Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)

[jimharri]

Whose Girma?

Steeplechaser. He hit one of the barriers really hard, and had a nasty fall. It looked like the impact with the ground knocked him out.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

What beautiful Women Denise Lewis and Jessica Ennis Hill are

Gabby beside them isn't too shabby either

 

[Eccles Blue]

I only take cash, no card nonsense.

That’s where I’ve been going wrong. :-)

 

[jimharri]

That’s where I’ve been going wrong. :-)

No comment.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

They're making up sports as they go along
The marathon mixed relay walking race?

 

[jimharri]

What beautiful Women Denise Lewis and Jessica Ennis Hill are

Gabby beside them isn't too shabby either

Championing the cause of the older less young ladies.

 

[Eccles Blue]

They're making up sports as they go along
The marathon mixed relay walking race?

I saw about 5 minutes of that. I’m sure they were running!!

 

[SebastianBlue]

Whose Girma?

Well, not yours, of course.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Gabby beside them isn't too shabby either

Gabby easily the most beautiful, intelligent, physically fit woman at the Olympics.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Interestingly (or not as the case may be) we are 20th in terms of gold medals per head. Per million of population it is -

Dominica 13.69
St Lucia 5.55
Brunei 2.2
Ireland 0.79
Australia 0.64
New Zealand 0.57
Netherlands 0.51
Croatia 0.50
Slovenia 0.47
Chinese Taipei 0.36
Hungary 0.3
Sweden 0.28
Serbia 0.28
Georgia 0.27
Hong Kong 0.27
South Korea 0.21
France 0.2
Azerbaijan 0.19
Norway 0.19
GB 0.18

USA are 0.07
Japan 0.09
China 0.02

If you look at total medals and say a gold is worth 3, silver 2 and bronze 1, the order is

Dominica
St lucia
Grenada
Brunei
New Zealand
Australia
Ireland
Chinese Taipei
Croatia
Jamaica
Netherlands
Georgia
Fiji
Kosovo
Hungary
Cape Verde
Sweden
Cyprus
Slovenia
France
Israel
GB (22nd)

USA are 59th and China 64th

India are last in both tables

However countries with populations over 30 million with no medals at all (excluding Russia who are excluded from the Olympics) are:-

Pakistan 240 million
Nigeria 223 million
Bangladesh 173 million
Congo 102 million
Vietnam 99 million
Thailand 72 million
Tanzania 67m
Myanmar 55 m
Sudan 48m
Iraq 46m
Afghanistan 42m
Morocco 38m
Saudi Arabia 37 m
Angola 37m
Yemen 34m
Ghana 34m
Mozambique 35m
Nepal 31m
Madagascar 30m

So on both measures Dominica and St Lucia are winning the Olympics


I should add that on the way back from West Ham last season we were talking about fantasy football and my youngest went “oh my dad’s a spreadsheet wanker” (I admit I did have a spreadsheet for fantasy football) - so I was basically on a par with the briefcase wanker from the Inbetweeners! - which unfortunately has stuck

Don't know if this changes your table but you will have noted that Morocco are now out of that final league of no medals, having just won gold in the men's steeplechase.