Korea	13	8	7	8.3647
31	Australia	7	16	12	7.6546
32	Norway	2	1	1	7.5213
33	Romania	2	5	2	7.4864
34	Switzerland	2	2	0	5.8843
35	Ireland	1	1	3	5.5068
36	South Africa	3	2	1	5.4041
37	France	11	11	12	4.9596
38	Italy	8	9	11	4.3315
39	Islamic Republic of Iran	4	5	3	4.0395
40	Algeria	1	0	0	3.7927
41	Germany	11	19	14	3.5494
42	People's Republic of China	38	27	23	3.3628
43	United States of America	46	29	29	3.0476
44	Venezuela	1	0	0	2.6730
45	Sweden	1	4	3	2.6197
46	Poland	2	2	6	2.5918
47	Spain	3	10	4	2.1224
48	Colombia	1	3	4	2.1188
49	Turkey	2	2	1	1.8630
50	Japan	7	14	17	1.5764
51	Argentina	1	1	2	1.3958
52	Brazil	3	5	9	1.3078
53	Canada	1	5	12	0.7163
54	Mexico	1	3	3	0.6018

Total medals per GDP*

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total Medals	Total Medals /Trillion GDP
1	Grenada	1	0	0	1	690.1311
2	Jamaica	4	4	4	12	484.8485
3	Mongolia	0	2	3	5	376.9602
4	Georgia	1	3	3	7	285.2370
5	Cuba	5	3	6	14	243.5206
6	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4	0	2	6	183.4862
7	Armenia	0	1	2	3	167.2148
8	Republic of Moldova	0	0	2	2	166.6944
9	Kenya	2	4	5	11	154.0034
10	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	3	4	150.7273
11	Montenegro	0	1	0	1	139.7233
12	Azerbaijan	2	2	6	10	107.4633
13	New Zealand	6	2	5	13	106.3891
14	Bahamas	1	0	0	1	92.7214
15	Hungary	8	4	5	17	86.8943
16	Belarus	2	5	5	12	84.6435
17	Lithuania	2	1	2	5	81.1622
18	Croatia	3	1	2	6	74.6882
19	Ethiopia	3	1	3	7	73.7790
20	Estonia	0	1	1	2	73.2252
21	Slovenia	1	1	2	4	69.0942
22	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1	61.6485
23	Ukraine	6	5	9	20	60.6986
24	Kazakhstan	7	1	5	13	59.9672
25	Latvia	1	0	1	2	57.2721
26	Serbia	1	1	2	4	50.7170
27	Denmark	2	4	3	9	43.5654
28	Cyprus	0	1	0	1	42.1443
29	Uzbekistan	1	0	3	4	41.9996
30	Gabon	0	1	0	1	40.6984
31	Australia	7	16	12	35	38.2730
32	Czech Republic	4	3	3	10	35.0936
33	Russian Federation	24	26	32	82	34.4046
34	Romania	2	5	2	9	33.6888
35	Botswana	0	1	0	1	33.6621
36	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1	33.6349
37	Bahrain	0	0	1	1	32.1533
38	Slovakia	0	1	3	4	31.5169
39	Tunisia	1	1	1	3	29.7091
40	Great Britain	29	17	19	65	28.7508
41	Netherlands	6	6	8	20	28.4077
42	Ireland	1	1	3	5	27.5338
43	Uganda	1	0	0	1	21.5666
44	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2	21.4172
45	Sweden	1	4	3	8	20.9578
46	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2	20.7900
47	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2	19.7949
48	Republic of Korea	13	8	7	28	18.0163
49	Colombia	1	3	4	8	16.9504
50	France	11	11	12	34	15.3298
51	Finland	0	1	2	3	15.3278
52	Italy	8	9	11	28	15.1601
53	Norway	2	1	1	4	15.0426
54	Germany	11	19	14	44	14.1978
55	Guatemala	0	1	0	1	13.3853
56	Poland	2	2	6	10	12.9591
57	Canada	1	5	12	18	12.8928
58	Islamic Republic of Iran	4	5	3	12	12.1185
59	Spain	3	10	4	17	12.0272
60	Switzerland	2	2	0	4	11.7685
61	Qatar	0	0	2	2	10.9888
62	South Africa	3	2	1	6	10.8082
63	Japan	7	14	17	38	8.5578
64	People's Republic of China	38	27	23	88	7.7876
65	Brazil	3	5	9	17	7.4108
66	Belgium	0	1	2	3	7.2590
67	United States of America	46	29	29	104	6.8901
68	Greece	0	0	2	2	6.7949
69	Kuwait	0	0	1	1	6.5146
70	Singapore	0	0	2	2	6.3510
71	Morocco	0	0	1	1	6.1494
72	Argentina	1	1	2	4	5.5833
73	Thailand	0	2	1	3	4.9828
74	Turkey	2	2	1	5	4.6574
75	Malaysia	0	1	1	2	4.4715
76	Mexico	1	3	3	7	4.2127
77	Portugal	0	1	0	1	4.0164
78	Egypt	0	2	0	2	3.8537
79	Algeria	1	0	0	1	3.7927
80	Hong Kong, China	0	0	1	1	2.8480
81	Venezuela	1	0	0	1	2.6730
82	Taipei (Chinese Taipei)	0	1	1	2	2.2830
83	Indonesia	0	1	1	2	1.7783
84	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1	1.4647
85	India	0	2	4	6	1.3460

