India in Olympics

India may have had its best ever Olympic performance, winning onen gold and two bronzes. But in terms of per capita gold medal count, it comfortably comes last!



The heroics of Usain Bolt led team of sprinters bolted Jamaica to the top of this table. While smaller nations occupied the top four positions, the more significant achievement was that of Australia, which came in fifth, with 0.69 gold medals per million population, a confirmation of the widely acknowledged fact that Australia is easily the most sporting nation in the world.