These facts stand out about the Olympics:<p>- Phelps has won more Olympic medals in his career than India in all Olympics<p>- Jamaica won 2 medals at women's 100m a few minutes go. Bolt still has to go. Why Jamaica?<p>- The United States has heavily relied on its dominance in swimming, racking up 23 of its 37 medals in the pool.<p>- Kazakhstan has 5 medals, all gold! Four in weightlifting. Population is barely 16 million<p>Will be interested to find more
The author provides raw data (kudos!), but if you're just interested in a quick overview on the ranking in the current olympics vs. population and GDP, you can take a look here: <a href="http://www.billmitchell.org/sport/medal_tally_2012.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.billmitchell.org/sport/medal_tally_2012.html</a>