rajiv 26 Posted May 21 #21 Share Posted May 21 This topic makes me realise that reducing the national umbers in swimming events from three to two reduces the number of medals that USA and Australia would win. I think Australia has only had sweeps in swimming but this can no longer happen (say in the W 100m free ) I see that some sports can have 4 entrants from a country. Indeed this is the norm (?)in the Winter Games. The cynic in me says that this is just so countries of the Global North can have more medals ie more entrants =more medal chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topicmaster1010 2,783 Posted May 21 #22 Share Posted May 21 6 hours ago, rajiv said: This topic makes me realise that reducing the national umbers in swimming events from three to two reduces the number of medals that USA and Australia would win. I think Australia has only had sweeps in swimming but this can no longer happen (say in the W 100m free ) Even if swimming did allow 3 athletes per NOC, it's very unlikely there would be any sweeps at these Olympics. There is a chance Australia would sweep the women's 100m freestyle but Siobhan Haughey and/or Marrit Steenbergen would likely prevent that from happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGB 79 Posted May 21 #23 Share Posted May 21 15 hours ago, rajiv said: This topic makes me realise that reducing the national umbers in swimming events from three to two reduces the number of medals that USA and Australia would win. I think Australia has only had sweeps in swimming but this can no longer happen (say in the W 100m free ) I see that some sports can have 4 entrants from a country. Indeed this is the norm (?)in the Winter Games. The cynic in me says that this is just so countries of the Global North can have more medals ie more entrants =more medal chances More entrants are needed in the winter games as the global depth is way weaker, in the same way that 3 athletes per nation are allowed in Paralympic swimming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzha 559 Posted May 21 #24 Share Posted May 21 I wonder if it would also be unique if there are no podium sweeps at all these Games? I assume sweeps used to happen less often in the past, but feels like the last few Games have always seen a couple of sweeps (especially Winter Olympics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,753 Posted May 21 Author #25 Share Posted May 21 54 minutes ago, Jinzha said: I wonder if it would also be unique if there are no podium sweeps at all these Games? I assume sweeps used to happen less often in the past, but feels like the last few Games have always seen a couple of sweeps (especially Winter Olympics). There were no podium sweeps in Atlanta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,209 Posted May 21 #26 Share Posted May 21 48 minutes ago, Dragon said: There were no podium sweeps in Atlanta but a lot of podiums with 2 out of 3 athletes coming from the same Country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 995 Posted May 21 #27 Share Posted May 21 On 5/20/2024 at 9:58 PM, dodge said: I think it’s only theoretically possible in a handful of sports Archery - maybe the Korean women? Equestrian - very unlikely Golf - American men/women. Korean women? Athletics the one with most chances? Ethiopia did it in women’s 10,000m last year at world champs. Archery has ever had a clean sweep in the first place at Olympics? Koreans win golds but not cleansweep at least in the last couple of decades or so For a nation that won 2 recurve medals at World championship in mixed team and men's team and none in individual podium sweep is out of equation. Archery is an unpredictable sport but Korea has the least experienced women's team for Olympics I have seen from a while, no where close to the nerves of steel they are known for. The Archery world cup in Korea running now should throw more light on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 849 Posted May 21 #28 Share Posted May 21 I genuinely wouldn’t have a clue about archery. I was thinking of theoretical only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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