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The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad and informally as London 2012, will be held in London from July 15 through August 12. This makes London the first city to host the Games three times - the previous occasions being in 1908 and 1948. The Olympic Games have pagan origins. The torch relay was first used for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Nazi Berlin

Athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees will be participating.

Conservapedia predicts and analyzes underachievement by nations, or particular sports fielded by a nation, due to:

Nations that have implemented same-sex marriage

Argentina

Argentina's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
Year and location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	0	0	0	0
1904 St. Louis	Did not participate
1908 London	0	0	0	0
1912 Stockholm	Did not participate
1920 Antwerp	0	0	0	0
1924 Paris	1	3	2	6
1928 Amsterdam	3	3	1	7
1932 Los Angeles	3	1	0	4
1936 Berlin	2	2	3	7
1948 London	3	3	1	7
1952 Helsinki	1	2	2	5
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	0	1	1	2
1960 Rome	0	1	1	2
1964 Tokyo	0	1	0	1
1968 Mexico City	0	0	2	2
1972 Munich	0	1	0	1
1976 Montreal	0	0	0	0
1980 Moscow	Did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	0	0	0	0
1988 Seoul	0	1	1	2
1992 Barcelona	0	0	1	1
1996 Atlanta	0	2	1	3
2000 Sydney	0	2	2	4
2004 Athens	2	0	4	6
2008 Beijing	2	0	4	6
July 22, 2010	Same-sex marriage legalized
2012 London	?	?	?	?
Total	17	23	26	66

Belgium

Belgium's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
Year and location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	Did not participate
1900 Paris	5	5	5	15
1904 St. Louis	Did not participate
1908 London	1	5	2	8
1912 Stockholm	2	1	3	6
1920 Antwerp (host)	14	11	11	36
1924 Paris	3	7	3	13
1928 Amsterdam	0	1	2	3
1932 Los Angeles	0	0	0	0
1936 Berlin	0	0	2	2
1948 London	2	2	3	7
1952 Helsinki	2	2	0	4
1956 Stockholm/Melbourne	0	2	0	2
1960 Rome	0	2	2	4
1964 Tokyo	2	0	1	3
1968 Mexico City	0	1	1	2
1972 Munich	0	2	0	2
1976 Montreal	0	3	3	6
1980 Moscow	1	0	0	1
1984 Los Angeles	1	1	2	4
1988 Seoul	0	0	2	2
1992 Barcelona	0	1	2	3
1996 Atlanta	2	2	2	6
2000 Sydney	0	2	3	5
January 30, 2003	Same-sex marriage legalized
2004 Athens	1	0	2	3
2008 Beijing	1	1	0	2
2012 London	?	?	?	?
Total	37	51	51	139

Canada

Canada's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
Year and location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	did not compete
1900 Paris	1	0	1	2
1904 St. Louis	4	1	1	6
1908 London	3	3	10	16
1912 Stockholm	3	2	3	8
1920 Antwerp	3	3	3	9
1924 Paris	0	3	1	4
1928 Amsterdam	4	4	7	15
1932 Los Angeles	2	5	8	15
1936 Berlin	1	3	5	9
1948 London	0	1	2	3
1952 Helsinki	1	2	0	3
1956 Stockholm/Melbourne	2	1	3	6
1960 Rome	0	1	0	1
1964 Tokyo	1	2	1	4
1968 Mexico City	1	3	1	5
1972 Munich	0	2	3	5
1976 Montreal (host)	0	5	6	11
1980 Moscow	did not compete
1984 Los Angeles	10	18	16	44
1988 Seoul	3	2	5	10
1992 Barcelona	7	4	7	18
1996 Atlanta	3	11	8	22
2000 Sydney	3	3	8	14
2004 Athens	3	6	3	12
July 20, 2005	Same-sex marriage legalized
2008 Beijing	3	9	6	18
2012 London	?	?	?	?
Total	58	94	108	260

Denmark

Denmark's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
Year and location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	1	2	3	6
1900 Paris	1	3	2	6
1904 St. Louis	did not participate
1908 London	0	2	3	5
1912 Stockholm	1	6	5	12
1920 Antwerp	3	9	1	13
1924 Paris	2	5	2	9
1928 Amsterdam	3	1	2	6
1932 Los Angeles	0	3	3	6
1936 Berlin	0	2	3	5
1948 London	5	7	8	20
1952 Helsinki	2	1	3	6
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	1	2	1	4
1960 Rome	2	3	1	6
1964 Tokyo	2	1	3	6
1968 Mexico City	1	4	3	8
1972 Munich	1	0	0	1
1976 Montreal	1	0	2	3
1980 Moscow	2	1	2	5
1984 Los Angeles	0	3	3	6
1988 Seoul	2	1	1	4
1992 Barcelona	1	1	4	6
1996 Atlanta	4	1	1	6
2000 Sydney	2	3	1	6
2004 Athens	2	0	6	8
2008 Beijing	2	2	3	7
June 15, 2012	Same-sex marriage legalized
2012 London	?	?	?	?
Total	41	63	66	170

