PDubyah: OCD me and the Olympics

The 2012 Olympics has come and gone.

Being a bit OCD I did some google work, cut and paste a few things, and tried to make some sense of the information that's available, I wanted to know, and found out;

Numbers of Competitors - 10,720

Number of Countries that won medals - 84

Countries Competing - 205

For New Zealand it's reported we sent 184 Athletes, with 123 officials to this olympics, which isn't so bad, it means that 1 in 14 athletes came home with a medal of some kind or a better than 7% return Athletes to Medals. The USA managed a 1 in 5 return (of course this number is a bit off because of multiple medal winners such as Phelps for instance).

I was mot intrigued by the numbers of officials to competitors, things like the equestrian team need a high ratio of grooms and preparation staff, the football - who knows, it's very technical these days, and the numbers soon mount out.

And Funding:

Since 2009, New Zealand's elite men's and women's hockey programmes have been given $7,144,571 in public money. Funding in 2012 went up $1.52 million from the previous year. For instance. IT's easy to equate the 1.5 million a year over two teams to be the money players get, I would think that after the various fees for gym and facility use, travel and accommodation, professional coaches and sundry doughnutters get their slice there isn't a whole lot let over for extravagance, although you'd wonder about weekend retreats in the country for team-building and conditioning. #justsaying

New Zealand rowing, for instance got $19.2 million over four years

In an astonishing statement of self aggrandisement Sarah Harris, the high-performance director for Equestrian Sport New Zealand, said her organisation had asked for an extra $1 million a year on top of its current $1.2 million. She would not hesitate to accept if the freeze meant the extra money came from another sport, saying some sports were underperforming.

Which I found a bit distasteful and mocking of other athletes, she doesn't name them of course, but inflates the value of an elitist sports event.

Also somewhat astonishing are the six sports Sport NZ currently target; rowing, cycling, triathlon, sailing, swimming and track and field, and the relative success of each of those this time up.

All is not woe for the athletes though

"Our gold medal-winning rowers will pick up $60,000 each before tax, and silver and bronze winners get $55,000 each. The payouts go down to $20,000 for a 16th place, with Nick Willis to receive $25,000 for his 9th place yesterday.

Athletes in team events - deemed to be more than eight members - will get from $20,000 each for eighth place to $35,000 each for winning gold.

The Kiwis' performance pay is among the highest in the world - two to three times more than that offered to Australian and American athletes.

The Performance Enhancement Grants (PEGs) are taxpayer-funded, handed out by High Performance Sport New Zealand - a branch of Sport New Zealand, the agency tasked with generating international sporting success.

The individual amounts are: Gold: $60,000 / Silver or bronze: $55,000 / 4th-6th: $47,500 / 7th-8th: $40,000 / 9th-12th: $25,000 / 13th-16th: $20,000""

So the tables are as follows;

	Athletes	Officials
Athletics	8	6
Boxing	2	1
Canoe/Kayak -Flatwater	6	4
Canoe/Kayak - Slalom	2	3
Cycling- BMX	3	2
Cycling - MTB	2	0
Cycling - Road	3	2
Cycling - Track	15	14
Equestrian - Dressage	1	2
Equestrian - Eventing	5	10
Football	36	16
Hockey	32	15
Judo	1	1
Rowing	26	16
Sailing	15	14
Shooting	1	1
Swimming	16	8
Taekwondo	3	1
Tennis	1	1
Triathlon	6	5
Weightlifting	1	1
	185	123

