Which country did most last?

Italian athletes such as perhaps the pasta in Canada. Italy takes home only five medals this year of its worst winter performance since they were held Olympic Games 1988 in Calgary. To breach add insult, last in six different events, more than any other country besides Canada, going off with at least fourteen gold medals came Italian competitors in dead.

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But as we our tally from last place further have surfaces, award "Less precious metals" athletes lead the bottom - medals for those, the last complete Tin for second last and zinc on the third to last - it clunked Russia, home with 19 total medals, more than any other nation. Unfortunately this is four more than the number of real deserve medals. (Our tally didnt we count, who quit or was disqualified, and score was differential for team tournaments.) But at least Russia can blame a considerable delegation at the games for his poor performances. Ukraine, Latvia Poland have no excuse – all three were each statement despite 60 or fewer athletes in the top 10 in last place.

For some countries - particularly in warmer climates - achieved these dubious medals was still quite a feat. Iran deserves two lead medals thanks to Marjan Kalhor, which recently finished in two Alpine Ski events. And Ghana Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, nicknamed the "Snow Leopard", a Tin deserves medal in the men's slalom. Let's cut him some slack: he is Ghana's first winter Olympic athletes.

Write toHannah Karp at hannah.karp@dowjones.com

Here are the countries, to the most last place had surfaces (lead), second to last (Tin) and third last (zinc).

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