StreetAndre http://streetandre.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Someone forgot to invite the Southern Hemisphere http://streetandre.com/2006/03/01/someone-forgot-to-invite-the-southern-hemisphere/ http://streetandre.com/2006/03/01/someone-forgot-to-invite-the-southern-hemisphere/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:19:38 +0000 michael http://streetandre.com/?p=3 Geographic distribution of all medal winning countries from the past two Olympics that I through together:
2006 Winter Olympics in Turino

2006 Winter Olympics - Turino

2002 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics - Athens

Comparing the last two Olympics, 83% of countries worldwide were represented at the summer games while only 34% were represent at Turino’s winter games (202 and 82 out of 243 countries worldwide).

True, more events are held in the Summer Olympics (301 versus 82), but the geographical distribution has more to do with the per capita income and climate of the participating countries than just the number of events. It really comes down to the events of the Summer Olympics being more accessible to more people.

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