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Olympics Draft Board

The fifty most decorated nations in Olympic history, ranked by gold. The office medal-table pool, with a board everyone can see.

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The board

What is on the Olympics draft

The first 25 of 50 rows, exactly as they load into a draft.

Name#PositionTeamGold medalsTotal medalsSilver medalsGames attended
United States1AmericasUSA12323137101354
Soviet Union2EuropeURS473120437618
China3AsiaCHN33081926225
Germany4EuropeGER32798032632
Great Britain5EuropeGBR318102534655
France6EuropeFRA29398532954
Italy7EuropeITA28182925054
Norway8EuropeNOR22961619952
Sweden9EuropeSWE22470923854
Japan10AsiaJPN21164219847
Russia11EuropeRUS19253916312
East Germany12EuropeGDR19251916511
Australia13OceaniaAUS18961919849
Hungary14EuropeHUN18954016353
Netherlands15EuropeNED17452416851
Canada16AmericasCAN16159719652
Finland17EuropeFIN14648615152
South Korea18AsiaKOR14540913439
Switzerland19EuropeSUI12240313854
Austria20EuropeAUT9736713153
Romania21EuropeROU9331810146
Cuba22AmericasCUB862447022
Poland23EuropePOL8033510348
West Germany24EuropeFRG672438211
New Zealand25OceaniaNZL651664443

The fifty most decorated nations in Olympic history, Summer and Winter combined, ranked by gold medals. Historic teams keep their own rows the way the IOC lists them — the Soviet Union is not Russia, and East Germany is not Germany.

Why this one

Olympics Draft Board

The Olympics office pool is usually a sheet where everyone picks three countries and someone loses track by the second Tuesday. This is that, drafted live: fifty nations ranked by gold medals across every Summer and Winter Games ever held.

Historic teams keep their own rows, the way the IOC lists them — the Soviet Union sits second with 473 golds and is not the same row as Russia, and East Germany is not Germany. That is a choice, and it changes the top ten, so the board says so plainly rather than quietly merging them.

Drafting nations rather than athletes is what makes this work for a room where half the people do not follow the sports. Everyone knows roughly how good Norway is at the Winter Games, and the ones who do not find out in about four picks.

How it works

Running a Olympics draft

1. Open the medal table

Fifty nations load ranked by all-time gold medals, each tagged with its continent and carrying total medals and Games attended.

2. Draft nations, not athletes

Three rounds gives everyone a headline nation and two that will surprise them. Filter by continent if you want to force some spread.

3. Score it against the live table

The draft decides who owns whom; the scoring is just the medal table as it fills in. Most pools count gold, then total, and argue about the rest.

4. Share one link and draft it live

Send the join link, set a pick clock, and everyone picks from the same board in real time. Spectators can follow along without an account, and the pick feed updates on every screen at once.

See it run

Draft the Olympics draft live

This is the room your league lands in. Watch two picks go by, then take one yourself.

Olympics Draft Board

Round 2Snake · 6 teams · 3 rounds
0:20
On the clock: Chris B.

On deck

You're up in 2 picks
#9CBChris B.
#10EMElena M.
#11YTYou
#12BTBig Tuna
R3
#13BTBig Tuna
#14YTYou
#15EMElena M.
#16CBChris B.
#17TATariq A.
#18RDRosa D.
22 availableBest available first
BT
Big Tuna
Seat 1 · Host
1United States
YT
Your TeamYou
Seat 2
2Soviet Union
EM
Elena M.
Seat 3
3China
CB
Chris B.
Seat 4
4Germany
TA
Tariq A.
Seat 5
5Great Britain
8Norway
RD
Rosa D.
Seat 6
6France
7Italy

Chat

Bex: medal table pool 🏅 all-time, three rounds
Wren S.: historic teams count separately, before anyone asks

Sample board: the fifty most decorated nations in Olympic history, Summer and Winter combined. Simulated draft, invented managers.

FAQ

Olympics Draft Board questions

Is this only the Summer Olympics?

No — Summer and Winter are combined, which is why Norway is eighth. If your pool is one or the other, upload that half as a CSV; the board works the same way.

Why are the Soviet Union and East Germany still on it?

Because the IOC counts them as their own teams and their medals were never reassigned. Folding them into Russia and Germany would change the order at the top, so the board keeps them separate and tells you it does.

Were the medal counts checked?

Three ways, per row: gold, silver and bronze must add to the Summer total, the same for the Winter total, and the two must add to the combined figure. All 159 nations in the source passed all three checks.

How much does it cost?

$29, once. That is a LiveDraft Lifetime license: unlimited drafts, unlimited participants, every feature, forever. It is not a subscription and there are no per-draft or per-seat fees.

Do the people I invite have to pay?

No, and they never will. Everyone you invite plays free, forever. No seats, no per-player fees, no account upsell. Only the person running the draft needs a license, so a twelve-person league costs $29 in total.

Is it a subscription? Does it expire?

Neither. You pay once and the license is yours permanently — no renewals, no expiry, no card kept on file for later.

What features does the license include?

All of them. Every format (snake, standard, auction, hybrid), custom CSV datasets with unlimited rating columns, photos on the board, anonymous auction bidding, live chat, spectating, auto-pick, the template library, and priority support. There is no higher tier to buy.

Do I need to know how to code or use a spreadsheet?

No. Start from a ready-made template in one click, or upload a simple CSV. We provide a downloadable template with the columns already set up for you.

How many people can join a draft?

As many as your format needs. Invite friends by username, set the draft order, and everyone joins the live room from any device — no installs required.

What draft formats are supported?

Standard and snake drafts, budget auctions with anti-snipe and max bids, and a hybrid mode that auctions the top of your board before drafting the rest.

What happens if someone loses connection?

The clock is server-authoritative, so the draft stays in sync for everyone. Anyone who drops can reconnect and resume exactly where they left off, and optional auto-pick keeps things moving on the clock.

Can other people watch our draft?

Yes — flip on public spectating and anyone with the link can follow along pick by pick, live.

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