wealth and success

i decided to look at the results table from the 2008 olympics.

1	China (CHN)	51	21	28	100
2	United States (USA)	36	38	36	110
3	Russia (RUS)	23	21	29	73
4	Great Britain (GBR)	19	13	15	47
5	Germany (GER)	16	10	15	41
6	Australia (AUS)	14	15	17	46
7	South Korea (KOR)	13	10	8	31
8	Japan (JPN)	9	6	10	25[13]
9	Italy (ITA)	8	9	10	27
10	France (FRA)	7	16	18	41
11	Ukraine (UKR)	7	5	15	27
12	Netherlands (NED)	7	5	4	16
13	Kenya (KEN)	6	4	4	14
14	Jamaica (JAM)	6	3	2	11
15	Spain (ESP)	5	10	3	18
16	Belarus (BLR)	4	5	10	19[13]
17	Romania (ROU)	4	1	3	8
18	Ethiopia (ETH)	4	1	2	7
19	Canada (CAN)	3	9	6	18
20	Hungary (HUN)	3	5	2	10[13]
21	Poland (POL)	3	6	1	10
22	Norway (NOR)	3	5	1	9
23	Brazil (BRA)	3	4	8	15
24	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	3	0	6
25	New Zealand (NZL)	3	2	4	9
26	Slovakia (SVK)	3	2	1	6
27	Georgia (GEO)	3	0	3	6
28	Cuba (CUB)	2	11	11	24
29	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	2	4	7	13
30	Denmark (DEN)	2	2	3	7
31	Mongolia (MGL)	2	2	0	4
31	Thailand (THA)	2	2	0	4
33	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	4	7
34	North Korea (PRK)	2	1	3	6
35	Argentina (ARG)	2	0	4	6
36	Mexico (MEX)	2	0	1	3
37	Turkey (TUR)	1	4	3	8
38	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	3	0	4
39	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	2	4	7
40	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	2	3	6
41	Slovenia (SLO)	1	2	2	5
42	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	3	5
42	Indonesia (INA)	1	1	3	5
44	Finland (FIN)	1	1	2	4
45	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	1	3
46	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	0	2
46	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	1	0	2
46	Estonia (EST)	1	1	0	2
46	Portugal (POR)	1	1	0	2
50	India (IND)	1	0	2	3
50	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	2	3
52	Iran (IRI)	1	0	1	2
53	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1
53	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
53	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	0	1
56	Sweden (SWE)	0	4	1	5
57	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	3	5
57	Lithuania (LTU)	0	2	3	5
59	Greece (GRE)	0	2	2	4
60	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	2	0	2
61	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	3	4
62	Austria (AUT)	0	1	2	3
62	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	2	3
64	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	1	2
64	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
64	Colombia (COL)	0	1	1	2
64	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	1	1	2
64	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	1	2
64	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	1	2
70	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
70	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
70	Iceland (ISL)	0	1	0	1
70	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
70	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
70	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
70	Sudan (SUD)	0	1	0	1
70	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
78	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	6	6
79	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	4	4
80	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	1	1
80	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
80	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
80	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
80	Mauritius (MRI)	0	0	1	1
80	Togo (TOG)	0	0	1	1
80	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1

I then decided to look at the wealth of all the countries in the world. (http://www.worldsrichestcountries.com/index.html)

1.US
2.Japan
3.China
4.Germany
5.France
6.uk
7.italy
8.Russia
9.Spain
10.Brazil
11.canada
12.india
13.mexico
14.australia
15.south korea
16.netherlands
17.turkey
18.poland
19.indonesia

This shows an uncanny trend between wealth and success. Wealth in terms of technology means training facilities, equipment coaches etc. therefore this shows very well that technology has a big influence on sport.