Top 10 Countries by Summer Olympic Medals (1896-2016)

This video will compare the top 10 countries by total Summer Olympic medals (gold, silver, and bronze) from 1896 to 2016. In the bottom right corner, a caption will show the olympic game, year, and hosting country. This video is made around the time the Tokyo 2021 Olympics will happen. Sit back and enjoy!
Datasources: Wikipedia, Olympics

[@RankingCharts]

This video will compare the top 10 countries by total Olympic medals (gold, silver, and bronze) from 1896 to 2016. Enjoy! *Note: this chart will only include medals won during the Summer Olympic Games.

[@connorlanglinais2751]

Yos

[@jonathanwieler8315]

We need the winter ones too

[@jonathanwieler8315]

Because I know then Canada would do better

[@connorlanglinais2751]

@@jonathanwieler8315 yeah personally I can’t wait for them to win silver in the next Winter Olympics for hockey

[@jonathanwieler8315]

@@connorlanglinais2751 at first I thought, why not gold? But then I realized silver is the highest

[@notmattified4882]

The Soviet Union's still doing great today.

[@texmex_tacos]

Just it doesn’t have any countries, so Soviet Union’s still alive

[@stevengalloway8052]

Well, sure, since their athletes were so doped up... 😆

[@schwarzer0se463]

Same goes for East Germany 😂

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@stevengalloway8052 so were American.

[@stevengalloway8052]

@@ayodejiolowokere1076 - And Americans caught and punished them, too. They didn't get to keep their medals, and lost their endorsements, enduring shame and humiliation. (Lance Armstrong) Haven't heard about ex-Soviets and East Germans giving back THEIR medals. Have you? 🤨

[@Howlingburd19]

When people say Americans are fat, just bring up the Olympics xD

[@soubhik9314]

​@@arthurchicagoyour country what? 😂

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

It's true...americans are a bunch of fat people! Super fat indeed!!!!! Forget the olympics...you are really too fat, the most obese in the world !!! I'm sorry but it's the hard truth!!!😎🇮🇹

[@Jayfromthe202]

They can’t beat us so they use goofy insults

[@Howlingburd19]

@@Jayfromthe202 yessir! I don’t care what anyone says I will always be proud to live in the strongest country in the world with the best athletes and dominance in popular culture 🇺🇸

[@San_478]

​​​@@Jayfromthe202 Yes sirrr !! Even tho I ain't American But I admire USA a lot Bro USA even Legit dominates in SPORTS look at the Current stats USA has like almost 3k medals 2985 Now look at 2nd place Germany has 1083 .. Almost 3x than the 2nd place Bruh Its not even being First in the list .. Its horribly dominating the list 💀😂😂

[@thanos8948]

North Korea has double the number of India's olympic medals lmao.

[@warwolf6862]

Well the threat of not getting a medal is probably execution...

[@ulikemyname6744]

India is not a "sporty" nation and there is nothing wrong in that 😉😉

[@thanos8948]

@@ulikemyname6744 a wannabe superpower that isn't into athleticism and sports? lol do you guys just play a single sport?

[@ulikemyname6744]

@@thanos8948 I'm not Indian but there is nothing wrong in not being large in sports. You can be a powerful nation even if you don't like sports

[@redpipola]

@@warwolf6862 source?

[@skypinkk]

Q: How to stop USA from getting medals? A: You just have to wait until USSR host the game again

[@karoldettlaff5345]

No, you just have to stop USA from using doping

[@zeqirzeqiri1216]

You just have to wait for the ussr to fall

[@helendefensor5057]

@@zeqirzeqiri1216 USSR is already gone/collapsed almost 3 decades ago.

[@helendefensor5057]

@@karoldettlaff5345 you don't know what you are talking...

[@DT-yr4tx]

@@karoldettlaff5345 firstly,stop your country of using dope and then you can talk about the others.

[@gooseintheshell1290]

Chad Hungary in the top 10 alongside superpowers

[@aboi9865]

There is no Chad

[@mr.waffentrager4400]

@@jack-ln9nu chad is a country he meant

[@LittleAddu]

@@aboi9865 Chad Means MadLad

[@qj4ib]

Sweden too with similar population.

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

@@qj4ib and aus and norway

[@asliceofcheese7888]

Damn, Hungary is doing really well considering its small population and small GDP. Sweden aswell, tho economically speaking, they are far more well-off than Hungary.

[@dabomb2564]

I dont see what GDP has to do with Olympic medals but ok

[@mongoldiscipline]

Cuz Hungarian people are descendants of Hun people ( East Asian group )

[@madsbuhris]

@springsod poor? When, not according to GDP per capita.

[@user-rs9py9yr1r]

how did you find connection between GDP and Olympic medals? Japan etc I can't see it. if you look the all time football rankings Sweden and Hungary are in the top 10 too

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

Sweden, Ukraine, Japan, south Korea, Greece, Serbia, Australia, are good too

[@qualityman1965]

Notice how India with a billion and a half is not on the list and never will be.

