zekekelso Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 In order, countries with the most winter medals are: Norway, USA, Austria, USSR, Germany, Finland, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, East Germany, Italy, France, Russia, the Netherlands, South Korea, China, West Germany, Japan. Random comments: 1. With Russia (and former USSR) about to host, that will leave Finland as the biggest power to never host, with Sweden not far behind. 2. It will be almost (but not quite) impossible for Finland to host a 800m downhill 3. It would have been impossible for East Germany to have hosted a 800m downhill 4. It will be impossible for the Netherlands (i.e. the low-lying land) to host a 800m downhill. Interestingly, the Netherlands do contain a "mountain" big enough...but it happens to be in the middle of the Carribean (no snow). 5. Japan's double hosting a a bit out of line with their medal count. 6. Yugoslavia's hosting is way out of line with their medal count (4 total, including 0 for B-H). 7. Of the 2022 contenters, only Norway (303 WOG medals) has hosted. Winter medal count for the others (Sweden-129; China-44; Poland-14...plus 4 for Slovakia; Kazakhstan-6; Ukraine-5)... throw in some extras for those last three if you want for being former Czeckoslavakia and USSR.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Why do people cite Netherlands as winter sports superpower? They have earned loads of medals, but only in (speed) skating. Nobody would call Jamaica or Ethiopia summer sports superpowers because they always do well in one sports, i.e. Athletics, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reindeer Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 With such a mild climate Netherlands is not a winter country in my view, there isn't any region with a clear winter weather (snow), so they lack facilities to practise any other winter sports than skating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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