User:Jnestorius/Olympic medals table targets

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Country Games Body Target Actual Notes Refs
 Great Britain (GBR) 2008 Beijing UK Sport 8 4 The British Olympic Association dissociated itself from any target.
 Australia (AUS) 2012 London Australian Olympic Committee 5 [1]
 Canada (CAN) 2012 London Canadian Olympic Committee 12 13 [2]
 Canada (CAN) 2014 Sochi Canadian Olympic Committee 1 [3]
 Germany (GER) 2014 Sochi 3 "possible top-three finish" [4]
 Australia (AUS) 2014 Sochi Australian Olympic Committee 15 [5]
 Australia (AUS) 2016 Rio de Janeiro Australian Institute of Sport 5–9 "aspiration of fifth and certainly no lower than ninth" [6]
 Australia (AUS) 2016 Rio de Janeiro Australian Olympic Committee 5–7 "stretch target of fifth and a benchmark result of seventh" [6]
 Brazil (BRA) 2016 Rio de Janeiro Brazilian Olympic Committee 10 [7][8]
 Canada (CAN) 2016 Rio de Janeiro Canadian Olympic Committee 12 [2]
  1. ^ Himmer, Alastair (15 May 2011). "Olympics-Australia target beating Britain on their doorstep". Reuters. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b The Canadian Press (4 March 2015). "Rio Olympics: Canada aiming for top-12 finish". CBC Sports. CBC.ca. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Olympics-Cocky Canucks target top spot on the medal table". Reuters. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ Grohmann, Karolos (22 February 2014). "We failed in Sochi, says German team chief". Reuters. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ Mulvenney, Nick (30 October 2013). "Australia reassured on gay, security issues for Sochi". Reuters. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b Australian Associated Press (28 April 2015). "Olympic Games 2016: Australia 'can and will improve' on London medal haul". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ^ Lord, Craig (18 March 2013). "Pereira: Brazil's 2016 Target "Absurd"". swimvortex. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  8. ^ Downie, Andrew (4 August 2015). "Olympics-Top-10 finish the aim for Brazil with one year to go". Reuters. Retrieved 9 March 2016.