The 2016 Olympics thread...

[Agent 86]

New Zealand - Silver Medal Specialists.

[Agent 86]

A true indication as to how countries rank.....USA 23rd, China 38th.
So considering how they have far larger groups of athletes at home to compete against and hone their skills, they don't stack up as good as they should.

Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Population Population per Gold
1 Fiji FIJ 1 0 0 1 892,000 892,000
2 Kosovo RKS 1 0 0 1 1,845,000 1,845,000
3 Hungary HUN 5 3 3 1 19,831,000 1,966,200
4 Slovenia SLO 1 1 1 3 2,064,000 2,064,000
5 Croatia CRO 2 1 0 3 4,223,000 2,111,500
6 New Zealand NZL 2 6 0 8 4,548,000 2,274,000
7 Australia AUS 6 6 8 20 23,802,000 3,967,000
8 Switzerland SUI 2 0 1 3 8,265,000 4,132,500
9 Slovakia SVK 1 1 0 2 5,423,000 5,423,000
10 Singapore SIN 1 0 0 1 5,562,000 5,562,000
11 Netherlands NED 3 2 3 8 16,917,000 5,639,000
12 Great Britain GBR 9 11 6 26 64,955,000 7,217,222
13 South Korea KOR 6 3 4 13 50,633,000 8,438,833
14 Kazakhstan KAZ 2 2 3 7 17,506,000 8,753,000
15 Belarus BLR 1 1 0 2 9,448,000 9,448,000
16 Sweden SWE 1 3 1 5 9,766,000 9,766,000
17 Germany GER 8 4 3 15 80,930,000 10,116,250
18 Czech Republic CZE 1 0 4 5 10,534,000 10,534,000
19 Greece GRE 1 0 1 2 10,840,000 10,840,000
20 Belgium BEL 1 1 1 3 11,301,000 11,301,000
21 Italy ITA 5 7 4 16 60,772,000 12,154,400
22 France FRA 5 8 5 18 66,477,000 13,295,400
23 United States USA 21 15 18 54 321,191,000 15,294,810
24 Spain ESP 3 0 2 5 46,460,000 15,486,667
25 Canada CAN 2 2 7 11 35,883,000 17,941,500
26 Japan JPN 7 3 14 24 126,820,000 18,117,143
27 Romania ROU 1 1 2 4 19,765,000 19,765,000
28 Chinese Taipei TPE 1 0 2 3 23,476,640 23,476,640
29 North Korea PRK 1 2 2 5 25,155,000 25,155,000
30 Russia RUS 5 9 8 22 143,814,000 28,762,800
31 Thailand THA 2 1 1 4 67,959,000 33,979,500
32 Poland POL 1 1 2 4 37,992,000 37,992,000
33 Argentina ARG 1 0 0 1 43,417,000 43,417,000
34 Colombia COL 1 1 0 2 48,229,000 48,229,000
35 Iran IRI 1 0 0 1 79,109,000 79,109,000
36 Vietnam VIE 1 1 0 2 91,714,000 91,714,000
37 Ethiopia ETH 1 0 1 2 99,391,000 99,391,000
38 China CHN 13 11 17 41 1,370,840,000 105,449,231
39 Brazil BRA 1 1 2 4 207,848,000 207,848,000

[Deleted User]

So happy we have a boxer again for the first time in 24 years. Still a shame baseball will not be back in 2016 en we have to wait till 2020.

Baseball is a cool game to sit down and watch. But as an Olympic sport? Why not hang the gold medal around the Americans neck now. I suppose we could say the same about Basketball, and the rest of world have caught up to them in the past, but takes an inhuman effort to beat them. Althou earning what they do, a gold medal at the Olympics probably means nothing to them.

Are you a genuine moron, dog?

Previous medallists in baseball.

[nikkiboy]

So happy we have a boxer again for the first time in 24 years. Still a shame baseball will not be back in 2016 en we have to wait till 2020.

Baseball is a cool game to sit down and watch. But as an Olympic sport? Why not hang the gold medal around the Americans neck now. I suppose we could say the same about Basketball, and the rest of world have caught up to them in the past, but takes an inhuman effort to beat them. Althou earning what they do, a gold medal at the Olympics probably means nothing to them.

Are you a genuine moron, dog?

Yes, yes he is

[Agent 86]

Owen missed the 2000 Olympics there.

Moron...nah yeah.

[Deleted User]

Owen missed the 2000 Olympics there.

Moron...nah yeah.

No, no I didn't. Your point is that they'd win it every year and only had to turn up. I pointed out that they won only 1 in 5 attempts.

As I said, you're a moron.

[Agent 86]

Owen missed the 2000 Olympics there.

Moron...nah yeah.

No, no I didn't. Your point is that they'd win it every year and only had to turn up. I pointed out that they won only 1 in 5 attempts.

As I said, you're a moron.

Owen76 advising he is only partially blind and asking me for an alternative answer to being a moron.
A. Yeah nah yeah.

[Deleted User]

Owen missed the 2000 Olympics there.

Moron...nah yeah.

No, no I didn't. Your point is that they'd win it every year and only had to turn up. I pointed out that they won only 1 in 5 attempts.

As I said, you're a moron.

Owen76 advising he is only partially blind and asking me for an alternative answer to being a moron.
A. Yeah nah yeah.

You contribute nothing, here. Why do you bother? I'd rather read the insane ramblings of Stevie the Poet than your drivel.

[ifm]

Owen missed the 2000 Olympics there.

Moron...nah yeah.

No, no I didn't. Your point is that they'd win it every year and only had to turn up. I pointed out that they won only 1 in 5 attempts.

