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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
how many teams send such a massive team? How many end up with only 12 medals?
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A quick bit of research... we're the 7th largest team in terms of number of athletes, with 332. There's no team that has more athletes and fewer medals, but many who aren't that far from us.
Others with similar numbers: Spain, 286 athletes, 8 medals; Brazil, 277 athletes, 6 medals; Poland, 268, 8 medals. Netherlands, 245, 12 medals. It's also a similar ratio to Sweden, 97 athletes, 3 medals. A lot of the difference between us and them is that we have more sports that send large teams (7 teams of 8 or more, compared with 4 for spain), as opposed to a lot of underperforming athletes.
Some of the countries with the best ratio in this regard are China, US, Australia, and, umm, Armenia (5 medals, 25 athletes).