[82lsju]

I know about the medal "competition" between US universities, but I never heard about Stanford claiming that, if it were a country, it would top ten (or whatever ranking). Do you have a source for this, ColoradoTree?

The "Conference of Champions" (pac-12.com) certainly makes these claims during/after every Olympic Games. Google "pac-12 Olympic medals if a country" and all the links come up.

OK, but you still haven't answered my question. When has Stanford made the claim that, if it were a country, it would have placed "x" in the Olympics in total medals? I do peruse gostanford.com and Stanford Magazine, and I don't remember an official Stanford statement to that effect.

I've not seen Stanford make the claim but others have, see for example

Stanford athletes (incoming, current and former) have won 18 Olympic medals in Rio as of Thursday morning, the most of any American university and more medals than most of the 200 member nations competing at the Games, according to the NCAA. If Stanford were a country, it’d currently be ranked No. 10 in the total medal count.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-i...2016-08-18

[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9)]Many alums will tell you that if the two were a country the duo would come in seventh overall behind Japan and ahead of Australia in the list of nations. (See chart below).  We know that math doesn't actually work out here because sometimes there are two members on a team, but you get the idea. [/color]

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/i...y/1925011/

Stanford now has gold medals in six different events, tying it for the fifth-best "country" in the world. The only countries ahead of Stanford are: the US (20), China (13), Great Britain (7), and Japan (7).

https://www.ruleoftree.com/2016/8/13/124...st-country

[82lsju]

I know about the medal "competition" between US universities, but I never heard about Stanford claiming that, if it were a country, it would top ten (or whatever ranking). Do you have a source for this, ColoradoTree?

The "Conference of Champions" (pac-12.com) certainly makes these claims during/after every Olympic Games. Google "pac-12 Olympic medals if a country" and all the links come up.

OK, but you still haven't answered my question. When has Stanford made the claim that, if it were a country, it would have placed "x" in the Olympics in total medals? I do peruse gostanford.com and Stanford Magazine, and I don't remember an official Stanford statement to that effect.

I've not seen Stanford make the claim but others have, see for example

Stanford athletes (incoming, current and former) have won 18 Olympic medals in Rio as of Thursday morning, the most of any American university and more medals than most of the 200 member nations competing at the Games, according to the NCAA. If Stanford were a country, it’d currently be ranked No. 10 in the total medal count.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-i...2016-08-18

[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9)]Many alums will tell you that if the two were a country the duo would come in seventh overall behind Japan and ahead of Australia in the list of nations. (See chart below).  We know that math doesn't actually work out here because sometimes there are two members on a team, but you get the idea. [/color]

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/i...y/1925011/

Stanford now has gold medals in six different events, tying it for the fifth-best "country" in the world. The only countries ahead of Stanford are: the US (20), China (13), Great Britain (7), and Japan (7).

https://www.ruleoftree.com/2016/8/13/124...st-country