As for the others, the formula for success is fairly simple: select your potentially winning sports, pick the potential medalists in those sports, pour money into them, and stick with both the sports and the players until the medals roll in. The funding can be corporate sponsorship (as in the United States), state money (as in China), or a mixture of National Lottery and state money (as in the United Kingdom).
因此，在2016年奥运会上，巴西大有希望显著提高自己的奖牌数（15枚）和奖牌榜排名（第21位）。对其他国家来说，成功公式也相当简单：挑选潜在优势项目，挑选这些项目上的潜在夺牌选手，在他们身上可了劲花钱，如此坚持，直到奖牌滚滚而来。资金来源可以是公司赞助（如美国），也可以是国家出资（如中国），也可以是体育彩票和国家出资双管齐下（如英国）。