IMAGINARY SUMMER OLYMPICS - Poll #43 - Football - Men's Tournament; Volleyball - Men's Tournament; Volleyball - Women's Tournament; Fencing - Women's Team Epee; Fencing - Men's Team Sabre

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Poll #42.

 

These are olympic champions in certain events.

Imagine that all these champions are on the top of their game at the very same moment in time.

Who would have won gold?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_football#Men

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_volleyball#Men

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_volleyball#Women

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_fencing_(women)#Foil,_Team

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_fencing_(men)#Sabre,_team

[rafalgorka 1,808]

A poll with Team Sports (or Team Events), involving some USSR, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia gold medal teams.

 

For the purpose of these polls, USSR gold medals here will be counted for Russia (it looks like majority of team members were Russian), Czechoslovakia 1980 Football Gold will be counted for Czech Republic (I just can't get used to this brand new name Czechia ;-) and Yugoslavia 1960 Football Gold will be counted for Serbia (although this is the most debatable thing here, but looks like most players were from Serbia, although there were many from Croatia as well). Or - to be precise - if not majority were Serbians, there were more Serbian players than players from any other former Yugoslavian nation in the team (in water polo or handball winning teams from Yugoslavia it will be even more difficult to count).

Edited November 23, 2022 by rafalgorka

[LDOG 2,468]

Argentina football 2004:   

  

6-0-0 record. 17 goals for, 0 against.   

   

  

Not saying they are the best ever because the modern olympic football tournaments are objectively lower quality than the pre-1992 ones but wanted to give a shout to this impecable record. 

[phelps 8,282]

Football, men's tournament...chapeau to  superiority in 2004, but to me the tournaments after WWII don't have the same value than those before, which were the only ones played by the truly best teams and players available.

therefore, I pick  Italy 1936, 'cause I'm heavily biased (especially during those WC days) and 'cause that was really a great team (World Champions in 1934 and 1938, too), as a more serious vote should go to  Uruguay 1924 & 1928, when they were a real football machine...unstoppable.

 

Volleyball, men's tournament...what the hell? the greatest team ever ( Italy in the Nineties) has never won an Olympic Gold medal...why should I vote for some teams that weren't as good? OK, that's a game, so I pick the team that won most of the medals we should have gotten,  Brazil 1992, 2004 and 2016.

and tbh, those teams were great as well, not that they didn't deserve all of their success...

 

Volleyball, women's tournament...this is a no brainer,  Cuba 1992, 1996, 2000 was something special, most likely the highest point ever reached by the sport of Volleyball in the women's division.

 

Fencing, women's Team Foil...once again,  Italy 1992, 1996, 2000 (and morally, 2004...if only it wasn't for the most cruel, stupid, criminal rule ever applied to the Olympic sports, the weapons' rotation in the team events   ) are and will always be unmatched in this discipline.

 

Fencing, men's Team Sabre...this one, instead, is a very difficult choice, as we have quite a few really great dinasties that surely deserve at least a mention of Honor.  was amazing in the early part of last Century, Podzniakov's  Russia in the Nineties was remarkable (and almost unbeatable), but honestly, I think that the current generation of  South Korea 2012, 2020 (and morally, 2016, if not for the same rule that heavily penalized Italy in the women's Foil) truly represent the best team ever in modern Sabre, which is to be considered more competitive that the heroic age's, at least because of the way bigger competition there's now compared to may years ago.

Edited November 23, 2022 by phelps

[rafalgorka 1,808]

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Edited November 23, 2022 by rafalgorka

[rafalgorka 1,808]

45 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

 

Volleyball, men's tournament...what the hell? the greatest team ever ( Italy in the Nineties) has never won an Olympic Gold medal...

I bet you will win this gold in Paris!!!

 

and I hope that Poland will finally make it to the semis as well…

[Dragon 2,026]

Football - Men's Tournament

So  in 1908 and 1912 were dominant but their opposition was weak,  in the 20s and the of 2004 were great too.

But for me the Mighty Magyars of  in Helsinki were one of the 2-3 best teams in history, even if they never won the World Cup.

To be honest, I can't imagine anybody voting for another team and if you did you're wrong. 

 

Volleyball, men's tournament

Not a sport in which I can claim to be an expert in but I'll go for  here

 

Volleyball, women's tournament

Again not a sport in which I can claim to be an expert in but luckily  of the 90s were so good it makes an easy choice

 

Fencing - Women's Team Foil

Tough choice between  and  but Italy were a little more dominant in their wins

 

Fencing, men's Team Sabre.

Has to be  especially the 1952 team which won every match very easily

 

Edited November 27, 2022 by Dragon

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The men's volleyball title in Atlanta '96 for   was chosen as the best and most memorable sportsmoment in the last century in our country. And I'm guessing if you include this century, this sportsmoment 'wins' again. So I voted for The Netherlands!

[rafalgorka 1,808]

And the winners are...

 

FOOTBALL - Men's Tournament

 

1. Brazil

2. Uruguay

3. Argentina

 

VOLLEYBALL - Men's Tournament

 

1. Brazil

2. Poland (T)

3. Netherlands (T)

 

VOLLEYBALL - Women's Tournament

 

1. Cuba

2. Brazil

3. United States

 

FENCING - Women's Team Foil

 

1. Italy

2. Russia

3. Germany (T)

 

FENCING - Men's Team Sabre

 

1. Hungary

2. Korea Republic

3. Russia

 

Thanks for voting AND COMMENTING! We're back to +20 voters, nice!