Global Academy for International Athletics, Inc

The Nations of the World

The Nations of the World and

their Olympic Medal Winnings, 1896 – 2006

Compiled by

The Team

The Global Academy for International Athletics

The 96 nations in blue have never won an Olympic medal and are our primary market.

The 18 nations in green have won at least one Olympic medal but have significantly “under-performed” relative to their populations and potentials and are thus also our primary market.

Some Olympic medal figures updated, January 29, 2008, for the four nations winning Olympic medals for the first time in 2008 in Beijing, Afghanistan, Mauritius, Tajikistan, and Togo.

The Nations of the World and their Olympic Medal Winnings, 1896 – 2006



   Nation     Population    Total Medals

Comments

001    Afghanistan         17,000,000           1   Won Bronze in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Taekwondo

002    Albania                  3,500,000           0

003    Algeria                 31,200,000           14

004    Andora                        55,000     0

005    Angola                   9,000,000     0

006    Anguila                         7,500               0

007    Antigua & Barbuda      65,000         0

008    Argentina             37,000,000             60

009    Armenia               3,400,000         3

010    Aruba            70,000               0

011    Australia              20,000,000           309

012    Austria                   8,200,000           270

013    Azerbaijan            7,800,000              9

014    Bahamas                   300,000              8

015    Bahrain                     600,000     0

016    Bangladesh         142,000,000     0   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

017    Barbados                   280,000              1     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

018    Belarus                 10,400,000       51

019    Belgium                10,300,000   138

020    Belize         250,000         0

021    Bermuda                   62,000        1

022    Bohemia                     230,000         3

023    Benin                    5,100,000        0

024    Bhutan                    1,700,000        0   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

025    Bolivia                    7,500,000         0

026    Bosnia & H

erzegovinia   4,500,000       0

027    Botswana                1,300,000        0

028    Brazil   173,000,000       75

029    Brit. Virgin Is.             13,000         0

030    Brunei                       275,000        0

031    Bulgaria               8,000,000     222

032    Burkina Faso       10,000,000         0

033    Burundi                6,100,000     1

034    Cameroon            15,500,000         4   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

035    Canada                 31,300,000     360     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

036    Cape Verde                420,000         0

037    Cent. Afr. Repub. 3,200,000        0

038    Chad      5,500,000         0

039    Chile     15,200,000      12   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

040    China                  1,270,000,000   316

041    Columbia     40,000,000              8

042    Comoros                   550,000     0   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

043    Congo            2,500,000      0   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

044    Congo (Zaire)     42,000,000        0   Represented at Children’s Athletic Trials

045    Cook Islands             19,000         0   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

046    Costa Rica      3,750,000      4

047    Croatia        4,300,000       19

048    Cuba   11,200,000   152

049    Cyprus          750,000              0

050    Czech Republic     10,300,000     206   Includes Czechoslovakia’s Medals O

fficially expressed interest in the Academy.

