How the Olympic medal count system we’re using is broken  Image:
Jonathan Sklaroff  Image: Jonathan Sklaroff   Going into today,
Norway leads all nations with double digit Gold Medals with 10,
but according to most media outlets  they rank 4th because they
have 21 medals. Meanwhile, the U.S. stands on top with 23
Medals! One problem with this, the U.S. has only 7 Gold, but 11
Bronze!  The more accurate description instead of the U.S. is
number 1 should be that we are the best at being third. I
propose a weighted points system (see graphic): 12 points for
gold, 6 for silver and 2 for bronze. By that math, Russia has
140 points, the U.S. 136 points, Canada has 122 and the
Norwegian’s lead all with 158.   Tags: , , , ,  2 Comments on
“How the Olympic medal count system we’re using is broken”    1.
Pete Klein says:      Ah, who cares?     Because it is the
athletes who win medals, not the countries.    2.
knuckleheadedliberal says:      Add one point to a country’s
medals point count for every million in populati