[@kaibrattan3568]

"never will be"? Why do you say that?

[@qualityman1965]

@@kaibrattan3568 why? They have had 49 years to do it. They can't. India has no economy to expand. They can't support their people let alone have anything to sell to the world. Aside from cheap labour in some low wage industries, and an abundance of cheap labour, they have nothing. Sorry but that's the truth.

[@kaibrattan3568]

@@qualityman1965 China was in a similar spot only 20 years ago. Nations change, economies grow. To say India will never be on the top ten betrays a lack of imagination.

[@thanos8948]

@@kaibrattan3568 indian government cant be compared to china's fast effective government

[@AlexS-vv8rl]

@@kaibrattan3568 well, 20 years ago, China won 28 golds, 16 silvers and 15 bronzes in Sydney, which is higher than all medals India won in their entire Olympics history combined. And China only came to participate in olympics since 1984, I don’t see India will catch up with China or follows China’s path in the near future.

[@joebartles3986]

Great to see that the Soviets are still hanging in there.

[@N.A525]

Their independent now.

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

gymnastics

[@cxa340]

I would combine the counts for East and West Germany back into Germany - we can argue about the Soviet versus Russia counts as well

[@Ajb.bgr_]

No we can't argue because in ussr there were athletes from different S.R. Like Ukraine or lithuania.

[@Genevasplaytime]

Uh no East germany were all on drugs like the soviets

[@jomo3564]

Except Ukraine was part of Russia even before the birth of USSR. (No I'm not Russian)

[@freddy4603]

@@jomo3564 sadly, yes - we were occupied by the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union

[@philippbock3444]

@@Genevasplaytime and like the americans

[@ryufireblade]

The USA is amazing! You love to see it! Here's to many more years at the top!

[@N.A525]

This isn’t mentioned enough. IT’s appreciative 👍🏽

[@oufc90]

Great Britain is better per capita

[@whoishim2998]

⁠@@oufc90Lol ok

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@josusenco Sports =/= socioeconomics, per capita is a pretty meaningless measure in regard to olympic medal count. By that logic, China and India are the worst sporting nations of all time. But that's clearly not true, it's just not how things work, there's clearly a plateau in the relation between population and medals. Beyond that, the most popular sport in America is American football and it's not even close, it's the most popular sport here by a wide margin. It's sport which doesn't exist in the Olympics, and a sport wherein the vast majority of our best male athletes compete. Currently, there are 1,696 players in the NFL. That is 1,696 world class athletes who could've absolutely represented us in other(olympic) sports if they hadn't chosen football. But it's not just NFL players, there are tens of thousands of college football players(every year) who dedicated their sport lives to football specifically. Thousands of those athletes could've also competed in other sports at an Olympic level. So I know the world hates us for calling it "football," but you should probably just be happy that we like it so much. Because if we didn't then all those thousands of world class athletes would instead be competing in other sports and thus we'd get a lot more Olympic medals than we already do.

[@josusenco]

@@charlesbrown4483 demographics is not your thing i see. A lot of " yankee-wisdom" here. Too many words and none of them make sense.That BS story about " Football" ( rugby for sissies) is hilarious!! Have some real research the next time you make an attempt to look smart!

[@connorlanglinais2751]

America did the thing again

[@oufc90]

Great Britain is better per capita

[@josusenco]

The Netherlands are better per capita compared woth UK and Us. I think Australia will lead when it comes down to this.

[@oufc90]

@@josusenco yes that’s maybe true. I was just saying GB better than US when it comes to that

[@Michiganian8]

😆🇺🇸🎤

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

@@oufc90 Allyson Felix - athletics - 11 medals s biles - gymnastics - 11 medals carl osburn - 11 medals katie ledecky - 14 medals , ryan lochte - 12 medals , Michael Phelps - 28 medals etc best in north america and the world GB - jason kenny - cycling 9 medals duncan scott - swimming - 8 medals Charlotte Dujardin - equestrian - 6 medals Steve Redgrave - rowing 6 medals

[@DarjeelingEnjoyer]

I love how so many people are whining like children because the US is actually doing the best at a specific thing

[@N.A525]

And hardly any shout-outs. It’s lonely at the top 😆

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

@@N.A525 Truly suffering from success...😔

[@xhansxxx]

Divide the medals by the number of inhabitants, the USA has 332 million inhabitants, while a small country like the Netherlands with 17.5 million inhabitants has won many more medals in proportion.

