Smallest Country to Win An Olympic Medal at Every Olympics

For each Olympics in the modern era, can you name the smallest country by population to win an Olympic medal at that specific Games?
Population estimates used for the earlier Olympics are much more likely to be crude estimates
Note that not all of these answers are UN countries!
The IOC does not consider art competition medals as part of the official tally
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Year
Population
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Country
1896
1.3 m
10
18
19
Greece
1900
252 k
1
0
0
Luxembourg
1904
1.3 m
1
0
1
Greece
1908
1.3 m
0
3
1
Greece
1912
2.3 m
3
2
5
Norway
1920
261 k
0
1
0
Luxembourg
1924
1.1 m
1
1
4
Estonia
1928
1.1 m
2
1
2
Estonia
1932
1.5 m
0
1
0
New Zealand
1936
1.1 m
2
2
3
Estonia
1948
600 k
0
1
0
Trinidad and Tobago
1952
299 k
1
0
0
Luxembourg
1956
96 k
0
0
1
Bahamas
1960
1.6 m
0
1
0
Singapore
1964
138 k
1
0
0
Bahamas
1968
1.2 m
0
1
3
Mongolia
1972
1.3 m
0
1
0
Mongolia
1976
55 k
0
0
1
Bermuda
1980
773 k
0
0
1
Guyana
1984
238 k
0
0
1
Iceland
1988
100 k
0
1
0
U.S Virgin Islands
1992
283 k
0
0
1
Bahamas
1996
100 k
0
1
0
Tonga
2000
263 k
0
0
1
Barbados
2004
338 k
1
0
1
Bahamas
2008
189 k
0
1
0
Samoa
2012
112 k
1
0
0
Grenada
2016
115 k
0
1
0
Grenada
2020
35 k
0
1
2
San Marino
2024
66 k
1
0
0
Dominica
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6 Comments
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Level 77
Aug 15, 2024
Cool idea, but I have a few questions...

Given the criterion "country to win an Olympic medal", why is Monaco's medal in 1924 not included? It is obviously less populous than Estonia.. you should at the absolute least include a caveat explaining why this is omitted, if not simply include the answer.

Why do you not accept the common "USVI" as a type-in? It may be related to its lack of country status on the site that it doesn't do this automatically for you? I'm not sure.

What is the meaning of the asterisk after 2024? I could guess a few reasons, but it's kind of weird to have it there with no explanation.

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Level 57
Aug 15, 2024
The IOC no longer considers art competition medals as part of the official tally

This quiz was made before the end of the Paris Games hence the asterisk in case a smaller country won a medal, it is now gone

USVI is an unusual type in but I added it anyway

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Level 77
Aug 15, 2024
I don't really know why the tally is relevant, since the quiz isn't about how many medals each country has won, but it's your quiz and you added the caveat, so that works.

USVI is really, really not unusual at all, but thanks for adding it.

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Level 67
Aug 15, 2024
Thanks for the quiz. Its always funny to read nitpicky comments, and/or the tone people deliver them with, from those who have been on here for years but not bothered to ever contribute one single quiz themselves. Staggering. Thank you again mate for a great quiz, Nominated.
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Level 57
Aug 15, 2024
Been on the site for 8 years at this point, I'm more than used to it
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Level 67
Aug 15, 2024
Yep, quite a few of em about. Thanks again