Average number of medals won per game in the Summer Olympics per country 1896-2020

When the all-time Summer Olympic medal table is re-organized to show the average number of medals per tournament, the most successful team is the Soviet Union, who won an average of 112 medals per Olympic Games. The Soviet Union also has the highest number of each medal, with 44 golds, 36 silver and 33 bronze medals. The leaders of the overall medal table, the United States, are in second place, with just over 93 medals per tournament, however they have competed in 27 out of 28 Olympic Games, while the Soviet Union competed in just 10 Olympic Games (including the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where athletes from ex-Soviet nations participated as one Unified Team).Another factor that skews the data, is the fact that there were much fewer events (and therefore medals) on offer in earlier tournaments, which lowers the average of countries who have participated in more tournaments. For example, the total number of events was just 150 in the 1960 Games in Rome, while the number of events since 2000 has consistently remained over 300.

当历届夏季奥林匹克运动会奖牌榜按每届赛事平均奖牌数重新编排时，最成功的队伍为苏联，其平均每届奥运会获得112枚奖牌。苏联在金牌、银牌和铜牌数上也均位居第一，分别获得44枚金牌、36枚银牌和33枚铜牌。在总奖牌榜上领先的美国队位居第二，平均每届赛事获得93枚以上奖牌，然而他们参加了27届中的28届奥运会，而苏联仅参加了10届奥运会（包括1992年巴塞罗那奥运会，当时前苏联国家的运动员作为一支统一队伍参赛）。此外，数据被扭曲的另一因素是，早期赛事提供的比赛项目（及相应奖牌）数量较少，这降低了参加更多赛事的国家平均奖牌数。例如，1960年罗马奥运会的比赛项目总数仅为150项，而自2000年以来，比赛项目的数量始终保持在300项以上。