Iceland

Iceland's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
Year and location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	Did not participate
1900 Paris	Did not participate
1904 St. Louis	did not participate
1908 London	Did not participate
1912 Stockholm	0	0	0	0
1920 Antwerp	Did not participate
1924 Paris	Did not participate
1928 Amsterdam	Did not participate
1932 Los Angeles	Did not participate
1936 Berlin	0	0	0	0
1948 London	0	0	0	0
1952 Helsinki	0	0	0	0
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	0	1	0	1
1960 Rome	0	0	0	0
1964 Tokyo	0	0	0	0
1968 Mexico City	0	0	0	0
1972 Munich	0	0	0	0
1976 Montreal	0	0	0	0
1980 Moscow	0	0	0	0
1984 Los Angeles	0	0	1	1
1988 Seoul	0	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	0	0	1	1
2004 Athens	0	0	0	0
2008 Beijing	0	1	0	1
June 27, 2010	Same-sex marriage legalized
2012 London	?	?	?	?
Total	0	2	2	4

Netherlands^[1]

The Netherland's Olympic medals in the Summer Games
Year and location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	did not participate
1900 Paris	0	1	3	4
1904 St. Louis	did not participate
1908 London	0	0	2	2
1912 Stockholm	0	0	3	3
1920 Antwerp	4	2	5	11
1924 Paris	4	1	5	10
1928 Amsterdam (host)	6	9	4	19
1932 Los Angeles	2	5	0	7
1936 Berlin	6	4	7	17
1948 London	5	2	9	16
1952 Helsinki	0	5	0	5
1956 Stockholm/Melbourne	did not participate
1960 Rome	0	1	2	3
1964 Tokyo	2	4	4	10
1968 Mexico City	3	3	1	7
1972 Munich	3	1	1	5
1976 Montreal	0	2	3	5
1980 Moscow	0	1	2	3
1984 Los Angeles	5	2	6	13
1988 Seoul	2	2	5	9
1992 Barcelona	2	6	7	15
1996 Atlanta	4	5	10	19
2000 Sydney	12	9	4	25
April 1, 2001	Same-sex marriage legalized
2004 Athens	4	9	9	22
2008 Beijing	7	5	4	16
2012 Summer Olympics\|2012 London	?	?	?	?
Total	71	79	96	246

Norway

Portugal

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Underachievement by nations allowing same sex marriage will be particularly evident.^[2]

Nations that are increasingly atheistic

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.

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.

Winners

Athlete	Achievement	Religion, or Atheist?

Expected Medals

While there are many factors that contribute to a countries success in the Olympics (population, proximity host country, culture), Gross Domestic Product may be a fair proxy. Below is how the Olympic medals would be awarded if each country earned medals in proportion to their GDP.

