The best nation in discus throw? 20. December 06

The best nation in discus throw is the USA with 220 throws over 67 metres, who is followed by Germany (178) and Lithuania (129). Estonia is in seventh place with 38 throws. But...
But if we compare population and the number of the throws then we see that the best nation in discus throw is Lithuania, who is followed by Estonia. For example Lithuania has one throw per 26597 people, Estonia with 34921 people and then comes Iceand with 152167. USA is way behind in here with 1365545 people per throw and Germany with 461067.

All together there are 28 nations in the history of discus throwing who have thrown over 67 metres.

Nations over 67 metres

		74	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	SUM
1	USA	0	0	0	5	14	26	55	128	228
2	GER	1	0	0	3	4	27	43	101	179
3	LTU	0	1	0	4	14	32	43	52	146
4	CUB	0	0	0	1	4	18	16	30	69
5	CZE	0	0	0	1	4	10	13	36	64
6	EST	0	1	1	1	8	6	16	29	62
7	HUN	0	0	0	2	3	11	9	16	41
8	SWE	0	0	0	2	1	4	9	19	35
9	NOR	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	18	26
10	RSA	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	11	20
11	RUS	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	8	15
12	FIN	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12	15
13	BLR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	8	12
14	GDR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	10
15	NED	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	9
16	UKR	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	8
17	ESP	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7
18	ROM	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4
19	CAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
20	IRI	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4
21	BUL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
22	ISL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
23	IRL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
24	FRG	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
25	SVK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
26	NGR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
27	ITA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
28	FRA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
29	BAH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

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