WWII Memorabilia

Why do we rank medal winning nations in order of gold rather then total medals like the US.?

The current ranking method would have OZ last if we won all silver and bronze medals
Some interesting responses. My preferred approach would be to assign a points value to each medal. G=10 S=8 B=6 and then rank the nations. What to you think?

To make it a competition with an overall team “Winner” there would be a scoring mechanism in place similar to team competition at track meets. The top individual placement would have a weighted point associated with it to fairly measure the standing of the team.

1st Gold: 10 points
2nd Silver 7 points
3rd Bronze 5 points
4th (no medal) 3 points
5th (no medal) 2 points
Finalist finisher 1 point

Playing with the numbers this would make the “Overall “ competition much closer than just looking at the Gold or Total medal counts. Keep in mind that the 1-point for finishing is important for the spirit of the games. It is a small reward for those who compete with no hope of winning. Long after the medalist have finished in some of the running and walking races there are people out there that do not quit.

To be fair there would also have to be some sort of weighting or handicap for the size of the country. China is definitely large school as would be the USA.
In the small school division I would have to say that Jamaica would be in the lead.

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