Will a country ever dominate the WINTER GAMES like USA did again?

BAUS · 03-01-10, 07:28 PM

Dominate?

BAUS

The General · 03-01-10, 07:28 PM

Probably so, but USA should be proud for over performing.

Powderguy · 03-01-10, 07:29 PM

Meeeh, I wouldn't call it dominating because we got beat in the gold medal category.

whatsgood5 · 03-01-10, 07:31 PM

Didn't Canada set a record for the most gold medals?

pavyracer · 03-01-10, 07:31 PM

Guys Fishhead just came from the bar. After a few beers his voice is loud and his cheeks are rosy.

MartinBlank · 03-01-10, 07:32 PM

Did we really dominate?

I mean, Germany and Canada won more gold medals.

We had 37 total medals.

Germany had 30.

Our results were almost identical to the Salt Lake games, except we got three more bronze.

But then again, I guess you are trying really hard to generate posts here aren't you Fish?

MartinBlank · 03-01-10, 07:32 PM

Yeah, Canada almost doubled us up in Gold Medals.

But facts aren't usually that important in Fish threads.

Fishhead · 03-01-10, 07:32 PM

...........USA won more medals then any COUNTRY IN HISTORY.

DOMINATING!!!!

WileOut · 03-01-10, 07:34 PM

Never again will the winter games be dominated like we did. Never again will a country win more medals. The funny part is that the winter games is the USA's weakness.

The USA is the most athletic empire that ever existed, nobody even close.

Fishhead · 03-01-10, 07:35 PM

Originally posted by WileOut

Never again will the winter games be dominated like we did. Never again will a country win more medals. The funny part is that the winter games is the USA's weakness.

The USA is the most athletic empire that ever existed, nobody even close.

Excellent post!

pavyracer · 03-01-10, 07:38 PM

300 million 37 medals
30 million 26 medals

Canada averages 1 medal per 1 million people whereas US averages one medal per 9 million people.

Fishhead · 03-01-10, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

300 million 37 medals
30 million 26 medals

Canada averages 1 medal per 1 million people whereas US averages one medal per 9 million people.

Proof positive more people want to live in the USA than CANADA..........thanks for your unilluminating post to the situation pavyrat.

poochiecollins · 03-01-10, 08:40 PM

Medal counts shouldn't be taken that seriously because of population and genetic differences. Also, I believe the U.S.'s medal count was largely due to the new sports that we tend to be big on, relative to other countries, if I'm not mistaken.

Fishhead · 03-01-10, 09:03 PM

Make no mistake about it, USA dominated.

GREATEST OLYMPICS EVER

dwaechte · 03-01-10, 09:12 PM

This may be the worst thread ever. Go home Fishhead.

Boner_18 · 03-01-10, 09:18 PM

I prefer to calculate them as follows:
Gold = 3pts
Silver = 2pts
Bronze = 1pt

Under that rubric we still won by a healthy margin.

Boner_18 · 03-01-10, 09:19 PM

How many people live in your country have no bearing on how many athletes you produce. People become citizens of a country just to compete.

Fishhead · 03-01-10, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by Boner_18

I prefer to calculate them as follows:
Gold = 3pts
Silver = 2pts
Bronze = 1pt

Under that rubric we still won by a healthy margin.

Alfie B · 03-01-10, 11:34 PM

And calculate this into your reply. 49 top 5 finishes for the U.S. 49 top 5 finishes for Canada, O did I say 14 Gold for Canada. 14 Gold for Canada!!!
+300,000,000 Americans.
+30,000,000 Canadians.
Is somebody dominating??

Masu485 · 03-01-10, 11:42 PM

It's written that whomever gets the most Gold Medals wint the Olympic Games period. So Canada won. Doesn't matter if USA dominated. Teams dominate games all the time and still lose. No one cares that they dominated if they lose.

smallball · 03-01-10, 11:48 PM

Originally posted by Alfie B

And calculate this into your reply. 49 top 5 finishes for the U.S. 49 top 5 finishes for Canada, O did I say 14 Gold for Canada. 14 Gold for Canada!!!
+300,000,000 Americans.
+30,000,000 Canadians.
Is somebody dominating??

well going by your gorilla math, norway was the best nation at the olympics

population of 4.8 million, 9 golds and 23 medals, nobody else can beat that if you want to go by population

Tsonga · 03-04-10, 07:43 AM

ok - Norway dominated!!! and then Canada - and then the states ....maybe.

Fishhead · 03-04-10, 07:48 AM

Originally posted by smallball

well going by your gorilla math, norway was the best nation at the olympics

population of 4.8 million, 9 golds and 23 medals, nobody else can beat that if you want to go by population

diamond · 03-04-10, 07:54 AM

Agree with smallball.

diamond · 03-04-10, 07:56 AM

And the golds to the US was taken in (besides alpine which is cool):

- Snowboard (cool, but nobody cares)
- FIgure skating men (says it all)
- Freestyle skiing (zzz)
- Bobsleigh..eh..
- Nordic combined..not bad.
- Oh, and speed skating

Willie Bee · 03-04-10, 08:03 AM

Will a country ever dominate the WINTER GAMES like USA did again?

No, I'm certain it will never happen again. Records are never broken, performances never topped. I hear there's talk of never holding the Winter Game again because it would be so disrespectful to the American athletes who, let's face it, were god-like in these games. In Greece there is a discussion going on about renaming the Acropolis to Apolo's Crib and erecting a brand-spanking new statue of Ohno which will be slightly higher and centered between the other new statues in honor of Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn.

Wrigley · 03-04-10, 08:24 AM

wonder what the medal count would be if you only count the sports that were in the 1980 games

Wrigley · 03-04-10, 08:31 AM

Look at the 1980 medal count germans and soviets crushed and less sports

1980 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics

PuckOff · 03-04-10, 08:37 AM

Canada dominated when it comes to winning Gold. Why be happy with a silver or bronze?

BatemanPatrickl · 03-04-10, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by MartinBlank

Did we really dominate? I mean, Germany and Canada won more gold medals. We had 37 total medals. Germany had 30. Our results were almost identical to the Salt Lake games, except we got three more bronze. But then again, I guess you are trying really hard to generate posts here aren't you Fish?

Marty pay your points debt. Your credit scoring is dropping

Willie Bee · 03-04-10, 10:04 AM

Originally posted by PuckOff

Canada dominated when it comes to winning Gold. Why be happy with a silver or bronze?

Junior, no need to come into the thread and try to stir up any shit. Go back to your backbacon and Molson, eh

pavyracer · 03-04-10, 10:09 AM

As long as sports invented in the US are added into the olympics every year the US will have an advantage.

Boner_18 · 03-04-10, 10:15 AM

Which sports were added this olympics? Does that mean that the Scots will have an advantage in 2016 b/c of the addition of golf?

pavyracer · 03-04-10, 11:03 AM

Originally posted by Boner_18

Which sports were added this olympics? Does that mean that the Scots will have an advantage in 2016 b/c of the addition of golf?

All those sports with skateboards or jumping in the air with skis doing back flips they were recently added. Or that sking that looked like BMX bike racing.