I guess it shows my age, but I never knew that the summer and winter #olympics used to be hosted together in the same year until 1994, which began alternating.
I was also curious to see if the 80/20 rule held for each country's number of medals won. If the top 20% of countries had 80% of the medal count, sure enough, It does! Twenty-two countries account for 80% of all medals won.
The 80/20 principle holds true for all medal types. 19 countries holding 80% of the gold medals, 23 countries for silver medals, and 24 countries for bronze medals. It's also interesting to see how this number increases based on the difficulty of winning each medal (gold being the hardest).
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