In the Beijing 2008 Olympics the final medal table was as follows:
| Country | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
| China | 28 | 21 | 51 |
| USA | 36 | 38 | 36 |
| Russian Fed. | 28 | 21 | 23 |
| Great Britain | 15 | 13 | 19 |
| Germany | 15 | 10 | 16 |
| Australia | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| Korea | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| Japan | 10 | 6 | 9 |
| Italy | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| France | 17 | 16 | 7 |
| Ukraine | 15 | 5 | 7 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| Kenya | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Belarus | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Norway | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Canada | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Brazil | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Poland | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Hungary | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Argentina | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Cuba | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Thailand | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| North Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominican Rep. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| India | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Finland | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Turkey | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rep. of Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinidad/Tobago | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Armenia | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Togo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
You have been asked to answer the question 'Which county has the most naturally athletic population?'
What information might you need to be able to produce a fair answer to this question?
Plan your calculation, find the data and then perform the calculation?
Which country turned out to be the best according to you plan?
You might like to subdivide your results according to different disciplines.
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