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

usa - swimming, shooting, gymnastics, athletics, cycling, basketball, alpine skiing japan - speed skating, gymnastics australia - swimming, canoeing, cycling, equestrian france - Biathlon, fencing, judo, swimming brazil - gymnastics sweden - Cross-country skiing, shooting, swimming, Canoeing, alpine skiing romania - gymnastics, canoeing, rowing Jamaica - athletics belgium and s korea - archery Britain - cycling, equestrian, gymnastics, rowing, swimming Hungary - Canoeing, fencing, swimming, gymnastics

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

@@N.A525 Allyson Felix - athletics - 11 medals s biles - gymnastics - 11 medals carl osburn - 11 medals katie ledecky - 14 medals , ryan lochte - 12 medals , Michael Phelps - 28 medals etc best in north america and the world

[@hungarianhistoryiii.1359]

Sweden and Hungary in top 10 !

[@MrNorberg]

Yes, let's gooo! :3

[@blondjon]

My two takeaways: Finland has an amazing medal count for a country of barely 5 million people 'Merica is #1 (almost always)

[@yeetingat100subs9]

Same with sweden, hungary as well. Pretty sure those are the 3 countries with most summer olympics medals per capita (which is a more fair way to compare it)

[@blondjon]

@@arthurchicago why isn't the country with the highest population on top then? Use logic.

[@legendslog3911]

​@@blondjoncrap logic America and most of the European countries took the lead in medal count during 20th century India was under colonial looters till 1947, and when they left India, it was one of the poorest nation in the world and there was no infrastructure to support sport activities, our priority was to feed our big population, provide education and secure our borders from Pakistan and China, Also, America and Europe have better sports infrastructure

[@blondjon]

@@legendslog3911 so my point still stands. What I said is true. Sorry you are triggered by it 😘

[@legendslog3911]

@@blondjon I'm not triggered by it, just wondering about your ignorance

[@GRIMMusic]

Well, the US had Forrest Gump! 😂

[@lucas_haruo]

Suggestion: World population (1500-1900)

[@Mautiks]

40,000 BCE - 2021 *

[@nmgscp]

If the author does like in this video, it presents a population of something like 100 billion people in 2021 (accumulated)

[@anton_398]

Where is 1450 million population India. 😁

[@exentr]

Hungary is doing very well. I had a coworker from Hungary in the late 90's. His wife were dying from cancer. He felt lonely. He invited me to party with him. Just him and me. We drank moonshine. He told me that he was a home reserve for the hungarian ping pong team in Barcelona 1992. He had an el-guitar mod 60's. Hell he could play the guitar. He was a funny guy too. I asked why he invited me exactly to party with him. He said you are from the same district as my wife. Moonshine is part of your culture. I knew you could drink moonshine, he said. Which is true.

[@fulcrum6008]

Once again, W 🇺🇸

[@oufc90]

Great Britain is better per capita

[@ClaudioBOsorio]

Country: We are the host this year Also the Country: Miraculously we will win more medals than the others ...because of the fans

[@rklammer]

Actually accessibility is a major benifit to competing and winning medals. When the games are held in a nearby country more participants can enter and thus win medals. That's the real host advantage.

[@SonofTuscon99]

The US has led the world in the medal count ever since Atlanta ‘96.

[@icepick2407]

@@SonofTuscon99 Not in Beijing 2008 though.

[@SonofTuscon99]

@@icepick2407 we had 110, the next closest had 100 in Beijing

[@Michiganian8]

Nope

[@protorhinocerator142]

1896: Greece restarts the Olympics for the modern era. Top dog. 1928: Greece is no longer on the list of champion countries. In my lifetime, I have never seen the USA place lower than 3rd in the final medal count. Winter or Summer. With the notable exception of 1980, where the USA chose not to show up at all. We got a big DNF for that year. Many athletes were upset. They trained for nothing.

[@pst702]

Blame Jimmy Carter for killing all those Olympic dreams

[@FTLnovaKid]

I think for the Winter Olympics this year the US placed 4th can’t remember

[@MrNorberg]

Imagine how many doped athletes US have had too.. and there was significantly higher number of us medals when they were hosts themselves.. hmm.. 😏

[@MS-vk9ph]

@@MrNorberg let’s get those journalists working on those USA doping scandals amirite. If there was a systemic doping system, then it would have come out by now the same way it did for the Russians and we don’t even threaten our athletes to keep quiet.

[@noahmets]

@@MrNorberg Host countries always have higher medal counts

[@tw0ey3dm4n]

Im not american.. but it has to be said... the US is the best at most worldly things because of their diversity. And I don't mean just race... I mean, their innovations, way of thinking... that is to say their outside of the box thinking and their evolution/migration from Europe to Americas gave their genes a big boost. E.g. in the UK they love to have constant meetings without any end result and there is always this pyramid of hierarchy to follow which can slow things down and cut off innovation, but in the US they just want to get things done and get the best ideas regardless who it comes from. In Asia, there is a lot of emphasis on respect/honor and doing things the right way based on traditions or culture. Out of all nations until mid 2010s... US has been ahead on most things... but Now... it seems like the US has completely lost the ball and the world is up for grabs once more again

[@N.A525]

This machine has been going since 1904. A country can’t repeat its ways. We are different in what we do & it reflects it.

