Sporting Rivalries and Medals (26)
1- Medals will be awarded to more nations than at the 2012 Summer Games - with at least 86. [YES - 3] 2- The best-placed European NOC in the overall 2016 Summer Olympics medal table will be Russia. [NO - 4] 3- Brazil will achieve their best ever placement in the overall 2016 Summer Games medal table, finishing within the top 14. [YES - 5]
4- Finland will fail to win a medal for the first time in history. [NO - 2]
5- At least 4 countries will win their first olympic medal. [YES - 3]
6- Rio 2016 will be India's best ever performance in overall medals won (7 or more). [YES - 5]
7- Denmark will be placed higher than any other nordic country in the medal table (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden).[NO - 2]
8- Netherlands will win more silver medals than any other color. [YES - 1]
9- Maghreb countries (ALG, TUN, MAR, MTN, LBA) will win at least 5 medals total. [NO - 4]
10- Japan will finish ahead of South Korea in the medal table. [NO - 7]
11- Azerbaijan will finish ahead of Turkey in the medal table. [NO - 2]
12- Ethiopia will finish ahead of Kenya in the medal table. [NO - 6]
13- Cuba will finish ahead of Jamaica in the medal table. [YES - 3]
14- Germany will finish ahead of France in the medal table. [NO - 1]
15- Serbia will finish ahead of Croatia in the medal table. [NO - 3]
16- The youngest medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be younger than 16 years. [YES - 5]
17- Spain will win more than one medal in all team sports combined. [YES - 2]
18- Iran will achieve their first medal won by a woman. [YES - 3]
19- At least 15 different american nations will win medals. [NO - 1]
20- At least two nations that last won a medal in Atlanta 1996 or before, will medal again in Rio 2016. [NO - 1]
21- There will be at least one nation who will win 8 medals or more, but won't win a gold medal. [YES - 3]
22- Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Singapore will all win a medal. [NO - 1]
23- Like in London 2012, more silver medals than gold medals will be awarded. [NO - 1]
24- The top 5 in the overall medal table will change its order on the very final day of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[YES - 5]
25- Argentina will win at least one gold medal in Rio 2016. [YES - 4]
26- Lithuania alone will win more medals than Estonia and Latvia together. [YES - 2]
Aquatics - Diving (2)
27- China will win all four Synchronised Diving events. [YES - 5]
28- Canada will medal in all four Women's events. [NO - 8]
Aquatics - Swimming (9)
29- Australian athletes take at least 2 golds out of the following 4 events: Women's 50m FS, Women's 100m FS, Men's 50m FS, Men's 100m FS. [NO - 1]
30- A nation will win 2 or more medals in Marathon Swimming. [YES - 3]
31- A nation will medal in all six relays. [YES - 1]
32- Great Britain will finish in the top 5 of the pool events' medal table. [NO - 1]
33- There will be at least one false start in an individual final. [YES - 5]
34- Either Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) or Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) will defend his/her olympic title in 100m Breaststroke.[YES - 7]
35- A gap of one second or more between the gold and silver medal winners will be clocked in 3 or more individual finals, ranging from 50m to 200m events. [NO - 3]
36- At least 5 world records will be broken in Rio 2016. [YES - 4]
37- At least 3 of the following 5 NOCs will win a medal: Bahamas, Egypt, Iceland, Jamaica, Singapore. [NO - 5]
Aquatics - Synchronized Swimming (1)
38- At least 4 different nations will finish the Synchronised Swimming competitions with any medal. [NO - 2]
Aquatics - Water Polo (2)
39- The men's final will be played by two ex-yugoslav nations (CRO, MNE, SRB). [NO - 1]
40- In the knockout stage, any 4th placed team from the group stage will upset a group winner and qualify for the semifinal. [YES - 3]
Archery (2)
41- At least one top 8 seed in Women's or Men's Individual Archery will suffer an early exit in the Round of 64.[YES - 4]
