Ranking Systems
"I believe each country will highlight what suits it best. One country will say, 'Gold medals.' The other country will say, 'The total tally counts.' We take no position on that."
IOC President Jacques RoggeAs the IOC does not consider its sorting of nations to be an official ranking system, various methods of ranking nations are used.
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