[@brythonicman3267]

Yet per head of population, the UK out performs the USA easily! Just read up on the stats....

[@95mushroom]

@@brythonicman3267 Because the entries are capped for events. Bermuda pop. is 70k, and they have 1 medal. China would have to win like 23,000 medals to equal that, which is more then all medals, ever, combined. If you're using per population, and UK is the base, then UK gets 1 basketball entry, and the US would get 5 teams entered. Sound fair now?

[@brythonicman3267]

@@95mushroom I never it was unfair, but even taking the caps per event into account, Britain still outperforms the US per head of population. It also outperforms most other countries but not all i.e. New Zealand who outperform nearly all countries, as an example Ireland who have the same population as NZ. Maybe it's something to do with the gene stock 😉

[@oufc90]

Great Britain is better per capita

[@ttd633]

When addressing America you should start with sir.

[@haroldiscool6410]

Soviet hasn’t existed for 30 years yet still is #2 lol

[@elias6425]

also, when the video started the ussr hadn't been existing so the others got a 24 years headstart

[@erickrobertson7089]

I also thought it was odd to see the Russia listed as the Soviet Union after 91' not to mention East Germany after 1990. What's up with that Ranking Charts?

[@ryufireblade]

There was also rampant doping in the Soviet Union, giving them an unfair advantage.

[@elias6425]

@@ryufireblade as if the us hadn't doped its athletes lol

[@erickrobertson7089]

@@elias6425 What country hasn't doped? Maybe Jamaica (not including marijuana). That was one heck of a bobsled team.

[@Michiganian8]

Congratulations USA #1 💯🎉🥳🎊👏🏽

[@oufc90]

Great Britain is better per capita

[@Meroknight]

​@@oufc90 Almost nobody cares about the per capita argument. Why? Because there's a limit as to the number of athletes per competition. If the U.S. had three or four times its current population (like China does), they would not have three or four times the number of their current medals, because they wouldn't be allowed to have x3 or x4 the number of athletes the currently have. That's just not how it works. There's a limit. Some competitions allow a max of 3, others a max of 2 per country to represent them. Other competitions, only 1 team or individual are allowed. Plus people who use the "per capita" argument, do not account for the fact that bigger countries, have to eliminate their own athletes internally. Take track and field as an example. To qualify for the olympics, Americans eliminate Americans that would have otherwise have won a medal. Sometimes the Americans that are left home, are better than the 2nd or 3rd places of the other countries at the olympics. But because of the limit per country, they have to eliminate each other. This is not account for by the "per capita" defenders. I believe that, once a country has around 10-20 million people, they should stop putting that "per capita" excuse. Great Britain has more than enough people. Stop coping.

[@oufc90]

@@Meroknight but you have over 300 million people to choose from, we have less than 70 million. Therefore you have a much better chance to find more Olympic quality athletes. It’s really not that hard to comprehend! GB punches above its weight and more so than the USA 😎 🇬🇧

[@Meroknight]

@@oufc90 Its also not that hard to comprehend that having that many more people to choose from, will not increment your likeliness to win by the same rate, since you still are limited by number of people you can fly to the olympics. You do realize that, for example, in order for a country as big as China, to beat some of the smallest countries per capita if they win a single Gold medal, China would have to win the REST of ALL the medals offered at the olympics, multiplied times 5. Its ridiculous, because it cannot be done. Compared to some small countries, China would have to win 12,000+ medals, which are NOT even offered to begin with. This is why the per capita argument NEVER works. GB has more than enough people, to NOT put excuses for not being number 1. If you have more than 10 million, at that point, excuses are so lame.

[@oufc90]

@@Meroknight some American’s just love to reaffirm stereotypes 😂

[@mbathroom1]

top 10 countries by SUMMER olympic medals

[@charlesbrown4483]

In Winter Olympics America would still be 4th overall when including NOCs, 2nd overall when excluding NOCs, behind only Norway which makes sense.

[@Piblopan]

You should make it top 20! That way we could see some developing nations that have been doing really well and improving their medal counts.

[@edouardmontfort7816]

Slight edge for the US ! 😂

[@oufc90]

Great Britain is better per capita

[@zsoltigaal1936]

Hungary 💪💪🙏🤝

[@walker68175]

Murica: *S T O N K S*

[@anon-san2830]

GOD DAMN USA JUST LET ME READ OTHERS FOR ONCE!

[@diehard01]

Some interesting trends on this one.

[@menefreghismo8507]

Hungary so strong!

