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| | |Will countries that have implemented same-sex marriage underperform? (See below for a more lengthy explanation) | | |Will countries that have implemented same-sex marriage underperform? (See below for a more lengthy explanation) |
| − | |The total number of medals decreased by 7.5%: a decline of 5 out of 67.<ref>South Africa is excluded from this analysis for several reasons: it did not change its Marriage Act to include same-sex marriage, it has relatively few same-sex civil unions, and its medal total in average medal total in the Olympics prior to 2008 was almost identical to its medal total in 2012.</ref> | + | |The total number of medals decreased by 7.5%: a decline of 7 out of 69.<ref>South Africa is excluded from this analysis for several reasons: it did not change its Marriage Act to include same-sex marriage, it has relatively few same-sex civil unions, and its medal total in average medal total in the Olympics prior to 2008 was almost identical to its medal total in 2012.</ref> |
| | : Belgium - 5 in 2000, 3 in 2012 | | : Belgium - 5 in 2000, 3 in 2012 |
| − | : Canada - 12 in 2004, 18 in 2012 | + | : Canada - 14 in 2004/2008,<ref>A prorated number is used here, averaging 12 in 2004 and 18 in 2008, because [[same-sex marriage]] became effective in late July 2005.<.ref> 18 in 2012 |
| | : Netherlands - 25 in 2000, 20 in 2012 | | : Netherlands - 25 in 2000, 20 in 2012 |
| | : Norway - 6 in 2004, 4 in 2012 | | : Norway - 6 in 2004, 4 in 2012 |
| | : Spain - 19 in 2004, 17 in 2012 | | : Spain - 19 in 2004, 17 in 2012 |
| − | : Total - 67 expected, 62 actual - '''''decline by 7.5%''''' | + | : Total - 69 expected, 62 actual - '''''decline by more than 10%'''''<ref>There was also an increase in increase in overall medals available, which makes the decline larger.</ref> |
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| | |Men's Handball | | |Men's Handball |