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Re: English butthurt

Post by SteveB » Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:12 am

Canada is probably the third worst offender at getting silver and bronzes, right after Aussieland and Japan.

And to think, I was so ready to change my medal count method to the way the rest of the world does it (by counting only the gold medals) after Vancouver when the Canucks won the most gold. Now I'm reconsidering...we has 10 medals in London, so we're 11th in standing! :cheer:

Otherwise, we'd be 21st!

The triviality of sports really brings out my nationalism.
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Post by JimC » Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:45 am

When it's all over, I'll post a "points" table, with 3 points for a gold, 2 for a silver, and one for a bronze. I will be surprise if Oz isn't right up there in terms of points per million population...

To be fair, there ought to be another measure: points per billion of GDP...

That would be interesting...
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Post by Jason » Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:36 pm

Points per billion of GDP invested in Olympic sport might be a better metric. In Canada we don't spend shit on our athletes.
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Post by Rum » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:19 pm

JimC wrote:When it's all over, I'll post a "points" table, with 3 points for a gold, 2 for a silver, and one for a bronze. I will be surprise if Oz isn't right up there in terms of points per million population...

To be fair, there ought to be another measure: points per billion of GDP...

That would be interesting...
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Re: English butthurt

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:55 am

Kazakhstan are the true top of the medal table - 6 medals - ALL GOLD!*

*(Includes medals for Best Number #1 Prostitute all of Kazakhstan and Running of the Jews!)
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Post by Svartalf » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:49 am

Listening to Borat News again I see?
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Re: English butthurt

Post by redunderthebed » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:48 am

Woot! Woot! Australia beat russia in the basketball 82-80 with patty mills draining a three before the buzzer fuck yeah!
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Re: English butthurt

Post by Svartalf » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:56 am

I suspect the Russians have been taking bribes, they were champions and everybody beats them now.
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Re: English butthurt

Post by redunderthebed » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:34 am

Svartalf wrote:I suspect the Russians have been taking bribes, they were champions and everybody beats them now.
Not from us the govt has slashed funding to sport. :lol:
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Post by Svartalf » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:35 am

I suspect from a bookies' interest group
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Re: English butthurt

Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:19 pm

Most total Olympic medals (summer and winter) -- United States. Also, most summer, and most winter, separately. The country with the second most total Olympic medals is the Soviet Union, and they haven't existed for a couple of decades. :tut:

Most Olympic gold medals -- United States.
Most Olympic silver medals -- United States.
Most Olympic bronze -- United States.

Most little cars driving around Mars.... United States. :smoke:

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And, not only that, we have the most fat people. ;)
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Re: English butthurt

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:28 pm

I bet Sparta has the most Olympic medals of all. Pity we don't have the records.
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:30 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:I bet Sparta has the most Olympic medals of all. Pity we don't have the records.
They didn't award medals. :tea:
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Re: English butthurt

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:31 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:I bet Sparta has the most Olympic medals of all. Pity we don't have the records.
They didn't award medals. :tea:
Most "first places" if you prefer. Or most winners.
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Re: English butthurt

Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:33 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:I bet Sparta has the most Olympic medals of all. Pity we don't have the records.
They didn't award medals. :tea:
Most "first places" if you prefer. Or most winners.
It didn't matter, Greece seemed to win every time.... 8-)
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