EU-lympics
The 2006 Winter Olympic Games are over and I have not watched a single minute of it. What can I say; I'm just not into sports. But I did check the final medal count and the ranking by number of gold medals won is:
gold total
Germany 11 29
USA 9 25
Austria 9 23
Russian Fed. 8 22
Canada 7 24
Sweden 7 14
Korea 6 11
Switzerland 5 14
Italy 5 11
France 3 9
Netherlands 3 9
Estonia 3 3
Norway 2 19
China 2 11
Czech Rep. 1 4
Croatia 1 3
Australia 1 2
Japan 1 1
Finland 0 9
Poland 0 2
Belarus 0 1
Bulgaria 0 1
Great Britain 0 1
Slovakia 0 1
Ukraine 0 2
Latvia 0 1
The europhile in me could not resist creating the following revised ranking:
gold total
European Union 42 116 wow!
USA 9 25
Russian Fed. 8 22
Canada 7 24
Korea 6 11
Switzerland 5 14
Norway 2 19
China 2 11
Croatia 1 3
Australia 1 2
Japan 1 1
Belarus 0 1
Bulgaria 0 1
Ukraine 0 2