Weighted medal score per GDP*
(Gold=4 Silver=2 Bronze=1)

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Weighted Medals	Weighted Medals /Trillion GDP
1	Grenada	1	0	0	4	2760.5245
2	Jamaica	4	4	4	28	1131.3131
3	Cuba	5	3	6	32	556.6185
4	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4	0	2	18	550.4587
5	Georgia	1	3	3	13	529.7258
6	Mongolia	0	2	3	7	527.7443
7	Bahamas	1	0	0	4	370.8855
8	Kenya	2	4	5	21	294.0065
9	Montenegro	0	1	0	2	279.4467
10	New Zealand	6	2	5	33	270.0646
11	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	3	7	263.7727
12	Hungary	8	4	5	45	230.0143
13	Armenia	0	1	2	4	222.9530
14	Croatia	3	1	2	16	199.1685
15	Lithuania	2	1	2	12	194.7894
16	Azerbaijan	2	2	6	18	193.4340
17	Ethiopia	3	1	3	17	179.1775
18	Republic of Moldova	0	0	2	2	166.6944
19	Belarus	2	5	5	23	162.2335
20	Kazakhstan	7	1	5	35	161.4503
21	Latvia	1	0	1	5	143.1803
22	Slovenia	1	1	2	8	138.1884
23	Ukraine	6	5	9	43	130.5019
24	Estonia	0	1	1	3	109.8378
25	Serbia	1	1	2	8	101.4340
26	Denmark	2	4	3	19	91.9714
27	Czech Republic	4	3	3	25	87.7341
28	Uganda	1	0	0	4	86.2664
29	Cyprus	0	1	0	2	84.2886
30	Gabon	0	1	0	2	81.3968
31	Australia	7	16	12	72	78.7331
32	Russian Federation	24	26	32	180	75.5223
33	Romania	2	5	2	20	74.8640
34	Great Britain	29	17	19	169	74.7522
35	Uzbekistan	1	0	3	7	73.4993
36	Tunisia	1	1	1	7	69.3213
37	Botswana	0	1	0	2	67.3242
38	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	6	64.2515
39	Netherlands	6	6	8	44	62.4970
40	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1	61.6485
41	Ireland	1	1	3	9	49.5608
42	Republic of Korea	13	8	7	75	48.2579
43	Norway	2	1	1	11	41.3672
44	Slovakia	0	1	3	5	39.3961
45	Sweden	1	4	3	15	39.2959
46	Switzerland	2	2	0	12	35.3055
47	France	11	11	12	78	35.1684
48	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1	33.6349
49	Italy	8	9	11	61	33.0274
50	Bahrain	0	0	1	1	32.1533
51	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	3	31.1850
52	Germany	11	19	14	96	30.9769
53	South Africa	3	2	1	17	30.6232
54	Bulgaria	0	1	1	3	29.6924
55	Colombia	1	3	4	14	29.6633
56	Islamic Republic of Iran	4	5	3	29	29.2865
57	Guatemala	0	1	0	2	26.7705
58	Spain	3	10	4	36	25.4693
59	Poland	2	2	6	18	23.3264
60	Finland	0	1	2	4	20.4370
61	People's Republic of China	38	27	23	229	20.2655
62	Canada	1	5	12	26	18.6229
63	United States of America	46	29	29	271	17.9541
64	Japan	7	14	17	73	16.4400
65	Algeria	1	0	0	4	15.1710
66	Brazil	3	5	9	31	13.5138
67	Turkey	2	2	1	13	12.1092
68	Argentina	1	1	2	8	11.1666
69	Qatar	0	0	2	2	10.9888
70	Venezuela	1	0	0	4	10.6920
71	Belgium	0	1	2	4	9.6786
72	Thailand	0	2	1	5	8.3046
73	Portugal	0	1	0	2	8.0327
74	Mexico	1	3	3	13	7.8236
75	Egypt	0	2	0	4	7.7075
76	Greece	0	0	2	2	6.7949
77	Malaysia	0	1	1	3	6.7072
78	Kuwait	0	0	1	1	6.5146
79	Singapore	0	0	2	2	6.3510
80	Morocco	0	0	1	1	6.1494
81	Taipei (Chinese Taipei)	0	1	1	3	3.4245
82	Hong Kong, China	0	0	1	1	2.8480
83	Indonesia	0	1	1	3	2.6675
84	India	0	2	4	8	1.7946
85	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1	1.4647

Checks for updates every 15 minutes, adjusts and updates the website as necessary. Note: there was a bug with two digit scores that was only detected and corrected on 19:15 1 Aug 2012 +10UT when China had 13 gold medals.