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== Nations that are increasingly [[atheist]]ic ==

== Nations that are increasingly [[atheist]]ic ==

*[[Sweden]]

*[[Sweden]] 1G, 4S, 3B - 1 per 890,806 (per capita)

*[[Norway]]

*[[Norway]] 2G, 1S, 1B - 1 per 1,298,980

*[[Finland]]

*[[Finland]] 0G, 2S, 1B - 1 per 5,482,013

*[[Denmark]]

*[[Denmark]] 2G, 4S, 3B - 1 per 374,400

*[[Netherlands]]

*[[Netherlands]] 6G, 6S, 8B - 1 per 895,395

*[[Britain]]

*[[Britain]] 29G, 17S, 19B - 1 per 972,212

*[[France]]

*[[France]] 11G, 11S, 12B - 1 per 1,590,675

*[[Australia]]<ref>Since the 2001 Australians have increasingly answered "no religion" in the official census.  The growing numbers of those answering "no religion" has coincided with fewer people self-identifying as Christian: [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/636F496B2B943F12CA2573D200109DA9?opendocument Year Book Australia, 2008]</ref>

*[[Australia]] 8G, 15S, 12B - 1 per 820,040

*[[New Zealand]]

<ref>Since the 2001 Australians have increasingly answered "no religion" in the official census.  The growing numbers of those answering "no religion" has coincided with fewer people self-identifying as Christian: [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/636F496B2B943F12CA2573D200109DA9?opendocument Year Book Australia, 2008]</ref>

*[[Canada]]

*[[New Zealand]] 6G, 2S, 5B - 1 per 255,316

*[[Canada]] 1G, 6S, 11B - 1 per 1,629,626

Underachievement by atheistic nations will be particularly evident in the '''''team''''' sports, where spiritual motivation is usually non-existent.  Expect the atheistic nations to underachieve most notably in soccer, where teamwork is paramount.

The USA won the highest number of medals demonstrating that belief in sport is linked to faith.

Also, since Great Britain is the host nation, it may receive a boost in performance in spite of its increasingly atheistic nature. One should be careful to account for this when comparing Britain's performance this year to that in previous Olympic Games.

 

Also, since Great Britain is the host nation, it may receive a boost in performance in spite of its increasingly atheistic nature. One should be careful to account for this when comparing Britain's performance this year to that in previous Olympic Games. The real reason Britain performed so well in 2008, 2012 amd 2017 was due to the huge liberal money that was poured into the sports agenda to bring Britain prestige even as it declines economically and moves into a dark era with atheism growing and faith declining.

==Expected Medals==

==Expected Medals==