Comments on: What is the correct medal ranking method in the olympiads? http://getranking.com/blog/what-is-the-correct-medal-ranking-method-in-the-olympiads/ GetRanking.com Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:11:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Harry Hayfield http://getranking.com/blog/what-is-the-correct-medal-ranking-method-in-the-olympiads/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Harry Hayfield Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:43:48 +0000 http://getranking.com/blog/what-is-the-correct-medal-ranking-method-in-the-olympiads/#comment-280 The method used by the media is: Golds (if same number of golds) Silvers (if same number of silvers) Bronzes (if same number of bronzes) Alphabetical order The method used by the media is:

Golds
(if same number of golds) Silvers
(if same number of silvers) Bronzes
(if same number of bronzes) Alphabetical order

]]> By: rt11guru http://getranking.com/blog/what-is-the-correct-medal-ranking-method-in-the-olympiads/comment-page-1/#comment-279 rt11guru Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:24:39 +0000 http://getranking.com/blog/what-is-the-correct-medal-ranking-method-in-the-olympiads/#comment-279 There is none. No score by country is kept at the Olympics. The medal count was initiated by the press back in the cold war days to keep track of how the U.S. was doing against the U.S.S.R. and later East Germany. That means that it's whatever the newpaper or TV network decides that it is. There is none.
No score by country is kept at the Olympics.
The medal count was initiated by the press back in the cold war days to keep track of how the U.S. was doing against the U.S.S.R. and later East Germany. That means that it’s whatever the newpaper or TV network decides that it is.

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