[DC 86]

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.

From Stanford Magazine (Sept/Oct 1996):

Number of medals won by Stanford students and alumni at the Atlanta Olympics: [b]22[/b]
Number of medals won by Japan: [b]14[/b]
If Stanford were a country, position it would have ranked: [b]17[/b]

From Stanford Magazine (July/August 2012):

Stanford-affiliated athletes have won 225 medals. Occasionally, they have outperformed entire continents. In the 1996 Games in Atlanta, "Stanford" won more gold medals (17) than all but three countries that competed. More than China. More than France. Sixteen more than Great Britain.

Stanford Magazine (Sept/Oct 2000):

The bottom line is that Stanford has more medals than most countries. The University, with 172,350 students and alumni, has been about as successful as China, a nation of 1.2 billion. Both Cardinal and Chinese athletes won 16 gold medals in the 1996 Atlanta Games, placing them fourth in the world. Since the inauguration of the modern Summer Games in 1896, Stanford has garnered 166 medals to China's 164.


Those are the first three items that came up when I did some googling for past issues of Stanford Magazine. It doesn't look like GoStanford has extensive archives.

Bottom line is we all seem to agree at this point and can put this topic to bed (Stanford vs other colleges = awesome, Stanford as a country = silly), but there is the answer to your question about Stanford making these sorts of claims, since you were skeptical.

[DC 86]

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.

From Stanford Magazine (Sept/Oct 1996):

Number of medals won by Stanford students and alumni at the Atlanta Olympics: [b]22[/b]
Number of medals won by Japan: [b]14[/b]
If Stanford were a country, position it would have ranked: [b]17[/b]

From Stanford Magazine (July/August 2012):

Stanford-affiliated athletes have won 225 medals. Occasionally, they have outperformed entire continents. In the 1996 Games in Atlanta, "Stanford" won more gold medals (17) than all but three countries that competed. More than China. More than France. Sixteen more than Great Britain.

Stanford Magazine (Sept/Oct 2000):

The bottom line is that Stanford has more medals than most countries. The University, with 172,350 students and alumni, has been about as successful as China, a nation of 1.2 billion. Both Cardinal and Chinese athletes won 16 gold medals in the 1996 Atlanta Games, placing them fourth in the world. Since the inauguration of the modern Summer Games in 1896, Stanford has garnered 166 medals to China's 164.


Those are the first three items that came up when I did some googling for past issues of Stanford Magazine. It doesn't look like GoStanford has extensive archives.

Bottom line is we all seem to agree at this point and can put this topic to bed (Stanford vs other colleges = awesome, Stanford as a country = silly), but there is the answer to your question about Stanford making these sorts of claims, since you were skeptical.