Wolken mentioned that fact in his story, but it’s not a piece of trivia it’s the key to Norway’s success. 1 in the human development index when Soccernomics was published, and still is today. Eight of their top 10 sporting nations were in the top 23 on the U.N.’s human development index, which measures life expectancy, wealth, and education, among other factors.Ĭrucially, from a sports perspective, Norway is rich as shit. Richer countries tend to produce better athletes for several reasons, ranging from government and corporate investment in sports, to the fact you need leisure time to get good at sports, to childhood nutrition (kids who eat better grow up to be bigger adults). “he main thing the top of our rankings demonstrates is wealth,” they concluded.

But when adjusted for population, Norway lapped the field nobody is better at sports per capita. Their top five countries were the United States, the USSR/Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France-all countries with at least 65 million inhabitants. In a chapter called “The Curse of Poverty,” they ranked various nations’ standings in popular international sports, from baseball to soccer to Formula One, then totaled up the scores. In their 2009 book Soccernomics, Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski used the tools of social science to explain the state of international soccer, and sports more broadly. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo Photo by Nigel Waldron/Getty Images And Klaebo, a two-time gold medalist in Pyeongchang, is a fine-lookin’ man. If we’re teaching children sports for development purposes, we probably do pay too much attention to wins and losses.

There’s something to be said for all three explanations: We, as Americans, would probably be better off if we were a little less uptight. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo is simply in awe, not only of Norway’s medal haul, but of the stunning good looks of cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. Dan Wolken of USA Today says it’s because they don’t keep score in youth athletics. Sara Germano and Ben Cohen of The Wall Street Journal say it’s because the Norwegians are so chill. There’s no shortage of discussion of Norwegian dominance. So the American media are confronted with an important question: How are the Norwegians holding their own against larger countries like Germany, Canada, the U.S., and whatever we’re calling Russia these days? See the live medal count for full medal standings and results from the 2022 Winter Olympics, updated in real-time throughout each competition day.Check out all of The Ringer ’s coverage of the Pyeongchang Games SEE MORE: In The Village: Deedra Irwin talks with Elizabeth Beisel WINTER OLYMPICS MEDAL COUNT FOR 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Standings After Day 7 - Top Ten Country Team USA is chasing its medal-best standard of 34 overall with 10 golds on home turf in Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Americans also had the fourth-most gold medals in 2018 with nine, but have now not claimed a Day 1 medal at consecutive Olympics. Nearing the midpoint of medals awarded, Team USA is hoping to improve on its solid fourth-place finish in 2018, when its 23 medals trailed Norway (39), Germany (31), and Canada (29). Belgium: Hanne Desmet wins bronze in the women’s short track 1000m, Belgium’s 1st medal of these Games, their 1st in short track, and their 7th all time Winter Olympic medal.To date, 46 of the country’s 50 gold medals have come in speed skating This is the 50th winter Olympic gold medal for the Netherlands but just the country’s second in short track. Netherlands: Suzanne Schulting wins gold in the women’s short track 1000m, the 5th gold for the Netherlands at these Games.

had the same amount of medals as on Day 6 - five gold, one silver, two bronze

On Day 7 at PyeongChang 2018, the U.S.

11, so their total remains at 10: four gold, five silver, one bronze Germany is shining with the most golds (seven) but that's just one more than Norway, and two ahead of the Netherlands and Sweden.Īs for the numbers behind Day 7, including some big ones for Team USA: The medal race is tight at the top after Austria joined Norway with 14 total medals, as we near the midpoint of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Olympic medal totals 2018