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How it works
Competitors receive 1 point for each position they finish higher than last place, plus 1. Competitors finishing in the top 5 also receive bonus points (10,7,5,3,1). All events conducted as part of the selected competitions are weighted evenly. All sports have an equal weight in the rankings so each sport's score is then scaled out of 100. A maximum of two representitives from each nation is counted towards the rankings.
Great Britain
As the nations of Great Britain compete separately in some sports and as one in others, the four nation's (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) results have been combined and ranked as Great Britain. In team sports such as cricket and rugby, the highest ranked team contributes to the Great Britain score.
West Indies
West Indies’ results have not been combined as one nation nor distributed among the participant countries as the entity only exists in one sport.
Example
IWF World Weightlifting Championships
WeightliftingEvent: Men's +105kg
Round: Final
Venue: Goyang, Date: 2009-11-29
| Position | Name | Score in tournament (kg) | Points for ranking | Bonus Points | Total points for ranking | Scaled points for event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  An Yong-Kwon (KOR) |
445 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 100 |
| 2 |  Artem Udachyn (UKR) |
445 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 85.7 |
| 3 | Ihor Shymechko (UKR) |
427 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 75 |
| 4 |  Abdel Rahman Mohamed Abdel Rahman (EGY) |
415 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 64.3 |
| 5 | Mohamed Ehssan Attiaa (EGY) |
415 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 53.5 |
| 6 |  Almir Velagic (GER) |
413 | 13 | 13 | 46.4 | |
| 7 |  Andrey Kozlov (RUS) |
411 | 12 | 12 | 42.9 | |
| 8 |  Jiri Orsag (CZE) |
388 | 11 | 11 | 39.3 | |
| 9 |  Patrick Judge (USA) |
388 | 10 | 10 | 35.7 | |
| 10 |  Bunyami Sudas (TUR) |
386 | 9 | 9 | 32 | |
| 11 | Petr Sobotka (CZE) |
381 | 8 | 8 | 28.6 | |
| 12 |  Itte Detenamo (NRU) |
381 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |
| 13 |  Irakli Turmanidze (GEO) |
380 | 6 | 6 | 21.4 | |
| 14 |  George Kobaladze (CAN) |
378 | 5 | 5 | 17.9 | |
| 15 |  Chen Shih-Chieh (TPE) |
378 | 4 | 4 | 14.3 | |
| 16 |  Corran Hoching (AUS) |
368 | 3 | 3 | 10.7 | |
| 17 |  Teemu Roininen (FIN) |
325 | 2 | 2 | 7.1 | |
| 18 |  Viktors �?erbatihs (LAT) |
No Mark | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | |
| 18 |  Daniel Dolega (POL) |
No Mark | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | |
| 18 |  Jim Gyllehammar (SWE) |
No Mark | 1 | 1 | 3.6 |
The points distributed between the countries for this event are: Korea Republic: 100, Ukraine: 160.7, Egypt: 117.8, Germany: 46.4, Russia: 42.9, Czech Republic: 67.9, USA: 35.7, Nauru: 25, Georgia: 21.4, Canada: 17.9, Chinese Taipei: 14.3, Australia: 10.7, Finland: 7.1, Latvia, Poland and Sweden: 3.6.
This points allocation system continues for all of the events within this competition (IWF World Weightlifting Championships in the example) and are all summed to give a final score. This score is then scaled out of 100 and is the nation's score for that sport. Each nation's score for every sport is summed to give the final rankings.