[@norbertbandi2629]

Yes! 💪🇭🇺❤🤍💚🇭🇺

[@pelsnar6251]

I dont remember east Germany in 2004

[@scanida5070]

1:50 Me, a German: **Happiness Noises** **Notices it‘s the olympics of 1972** Me: *F O C K*

[@Neo-jty]

People are often judging mericans for being too arrogant, but sometimes they have the right to do so

[@elias6425]

when the ussr just started to exist the us already had a headstart of over 500 medals so it wasn't a large gap between #1 and #2

[@Apple-ei1ms]

Why,? It's true Americans are arrogant ,that's cuz they have strong military and others

[@РенаИвановна]

@@elias6425 No about 1000 medals. The USSR began to participate in the Olympics only in 1952.

[@N.A525]

This machine has been going well since 1904😆👍🏽🇺🇸🎉 congratulations to all though

[@Michiganian8]

🙌🏾

[@Dingusdoofus]

1936 Summer Olympics: France: Gets a medal Germany: Thousands of Panzers have accidentally parked in Paris.

[@nmgscp]

Good luck to East German athletes in the 2021 Olympics

[@crkcrk702]

0:59 wait not this Germany

[@hltco920]

Congratulations UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@mshenterprises8007]

Hear comes china, after more than 100 years of not in the picture

[@WildBoy200Yaboi]

USA: I got do many medals, nobody can beat me USSR: hold my unwinned medals

[@brythonicman3267]

UK punching well above its weight with one fifth the population of the USA, less than half the population of Russia and a small fraction of China.

[@Edison.shanghai]

how about India?

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

Australia and Sweden and Norway epic

[@AW-zk5qb]

There is a restriction in athletes per country in many sports that disadvantages the US. I guarantee that if the 50 US states were separate countries in the Olympics, they would win way more overall medal combined than they do as the US because of this. Not to mention that there is a limited amount of events which makes it impossible for a nation like the US to win per capita. And in say soccer, Uruguay or Netherlands are probably the best per capita but Brazil is considered the best all time because they win the most. The US is the most successful sports nation in the world (in terms of Olympic, world championship and major results), and is all time (most top players, most successful in olympics, major or world championship in the sport all time) the best in baseball, basketball, track and field, swimming, lacrosse, beach volleyball, figure skating, tennis, golf, boxing, diving, shooting, rowing, snowboarding etc and is all time top 5 in ice hockey, wrestling, gymnastics, volleyball, speed skating, alpine skiing, bobsleigh, equestrian, sailing, cycling, weightlifting, archery etc. No nation comes remotely close to the US in overall sporting achievements

[@brythonicman3267]

@@AW-zk5qb Your stats don't add up! Yes the USA does very well, but only due to its 338 million population compared to other highly developed nations. You said that if every state in the US were separate countries they would win way more overall medals combined, yes they would but so would other highly developed countries that have equally sophisticated infrastructures if they were broken up. If Britain's population of 68 million was broken down into say 4 regions competing individually (17 million) it would be exactly the same scenario and probably still out preform the USA over all on medals per head of population and Britain's hypothetical 4 teams would still out perform most of the 50 states based on past performance also, maybe with the exception of California which has well over half of Britain's entire population . Population USA 337 million - Population UK 68 million 20% the population of USA. All time medals: USA 1,061 Gold total medals 2,629 Team GB 284 Gold total medals 916 Then you look at Australia and New Zealand, they have done better still.

[@charlesbrown4483]

In America most of our best male athletes compete in American football. Currently there are 1,696 NFL players and around 20,000 divison 1 college football players. The sport eats up most of our best talent. If these guys competed in Olympic sports instead of football, we would have many, many more medals than we do now.

[@elzorro8787]

Australia does amazing for its population.

[@elmothemilkman99]

Im from australia and the ppl here are hella laid back, the aussies dont study all they do is play sports their entire life so i guess the chart makes sense

[@tw0ey3dm4n]

Competitive natural sporty lot

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

​@@elmothemilkman99amd they have six wins in 🏏 🏆

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

I would like to see top 20

[@szaboattila844]

Unfortunately, there is a serious inadvertence in the ranking of medals regarding the SUMMER OLYMPICS (!!!), respectively Sweden would be "only" in 12th place in this ranking (Sweden would occupy 8th place in the case of the ranking of TOTAL medals by combining the Summer Olympics with the Olympics of winter). The one damaged from the present "top ten medal ranking" is the representative of Australia, which takes the place of Sweden. And between the 4th and the 10th place there are some errors, the official order would be slightly different between the 10 in the list (see the link with the official ranking: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_table

[@ndpxrq]

F for Soviet Union

[@rabiin3921]

Then china said Hello

[@danrhone9756]

USA is the best at every aspects when it comes down to competing at Olympic events both summer and winter. USA USA USA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍

[@thetrashmaster1352]

Fun fact, while the USA wins easily when it comes to total medals, if you divide the number of medals per 1 million inhabitants, the USA gets 7.1 medals per million, while Australia gets 19.88 and Finland gets 54.69.

