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--OkeyDokey-- on 23 August 2008
thanny said:
Brilliant performance by Matthew Mitcham in the 10 meter platform! Out of the 8 Diving medals on offer, China had so far won all 7 gold, and were practically guaranteed to get the 8th. on the last dive, the chinese guy was a massive 108 points infront of Mitcham. He needed the best dive of the games to get the gold, and not only did he do that, he got and extra 4 points- 112! The best moment of the olympics for Australia!

I know right :O

Those Chinese were in shock, haha.

But we came second to USA in women's Basketball... for the fourth Olympics in a row ._.



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oxford-gamer on 23 August 2008

The past 15 days were epic. We need a massive recap before this thread can pass away.

I'd like to see London top this in 2012.

 

EDIT: good on Canada for getting it's act together and putting out it's 3rd best medal performance.



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okr on 23 August 2008

So both, China and USA can be content: China won the most gold medals, USA won the most medals.



skeezer on 24 August 2008

The Final Medal Count:

Rank   Nation   Gold   Silver   Bronze   Total  
1  China (CHN) 51 21 28 100
2  United States (USA) 36 38 36 110
3  Russia (RUS) 23 21 28 72
4  Great Britain (GBR) 19 13 15 47
5  Germany (GER) 16 10 15 41
6  Australia (AUS) 14 15 17 46
7  South Korea (KOR) 13 10 8 31
8  Japan (JPN) 9 6 10 25
9  Italy (ITA) 8 10 10 28
10  France (FRA) 7 16 17 40
11  Ukraine (UKR) 7 5 15 27
12  Netherlands (NED) 7 5 4 16
13  Jamaica (JAM) 6 3 2 11
14  Spain (ESP) 5 10 3 18
15  Kenya (KEN) 5 5 4 14
16  Belarus (BLR) 4 5 10 19
17  Romania (ROU) 4 1 3 8
18  Ethiopia (ETH) 4 1 2 7
19  Canada (CAN) 3 9 6 18
20  Poland (POL) 3 6 1 10
21  Hungary (HUN) 3 5 2 10
21  Norway (NOR) 3 5 2 10
23  Brazil (BRA) 3 4 8 15
24  Czech Republic (CZE) 3 3 0 6
25  Slovakia (SVK) 3 2 1 6
26  New Zealand (NZL) 3 1 5 9
27  Georgia (GEO) 3 0 3 6
28  Cuba (CUB) 2 11 11 24
29  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 2 4 7 13
30  Denmark (DEN) 2 2 3 7
31  Mongolia (MGL) 2 2 0 4
31  Thailand (THA) 2 2 0 4
33  North Korea (PRK) 2 1 3 6
34  Argentina (ARG) 2 0 4 6
34  Switzerland (SUI) 2 0 4 6
36  Mexico (MEX) 2 0 1 3
37  Turkey (TUR) 1 4 3 8
38  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 1 3 0 4
39  Azerbaijan (AZE) 1 2 4 7
40  Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 2 3 6
41  Slovenia (SLO) 1 2 2 5
42  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 1 3 5
42  Indonesia (INA) 1 1 3 5
44  Finland (FIN) 1 1 2 4
45  Latvia (LAT) 1 1 1 3
46  Belgium (BEL) 1 1 0 2
46  Dominican Republic (DOM) 1 1 0 2
46  Estonia (EST) 1 1 0 2
46  Portugal (POR) 1 1 0 2
50  India (IND) 1 0 2 3
51  Iran (IRI) 1 0 1 2
52  Bahrain (BRN) 1 0 0 1
52  Cameroon (CMR) 1 0 0 1
52  Panama (PAN) 1 0 0 1
52  Tunisia (TUN) 1 0 0 1
56  Sweden (SWE) 0 4 1 5
57  Croatia (CRO) 0 2 3 5
57  Lithuania (LTU) 0 2 3 5
59  Greece (GRE) 0 2 2 4
60  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 0 2 0 2
61  Nigeria (NGR) 0 1 3 4
62  Austria (AUT) 0 1 2 3
62  Ireland (IRL) 0 1 2 3
62  Serbia (SRB) 0 1 2 3
65  Algeria (ALG) 0 1 1 2
65  Bahamas (BAH) 0 1 1 2
65  Colombia (COL) 0 1 1 2
65  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 0 1 1 2
65  Morocco (MAR) 0 1 1 2
65  Tajikistan (TJK) 0 1 1 2
71  Chile (CHI) 0 1 0 1
71  Ecuador (ECU) 0 1 0 1
71  Iceland (ISL) 0 1 0 1
71  Malaysia (MAS) 0 1 0 1
71  South Africa (RSA) 0 1 0 1
71  Singapore (SIN) 0 1 0 1
71  Sudan (SUD) 0 1 0 1
71  Vietnam (VIE) 0 1 0 1
79  Armenia (ARM) 0 0 6 6
80  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 0 4 4
81  Afghanistan (AFG) 0 0 1 1
81  Egypt (EGY) 0 0 1 1
81  Israel (ISR) 0 0 1 1
81  Moldova (MDA) 0 0 1 1
81  Mauritius (MRI) 0 0 1 1
81  Togo (TOG) 0 0 1 1
81  Venezuela (VEN) 0 0 1 1
Total 302 303 353 958


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zexen_lowe on 24 August 2008

2 golds and 4 bronzes for us, the same as Athens. Even some of the medals are the same (Gold in Football, Bronze in Sailing and Hockey, and Basketball went from gold to bronze). We need to get better in individual sports, we're strong in team sports, but we aren't very competitive in the others.




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tombi123 on 24 August 2008

Wow, Great Britain did fantastic! Maybe we can get 3rd in 2012, that would be something.



Grey Acumen on 24 August 2008

Wow, at least everybody managed to get a medal. That would really suck to go into the Olympics and not manage to get anything.



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zexen_lowe on 24 August 2008
Grey Acumen said:
Wow, at least everybody managed to get a medal. That would really suck to go into the Olympics and not manage to get anything.

The countries that didn't get any medals aren't listed. There were more than 100 countries that didn't get one

 




skeezer on 24 August 2008

It's always so sad to see the torch fire blown away at the Closing Ceremonies



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Grey Acumen on 24 August 2008
zexen_lowe said:
Grey Acumen said:
Wow, at least everybody managed to get a medal. That would really suck to go into the Olympics and not manage to get anything.

The countries that didn't get any medals aren't listed. There were more than 100 countries that didn't get one

 

Eeek, I thought the list seemd kinda short. Uh, sorry guys, better luck next olympics?

 



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