42- South Korea will win all the gold medals in Archery. [NO - 7]
Athletics (12)
43- Usain Bolt (JAM) will repeat a gold medal treble once again. [YES - 5] 44- There will be at least one sweep of medals, athletes from one country taking gold, silver and bronze. [YES - 8]
45- At least 5 olympic records will be broken. [YES - 3]
46- At least two teams will be disqualified in the 4x100 finals (men and women combined). [YES - 7]
47- The Women's and Men's Olympic champion in High Jump will have cleared a height of at least 4.40m combined.[YES - 5]
48- All medals in both marathon events will be won by African nations. [YES - 7]
49- Poland will achieve a double gold in Hammer throw events. [YES - 1]
50- A non-european athlete will win gold in either Men's or Women's Javelin Throw. [YES - 1]
51- A former olympic champion, who is not currently a defending one, will become champion again in Rio 2016 (not counting relay events). [NO - 3]
52- The whole final in the Men's 400m comprises of athletes representing nations including red in their flag. [NO - 1]
53- The leader after the first five events in the Men's Decathlon will finish outside the top 3 on the following day.[YES - 1]
54- The gold medalist in Men's Discus Throw will throw 70.00m or more. [YES - 7]
Badminton (2)
55- At least one set in any event will end with a score of 30-28 or higher. [YES - 1]
56- A non-asian country will win a gold medal. [YES - 2]
Basketball (2)
57- The United States will win the gold medal in Women's as well as in Men's Basketball. [YES - 3]
58- The Men's final will end by a margin of at least 20 points. [NO - 2]
Boxing (2)
59- Both Nicola Adams (GBR) and Katie Taylor (IRL) will return home with a medal. [YES - 4]
60- The whole Boxing program will result in at least 8 bouts decided before the end of the 3 reglamentary rounds.[YES - 8]
Canoeing - Slalom (2)
61- At least one country will win 3 or more medals between all events. [YES - 1]
62- Two or more nations will be represented in all four slalom canoeing finals. [NO - 1]
Canoeing - Sprint (2)
63- At least one athlete starting from an outer lane (1 or 8) will win a medal. [YES - 3]
64- Isaquias Queiroz (BRA) will delight the home crowd with either one gold medal or at least two medals of any colour.[YES - 4]
Cycling - BMX (2)
65- There will be a crash (between two or more riders) in either the Men's or Women's Final. [YES - 3]
66- Australia will win at least one gold medal. [NO - 1]
Cycling - Mountain Bike (2)
67- Nino Schurter (SUI) will complete his set of medals with a gold medal from Rio 2016, after previously winning bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012. [YES - 3]
68- Mauritius', Rwanda's or Lesotho's male rider(s) will finish ahead of at least one athlete coming from a nation represented by 3 riders (SUI, FRA, ESP, CZE, ITA). [YES - 1]
Cycling - Road (2)
69- A group finish with at least 20 riders clocking the same time will decide the medals in Men's Road Race. [NO - 9]
70- Less than half the riders will finish in the Women's or Men's Road Race. [NO - 5]
Cycling - Track (3)
71- Australia will win a gold medal in both Team Pursuit events. [NO - 6]
72- The world record in the Men's Team Pursuit will be broken. [YES - 4]
73- The winner of either the Men's or Women's Omnium will win at least 3 of the 6 events. [YES - 7]
Equestrian (2)
74- At least 15 athletes will be eliminated or will retire during the cross-country stage of Eventing competition.[YES- 1]
75- Germany will win more medals than the Netherlands. [YES - 1]
Fencing (2)
76- At least 2 countries will win at least 3 gold medals. [NO - 5]
77- There will be an overtime period in the Women's or Men's Individual Épée final. [YES - 1]
Field Hockey (2)
78- India's Men will end their medal drought since 1980 with any medal won in Rio. [NO - 6]
79- The Women's Tournament will have medalists from three different continents. [NO - 3]
Football (3)