[@mikenick9163]

How about dividing the amount of medals China has vs it’s population lol .000036? (Joking) but if you feel so inclined please do the math

[@helendefensor5057]

Not just China also India they have billion population..

[@kirakira9906]

@@mikenick9163 You can't do that because population has been growing yoy.

[@mikenick9163]

@@helendefensor5057 yes but India is not very competitive in the Olympics you do not usually see them in the top three or four or even 10

[@mikenick9163]

@@kirakira9906 actually you can do it you just check to see what the estimated population of China was in the year that they won the medals and divided by how many medals they won it would be far less than 1% trust me

[@carlfels2571]

Count Germanys together and Soviet together with russia for better picture

[@krl97a]

Problem with that is nations are capped on how how many athletes they can send, which is why separate Germanys dropped from a combined 142 medals in 1988 to 82 with a unified team in 1992. So it's apples and oranges.

[@Genevasplaytime]

Uh no germany and soviets used tons of drugs

[@75aces97]

@@krl97aI remember one news article around 1990, where various citizens in East and west were interviewed about their opinions of a reunified Germany. Olympic athletes were the one group *not* thrilled with possibly losing their chances at medals.

[@Toxic_Man_]

1956 - 1988 In just 32 years USSR 😮😮😮 I didn’t know, although I’m from Kazakhstan 😮😮😮 They missed 1984

[@MurderMostFowl]

Why didn’t the Soviet Union Change to Russia?

[@jjmantecon628]

Most likely because USSR was comprised of many different nations, thus adding Ukrainian, Belorussian, and other’s metal counts towards Russia if it changed.

[@ilyas80s65]

Bc USSR medals are counted for USSR not Russia, Russia have it own count

[@pst702]

@@jjmantecon628 your answer is the best explanation...yes, MANY countries like Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia,Estonia, etc. contributed to the Soviet Union...after 1991, these became separate countries and Russia is a different category all by themselves rather than having a multitude of nations oppressed to perform for the " glory of the motherland " 🤣🤣🤣...in the end the Evil Empire meet their demise....bankruptcy followed by countries gaining their independence.....goodbye Comrade Mfers 🤣🤣🤣

[@konradbiro2479]

Hungary 10th❤❤❤

[@IqbalKhan-eg9fc]

Soviet Union was the best in summer olympics and winter Olympics they were most dominant Team in World

[@user-qy8se8ki6d]

Brazil and india are just good at football and cricket respectively 😂🤣

[@LastAugust-oz8ob]

Brazil has total 150 medals. And Indians with 1.4 billion population has 35😂

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@LastAugust-oz8ob Population matters a lot less than economics.

[@LastAugust-oz8ob]

@@charlesbrown4483 even Kenya has 113 medals. No excuses

[@Jorbumplumbersgoat]

1.4 billion population just 35 medals huh? Imao

[@ashutoshsawant9883]

​@@LastAugust-oz8ob Indians mostly focus on Maths & Science. And the few people who opt for sports usually go for non-olympic sports like Chess & Cricket. Hockey is the only Olympic sport which is popular in India and India is the all-time table topper in that sport. Even this year India won Bronze in Hockey

[@koopalibrary]

Nothing fishy about east Germany and soviet union.. I am sure.

[@gehejjed1]

@@itisprofile They are great at doping.

[@Igor-gw4io]

Same like the US

[@icepick2407]

@@gehejjed1 Without AHDH medication privileges, which is literally doping, Simone Biles become Simone bites the dust. Much is the same to countless swimmer in the U.S team, which use a medicine for easier breathing under water (not Dressler?, he's cool).

[@mrcool2107]

Never new east Germany was there after 90s

[@geopolitics1886]

Soviet union won that medals in a span of 40 years while USA 121 years. Had the soviet union been given healthy competition they would have topped the chart.

[@КоммунистДваноль]

Soviet union💪💪💪

[@hacienda2490]

Is dead.

[@rimurutempest5377]

@@hacienda2490 Is alive in our hearts*

[@hacienda2490]

@@rimurutempest5377 Lol, nice consultation prize.

[@ditkacigar89ify]

Everyone else is competing for 2nd 🇺🇸

[@75aces97]

Even with a 1984 no show the Soviets won more medals between 1956-88 than any country other than USA has won in 120 years. Say what you want about them but that’s pretty impressive.

[@charlesbrown4483]

Well I don't deny the Soviets(or modern day Russia alone) produces a lot of great athletes, but the fact of the matter is they also cheated(and still do) a LOT. There is a wiki page dedicated specifically to listing pro athletes who have popped for PEDs, all over the world and in all pro sports. If you go through that list, a large majority of them are Russians and former Soviets.

