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Olympic Medals Per Capita All Time. There are a few notable exceptions though including New Zealand which wins many more medals than youd expect of a country its size. In most cases small countries won medals at a higher rate. Although the United States lead the all-time Summer Olympics medal table and the Soviet Union have the highest average medal tally per event it is Finland who has the highest medal count per capita. Medal counts include figure skating medals 1908 and 20 and hockey medals 1920 awarded at the Summer Games.
There are a few notable exceptions though including New Zealand which wins many more medals than youd expect of a country its size. With one medal Kirani James won silver in the Mens 400 meter sprint and a population of merely 106825 Grenada is races ahead of the rest of the world when considering medals per capita alone. Year after year large countries dominate the Olympic Games medal ranks. What is surprising is the ranking of countries by the number of Olympic medals won per capita. With one medal Kirani James won silver in the Mens 400 meter sprint and a population of merely 106825 Grenada is races ahead of the rest of the world when considering medals per capita. Can you name the top 25 countries with the most summer Olympic medals all time all medal colours PER CAPITA.
Finally it must be mentioned that the IOC does not officially recognize national medal totals nor recommend using one way of assigning medals by country over another.
All time per capita rankings must take into account historic census data 1896-2012 since nations have grown at varying speeds. The IOC itself does not publish all-time tables and publishes. Hungary Furthermore in its previous 25 appearances at the Summer Olympics the country has won 475 medals including gold silver and bronze. Finally it must be mentioned that the IOC does not officially recognize national medal totals nor recommend using one way of assigning medals by country over another. Medal counts include figure skating medals 1908 and 20 and hockey medals 1920 awarded at the Summer Games. A gold medal for Kirani James in the 400 meter dash for men.