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Olympic Medal Table for Latin America

In 2012 we published a medal table for the Latin American countries, which we have continued for Rio 2016. Brazil, Cuba and Colombia have been consistently top of the ranking but let's hope the first ever games in South America will stimulate improvements for Tokyo 2020.

Final Rio Paralympic rankings 2016 - 18 September

Rio 2016 ParalympicsRio 2016 Paralympics
Country Gold Silver Bronze LF Rank
Brazil 14 29 29 1
Cuba 8 1 6 2
Colombia 2 5 10 3
Mexico 4 2 9 4
Venezuela  0 3 3 5
Argentina 1 1 3 6
         

 

 

Final Rio 2016 Latin America medal rankings - 21 August

Rio Olympics 2016Rio Olympics 2016
Country Gold Silver Bronze LF Rank
Brazil 7 6 6 1
Cuba 5 2 4 2
Colombia 3 2 3 3
Argentina 3 1 0 4
Mexico 0 3 2 5
Venezuela  0 1 2 6
Puerto Rico 1 0 0 7
Dominican Republic 0 0 1 8
         
Team GB 27 23 17 -

 

Final London rankings for Latin America - 12 August 2012

Country Gold Silver Bronze LF Rank
Brazil 3 5 9 1
Cuba 5 3 6 2
Colombia 1 3 4 3
Mexico 1 3 3 4
Argentina 1 1 2 5
Dominican Republic 1 1  0 6
Venezuela 1  0  0 7
Guatemala  0 1  0 8

Many congratulations to everyone. Brazil 2016 here we come!

Background: my Brazilian-born daughter thought it would be a good idea to keep an eye on the Latin American rankings in the London 2012 Olympics. She also complained that a simple count of Gold medals was unfair, so we came up with our own version weighted with Gold - 3 points, Silver - 2 points and Bronze - 1 point.

Comments

What a great idea; and HurraH for Guatemala's first ever Olympic Medal! We are so proud :)
Comment by: Steph on 9 Aug 2012 21:34
Well done Cuba, now sharing first place with Brazil as Colombia overtakes Mexico!
Comment by: Edward Paine on 10 Aug 2012 10:11
Brazil regains first place, and Argentina shoots up the chart.
Comment by: Edward Paine on 12 Aug 2012 11:56
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