Challenge #277: 2016 Summer Olympics

[RebekaMazuchova]

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[BS_THE_ANALYST]

Answer created their total column via a formula (I guess) as if a null was present, this forces the total to be null (formula tool behaviour unlike crosstab/summarise). A tad annoying! The Age calculation was also interesting to figure out, I assumed the date to be the start of the event.

Not an Olympic challenge completion time for me!

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Time taken: 14:44

 

[jwbtx20]

Fun & quick challenge!  I was able to avoid the "null" issues using the summarize tool & counts (did a formula to create "tag" columns for female vs. male athletes).  

[Pilsner]

My solution:

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Not sure of the exact date used to calculate the athletes age but I got everything else to match.

 

[aiahwieder]

A classic case where SORTING matters when RANKING.

[JessicaEP]

Completed! Then I had a thought: The smallest teams were countries that only sent two athletes- what's the smallest team that actually brought home a medal? So to satisfy my own curiosity I did a little bonus analysis and found the answer: 

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Niger, with a team of only 6, brought home one silver medal.

[estherb47]

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