2012 London Olympics

Gutted Nick Skelton didn’t get a medal in the individual Showjumping, but Cian O’Connor got Ireland’s first medal with a Bronze. Gold Won by Switzerland and Silver to Netherlands.

Was exciting though :D

Great Britain has 541 entered into the olympics this year
China has 380
USA has 530

Stands to reason that the countries who throw the most entrants into the mix are likely to come out with more medals. Most of the European countries are up in the 1-2 hundreds, with Russia at 436.

Actually if you look at medals won versus amount of people taking part, China and Korea are doing pretty well!

In 2008 we sent out only 312 people in teamGB and we still managed to get 47 medals (19 golds). So statistically its no wonder we have got more this time.

But….am getting fed up of having to listen to the National Anthem…. dreary song!

Well said Desmond….. our athletes had to be the best to win and per population head they have done a tremendous job. I asked my kids too des… and they are as hooked as me…. maybe yours just haven’t discovered them yet :D

@desmondy wrote:

Interesting yet somewhat simplistic logic above.

Your statistics don’t account for the quality of the athletes.
The USA and China have an enormous pool of people to pick their athletes from so it stands to reason that theirs will be of a very high standard and thus monopolize the medals.
Would be interesting to know the percentage of young people in those countries actively competing in sports compared to us. I’d guess it will be much higher.

I’m so proud of team GB though. I can imagine a whole generation taking up sport because of them. If so the cost has been worth it!
Saying that though when i asked my children if the Olympics had been on in their their house they answered no! I hope that’s not the norm!

To get into the olympics you have to get through qualifying, so it is assumed that they are all good, although some are going to be better than others, and some may peak too soon and be rubbish on the day, whilst others peak bang on the nose and do really really well. That’s all about training and preparing. The statistics were just to highlight sheer numbers, and the fact that there is a correlation between numbers of medals won and the number of competitors, but only a vague correlation, because as we have the most entrants this olympic games, you would think we’d get the most medals, but obviously we won’t.

And, I think they’ve done really well too, and not only that but what a truly lovely bunch of people they all are. Warms the cockles of yer heart it does. :D

@pepsi wrote:

@a certain sadness wrote:

who won the 25m rapid fire pistol?

Hi Certy

:lol:

FYI

Pupo wins 25m rapid fire gold at Olympics
Cuba’s Leuris Pupo proved to be the steadiest arm as he won the men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol Olympic title on Friday.

By Reuters | Eurosport – Fri, Aug 3, 2012 15:40 BST

Hasn’t the Olympic television coverage been just fantastic !

:lol:

Yes and no – I have missed a couple of events that I really wanted to see because they were shown on BBC3 – now, I know to check both channels every day!