Before anyone starts crowing

Country Medal Count
28	USA
24	Germany
18	Norway
15	Canada
13	Russia
10	Korea
10	Austria
10	France
8	Switzerland
8	China
	As of 9:46 p.m. Wednesday Feb 24

Let's not get carried away. Based on per capita reckoning Norway is way in front: 

1 medal for every 266,666 Norwegians 

versus 

1 medal for every 11 million Americans. 

So stuff that nationalist silliness -- we are not leading so let's be quiet. That's a huge discrepancy and I think I'll throw in that there is an obvious and clear advantage to social programs like Norway offering universal health care, the value of fitness and urban walkability. 

And I am not really joking.

Comments

[Eric]

Ha! Great perspective. And Canada is not bad either.

[Sano]

Hi Dave, (..and how are you? :-) ) At first read, the conclusion made sense, but then I did my own digging. Read some of the comments here:

http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/02/is-america-really-ahead-in-the-olympic-medal-count/36681/