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Beijing Olympics 2008 - Medals by GDP and Population

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This data set combines Olympic medal results, namely Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total and Score (Gold = 3 points, Silver = 2 points, Bronze = 1 point), with the size of each country's population and economy. Economies are measured in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in US dollars.

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  • Official Olympic Site, World Bank, Wikipedia, CIA Factbook.

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Showing last 6 rows and first 4 columns
Country IOC ISO GDP Population Gold Silver Bronze Total Score
Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear
Egypt EGY EG 128,095,000,000 75,219,000 0 0 1 1 1
Israel ISR IL 161,822,000,000 7,303,000 0 0 1 1 1
Rep. of Moldova MDA MD 4,396,000,000 3,794,000 0 0 1 1 1
Mauritius MRI MU 6,363,000,000 1,262,000 0 0 1 1 1
Togo TOG TG 2,493,000,000 6,585,000 0 0 1 1 1
Venezuela VEN VE 228,071,000,000 27,953,701 0 0 1 1 1
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Recent Comments

Natalie says

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing! Some of my favorite graphs:
population by gold medals: http://www.swivel.com/graph...
GDP by gold medals: http://www.swivel.com/graph...

Ps. Would you want to write up a little something for the data team? :)

posted 10 months ago

seancarmody says

Will do!

posted 10 months ago

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Column Summaries

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Country
Clear
Gold by Country

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87
Afghanistan … Zimbabwe
IOC
Clear
Gold by IOC

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87
AFG … ZIM
ISO
Clear
Gold by ISO

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87
AF … ZW
GDP
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GDP by ISO

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13,811,200,000,000
597,006,000,000
2,493,000,000
51,939,500,000,000
1638000000000.00