[@tusharsharma310]

Germany would rank 2nd if they add west and east germany medals

[@anilvm2426]

130 ഗോഡി ആളുകൾ ഉള്ള ഇന്ത്യ എവിടെ 😌

[@thecreepers3478]

Malayali❤️

[@xxx6555]

Totally useless ranking. The total amount means nothing as the Olympic games 100 years ago are different from today's in any sense of the term. You should do a comparison for each of the Olympic games.

[@AW-zk5qb]

And USA has won the overall medal count in the last 7 Summer Olympics and the Gold Medal count in 6 of the last 7 Summer Olympics, and does so with a restriction on athletes it can send. If the 50 US states were all separate countries, the amount of athletes they'd send combined and medals they'd win combined would skyrocket

[@CJ-ft9yo]

Australia only started to get in the 10 ten in the seventies

[@NoName-hg6cc]

🇮🇹 did well

[@diollinebranderson6553]

I like how when the US and USSR host the Olympics, they automatically stop gaining medals

[@charlesbrown4483]

Hey they did it to us first, we just returned the favor.

[@mrxsatyr8459]

I’m beginning to see a pattern here

[@N.A525]

😆

[@QuachMinhHieuQP]

ah clockwork orange's theme song, i like it :)

[@pibbo3850]

after 1990, East and West Germany were reunited. That s why the medals should be summed up after 1990

[@quenting839]

Yes and if we sum East and West Germany medals, the result is 1024 so Germany would be 2nd.

[@alexanderdimov7329]

Трампу надо не америку делать снова великой, а советский союз...

[@jgs_26_ll]

Indians Be like - Hamra janda kaha he 🧐🧐🧐 Me - Ye raha 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@Horizontal77]

Hungary YES!

[@USA_UNITED1776]

Ohh say can you see

[@arthax_17]

It seems like hungary

[@anton_398]

Where is 1450 million population India. 😁

[@garyfahkir1050]

Better get a Harlem in china

[@st0ox]

And I always thought Germany was on the second place.

[@schwarzer0se463]

This video differentiates between East and west Germany, which doesn’t really make sense anymore. Germany should be 2nd or 3rd depending on what medals you are counting for Russia.

[@st0ox]

@@schwarzer0se463 yes, if you count all former Soviet territories then Russia is clearly second.

[@nightwish1000]

it is, this chart is completely biased. only the USA has more gold medals than Germany and in total germany is third when it comes to summer games.

[@st0ox]

@Jackson Spieth in hard Power terms yes, but in soft power terms nothing can compete in Europe with Germany and the UK lost a lot of soft power during brexit.

[@st0ox]

@Jackson Spieth the UK had a very advantageous position with the special US relationship it brought to the EU and also with its position in the common wealth. The UK was always able to gain influence through this triangle, because they could always tell the EU, we can talk with the US or a country from the common wealth and vice versa. Now this triangle became a line with much less area so to speak. And don't get me wrong, hard power is nice, but since the nuclear age I am not sure how much conflicts will really be resolved with hard power in the future. As a German I am very sad the Britain left the EU, because in my point of view we were stronger together against some much bigger counties like China.

[@CMSisFrosty]

A lot of copium in the comments

[@khanhngochoang2528]

Soviet Union ._. Top 2, are they still top 2 now ?

[@Toxic_Man_]

Yes, they achieved all this in just 32 years! Can you imagine? I was never so surprised by life! 😮😮

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@Toxic_Man_ Well yeah all their athletes were(and still are in Russia specifically) juiced like crazy lol

[@michellebrown4903]

Now that is a statistic that makes me proud to be a Brit. From the " Chariots Of Fire " generation, to the present day. Rarely out of the top four. Now that the swivel eyed loons are in charge, l wonder what the future holds?

[@jackryan702]

Swivel-eyed loons...?

[@michellebrown4903]

@@jackryan702 the tin foil hat brigade. Brexiteers.....

[@jackryan702]

@@michellebrown4903 ah I see now

[@goosenuggets9693]

​@@michellebrown4903 You clearly know very little about Geopolitics if you think Brexit is all about "tin foil" hats.

[@michellebrown4903]

@@goosenuggets9693 l do know that the country has been harmed by this.

[@mixtecjaguar9824]

Soviet Union in 2000?

[@helendefensor5057]

USA always the best in everything.

[@konnalad]

Including doping

[@LoudSunshine]

Including school shooting

[@bryancardona3020]

@Aarre Piispala you get fat when u swimming in cash just the way the world works but keep hating maybe one day your county will be on top

[@helendefensor5057]

@Aarre Piispala you are jealous...because US is always best. Yea you get fat if you have a lot of food and if you dont have enough food you get malnourished. Hahhaha

[@Xegels]

@@bryancardona3020 bruh what junk food isn't even that expensive. You only get fat when you are a lazy ass who doesn't take care of yourself my guy

[@Vishal-g1w]

AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺💖

[@kevintoth5365]

Hungary has a population of around 10 million. It's very impressive how they achieved these medals. Sweden as well.

