Its over, The Olympic Games

[Beco]

Gold Silver Bro Total

United States 46 29 29 104
China 38 27 22 87
Russia 24 25 33 82
Great Britain 29 17 19 65
Germany 11 19 14 44
Japan 7 14 17 38
Australia 7 16 12 35
France 11 11 12 34
South Korea 13 8 7 28
Italy 8 9 11 28

 

[busybody..]

Its over, The Olympic Games

about fucking time!

 

[LondonHotDevil]

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[pandapompom]

http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/05/What-Now.jpg

 

[Beco]

Think you will find GB came 3rd in the offical medal table, and USA 2nd, behing China in 1st place.

take another shot of dark beer, luv

 

[killallhippies]

Think you will find GB came 3rd in the offical medal table, and USA 2nd, behing China in 1st place.

you're kinda right on the first count, but completely wrong on the second. china was second both in gold medals and total count. gb is third in gold medals, but fourth in total medals.\

http://www.london2012.com/medals/medal-count/

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Think you will find GB came 3rd in the offical medal table, and USA 2nd, behing China in 1st place.

I am quite certain the GB Olympians sent home or faulted for BS reasons will find their way back to the GB to tell us about that.

 

[KRCummings]

Think you will find GB came 3rd in the offical medal table, and USA 2nd, behing China in 1st place.

Maybe a week ago.

 

[strapon_tales]

Based on gold, Britain came third. Based on total winnings, fourth.

 

[killallhippies]

I am quite certain the GB Olympians sent home or faulted for BS reasons will find their way back to the GB to tell us about that.

are you fucking high right now?

 

[LondonHotDevil]

.......

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

are you fucking high right now?

Perhaps you are right. GB's 3rd place in gold metals and 4th overall is better than nothing. What was I thinking?

 

[blobfish]

Perhaps you are right. GB's 3rd place in gold metals and 4th overall is better than nothing. What was I thinking?

Great Britain.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Great Britain.

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Seriously though folks, I am quite proud of the USA Olympians.

 

[killallhippies]

Perhaps you are right. GB's 3rd place in gold metals and 4th overall is better than nothing. What was I thinking?

medal. the word is medal.

 

[Beco]

Based on gold, Britain came third. Based on total winnings, fourth.

39 medals from the top, dude. That's a lot of medals...old chap

 

[oggbashan]

39 medals from the top, dude. That's a lot of medals...old chap

Perhaps but Team GB is drawn from a population equivalent to the sum of several US states.

The US team's achievement compared to China is magnificent for 300 million against 1.3 billion people.

 

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[Beco]

Perhaps but Team GB is drawn from a population equivalent to the sum of several US states.

The US team's achievement compared to China is magnificent for 300 million against 1.3 billion people.

Probably true, but the home city usually goes all out for their hometown fans. China did it, I expect Brazil to do the same.

Frankly, medal counts means nothing to me, its not worth bragging about.

 

[oggbashan]

Probably true, but the home city usually goes all out for their hometown fans. China did it, I expect Brazil to do the same.

Frankly, medal counts means nothing to me, its not worth bragging about.

There is a considerable advantage in being the host nation. That country's olympians get more support than they would normally get - financial and otherwise. They have the majority of the spectators behind them, and usually perform better than they have ever done before.

As for medal counts? The difference between a medal and fourth place could be a split second, a couple of points, a single decision. When a race is won in world record time, the fourth place might have run faster than the gold medallist at the previous Olympics - and still get no medal.

 

[hobbit.]

There is a considerable advantage in being the host nation. That country's olympians get more support than they would normally get - financial and otherwise.

So some of the lottery money can now be spent on worthwhile causes instead of 'sport' ?

 

[Beco]

London did a good job....I enjoyed it.

 

[Mephistopheles7]

London did a good job....I enjoyed it.

Yeah it was fun, I can't be bothered to snipe the Olympics for whatever reason. This is the first time I really got into it and just enjoyed the athleticism. It's impossible to ignore the politics and economics of such an event but I'm going to try anyway, just this once. I enjoyed what I saw; the triumphs, the failures, the dodgy playing, the blade man!, London not being horrible for once. It was all good.

Allison Stokke especially. Thanks USA.

 

[delightdawn]

The games

I thought it was a very good games. I love the athletes and the competition. It is also a good time to watch something that maybe isn't so main stream, for me anyway. Like fencing, judo or artistic gymnastic. Huge fan of the equestrian events too.

 

[Liar]

Perhaps but Team GB is drawn from a population equivalent to the sum of several US states.

The US team's achievement compared to China is magnificent for 300 million against 1.3 billion people.

If we're going to speak medals per capita, New Zealand kicked all our asses.

Except maybe some tiny caribbean island.