2020 Summer Olympics - sports with most medal events.

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  1. Aquatics - 49
  2. Athletics - 48
  3. Cycling - 22
  4. Gymnastics - 18
  5. Wrestling - 18
  6. Canoeing - 16
  7. Judo - 15
  8. Shooting - 15
  9. Rowing - 14
  10. Weightlifting - 14
  11. Boxing - 13
  12. Fencing - 12
  13. Sailing - 10
  14. Karate - 8
  15. Taekwondo - 8
  16. Equestrian - 6
  17. Archery - 5
  18. Badminton - 5
  19. Table tennis - 5
  20. Tennis - 5
  21. Basketball - 4
  22. Skateboarding - 4
  23. Volleyball - 4
  24. Triathlon - 3 - 1.1
  25. Baseball - 2 - 1.7
  26. Field hockey - 2 - 1.7
  27. Football - 2 - 11.1
  28. Golf - 2 - 0.9
  29. Handball - 2 - 1.9
  30. Modern pentathlon - 2 - 0.7
  31. Rugby sevens - 2 - 0.3
  32. Sport climbing - 2 - 0.2
  33. Surfing - 2 - 0.1

I'd say from those 33; most attention to least.
  1. Football - 2 - 11.7
  2. Basketball - 4 - 6.5
  3. Volleyball - 4 - 4.8
  4. Athletics - 48 - 3.4
  5. Aquatics - 49 - 2.7
  6. Tennis - 5 - 2.3
  7. Handball - 2 - 1.9
  8. Gymnastics - 18 - 1.8
  9. Baseball - 2 - 1.8
  10. Field hockey - 2 - 1.7
  11. Boxing - 13 - 1.5
  12. Wrestling - 18 - 1.5
  13. Cycling - 22 - 1.4
  14. Equestrian - 6 - 1.3
  15. Badminton - 5 - 1.2
  16. Archery - 5 - 1.2
  17. Judo - 15 - 1.2
  18. Shooting - 15 - 1.1
  19. Table tennis - 5 - 1.1
  20. Triathlon - 3 - 1.1
  21. Fencing - 12 - 0.9
  22. Golf - 2 - 0.9
  23. Rowing - 14 - 0.8
  24. Taekwondo - 8 - 0.8
  25. Weightlifting - 14 - 0.8
  26. Sailing - 10 - 0.7
  27. Modern pentathlon - 2 - 0.7
  28. Canoeing - 16 - 0.6
  29. Karate - 8 - 0.4
  30. Skateboarding - 4 - 0.3
  31. Rugby sevens - 2 - 0.3
  32. Sport climbing - 2 - 0.2
  33. Surfing - 2 - 0.1


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Weightlifting is out for the next one I believe
 
I remember when cycling was 6. Shit's gone bonkers.
 
Yes, I think Michael Phelps' medal total is very impressive. But, the guy has the opportunity to compete in multiple individual and multiple relay events per Olympics.

The majority of athletes only have the opportunity to compete for one single event.
 
Fluffernutter said:
Yes, I think Michael Phelps' medal total is very impressive. But, the guy has the opportunity to compete in multiple individual and multiple relay events per Olympics.

The majority of athletes only have the opportunity to compete for one single event.
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This is why medal counts by themselves aren't the way we measure Olympic greatness, but we take it into context relative to the historical achievements of other competitors in the same sport. Phelps is still ungodly.

Besides: Swimming, Athletics, and Combat Sports are the heart and soul of the Olympics. That goes back to the original olympiad. If the modern Olympics were more in that tradition, we'd add more martial-inspired events.

And, viewed in that prism, we see they're pretty much on par. I wish swimming didn't add the stupid hybrid-gender relays, those are pointless, but we're at 49, 48, and then if you combine all the combat sports (Boxing, Wrestling, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Fencing) there was a total of 74 medals.

We could always point to silly, unnecessary medals. For example, why are their so many medals in combat sports for the different weight classes? Just glorified handicaps.
 
MXZT said:
49 medals for aquatics is hilarious.
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That's counting everything, not just swimming. It includes marathon (i.e. open water) swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, and water polo.

Swimming has historically accounted for 32 medals (13 individual events + 3 relays for both genders).
 
Madmick said:
Besides: Swimming, Athletics, and Combat Sports are the heart and soul of the Olympics. That goes back to the original olympiad. If the modern Olympics were more in that tradition, we'd add more martial-inspired events.
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At the ancient Olympics, the earliest sports were:
  1. Athletics
  2. Wrestling
  3. Boxing
  4. Equestrian
  5. MMA
 
Phelps is a great athlete, of course, but how many people have access to an Olympic size swimming pool?

The highest GDP country I can find data for is the UK; they have 11, but as recently as 2006, they only had 2 (1 in Sheffield and 1 in Glasgow)... and the UK holds 2 men's long course records; which arguably makes them historically the joint 2nd best men's long course nation on earth!

Which is why a suspiciously small number of cities have hosted the World Aquatics Championships:
  1. Belgrade
  2. Cali
  3. Berlin
  4. Guayaquil
  5. Madrid
  6. Perth (x2)
  7. Rome (x2)
  8. Fukuoka
  9. Barcelona (x2)
  10. Montreal
  11. Melbourne
  12. Shanghai
  13. Kazan
  14. Budapest (x2)
  15. Gwangju
 
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codfather said:
Phelps is a great athlete, of course, but how many people have access to an Olympic size swimming pool?

The highest GDP country I can find data for is the UK; they have 11, but as recently as 2006, they only had 2 (1 in Sheffield and 1 in Glasgow)... and the UK holds 2 men's long course records; which arguably makes them historically the joint 2nd best men's long course nation on earth!