And for every country there are results, or lack of

Country	Code	Athletes	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	Total	% medals to competitors
Afghanistan	AFG	6	0	0	1	1	17%
Albania	ALB	12	0	0	0	0	0%
Algeria	ALG	42	1	0	0	1	2%
American Samoa	ASA	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Andorra	AND	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Angola	ANG	34	0	0	0	0	0%
Antigua and Barbuda	ANT	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Argentina	ARG	137	1	1	2	4	3%
Armenia	ARM	25	0	1	2	3	12%
Aruba	ARU	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Australia	AUS	410	7	16	12	35	9%
Austria	AUT	70	0	0	0	0	0%
Azerbaijan	AZE	53	2	2	6	10	19%
Bahamas	BAH	24	1	0	0	1	4%
Bahrain	BRN	12	0	0	1	1	8%
Bangladesh	BAN	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Barbados	BAR	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Belarus	BLR	165	2	5	5	12	7%
Belgium	BEL	115	0	1	2	3	3%
Belize	BIZ	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Benin	BEN	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Bermuda	BER	8	0	0	0	0	0%
Bhutan	BHU	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Bolivia	BOL	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Botswana	BOT	4	0	1	0	1	25%
Brazil	BRA	258	3	5	9	17	7%
British Virgin Islands	IVB	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Brunei	BRU	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Bulgaria	BUL	63	0	1	1	2	3%
Burkina Faso	BUR	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Burundi	BDI	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Cambodia	CAM	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Cameroon	CMR	33	0	0	0	0	0%
Canada	CAN	277	1	5	12	18	6%
Cape Verde	CPV	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Cayman Islands	CAY	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Central African Republic	CAF	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Chad	CHA	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Chile	CHI	35	0	0	0	0	0%
China	CHN	380	38	27	23	88	23%
Chinese Taipei	TPE	44	0	1	1	2	5%
Colombia	COL	104	1	3	4	8	8%
Comoros	COM	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Congo	CGO	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Cook Islands	COK	8	0	0	0	0	0%
Costa Rica	CRC	11	0	0	0	0	0%
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	10	0	0	0	0	0%
Croatia	CRO	108	3	1	2	6	6%
Cuba	CUB	110	5	3	6	14	13%
Cyprus	CYP	13	0	1	0	1	8%
Czech Republic	CZE	133	4	3	3	10	8%
Denmark	DEN	113	2	4	3	9	8%
Djibouti	DJI	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Dominica	DMA	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Dominican Republic	DOM	35	1	1	0	2	6%
DR Congo	COD	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Ecuador	ECU	36	0	0	0	0	0%
Egypt	EGY	113	0	2	0	2	2%
El Salvador	ESA	10	0	0	0	0	0%
Equatorial Guinea	GEQ	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Eritrea	ERI	12	0	0	0	0	0%
Estonia	EST	33	0	1	1	2	6%
Ethiopia	ETH	35	3	1	3	7	20%
Fiji	FIJ	9	0	0	0	0	0%
Finland	FIN	55	0	1	2	3	5%
France	FRA	330	11	11	12	34	10%
Gabon	GAB	24	0	1	0	1	4%
Gambia	GAM	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Georgia	GEO	35	1	3	3	7	20%
Germany	GER	392	11	19	14	44	11%
Ghana	GHA	9	0	0	0	0	0%
Great Britain	GBR	541	29	17	19	65	12%
Greece	GRE	104	0	0	2	2	2%
Grenada	GRN	10	1	0	0	1	10%
Guam	GUM	8	0	0	0	0	0%
Guatemala	GUA	19	0	1	0	1	5%
Guinea	GUI	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Guinea-Bissau	GBS	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Guyana	GUY	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Haiti	HAI	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Honduras	HON	27	0	0	0	0	0%
Hong Kong	HKG	42	0	0	1	1	2%
Hungary	HUN	157	8	4	5	17	11%
Iceland	ISL	27	0	0	0	0	0%
Independent Olympic Athletes	IOA	4	0	0	0	0	0%
India	IND	83	0	2	4	6	7%
Indonesia	INA	22	0	1	1	2	9%
Iran	IRI	53	4	5	3	12	23%
Iraq	IRQ	8	0	0	0	0	0%
Ireland	IRL	66	1	1	3	5	8%
Israel	ISR	37	0	0	0	0	0%
Italy	ITA	284	8	9	11	28	10%
Jamaica	JAM	50	4	4	4	12	24%
Japan	JPN	293	7	14	17	38	13%
Jordan	JOR	9	0	0	0	0	0%
Kazakhstan	KAZ	114	7	1	5	13	11%
Kenya	KEN	47	2	4	5	11	23%
Kiribati	KIR	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Kuwait	KUW	11	0	0	1	1	9%
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	14	0	0	0	0	0%
Laos	LAO	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Latvia	LAT	46	1	0	1	2	4%
Lebanon	LIB	10	0	0	0	0	0%
