Mekong Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 8 out of 8 for Phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Well done to the great man!!. I wonder if that will ever be beaten... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils reject Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 I'm sure the same was asked said when Spitz got 7 gold in '72. We'll just have to wait for another freak, could take a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 I don't know if this is true or not, but my dad told me that a Kiwi official told him years ago that EVERYONE in Olympic swimming was on roids. They just stopped taking them prior enough to the events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils reject Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 So, If they're all on roids it's same same. Fastest swimmer still wins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Overall Medal Standing Update :content: Gold/Silver/Bronze = Total 01 China 28 13 9 =50 02 USA 17 18 22 =57 03 Germany 9 5 5 =19 04 Australia 8 10 11 =29 05 Korea 7 9 4 =20 06 Japan 7 5 6 =18 07 Great Britain 7 3 7 =17 08 Italy 6 5 5 =16 09 Russia 5 8 8 =21 10 Ukraine 5 3 5 =13 11 France 3 9 10 =22 12 Romania 3 1 2 =6 13 Slovakia 3 1 0 =4 14 Czechia 2 3 0 =5 15 New Zealand 1 1 2 =5 16 Switzerland 2 0 3 =5 17 Spain 2 0 1 =3 ... 21 Holland 1 2 4 =7 29 Indonesia 1 0 3 =4 30 Finland 1 0 1 =2 32 Thailand 1 0 0 =1 39 Sweden 0 0 3 =3 42 Austria 0 1 2 =3 49 Vietnam 0 1 0 =1 63 Nations wins Medals so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullnight Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 The Phelps bloke is prolly impressive, but am I the only one aghast with the huge number of medals given to single swimmers ? A single talented individual can by himself influence the overall medal count disproportionately Look at this list http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/99/GL0000000.shtml The 10 highest multiple winners in those olympics are swimmers so far. Way too much for playing in a liquid that doesn't even mix decently with whisky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 You can't compare athletes in different sports by medals, except when it comes to those competing in various sports. I'm not a whiskey drinker, but since when is water not a good mixer? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullnight Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 "I'm not a whiskey drinker, but since when is water not a good mixer" Since a few days ago I decided to start a Montignac inspired diet, one of most traumatic steps was to replace Coke with Water as a whisky mixer. Millions of thais seem to be OK with the process. Lucky them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Coke with whisky? Or even whiskey? You show yourself for the low class plebe you are! Cheers, SD -- a small splash of pure mountain spring water with a nice single malt, if you please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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