051    Denmark     5,400,000     171

052    Djibouti                      350,000       0

053    Dominica                 90,000      0

054    Dominican Rep.     7,600,000     2

055    Ecuador   12,000,000      1

056    Egypt     60,000,000    23

057    El Salvador      6,000,000       0

058    Equatorial Guinea          400,000              0

059    Eritrea      3,600,000              1               Represented at Children’s Athletic Trials

060    Estonia       1,500,000             35

061    Ethiopia      64,200,000           31

062    Falkland Islands     2,000     0

063    Faero Islands      51,000               0

064    Fiji     800,000         0             Represented at Children’s Athletic Trials

065    Finland                    5,200,000   422

066    France     60,000,000           699

067    French Guyana          140,000        0

068    French Polynesia     225,000        0

069    Gabon                     1,200,000      0

070    Gambia       1,000,000     0

071    Georgia      5,100,000              12

072    Germany     83,000,000         1,547

073    Ghana   18,000,000           4

074    Gibralta           30,000                0

075    Great Britain      60,000,000           715

076    Greece     10,700,000           140

077    Granada          88,000               0

078    Guatemala   10,000,000              0

079    Guinea       8,000,000           0

080    Guinea-Bissau      1,100,000              0

081    Guyana         800,000              1

082    Haiti     6,500,000              2

083    Holy See (Vatican)       850               0

084    Honduras       5,200,000           0

085    Hong Kong              6,100,000           2

086    Hungary   10,200,000           475

087    Iceland          280,000              3

088    India                1,100,000,000          17

089    Indonesia       225,000,000          15

090    Iran     66,000,000           41

091    Iraq     20,000,000               1

092    Ireland                    3,800,000           22     Officially expressed interest in the Academy

093    Israel                      5,900,000              8     Represented at Children’s Athletic Trials

094    Italy                      58,000,000           593

095    Ivory Coast          14,000,000              1

096    Jamaica                2,700,000             44

097    Japan        127,000,000          358

098    Jordan                  25,000,000              0

099    Kazakhstan          17,000,000             28

100    Kenya                   30,400,000           61

101    Kiribati                       80,000            0

102    Korea, North        22,000,000           37

103    Korea, South         47,500,000     211

104    Kuwait                 2,000,000     1

105    Kyrgyzstan           4,700,000               1     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

106    Laos                     4,250,000                0

107    Latvia     2,500,000     14

108    Lebanon               3,500,000                4

109    Lesotho                3,600,000                0

110    Liberia                  3,300,000                0

111    Libya                    4,750,000                0

112    Liechtenstein     30,000        9

113    Lithuania      3,700,000                7

114    Luxembourg     450,000               4

115    Macedonia      2,100,000                1

116    Madagascar               13,000,000           0

117    Malawi     10,000,000               0     Represented at Children’s Athletic Trials

118    Malaysia     19,000,000               3

119    Maldives         250,000            0

120    Mali     9,000,000               0

121    Malta         400,000            0     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

122    Marshall Islands     55,000        0     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

123    Martinique     400,000                0

124    Mauritania      2,100,000                0       Won

126    Mauritius      1,200,000                0       Won Bronze in 2008, in boxing

127    Mayotte                      90,000                0

128    Mexico      100,500,000             46

129    Micronesia               120,000             0

130    Moldovia              4,500,000                4

131    Monaco           35,000            0

132    Mongolia              2,500,000              11

133    Montserrat      13,000                0

134    Morocco   30,200,000             17

135    Mozambique        19,200,000               2

136    Myanmar             45,000,000               0

137    Namibia               1,600,000    4

138    Nauru                   10,000        0

139    Nepal     21,000,000               0

140    Netherlands     16,000,000           304

141.   Netherlands

Antilles   200,000               0

142    New Caledonia        180,000   0

143    New Zealand      3,900,000             78

144    Nicaragua       4,000,000           0   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

145    Niger       8,300,000           0

146    Nigeria           140,000,000             19

147    Niue     2,000               0

148   Norway      4,500,000           390

149    Oman      1,700,000               0

150    Pakistan     125,000,000            10     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

151    Panama      2,700,000               2

152    Papua New Guinea   4,000,000         0   Represented at Children’s Athletic Trials

153    Paraguay     5,000,000        1

154    Peru   23,000,000     4

155    Philippines     70,000,000               9   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

156    Poland   39,000,000           259

157    Portugal     10,100,000             20

158    Puerto Rico      4,000,000               6

159    Qatar        750,000                2

160    Reunion Islands      650,000                0

161    Romania     22,500,000           195

162    Russia     147,000,000        1,522

163    Rwanda      8,500,000         0

164    St. Helena                  6,800                0

165    St. Kitts & Nevis     41,000         0

166    Saint Lucia              160,000      0

167    Saint Vincent &

Grenadine 120,000               0

168    St. Pierre

& Miguela             6,700                0

169.   San Marino       24,000            0

170    San Tome &

Principe        135,000        0

171    Saudi Arabia     22,100,000          2

172    Senegal      8,500,000           1

173    Serbia & M

ontenegro   11,000,000               2

174    Seychelles                75,000     0

175    Sierra Leone                  4,700,000      0

176    Singapore     3,000,000               1

177    Slovakia     5,500,000             15

178    Slovenia     2,000,000             11

179    Solomon Islands   400,000               0

180    Somalia       7,500,000           0

181    South Africa     43,500,000           70   Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

182    Spain     40,000,000           113

183    Sri Lanka     19,500,000               2     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

184    Sudan     29,000,000               0

185    Surinam        500,000                2

186    Swaziland     1,000,000     0     Represented at Children’s Athletic Trials

187    Sweden      8,900,000   597

188    Switzerland              7,300,000            203

189    Syria     14,000,000      2

190    Taiwan     22,200,000   15

191    Tajikistan      6,000,000   0   Won 1 Silver (in wrestling) and 1

   Bronze (in Judo) in 2008.

192    Tanzania   28,000,000              2

193    Thailand     61,300,000             17

194    Togo     4,200,000               0        Won 1 Bronze in Kayaking in 2008

195    Tokelau                   1,900               0

196    Tonga                               100,100                 1

197    Trinidad &

Tobago   1,200,000               12   Officially expressed interest in the Academy

198    Tunisia   9,000,000                 5

199    Turkey     65,700,000           73

200    Turkmenistan      4,000,000           0

201    Turks and Caicos   13,000                0

202    Tuvalu           10,000            0

203    Uganda     20,000,000           6     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

204    Ukraine     50,000,000             72

205    United Arab E

mirates            2,600,000           1

206    United States     276,000,000        2,401     Represented at Children’s Athletic Trials

207    Uruguay   3,400,000               10

208    Uzbekistan     24,800,000             11

209    Vanuatu         180,000     0

210    Venezuela      21,000,000               10

211    Vietnam           79,000,000            1

212    Virgin Islands (U.S.)       100,000                  1

213    Western Samoa     200,000                  0

214    Yemen   11,000,000               0

215    Yugoslavia   10,700,000              93

Zaire (see Congo)

216    Zambia     9,000,000                 2

217    Zimbabwe        12,000,000            4
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Summary Notes:

1.  All 217 nations’ ministers of youth and sports will be invited to our Inauguration.

2.  The 104 nations that have never won an Olympic medal and the 19 “under-performing” nations are our primary target market.

3.  Typically, less than twenty-five (25) nations win medals in the Winter Games.

4.  Eight nations, Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, Israel, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, the United States, were represented at the 1996 Children’s Athletics Trials held at the Wigwam Resort, near Phoenix, which we hosted to demonstrate the viability of the Academy and that nations would support the Academy once we begin.

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Primary References and Sources:

The International Olympic Committee, www.olympic.org, the official site of the International Olympic Movement

David Wallechinsky, The Complete Book of the Olympics.  Boston:  Little Brown and Company, 1991.

W. Wright (Ed.), The Universal Almanac.  Kansas City:  Andrews and McMead, 1994, provided the original population figures.  Subsequent up-dated figures are from various sources, including www.photius.com/rankings/medals2.html.
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