Jamaica swept the Olympic’s track & field sprinting events, with the inimitable Usain Bolt taking back-to-back golds in the 100m and 200m dashes (not to mention the 4×100 relay). The women went 1-2-2 for the 100m. It’s curious how a small island in the Caribbean can churn out so many world-class runners, with a population of 2.8 million and a land mass of roughly 4000 square miles.

Taiwan, on the other hand, has 23 million people and a land mass of 13,8000 sq mi - about 3.25 times the size of Jamaica.