After every
multisport International event like Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games
etc I find the final medal tally listing a bit weird. Often, a nation winning many
medals ranks below than nations with fewer medals. The reason being only Gold
Medals are considered for overall ranking. So, if a nation wins 2 Gold medals
and a other nation wins 15 Silver or Bronze medals, first nation is ranked
better. Now, logic here is Gold is GOLD!! (Gold > Silver > Bronze)
My problem
is in such international events the difference between a Gold and Silver (and
Bronze) is few milliseconds, half point etc. Therefore, making 1 Gold medal
better than infinite Silver/Bronze medals or 1 Silver medal better than
infinite Bronze medals is just not done!
There should
be comparable chart for better overall performance based standings. Here’s a
suggestion – 1 >> 2 >> 3
ratio scheme. (1 Gold = 2 Silvers = 3 Bronzes), which means a Silver Medal
equals 1.50 Bronze Medals. If there is a tie we can give preference to better
medal.
Imagine in
an event a Japan wins 3 Golds, Fiji Wins 12 Bronzes, Turkmenistan wins 7
Silvers.
Traditionally, the tally stands –
1. Japan, 2. Turkmenistan, 3. Fiji
By adopting new approach tally changes
-
1.
Fiji, 2. Turkmenistan, 3. Japan
(4
>> 3.33 >> 3)
- Mohit Trendster