Which nation will win most of the gold medals?

[Wobble 1]

ohhh... hahah, tha tlittle list is just based on medal count.. nothing more.. so in the event of a tie the go alphabetical... just because AUT is above GER doesent mean anyone thinks they are placed above them..

[jaxx 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (brgnorway @ Feb. 14 2002,02:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">ahh, I see.. so this is the Norwegian olympic scoring system.. not an international one..

actually.. IS there an international scoring systeM? or does (or can) every nation have their own method?... that would be interesting.

of those 3 links only the norway newspaper ranks Norway (its own country) obove the US.. the rest list the US at the top<span id='postcolor'>

So, explain this then: How can Austria be ranked higher than Germany (Germ: 3 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze - Aut: 1 gold, 1 silver, 7 bronze).

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Dude, Austria is listed first because it's alphabetical after number of medals. It's not a ranking, it's sorted by Total Medals then by alphabetical listing.

[brgnorway 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">ohhh... hahah, tha tlittle list is just based on medal count.. nothing more.. so in the event of a tie the go alphabetical...  just because AUT is above GER doesent mean anyone thinks they are placed above them..<span id='postcolor'>

I guess you are right   but it should have been done differently. It's too easy to misunderstand

After all - wouldn't it be more logical to put the leader first?

[Wobble 1]

hell, I dont know whythey did it that way.. guess just to simplyfy it or something??? I dont agree with it either..

[brgnorway 0]

Looks like Germany have won more medals......Albert will be happy then - as will Ruskie I suppose!

[Wobble 1]

wow, they sure did!, WTG Germany

[second_draw 0]

I voted for austria cause it sounds kinda like australia and they speak german (well, austrian-german) & i know a little (german that is)

[Guest Scooby]

This is proper ranking.

If you are smart you'll know what each country is.

Norja           5      3      -

Saksa          4      6      2

Yhdysvallat   3      5      2

Suomi          2      1      1

Italia           2      1      -

Sveitsi         2      -      1

Venäjä         1      2      2

Itävalta       1      1      7

Ranska        1      1      1

Etelä-Korea  1      1      -

Hollanti        1      1      -

Viro            1      -      1

Espanja       1      -      -

Japani         -      1      1

Kanada        -      1      1

Puola          -      1      1

Ruotsi         -      -      2

Kiina           -      -      1

Tshekki       -      -      1

Bulgaria       -      -      1

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

hey Wobbkle, isnt is funny that US in some country is called Yhdysvallat.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the president of the United States of Yhdysvallat!"

[Damage Inc 0]

You don't need the United States, because Yhdysvallat is United States in Finnish in front.

And I voted for Finland because we will!

[Guest Scooby]

And if we wont, which is most likely atleast we put up a good fight. Especially when compared our success to amount of population we've got.

[jaxx 0]

Wow - you didn't lose yet and you're already making excuses. Is it in your genes?

[Damage Inc 0]

Haha, Finland got another medal yesterday

About the scoring system...

1st-8 points

2nd-7 points

3rd-6 points

4th-5 points

5th-4 points

6th-3 points

7th-2 points

8th-1 point

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

There was only one who voted for Austria. I dont think that they will lead the statistic one day, but they sure gona be ahead of many countries (including Finland). Dont forget, they always win everything that has to do with skiing.

I keep on asking myself why norway is so much stronger than all the other nordic countries. The country may be huge but the population is tiny! Maybe it is because of the reason that Norway is little urbanised (and of course it is rich)!

[Damage Inc 0]

Norway is probably strong in alpine skiing because they have lots of mountains to practise in.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

But they arent, they are especially good in "Langlauf" (how to translate that hmmmmmm... its like horizontal skiing, like Tele-mark). There they apear unbeatable.

[Damage Inc 0]

Do you mean ski jumping? If yes you must have been mistaken because Norway's whole ski jumping team is a joke.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

No, not ski-jumping, I mean like Telemark, It is like skiing but it doesnt just go downhill, it goes uphill, downhill and on the straight, through forests, over fields, most are long distance.(during Biathlon they use small-calibre guns and they have to shoot five targets, if they dont get the target they need to run 150m penalty). Was that a better explanation

[Damage Inc 0]

Oh you mean cross-country. Finland used to be good in it until Lahti 2001

[Sandman 0]

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Yeah...we all remember that one...all doped up and ready!

Same thing with that german/spanish guy now...Johann Muhlegg...thers no way he could be THAT good suddenly...

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Oooooohhh, that little tiny country (in terms of population) Norway did pretty well!    And I bet this very very good croos-country sports-fellow is gonna become the new national hero (besides Kronprinsesse Mette-Marit and kronprins Haakon).

Unfortunately the only thing that destroyes the Olympic glory once again are those chemical-brothers that aimed for steroid based sucess. Kick them out (for years). [worship mode] bless the gods of the Olymp !!!! See you in four years........... by the way, where?

[Damage Inc 0]

Olympics scholympics the F1 season begins this weekend

[Stelled Eagle 2]

pfffffff Holland rules

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Hey Holland is not bad in the winter-olympics. You ruled Ice-skating for years and you still are pretty good in that....

[Stelled Eagle 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Feb. 25 2002,15:55)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hey Holland is not bad in the winter-olympics. You ruled Ice-skating for years and you still are pretty good in that....<span id='postcolor'>

why thank you we have the first man who ever skated under the 13 minutes at the 10000 m.

now i'm off to kill Parra,