What are the characteristics of the top countries in the Olympic medal list?

In the Olympic medal list, the top ranked countries are basically European and American countries, but also developed countries. Next, let's understand why the top countries in the Winter Olympics have these two characteristics.

The following contents are personal thoughts and are for reference only!

1. Why are they all European and American countries?

The reason is simple, because many ice and snow sports originated in Europe and America, and many ice and snow sports originated in Europe and America (mostly in Europe). This is the case. Can people in those countries be strong? Moreover, European and American countries are basically in the northern temperate zone or even the northern cold zone, where the weather itself is cold, especially in winter, and it is normal to snow. This is also the reason why many ice and snow sports originated in Europe and America, because there is much snow there, and the environment has long been theirs. It is precisely because of this environment that almost everyone in Europe and the United States will do some ice and snow sports. After all, there is snow everywhere in winter. In that era when there was no internet, it would be really boring not to learn to play with snow. Therefore, people in European and American countries have a good atmosphere of ice and snow sports. It is precisely because of this atmosphere that they have trained many ice and snow sports talents in order to compete for hegemony in the Winter Olympics.

2. Why are they all developed countries?

Because snow and ice sports are aristocratic sports, don't think that snow and ice sports only need snow, and snow is only one of the conditions. If you want to play ice and snow sports, you must have equipment, such as skateboards and skis for skiing and snowmobiles for snowmobiles, not to mention the protective equipment that is basically needed for every ice and snow sports. These things cost a lot of money at least. If they were not developed countries, they would have so much money. Like the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, it will drive 300 million people, because although there are 654.38+04 billion people in China, only a few people can afford to play ice and snow sports except for the requirements of geographical location and family economy.

Generally speaking, the top countries that won medals in the Winter Olympics are basically European and American countries and developed countries.