the correct way to order medals is to multiply the (Number of Competitors in Event) / (Number of Competitors In Event From Country X) by 3 for a gold, 2 for silver, 1 for bronze, and use that as "medal points."
https://twitter.com/sjcasey/status/1420402977832067081
Because countries have different numbers of competitors qualifying for each event and because events themselves have different numbers of qualifying participants the actual extent of competition in events varies. Golds are not in fact equally impressive in all events.
An argument could be made against penalizing a country for having more entrants since they still had to qualify, however participating in the Olympics is not *purely* on merit.
Countries like the US might have more people who qualify for the Olympics on merit than they have slots for the relevant events, whereas in the Seychelles or Vanuatu, they have tons of unused slots.
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