80- At least 4 Football matches will be decided in a penalty shoot-out. [YES- 1]
81- Brazil will win their first Men's Olympic Football title. [YES - 3]
82- At least 8 red cards will be awarded in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 1]
Golf (2)
83- The eventual winner in the Men's Tournament won't be placed among the top 5 after the first day of competition.[YES - 2]
84- USA will win a medal in both the Men's and Women's Tournaments. [YES - 1]
Gymnastics - Artistic (3)
85- Romania will fail to win a medal in Artistic Gymnastics. [YES - 7]
86- Simone Biles will win at least four total medals. [YES - 5]
87- At least one finalist in both Men's Horizontal Bar and Men's Pommel Horse will fall during their routines. [YES - 9]
Gymnastics - Rhythmic (1)
88- Both gold and silver medals will be won by ex-USSR countries. [YES- 5]
Gymnastics - Trampoline (1)
89- China will win the gold medal in both Trampoline events. [NO - 1]
Handball (2)
90- A non-european nation will win a medal (Men's or Women's). [YES - 2]
91- At least twice we will see at least 40 goals scored in the Men's Tournament. [YES- 4]
Judo (2)
92- Teddy Riner (FRA) will be beaten. [NO - 3]
93- A nation will win it's first Judo Gold Medal. [YES- 1]
Modern Pentathlon (2)
94- In either the Men's or Women's event, the athlete starting first in the Combined stage will win the gold medal.[YES - 1]
95- A non-european athlete in either the Women's or Men's Competition will win a medal. [YES - 1]
Rowing (3)
96- Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) will reach her 6th Olympic final in Women's Single Sculls. [NO - 1]
97- More countries will win medals in Rowing compared to London 2012 (18 countries). [YES - 3]
98- Athletes from all 5 continents will win a medal. [YES - 5]
Rugby Sevens (2)
99- All the medals in the Men's Tournament will be won by nations from Oceania. [NO - 6]
100- At least one match on the Women's side will end in a tie. [NO - 3]
Sailing (2)
101- At least one boat will be guaranteed the gold medal before the final Medal Race. [YES - 6]
102- Brazilian Robert Scheidt will win his 6th consecutive olympic medal. [YES - 4]
Shooting (3)
103- All 15 events will see at least one medal winner from an Asian country. [YES - 5]
104- There will be at least one new world record set in any event. [NO - 1]
105- At least one shooter will repeat their gold medal success from the 2012 Summer Games. [YES - 5]
Table Tennis (2)
106- Chinese athletes will take all 4 gold medals. [YES - 2]
107- The Women's Team final will result in a 3-0 score. [NO - 4]
Taekwondo (2)
108- At least one medalist athlete in this sport will be winning at the same time the first ever olympic medal for his/her country. [YES - 4]
109- At least one of the four invited athletes (Boui CAF, Ferrera HON, Louissant HAI, Rawal NEP) will advance into the quarterfinals. [YES - 1]
Tennis (2)
110- Serena Williams will fail to win a gold medal (in all events). [NO - 7]
111- An unseeded player in the women's or men's singles competition will go as high reaching at least the semifinals.[NO - 7]
Triathlon (2)
112- The Brownlee brothers will celebrate together on the podium. [YES - 8]
113- The eventual winners of both the Men's and Women's Races will not be among top 5 placed after the swimming and cycling stages. [NO - 1]
Volleyball - Indoor (2)
114- No medal matches in either the Women's or the Men's Tournament will end with a 3-0 score. [NO - 1]
115- An african team will win a group stage match for the first time in history (either Men's or Women's). [YES - 1]
Volleyball - Beach (2)
116- There will be an all-Brazilian final in Men's or Women's Beach Volleyball. [YES - 1]
Weightlifting (2)
117- At least one leader after the Snatch part will have three invalid lifts in the Clean & Jerk. [YES - 1]
118- A medal will be won by an athlete starting from Group B. [NO - 1]
Wrestling (2)
119- At least one gold medal match will end by a fall. [NO - 1]
120- Russia will win more Freestyle gold medals than Japan. [YES - 1]
