The Vancouver Games
In Depth: Medal Predictions For Vancouver
William Heuslein, 01.19.10, 01:20 PM ESTEconomist 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.
Nation | Predictions for 2010 | Actual in 2006 | ||
Total Medals | Gold Medals | Total Medals | Gold Medals | |
Canada | 27 | 5 | 24 | 7 |
United States | 26 | 5 | 25 | 9 |
Norway | 26 | 4 | 19 | 2 |
Austria | 25 | 4 | 23 | 9 |
Sweden | 24 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
Russia | 23 | 8 | 22 | 8 |
Germany | 20 | 7 | 29 | 11 |
Italy | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
Finland | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Switzerland | 13 | 4 | 14 | 5 |
China | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
South Korea | 11 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
Netherlands | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
Source: Daniel K.N. Johnson, Gerald L. Schlessman professor of economics, Colorado College.
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