Medals per capita – our alternative Olympic rankings New Zealand moves to top of the per capita medals table at Rio –
Media advisory
15 August 2016
On a medals per capita basis, New Zealand now ranks at the top of the table with two gold medals and six silver at the
Rio Olympics, Statistics NZ said today.
With eight medals overall at the half way stage at Rio, New Zealand is the highest performing country, with the
equivalent of 1.77 medals for every one million people.
Slovenia is second on 1.45 medals for every one million people. Hungary and Denmark are third and fourth respectively,
with Fiji coming in fifth based on its one gold for the men’s rugby sevens win.
However, on a per capita basis for gold medals alone, Fiji tops the table, with its one gold for a population of just
under 900,000. On that basis, New Zealand’s two gold medals leave it in sixth place, with a population of more than 4.5
million.
During the weekend, Mahe Drysdale’s single sculls gold medal was the high point for the New Zealand team.
On Saturday, New Zealand won two silver medals, for shot-putter Valerie Adams and at the rowing where Genevieve Behrent
and Rebecca Scown also picked up a medal in the pair.
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