2024 Paris Olympics megathread

[Admiral Yi]

Someone did just that and it changes very little:

So the True and Real Rankings are

Etats Unis
Chine
Japon (!)
Australie
France
Pays Bas

Grand Bretagne relegated to the dustbin of history. 

[Norgy]

Usually the DDR was up there with the best. Good to see South Korea making the top ten. It will soften the blow of all those balloons of dung North Korea are sending across the DMZ.

And this closing ceremony was among the worst things I've since Thor Heyerdahl opened the 1994 Winter Olympics.

[The Brain]

Scientologeeeeee...!

[Josquius]

They get the RHCP and don't play californication?

[Maladict]

They get the RHCP and don't play californication?

They did play it. But that second song was very unnecessary.

[garbon]

Glad California could do it's part to inject some enthusiasm to this dreary, Gallic nonsense. :usa:

[Syt]

Epyx' Summer Games and Winter Games on C64 counted Gold = 5 points, Silver = 3 points, Bronze = 1 point. And I seem to recall that in the 80s that's also how it was counted in German media at least.

[Valmy]

Honest question: do Americans refer to silver and bronze medallists as Olympic champions?

They are referred to as Silver and Bronze Medalists. Because that is what they are.

[Valmy]

How it is counted wrong? Yes. We do total medals which isn't perfect, but vastly preferable to just pretending this isn't the Olympics but some other event where only first matters.

Dude, that's all of life.

True. There is no silver medal for the Super Bowl Loser.

But the Olympics is different.

[Admiral Yi]

True. There is no silver medal for the Super Bowl Loser.

But the Olympics is different.

Can you name any silver medalist from previous Olympics?

The only one I can name is the US mens' basketball team that lost to the Bulgarian refs.

[The Brain]

Honest question: do Americans refer to silver and bronze medallists as Olympic champions?

They are referred to as Silver and Bronze Medalists. Because that is what they are.

Good. But do Americans think that the Olympics suggest they are champions, which Americans disagree with?

The Olympics is entirely organized around the concept that 2nd and 3rd place are also champions, obviously not as prestigious as Gold, but still.

[Josquius]

They get the RHCP and don't play californication?

They did play it. But that second song was very unnecessary.

Did they?
I remember by the way and can't stop.
Maybe my broadcast cut another?

[Maladict]

Did they?
I remember by the way and can't stop.
Maybe my broadcast cut another?

No, you are correct. I probably willed it to be Californication, too

[Grey Fox]

The USA has hundreds of medalist in all sorts of sports. Having a majority of them enter the public consciousness is an un realistic expectation.

Canada doesn't. We remember our silver and bronze medalist vividly.

I remember the Quebec based one more. People like Nicolas Gill the first Judo medalist. He won Bronze in 92 and Silver in 2000.

[The Minsky Moment]

Can you name any silver medalist from previous Olympics?

The only one I can name is the US mens' basketball team that lost to the Bulgarian refs.

I remember when Beth Heiden won a bronze in 1980.
Although it may have something to do with her last name.