As I said, you're a moron.

Owen76 advising he is only partially blind and asking me for an alternative answer to being a moron.
A. Yeah nah yeah.

You contribute nothing, here. Why do you bother? I'd rather read the insane ramblings of Stevie the Poet than your drivel.

Didn't Britain win the first ever major baseball tourney?

[Deleted User]

Owen missed the 2000 Olympics there.

Moron...nah yeah.

No, no I didn't. Your point is that they'd win it every year and only had to turn up. I pointed out that they won only 1 in 5 attempts.

As I said, you're a moron.

Owen76 advising he is only partially blind and asking me for an alternative answer to being a moron.
A. Yeah nah yeah.

You contribute nothing, here. Why do you bother? I'd rather read the insane ramblings of Stevie the Poet than your drivel.

Didn't Britain win the first ever major baseball tourney?

Not a clue. We were on about the Olympics

[ifm]

No, no I didn't. Your point is that they'd win it every year and only had to turn up. I pointed out that they won only 1 in 5 attempts.

As I said, you're a moron.

Owen76 advising he is only partially blind and asking me for an alternative answer to being a moron.
A. Yeah nah yeah.

You contribute nothing, here. Why do you bother? I'd rather read the insane ramblings of Stevie the Poet than your drivel.

Didn't Britain win the first ever major baseball tourney?

Not a clue. We were on about the Olympics

Yeah just thought I remembered something that would confirm what you said about the USA being poor at the game.

[Deleted User]

You probably mean this one-off series from 1938

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Amateur_World_Series

[Agent 86]

Owen missed the 2000 Olympics there.

Moron...nah yeah.

No, no I didn't. Your point is that they'd win it every year and only had to turn up. I pointed out that they won only 1 in 5 attempts.

As I said, you're a moron.

Owen76 advising he is only partially blind and asking me for an alternative answer to being a moron.
A. Yeah nah yeah.

You contribute nothing, here. Why do you bother? I'd rather read the insane ramblings of Stevie the Poet than your drivel.

Thankyou for that high praise indeed, but, I surely cannot compete with The One & Lonely, he is a legend on this forum. Regrettably Lonely is banned from this forum for another 9 months!

[Agent 86]

Owen76 advising he is only partially blind and asking me for an alternative answer to being a moron.
A. Yeah nah yeah.

You contribute nothing, here. Why do you bother? I'd rather read the insane ramblings of Stevie the Poet than your drivel.

Didn't Britain win the first ever major baseball tourney?

Not a clue. We were on about the Olympics

Yeah just thought I remembered something that would confirm what you said about the USA being poor at the game.

Dave76 has obvioulsy not been to a baseball match in America yet.......Go to one, the atmosphere and entertainment in the crowd is 1000% better than England premier league yawnball.

[Deleted User]

You contribute nothing, here. Why do you bother? I'd rather read the insane ramblings of Stevie the Poet than your drivel.

Didn't Britain win the first ever major baseball tourney?

Not a clue. We were on about the Olympics

Yeah just thought I remembered something that would confirm what you said about the USA being poor at the game.

Dave76 has obvioulsy not been to a baseball match in America yet.......Go to one, the atmosphere and entertainment in the crowd is 1000% better than England premier league yawnball.

Are you not sick of being completely wrong yet?

Not only do I love the sport I've been to watch it live on both my trips so the USA.
The Yanks in the bar I used on the second visit found it highly amusing that a Brit knew a lot about baseball and would discuss it with them. Going in in a "Crash Davis" replica shirt also helped.

[The Icon]

Didn't Britain win the first ever major baseball tourney?

Not a clue. We were on about the Olympics

Yeah just thought I remembered something that would confirm what you said about the USA being poor at the game.

Dave76 has obvioulsy not been to a baseball match in America yet.......Go to one, the atmosphere and entertainment in the crowd is 1000% better than England premier league yawnball.

Are you not sick of being completely wrong yet?

Not only do I love the sport I've been to watch it live on both my trips so the USA.
The Yanks in the bar I used on the second visit found it highly amusing that a Brit knew a lot about baseball and would discuss it with them. Going in in a "Crash David" replica shirt also helped.

Have you no shame? [WINKING FACE]

[Deleted User]

Have you no shame? [WINKING FACE]

FFS!

[Agent 86]

Didn't Britain win the first ever major baseball tourney?

Not a clue. We were on about the Olympics

Yeah just thought I remembered something that would confirm what you said about the USA being poor at the game.

Dave76 has obvioulsy not been to a baseball match in America yet.......Go to one, the atmosphere and entertainment in the crowd is 1000% better than England premier league yawnball.

Are you not sick of being completely wrong yet?

Not only do I love the sport I've been to watch it live on both my trips so the USA.
The Yanks in the bar I used on the second visit found it highly amusing that a Brit knew a lot about baseball and would discuss it with them. Going in in a "Crash Davis" replica shirt also helped.

Dave reconfirming I was right there stating USA as the worlds best Baseball nation with his regular visits to USA to watch the game.
Thanks for that Daveo

[Deleted User]

Dave reconfirming I was right there stating USA as the worlds best Baseball nation with his regular visits to USA to watch the game.
Thanks for that Daveo

You need to leave here. I've already demonstrated that Cuba is the most successful Olympic team.

America has the biggest "ball clubs" but those teams are full of international players, particularly from Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Canada and Puerto Rico. Not to mention Japan, South Korea and Mexico.

[Agent 86]

Daveo confirming America also has the biggest Baseball clubs and do not mention Japan, Korea or Mexico, as he is a Trump supporter obviously.