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What medal count do you use?
- Thread starter Sig Saucer
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That is the way I see it. Also, in Canada our medal count is always compared to the states (as is everything else) and people always whine that we don't win enough medals. Take per capita into account and the states has to win 11 times more medals than Canada to have the same amount per capita. I don't think that has happened in a LONG time. This was also Canada's best summer olympics in a long while.
lowsound
Medals per capita? If so, the real winners are countries like Jamaica with 3,8 and Iceland with 3 medals per 1 million citizens. Australia only got 2,2 medals per 1 million.
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Gold=3 points
Silver-2 points
Bronze=1 point
Not sure what that means, if anything, about who's actually "winning". But I just can't equate a gold in some sports with others. Ping pong and boxing, for instance, would be two sports where the medals don't seem to carry equal "weight".
Mostly, I just try to enjoy the competition in the events I'm interested in, and ignore the stuff that doesn't interest or annoys me.
Silver-2 points
Bronze=1 point
Not sure what that means, if anything, about who's actually "winning". But I just can't equate a gold in some sports with others. Ping pong and boxing, for instance, would be two sports where the medals don't seem to carry equal "weight".
Mostly, I just try to enjoy the competition in the events I'm interested in, and ignore the stuff that doesn't interest or annoys me.
I actually go by gold medal count. Silver and bronze are good and all, but you only really win gold.
Absolutely. Silver is meerly a consolation prize given to the 1st loser, and bronze isn't even considered a precious metal.
I'd say that it really depends on the person receiving the medal. Obviously the last Chinese diver who got the silver wasn't very happy because he expected a gold and screwed up on the last dive while the Australian did exceptional. A person not expecting to be a medal contender, who comes from behind for a bronze, will be the happiest person in the world.
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The gold medals are mostly made out of silver, but carry 6 grams of gold.
You wanna say that to the table tennis players?
Have you seen the gold medal ping pong match? It was absolutely insane.
Certainly not your average basement ping pong game. They probably trained just as hard as any swimmer or track athlete in order to get the insane speed, spin, and precision to play ping pong.
