# Olympics 2012: the alternative medal table interactive

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**Created:** [August 8, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-2012-the-alternative-medal-table-interactive/630843 "2012-08-08T11:30:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-2012-the-alternative-medal-table-interactive/630843/1 "2012-08-08T11:30:31Z")

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I’ve seen a few attempts to re-think the Medals Table, here’s a few:

> [@](#):
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> Sort table by:
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> Official  
> Population  
> GDP  
> Team Size

> **[Olympics 2012: the alternative medal table interactive](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/datablog/interactive/2012/aug/07/olympics-2012-alternative-medal-table-visualised)**
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> UPDATED DAILY: the Olympic medal table, as ranked by GDP, population and team size

Fwiw:  
**Team GB**

Official: **3rd**  
Population: **12th**  
GDP: **34th**  
Team Size: **8th**