Bardia jan, we are ahead of many other countries though, including some west European countries. By looking at the top of the medal standing table, you realize having a big population is a big contributing factor. Anyways, as said earlier in this thread, I'm not sure only investing money is gonna bring us medals. You need to have it in your culture/genes as well. Power and strength are the abilities we have always been good at, whereas fitness and team work have traditionally been our weaknesses. In addition, our women need to get much better despite all the difficulties they face. All in all, this Olympics was not that disappointing as it seemed from the beginning and with Behdad Salimi's failure.