Sporting Rivalries and Medals (26) 1- Medals will be awarded to more nations than at the 2012 Summer Games - with at least 86. [YES - 3] 2- The best-placed European NOC in the overall 2016 Summer Olympics medal table will be Russia. [NO - 4] 3- Brazil will achieve their best ever placement in the overall 2016 Summer Games medal table, finishing within the top 14. [YES - 5] 4- Finland will fail to win a medal for the first time in history. [NO - 2] 5- At least 4 countries will win their first olympic medal. [YES - 3] 6- Rio 2016 will be India's best ever performance in overall medals won (7 or more). [YES - 5] 7- Denmark will be placed higher than any other nordic country in the medal table (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden).[NO - 2] 8- Netherlands will win more silver medals than any other color. [YES - 1] 9- Maghreb countries (ALG, TUN, MAR, MTN, LBA) will win at least 5 medals total. [NO - 4] 10- Japan will finish ahead of South Korea in the medal table. [NO - 7] 11- Azerbaijan will finish ahead of Turkey in the medal table. [NO - 2] 12- Ethiopia will finish ahead of Kenya in the medal table. [NO - 6] 13- Cuba will finish ahead of Jamaica in the medal table. [YES - 3] 14- Germany will finish ahead of France in the medal table. [NO - 1] 15- Serbia will finish ahead of Croatia in the medal table. [NO - 3] 16- The youngest medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be younger than 16 years. [YES - 5] 17- Spain will win more than one medal in all team sports combined. [YES - 2] 18- Iran will achieve their first medal won by a woman. [YES - 3] 19- At least 15 different american nations will win medals. [NO - 1] 20- At least two nations that last won a medal in Atlanta 1996 or before, will medal again in Rio 2016. [NO - 1] 21- There will be at least one nation who will win 8 medals or more, but won't win a gold medal. [YES - 3] 22- Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Singapore will all win a medal. [NO - 1] 23- Like in London 2012, more silver medals than gold medals will be awarded. [NO - 1] 24- The top 5 in the overall medal table will change its order on the very final day of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[YES - 5] 25- Argentina will win at least one gold medal in Rio 2016. [YES - 4] 26- Lithuania alone will win more medals than Estonia and Latvia together. [YES - 2] Aquatics - Diving (2) 27- China will win all four Synchronised Diving events. [YES - 5] 28- Canada will medal in all four Women's events. [NO - 8] Aquatics - Swimming (9) 29- Australian athletes take at least 2 golds out of the following 4 events: Women's 50m FS, Women's 100m FS, Men's 50m FS, Men's 100m FS. [NO - 1] 30- A nation will win 2 or more medals in Marathon Swimming. [YES - 3] 31- A nation will medal in all six relays. [YES - 1] 32- Great Britain will finish in the top 5 of the pool events' medal table. [NO - 1] 33- There will be at least one false start in an individual final. [YES - 5] 34- Either Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) or Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) will defend his/her olympic title in 100m Breaststroke.[YES - 7] 35- A gap of one second or more between the gold and silver medal winners will be clocked in 3 or more individual finals, ranging from 50m to 200m events. [NO - 3] 36- At least 5 world records will be broken in Rio 2016. [YES - 4] 37- At least 3 of the following 5 NOCs will win a medal: Bahamas, Egypt, Iceland, Jamaica, Singapore. [NO - 5] Aquatics - Synchronized Swimming (1) 38- At least 4 different nations will finish the Synchronised Swimming competitions with any medal. [NO - 2] Aquatics - Water Polo (2) 39- The men's final will be played by two ex-yugoslav nations (CRO, MNE, SRB). [NO - 1] 40- In the knockout stage, any 4th placed team from the group stage will upset a group winner and qualify for the semifinal. [YES - 3] Archery (2) 41- At least one top 8 seed in Women's or Men's Individual Archery will suffer an early exit in the Round of 64.