Slovenia leading on The 2008 Olympic medals per capita list

I am proud to report that Slovenia is number one when counting medals per capita at 2008 Beijing Olympics.

After Primoz Kozmus won the gold in the hammer throw he really did throw Slovenia to the first place of the list (btw this is the first golden medal for Slovenia since becoming a sovereign country in 1991). So for the first time in many years (or even ever), thanks to Kozmuz, Isakovic, Debevec and Polavder, Slovenia ranks as first in a Olympic rank of some sort.

Congratulations to the athletes that made this small country visible once again and made all 2 million Slovenians very proud.

Countries by medals per capita (on August 18th, as reported by Los Angeles Times):

1. Slovenia (4) - one medal per every 501,927
2. Armenia (5) - 593,717
3. Jamaica (4) - 701,083
4. Australia (29) - 710,374
5. New Zealand (5) - 834,692
6. Belarus (10) - 968,576
7. Trinidad & Tobago (1) - 1,047,366
8. Norway (4) - 1,161,114
9. Estonia (1) - 1,307,605
10. Slovakia (4) - 1,311,187

And some others:

11. Denmark (4) - one medal per every 1,371,180
25. Great Britain (25) - 2,437,756
26. France (25) - 2,562,311
35. Germany (21) - 3,922,359
40. United States (65) - 4,674,225
41. Canada (7) - 4,744,670
44. Japan (20) - 6,364,420
46. Spain (6) - 6,748,508
56. China (61) - 21,804,010

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