Country	Expected Medals
Afghanistan	0.2
Albania	0.2
Andorra	0.1
Antigua and Barbuda	0
Angola	1.2
Algeria	2.3
Argentina	5.3
Armenia	0.1
Aruba	0
Australia	16.2
Austria	5.4
Azerbaijan	0.7
Bahamas	0.1
Bangladesh	1.4
Barbados	0
Burundi	0
Belgium	6.7
Belize	0
Benin	0.1
Bermuda	0.1
Bhutan	0
Bolivia	0.3
Bosnia-Herzegovina	0.2
Bahrain	0.3
Botswana	0.2
Belarus	0.8
Brazil	29.9
Virgin Islands	0
Bulgaria	0.7
Burkina Faso	0.1
Cameroon	0.3
Cambodia	0.2
Canada	22.6
Cayman Islands	0
Central African Republic	0
Chad	0.1
Chile	3
China	98.8
Taiwan	7.2
Colombia	4.1
Comoros	0
Cape Verde	0
Congo	0.2
Cook Islands	0
Costa Rica	0.5
Cote-d´lvoire	0.3
Croatia	0.9
Cuba	0.9
Cyprus	0.4
Czech Republic	2.8
Denmark	4.4
Djibouti	0
Dominica	0
Dominican Republic	0.7
Ecuador	0.8
Egypt	3.1
El Salvador	0.3
Equatorial Guinea	0.2
Eritrea	0
Estonia	0.3
Ethiopia	0.4
Fiji	0
Finland	3.4
France	39.8
Gabon	0.2
Gambia	0
Germany	47
Ghana	0.4
Great Britain	32.4
Guinea-Bissau	0
Georgia	0.2
Greece	4.3
Grenada	0
Guam	0
Guatemala	0.6
Guinea	0.1
Guyana	0
Haiti	0.1
Honduras	0.2
Hong Kong	3.2
Hungary	1.8
Iceland	0.2
India	24.7
Indonesia	10.1
Iran	4.7
Iraq	1.2
Ireland	3
Italy	29.5
Israel	3.1
Jamaica	0.2
Japan	78.2
Jordan	0.4
Kazakhstan	2.3
Kyrgyzstan	0.1
Kenya	0.4
South Korea	14.8
North Korea	0.4
Kuwait	2
Laos	0.1
Latvia	0.4
Saint Lucia	0
Lebanon	0.5
Lesotho	0
Libya	0.9
Lichtenstein	0.1
Luxembourg	0.8
Macedonia	0.1
Madagascar	0.1
Malawi	0.1
Malaysia	3.3
Moldova	0.1
Marshall Islands	0
Maldives	0
Malta	0.1
Mali	0.1
Mauritania	0.2
Mauritius	0.1
Mexico	16.2
Micronesia	0
Monaco	0.1
Montenegro	0.1
Mongolia	0.1
Morocco	1.3
Mozambique	0.1
Myanmar	0.7
Namibia	0.2
Nepal	0.2
Netherlands	11.2
New Zealand	1.8
Nicaragua	0.1
Niger	0.1
Niger	0.1
Norway	5.9
Oman	0.7
Pakistan	2.4
Palau	0
Panama	0.4
Papua New Guinea	0.1
Paraguay	0.3
Peru	2.3
Philippines	2.9
Poland	6.7
Portugal	3.3
Puerto Rico	1.4
Qatar	1.4
Romania	2.3
Rwanda	0.1
Saint Lucia	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0
Samoa	0
San Marino	0
Saudi Arabia	6.2
Seychelles	0
Sierra Leone	0
Senegal	0.2
Slovenia	0.7
Solomon Islands	0
South Africa	5.2
Sri Lanka	0.7
Slovakia	1.3
Swaziland	0.1
Serbia	0.6
Singapore	3
Spain	20.2
Sudan	0.9
Suriname	0
Syria	0.8
Sweden	6.6
Switzerland	7.6
Tanzania	0.3
Tonga	0
Thailand	4.6
Togo	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0.3
Tajikistan	0.1
Timor-Leste	0
Turkmenistan	0.3
Tunisia	0.6
Turkey	10.5
Tuvalu	0
Uganda	0.2
Ukraine	2
United Arab Emirates	4.3
United States	209
Uruguay	0.6
Uzbekistan	0.6
Vanuatu	0
Venezuela	5.6
Vietnam	1.5
Yemen	0.4
Zambia	0.2
Zimbabwe	0.1

References

↑ Although part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Aruba competes separately at the Olympic Games. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Aruba, although marriages performed in the European mainland Netherlands are recognized per the Kingdom's requirements. Additionally, the territories of Curacao and Sint Maarten, who will compete as "Independent Olympic Participants" under the Olympic Flag following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and the loss of recognition of their Olympic Committee, have the same regulations as Aruba with regards to same-sex marriage. Since citizens of these territories are also Dutch citizens, they are also eligible to compete for Team Netherlands. Therefore, they may have won some of the Dutch medals. In all three territories, the population is heavily Catholic and there is large opposition to same-sex marriage in spite of the Kingdom's requirements.
↑ In the United States, 44 out of 50 states prohibit same-sex marriage (Washington, D.C. also permits same-sex marriage), and 8 additional states permit civil unions. Two states (including Washington, which had previously recognized civil unions) have declared same-sex marriage legal, but implementation is postponed until after voter referendums on the laws in November 2012. Additionally, in Mexico, same-sex marriage is legal in Mexico City, a federal district roughly equivalent to Washington, DC, as well as in the state of Quintana Roo.
↑ 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: Year Book Australia, 2008

[1] Although part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Aruba competes separately at the Olympic Games. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Aruba, although marriages performed in the European mainland Netherlands are recognized per the Kingdom's requirements. Additionally, the territories of Curacao and Sint Maarten, who will compete as "Independent Olympic Participants" under the Olympic Flag following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and the loss of recognition of their Olympic Committee, have the same regulations as Aruba with regards to same-sex marriage. Since citizens of these territories are also Dutch citizens, they are also eligible to compete for Team Netherlands. Therefore, they may have won some of the Dutch medals. In all three territories, the population is heavily Catholic and there is large opposition to same-sex marriage in spite of the Kingdom's requirements.

[2] In the United States, 44 out of 50 states prohibit same-sex marriage (Washington, D.C. also permits same-sex marriage), and 8 additional states permit civil unions. Two states (including Washington, which had previously recognized civil unions) have declared same-sex marriage legal, but implementation is postponed until after voter referendums on the laws in November 2012. Additionally, in Mexico, same-sex marriage is legal in Mexico City, a federal district roughly equivalent to Washington, DC, as well as in the state of Quintana Roo.

[3] 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: Year Book Australia, 2008

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+*[[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>
 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.