[@soofjandepr0]

When will you do one for the Winter Olympics?

[@RankingCharts]

In 2022.

[@1985vaio]

Can't wait for Norway to be on top hehe

[@tomrankin3893]

Per capita, us Aussies do ok.

[@stn7172]

Don't matter still 8th

[@AW-zk5qb]

There is a restriction in athletes per country in many sports that disadvantages the US. I guarantee that if the 50 US states were separate countries in the Olympics, they would win way more overall medal combined than they do as the US because of this. Not to mention that there is a limited amount of events which makes it impossible for a nation like the US to win per capita. And in say soccer, Uruguay or Netherlands are probably the best per capita but Brazil is considered the best all time because they win the most. The US is the most successful sports nation in the world (in terms of Olympic, world championship and major results), and is all time (most top players, most successful in olympics, major or world championship in the sport all time) the best in baseball, basketball, track and field, swimming, lacrosse, beach volleyball, figure skating, tennis, golf, boxing, diving, shooting, rowing, snowboarding etc and is all time top 5 in ice hockey, wrestling, gymnastics, volleyball, speed skating, alpine skiing, bobsleigh, equestrian, sailing, cycling, weightlifting, archery etc. No nation comes remotely close to the US in overall sporting achievements

[@АндрейМашкин-м2н]

Вместо СССР должна была появиться РФ, нормы международного права данный ролик не отображает, очень глупо, смысл оставлять было страну, которой фактически уже нет.

[@charlesbrown4483]

Russia and former soviet countries cheat too much, they shouldn't count. All your athletes use drugs.

[@godurmumishot]

Are you sure you get the chat right? Soviet Union stays on chart after 1991?

[@RankingCharts]

Good question. Unlike GDP, where figures are tallied yearly, the Olympic medals a nation receives doesn’t disappear when it collapses. This is why the bar for the Soviet Union and East Germany stays even after their end in 1991 and 1990 respectively.

[@robertmwoodley1502]

Australia has done well and all this graph shows is the Transatlantic locations until well into the era of cheap modern travel. Our athletes were self-funded and amateurs, so had to work like everyone else to save for a fare. Since the era of state sponsored professional athletes we have risen to the top ten, and have been to every summer games, one of only four countries to do so. Our first two gold in 1896 were won by Edwin Flack, a gent on holiday in the UK who heard about the Games and entered!!! In 1912 the first two women Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie to win gold and silver in swimming were both Australian.

[@historymatters8991]

I love America. Is it perfect? Definitely not. Does it have a bad moments in history like every other country? Definitely. But we are the most diverse and given the most people opportunities than any other country.

[@brythonicman3267]

Not too sure about that bud, Google the US based CATO Institute rankings: The USA comes out in 17th place joint with the UK on the freedom based index. Far more chance if you're from a poor background to make it big if you're from Ireland, Sweden or New Zealand, but even your neighbours Canada some out higher for equal opportunities.

[@oufc90]

Great Britain is better per capita

[@Laker123abc]

Where is India?

[@trabacula2000]

OK Batman

[@raghavendrapratap3367]

Ind is not interested , formalities-2

[@Laker123abc]

@@raghavendrapratap3367 yeah, India is exceptional.

[@Michiganian8]

It didn’t make the list. Still have some sprouting to do

[@sheripeterson7788]

You missed SLC and other cities when it changed to every 2 years.

[@anton_398]

India 0

[@ラーメン-k4d]

0:41 この曲何？

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

Hungary and Denmark must have a lot of famous medalists

[@PrestonSwift-d1o]

Why did they allow Nono Germany to host for 1936?

[@erickrobertson7089]

The US, along with 2 other countries, one being Russia (not the Soviet Union), do not support their Olympic teams.

[@ilyas80s65]

You don't understand Soviet Union medals aint counted as Russian ones Russian ones are Russians not Soviets so until this day USSR is the 2nd country to have the most medals even I'd this country doesn't exist anymore.

[@alexstorm2749]

@@ilyas80s65 Russia is the only official successor of the USSR. Wake up to reality!

[@inigobantok1579]

@@alexstorm2749 so we're gonna forget the 14 other republics that made up the Soviet Union that's why Ukrainians belurussians kazakhs Georgians and Baltic peoples don't want anything to do with Russians anymore they are like the england of Britain

[@Sv0boda]

@@inigobantok1579 🤦‍♀️

[@kkpenney444]

wtf are you talking about?

[@RHSilvaXD]

Brazil, the best country of south america 💛💚💙

[@Quinceps]

So the Soviet Union has won the most in proportion to the number of "caps".

[@beautifulgirl2]

Do you make this by Winter Olympic Medals, please?