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>From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
>To : GAME@WW
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>Thank you for those figures Ray, they confirm what I said in a previous
>bulletin about results per capita.
>
>It is easy for sour grapes to bring derogatory comments but not so easy to
>find evidence to confirm those comments. Packet seems to attract an
>inordinate amount of comment on Australia, mainly from those who have
>never even seen the place. We have had many megabytes of stuff backed by
>quotes from the Internet but not much from first hand experience.Why
>Australia? Beats me.
They're all jealous, Bob. They'd all be out here if it was still only ten
quid!
Cheers ... Ray vk2tv
>Cheers,
>Bob VK6BE.
>
>>
>> This is the medal tally for the games ....
>>
>> 1 China 51 21 28 100
>> 2 USA 36 38 36 110
>> 3 Russian Federation 23 21 28 72
>> 4 Great Britain 19 13 15 47
>> 5 Germany 16 10 15 41
>> 6 Australia 14 15 17 46
>>
>> However, looking at it from a more meaningful perspective, which is
>> difficult with tongue in cheek, Australia is the clear winner when one
>> considers how many medals were won in relation to our population.
>>
>> 1 Australia 21,394,309 465,093 people per medal
>> 2 Great Britain 60,975,000 1,297,340 people per medal
>> 3 Russia 141,888,900 1,970,679 people per medal
>> 4 Germany 82,191,000 2,004,658 people per medal
>> 5 USA 304,977,000 2,772,518 people per medal
>> 6 China 1,325,768,000 13,257,680 people per medal
>>
>> Cheers ... Ray VK2TV
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