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Medal Predictions For Vancouver 2010

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The Vancouver Games

In Depth: Medal Predictions For Vancouver

William Heuslein, 01.19.10, 01:20 PM EST

Economist Daniel Johnson says Canada will be the big winner at the Vancouver Games. He's been right before.


For the 2010 Winter Games, Daniel K.N. Johnson, the Gerald L. Schlessman professor of economics at Colorado College, has only made estimations for the countries that he thinks will win 10 or more medals. Here are his predictions for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, along with the medals won by these same nations at the 2006 Winter Games in Torino.

NationPredictions for 2010Actual in 2006
Total MedalsGold MedalsTotal MedalsGold Medals
Canada275247
United States265259
Norway264192
Austria254239
Sweden244136
Russia238228
Germany2072911
Italy193115
Finland14480
Switzerland134145
China122112
South Korea114116
Netherlands10393
Source: Daniel K.N. Johnson, Gerald L. Schlessman professor of economics, Colorado College.