Which is why a suspiciously small number of cities have hosted the World Aquatics Championships:
  1. Belgrade
  2. Cali
  3. Berlin
  4. Guayaquil
  5. Madrid
  6. Perth (x2)
  7. Rome (x2)
  8. Fukuoka
  9. Barcelona (x2)
  10. Montreal
  11. Melbourne
  12. Shanghai
  13. Kazan
  14. Budapest (x2)
  15. Gwangju
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My main issue with all the swimming is its just shit to watch. Splash a is going a bit faster than splash b... yay
 
codfather said:
Phelps is a great athlete, of course, but how many people have access to an Olympic size swimming pool?

The highest GDP country I can find data for is the UK; they have 11, but as recently as 2006, they only had 2 (1 in Sheffield and 1 in Glasgow)... and the UK holds 2 men's long course records; which arguably makes them historically the joint 2nd best men's long course nation on earth!

Which is why a suspiciously small number of cities have hosted the World Aquatics Championships:
  1. Belgrade
  2. Cali
  3. Berlin
  4. Guayaquil
  5. Madrid
  6. Perth (x2)
  7. Rome (x2)
  8. Fukuoka
  9. Barcelona (x2)
  10. Montreal
  11. Melbourne
  12. Shanghai
  13. Kazan
  14. Budapest (x2)
  15. Gwangju
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LOL, you don't need a Olympic pool to become the best swimmer-- at all. Age group swimmers who don't train in long course pools routinely travel to regional meets and win their events. The only swimmers who suffer are the turn specialists. You're ignorant of swimming, so you're unaware to the ironic truth that American swimmers typically train a shorter distance than their international counterparts because the most competitive pool size here, by a landslide, are 25-yard pools, whereas 25m pools are the standard elsewhere.

Congratulations, you know nothing about the sport.
 
Madmick said:
LOL, you don't need a Olympic pool to become the best swimmer-- at all. Age group swimmers who don't train in long course pools routinely travel to regional meets and win their events. The only swimmers who suffer are the turn specialists. You're ignorant of swimming, so you're unaware to the ironic truth that American swimmers typically train a shorter distance than their international counterparts because the most competitive pool size here, by a landslide, are 25-yard pools, whereas 25m pools are the standard elsewhere.

Congratulations, you know nothing about the sport.
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My point is, how many people have consistent access to a swimming pool suitable for competitive swimming? Whether it be 50m or 25 yards.
There's a reason swimming world records get broken all the time. It's because every year more large pools are built.
 
codfather said:
My point is, how many people have consistent access to a swimming pool suitable for competitive swimming? Whether it be 50m or 25 yards.
There's a reason swimming world records get broken all the time. It's because every year more large pools are built.
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No, the reason swimming world records have been broken so consistently has historically been the progression in technology of the suits. In fact, the suits got so good in the early 00's with the non-textile innovation, FINA had to ban them, and segregate the records set in them. It has practically nothing to do with the number of olympic-sized pools. That's a coincidental correlation. The increase in sophisticated swimming programs has played a role. But more substantially, the importation of elite athletes to American swimming programs has been the primary driver of the improvement of elite, international times over the past two decades. Only the Australians are on par with us in terms of the excellence of the coaching culture.
 
Track is the sport of truth. Athletes coaches and cleets. The islands across the caribean have risen through this. I mean the running sports of track of course. Where is the national aquatics center of Jamaica? Surrounded by water. Yet they still have success in track events. The swimming nonsense is beyond annoying. A wrestler trains his whole life to enter the arena for one medal at his weight class. A swimmer can compete in numerous events winning medals. Most Boxers do one Olympics and move on to the pro ranks. But hey USA gets ratings pushing the swimming. While no one watches wrestling. Track at least is more international with many counties that have no money providing some medals on individual races.
 
haysus31 said:
Track is the sport of truth. Athletes coaches and cleets. The islands across the caribean have risen through this. I mean the running sports of track of course. Where is the national aquatics center of Jamaica? Surrounded by water. Yet they still have success in track events. The swimming nonsense is beyond annoying. A wrestler trains his whole life to enter the arena for one medal at his weight class. A swimmer can compete in numerous events winning medals. Most Boxers do one Olympics and move on to the pro ranks. But hey USA gets ratings pushing the swimming. While no one watches wrestling. Track at least is more international with many counties that have no money providing some medals on individual races.
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You mean in his handicap?

Swimmers may have the opportunity to win medals in multiple events, but there's no under-6'0" division to help out the manlets.
 
therealdope said:
I remember when cycling was 6. Shit's gone bonkers.
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i would appreciate your recommendation on the best bike for under $1000 CAD that I can comfortably ride from Mississauga to Kingston
 
wlu.29 said:
i would appreciate your recommendation on the best bike for under $1000 CAD that I can comfortably ride from Mississauga to Kingston
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No idea. $1000 is really not a lot. A few years ago I borrowed a friend's $1300 Trek (aluminum frame) and went riding with a sherdogger in Texas. That $1300 trek was more than enough bike.

Look up the Specialized Allez E5 elite or sport. THat's plenty of bike for you.
 
therealdope said:
No idea. $1000 is really not a lot. A few years ago I borrowed a friend's $1300 Trek (aluminum frame) and went riding with a sherdogger in Texas. That $1300 trek was more than enough bike.

Look up the Specialized Allez E5 elite or sport. THat's plenty of bike for you.
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thanks

i would only make the trip once

normally i would leisurely ride 30-40 km, from mississauga into Toronto to visit my parents

i have been riding on a piece of shit bike from canadian tire or costco from when i was a teenager
 
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