So I was browsing the web about a week ago when I saw this article: Yahoo: Fourth Place Medal Article

Like many avid fans of the Olympics, the author expresses discontent at the IOC’s current system of “ranking” countries on their performance during the games. While I do not agree with the article’s proposed alternate medal system, the author does bring up a good issue that I have though about many times in the past, i.e., what is the best way to rank how countries perform during the Olympic games? While most of the world seems to go with the IOC’s standard of “gold medals first”, the U.S. media sticks stubbornly with the “overall count”. Obviously, there are flaws with both schemes, and it is the goal of this article to point out those flaws and propose a more fair ranking system for the Olympics games.

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