Going for Gold

Looking at the 2012 Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?

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Problem

 

Here are the top ten nations in the table of medal winners for the 2016 Olympic Games:

 

PositionFlagNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1
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United States463738121
2
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Great Britain27231767
3
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China26182670
4
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Russia19172056
5
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Germany17101542
6
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Japan1282141
7
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France10181442
8
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South Korea93921
9
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Italy812828
10
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Australia8111029



Is your own nation in the list?

If not find the data on the internet and compare it with the table.

How do you think the positions have been decided?

Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?

How would this affect other results in the table?