Routledge Handbook of Sport Policy by Ian Henry & Ling-Mei Ko

Author:Ian Henry & Ling-Mei Ko [Henry, Ian & Ko, Ling-Mei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781136660757
Goodreads: 18978573
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-24T00:00:00+00:00

China

1,336,000,000

639

2,131

30

USA

313,000,000

596

499

119

Brazil

203,400,000

277

324

85

United Kingdom

62,800,000

312

100

312

Jamaica

2,800,000

56

4

1254

Cayman Islands

51,000

4

0.1

4918

a Index score = (Actual Olympians/Expected Olympians) × 100

The number of athletes who qualify to take part in the Olympic Games is a good starting point in demonstrating the point that the medal table is but a partial measure of performance. Only around one in four nations taking part will win a gold medal and the majority of nations (around 120 out of 200) will return home without a medal of any colour. Nonetheless, for many nations there are positives to be taken simply from athletes qualifying to take part that will justify the investment made in developing them. However, once qualified there are other measures of performance that fall short of winning a medal that can also be viewed as evidence of relative success. The 100m in Beijing 2008 provides numerous examples of athletes and nations who can all draw positives from their experiences. The headline memory will always be Usain Bolt breaking the world record in spectacular style to win the gold medal, but for the 80 athletes who entered the first round of the event there are alternative measures of success as shown in Table 17.2.

Table 17.2 Beijing 2008 100m – measures of success

Round

Athlete

Nation

Time

Achievement

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