[YES - 4] 42- South Korea will win all the gold medals in Archery. [NO - 7] Athletics (12) 43- Usain Bolt (JAM) will repeat a gold medal treble once again. [YES - 5] 44- There will be at least one sweep of medals, athletes from one country taking gold, silver and bronze. [YES - 8] 45- At least 5 olympic records will be broken. [YES - 3] 46- At least two teams will be disqualified in the 4x100 finals (men and women combined). [YES - 7] 47- The Women's and Men's Olympic champion in High Jump will have cleared a height of at least 4.40m combined.[YES - 5] 48- All medals in both marathon events will be won by African nations. [YES - 7] 49- Poland will achieve a double gold in Hammer throw events. [YES - 1] 50- A non-european athlete will win gold in either Men's or Women's Javelin Throw. [YES - 1] 51- A former olympic champion, who is not currently a defending one, will become champion again in Rio 2016 (not counting relay events). [NO - 3] 52- The whole final in the Men's 400m comprises of athletes representing nations including red in their flag. [NO - 1] 53- The leader after the first five events in the Men's Decathlon will finish outside the top 3 on the following day.[YES - 1] 54- The gold medalist in Men's Discus Throw will throw 70.00m or more. [YES - 7] Badminton (2) 55- At least one set in any event will end with a score of 30-28 or higher. [YES - 1] 56- A non-asian country will win a gold medal. [YES - 2] Basketball (2) 57- The United States will win the gold medal in Women's as well as in Men's Basketball. [YES - 3] 58- The Men's final will end by a margin of at least 20 points. [NO - 2] Boxing (2) 59- Both Nicola Adams (GBR) and Katie Taylor (IRL) will return home with a medal. [YES - 4] 60- The whole Boxing program will result in at least 8 bouts decided before the end of the 3 reglamentary rounds.[YES - 8] Canoeing - Slalom (2) 61- At least one country will win 3 or more medals between all events. [YES - 1] 62- Two or more nations will be represented in all four slalom canoeing finals. [NO - 1] Canoeing - Sprint (2) 63- At least one athlete starting from an outer lane (1 or 8) will win a medal. [YES - 3] 64- Isaquias Queiroz (BRA) will delight the home crowd with either one gold medal or at least two medals of any colour.[YES - 4] Cycling - BMX (2) 65- There will be a crash (between two or more riders) in either the Men's or Women's Final. [YES - 3] 66- Australia will win at least one gold medal. [NO - 1] Cycling - Mountain Bike (2) 67- Nino Schurter (SUI) will complete his set of medals with a gold medal from Rio 2016, after previously winning bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012. [YES - 3] 68- Mauritius', Rwanda's or Lesotho's male rider(s) will finish ahead of at least one athlete coming from a nation represented by 3 riders (SUI, FRA, ESP, CZE, ITA). [YES - 1] Cycling - Road (2) 69- A group finish with at least 20 riders clocking the same time will decide the medals in Men's Road Race. [NO - 9] 70- Less than half the riders will finish in the Women's or Men's Road Race. [NO - 5] Cycling - Track (3) 71- Australia will win a gold medal in both Team Pursuit events. [NO - 6] 72- The world record in the Men's Team Pursuit will be broken. [YES - 4] 73- The winner of either the Men's or Women's Omnium will win at least 3 of the 6 events. [YES - 7] Equestrian (2) 74- At least 15 athletes will be eliminated or will retire during the cross-country stage of Eventing competition.[YES- 1] 75- Germany will win more medals than the Netherlands. [YES - 1] Fencing (2) 76- At least 2 countries will win at least 3 gold medals. [NO - 5] 77- There will be an overtime period in the Women's or Men's Individual Épée final. [YES - 1] Field Hockey (2) 78- India's Men will end their medal drought since 1980 with any medal won in Rio. [NO - 6] 79- The Women's Tournament will have medalists from three different continents. [NO - 3] Football (3) 80- At least 4 Football matches will be decided in a penalty shoot-out. [YES- 1] 81- Brazil will win their first Men's Olympic Football title. [YES - 3] 82- At least 8 red cards will be awarded in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 1] Golf (2) 83- The eventual winner in the Men's Tournament won't be placed among the top 5 after the first day of competition.