Comments on: Vancouver Olympics: why does the oficial ranking rank us 1st and the french ranking rank them 3rd? http://www.olympicvacations.com/olympicvacations/vancouver-olympics-why-does-the-oficial-ranking-rank-us-1st-and-the-french-ranking-rank-them-3rd Olympic Vacations - What You Need To Know About Olympic Vacations Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:26:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Paradoja http://www.olympicvacations.com/olympicvacations/vancouver-olympics-why-does-the-oficial-ranking-rank-us-1st-and-the-french-ranking-rank-them-3rd/comment-page-1#comment-320 Paradoja Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:18:27 +0000 http://www.olympicvacations.com/olympicvacations/vancouver-olympics-why-does-the-oficial-ranking-rank-us-1st-and-the-french-ranking-rank-them-3rd#comment-320 There really isn't any "official" way to rank, as far as I know, since no country is declared as a winner. Most countries like to rank via. Gold Medal Count while the US rank by Total Medal Count. <I recently found out that Canada also ranks by Total Medal count.> Anyway, that is why France shows the US in 3rd. Canada has the most medals <with 13>, then Germany <with 10>, and then the US <with9>. There really isn’t any "official" way to rank, as far as I know, since no country is declared as a winner. Most countries like to rank via. Gold Medal Count while the US rank by Total Medal Count.

<I recently found out that Canada also ranks by Total Medal count.>

Anyway, that is why France shows the US in 3rd. Canada has the most medals <with 13>, then Germany <with 10>, and then the US <with9>.

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