If we combine the men’s and women’s swimming events, there are 90 possible medals that can be achieved by success in the sport. Basketball or soccer, on the contrary, have just 2 possible medals each. [27] This circumstance is detrimental to countries with a strong tradition in team sports, and has led some to propose a system where all the individual medals given out to team members are counted.[28] It has also been noted that, with medals standing as an indicator of Olympic success, the current system acts as an incentive for countries to increase funding and support to individual sports.[27]