[YES - 2] 84- USA will win a medal in both the Men's and Women's Tournaments. [YES - 1] Gymnastics - Artistic (3) 85- Romania will fail to win a medal in Artistic Gymnastics. [YES - 7] 86- Simone Biles will win at least four total medals. [YES - 5] 87- At least one finalist in both Men's Horizontal Bar and Men's Pommel Horse will fall during their routines. [YES - 9] Gymnastics - Rhythmic (1) 88- Both gold and silver medals will be won by ex-USSR countries. [YES- 5] Gymnastics - Trampoline (1) 89- China will win the gold medal in both Trampoline events. [NO - 1] Handball (2) 90- A non-european nation will win a medal (Men's or Women's). [YES - 2] 91- At least twice we will see at least 40 goals scored in the Men's Tournament. [YES- 4] Judo (2) 92- Teddy Riner (FRA) will be beaten. [NO - 3] 93- A nation will win it's first Judo Gold Medal. [YES- 1] Modern Pentathlon (2) 94- In either the Men's or Women's event, the athlete starting first in the Combined stage will win the gold medal.[YES - 1] 95- A non-european athlete in either the Women's or Men's Competition will win a medal. [YES - 1] Rowing (3) 96- Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) will reach her 6th Olympic final in Women's Single Sculls. [NO - 1] 97- More countries will win medals in Rowing compared to London 2012 (18 countries). [YES - 3] 98- Athletes from all 5 continents will win a medal. [YES - 5] Rugby Sevens (2) 99- All the medals in the Men's Tournament will be won by nations from Oceania. [NO - 6] 100- At least one match on the Women's side will end in a tie. [NO - 3] Sailing (2) 101- At least one boat will be guaranteed the gold medal before the final Medal Race. [YES - 6] 102- Brazilian Robert Scheidt will win his 6th consecutive olympic medal. [YES - 4] Shooting (3) 103- All 15 events will see at least one medal winner from an Asian country. [YES - 5] 104- There will be at least one new world record set in any event. [NO - 1] 105- At least one shooter will repeat their gold medal success from the 2012 Summer Games. [YES - 5] Table Tennis (2) 106- Chinese athletes will take all 4 gold medals. [YES - 2] 107- The Women's Team final will result in a 3-0 score. [NO - 4] Taekwondo (2) 108- At least one medalist athlete in this sport will be winning at the same time the first ever olympic medal for his/her country. [YES - 4] 109- At least one of the four invited athletes (Boui CAF, Ferrera HON, Louissant HAI, Rawal NEP) will advance into the quarterfinals. [YES - 1] Tennis (2) 110- Serena Williams will fail to win a gold medal (in all events). [NO - 7] 111- An unseeded player in the women's or men's singles competition will go as high reaching at least the semifinals.[NO - 7] Triathlon (2) 112- The Brownlee brothers will celebrate together on the podium. [YES - 8] 113- The eventual winners of both the Men's and Women's Races will not be among top 5 placed after the swimming and cycling stages. [NO - 1] Volleyball - Indoor (2) 114- No medal matches in either the Women's or the Men's Tournament will end with a 3-0 score. [NO - 1] 115- An african team will win a group stage match for the first time in history (either Men's or Women's). [YES - 1] Volleyball - Beach (2) 116- There will be an all-Brazilian final in Men's or Women's Beach Volleyball. [YES - 1] Weightlifting (2) 117- At least one leader after the Snatch part will have three invalid lifts in the Clean & Jerk. [YES - 1] 118- A medal will be won by an athlete starting from Group B. [NO - 1] Wrestling (2) 119- At least one gold medal match will end by a fall. [NO - 1] 120- Russia will win more Freestyle gold medals than Japan. [YES - 1]