Lesotho	LES	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Liberia	LBR	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Libya	LBA	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Liechtenstein	LIE	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Lithuania	LTU	62	2	1	2	5	8%
Luxembourg	LUX	9	0	0	0	0	0%
Macedonia	MKD	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Madagascar	MAD	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Malawi	MAW	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Malaysia	MAS	30	0	1	1	2	7%
Maldives	MDV	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Mali	MLI	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Malta	MLT	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Marshall Islands	MHL	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Mauritania	MTN	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Mauritius	MRI	11	0	0	0	0	0%
Mexico	MEX	102	1	3	3	7	7%
Micronesia	FSM	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Moldova	MDA	22	0	0	2	2	9%
Monaco	MON	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Mongolia	MGL	29	0	2	3	5	17%
Montenegro	MNE	33	0	1	0	1	3%
Morocco	MAR	67	0	0	1	1	1%
Mozambique	MOZ	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Myanmar	MYA	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Namibia	NAM	9	0	0	0	0	0%
Nauru	NRU	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Nepal	NEP	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Netherlands	NED	178	6	6	8	20	11%
New Zealand	NZL	184	6	2	5	13	7%
Nicaragua	NCA	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Niger	NIG	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Nigeria	NGR	55	0	0	0	0	0%
North Korea	PRK	51	4	0	2	6	12%
Norway	NOR	64	2	1	1	4	6%
Oman	OMA	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Pakistan	PAK	21	0	0	0	0	0%
Palau	PLW	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Palestine	PLE	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Panama	PAN	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Papua New Guinea	PNG	8	0	0	0	0	0%
Paraguay	PAR	8	0	0	0	0	0%
Peru	PER	16	0	0	0	0	0%
Philippines	PHI	11	0	0	0	0	0%
Poland	POL	218	2	2	6	10	5%
Portugal	POR	77	0	1	0	1	1%
Puerto Rico	PUR	25	0	1	1	2	8%
Qatar	QAT	12	0	0	2	2	17%
Romania	ROU	103	2	5	2	9	9%
Russia	RUS	436	24	26	32	82	19%
Rwanda	RWA	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	SKN	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Saint Lucia	LCA	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Samoa	SAM	8	0	0	0	0	0%
San Marino	SMR	4	0	0	0	0	0%
São Tomé and Príncipe	STP	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Saudi Arabia	KSA	19	0	0	1	1	5%
Senegal	SEN	31	0	0	0	0	0%
Serbia	SRB	115	1	1	2	4	3%
Seychelles	SEY	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Sierra Leone	SLE	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Singapore	SIN	23	0	0	2	2	9%
Slovakia	SVK	47	0	1	3	4	9%
Slovenia	SLO	65	1	1	2	4	6%
Solomon Islands	SOL	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Somalia	SOM	2	0	0	0	0	0%
South Africa	RSA	125	3	2	1	6	5%
South Korea	KOR	245	13	8	7	28	11%
Spain	ESP	282	3	10	4	17	6%
Sri Lanka	SRI	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Sudan	SUD	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Suriname	SUR	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Swaziland	SWZ	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Sweden	SWE	134	1	4	3	8	6%
Switzerland	SUI	102	2	2	0	4	4%
Syria	SYR	10	0	0	0	0	0%
Tajikistan	TJK	16	0	0	1	1	6%
Tanzania	TAN	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Thailand	THA	37	0	2	1	3	8%
Timor-Leste	TLS	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Togo	TOG	6	0	0	0	0	0%
Tonga	TGA	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Trinidad and Tobago	TRI	30	1	0	3	4	13%
Tunisia	TUN	83	1	1	1	3	4%
Turkey	TUR	114	2	2	1	5	4%
Turkmenistan	TKM	10	0	0	0	0	0%
Tuvalu	TUV	3	0	0	0	0	0%
Uganda	UGA	16	1	0	0	1	6%
Ukraine	UKR	237	6	5	9	20	8%
United Arab Emirates	UAE	26	0	0	0	0	0%
United States	USA	530	46	29	29	104	20%
Uruguay	URU	29	0	0	0	0	0%
Uzbekistan	UZB	54	1	0	3	4	7%
Vanuatu	VAN	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Venezuela	VEN	70	1	0	0	1	1%
Vietnam	VIE	18	0	0	0	0	0%
Virgin Islands	ISV	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Yemen	YEM	4	0	0	0	0	0%
Zambia	ZAM	7	0	0	0	0	0%
Zimbabwe	ZIM	7	0	0	0	0	0%