Hungary in the world’s top in Olympic gold medals per capita!

Hungary has always been at the top of the list concerning the number of Olympic medals since the start of the modern-age Olympic Games. We are very proud of that fact, but Hungary may drop from the front runners.

Hungary on the top of the world’s sports

According to G7.hu, Hungary is in second place, concerning the number of Olympic golds, with 19.2 per 1 million people. Only the Bahamas precede it with 19.4. Finland is the third with 18.2.

If we take the number of medals won at the modern Olympic Games per one million citizens, Hungary is third, following San Marino and Finland.

Hungary’s bronze medallists at the Paris summer olympics:

A country can advance on the list if it wins more medals and with a shrinking population. That is what happened in the “duel” between Hungary and Sweden. Thanks to migration, the Scandinavian country’s population is growing, while Hungary’s continues to decrease despite all government efforts.

Small states can advance on the gold list

If we win three more gold medals in Paris and the Bahamas do not, Hungary could become the world-leader in Olympic golds per 1 million people. On the list of Olympic medals per 1 million people, beating San Marino is unimaginable: it would require at least 350 medals.

The silver medallists in Paris:

If we calculate the number of gold medals and medals won in the summer and winter Olympics, Hungary is sixth since the country has won only ten medals in the winter Olympics.

G7.hu argues that small states like Saint Lucia and the Dominican Republic can deprive Hungary of its top position since the modern-day Olympics show such states are able to win more and more medals.

The three Hungarian golds at the Paris Olympics:

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