Will asks "why stop at the top 8?" My suggestions were only starting points. That's why I wrote that all three assumptions are arguable and asked for 'comments, criticisms and suggested improvements'. Taking the top 8 into account is, I believe, at least a vast improvement and step in the right direction from the current approach based on 'gold above all and who cares about anything below bronze'. I'd be happy to include all participants at the Olympics in determining national outcomes, although this might become a bit complicated with many thousands of athletes involved. My suggestion is less comprehensive, but it has the saving grace of being simpler to put into effect. Will also asks "what's the basis for assuming a bronze plus a silver equals a gold?" There wasn't a quantitative basis for this, and I'm very happy to accept that other assumptions may be better (e.g. your 1 gold equals 2 silver equals 3 bronze and so on). I'm happy that my message at least elicited a response, and a good one at that. Regards, Chris Forbes-Ewan
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