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Title: Official 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
Post by: FlippySeal on August 13, 2004, 10:52:06 pm

I started this thread for people to post event winners... preferably in format of:
 
Event
1st place: (Country)
2nd place: (County)
3rd place: (Country)

Comments:


I will begin by saying: Yay Olympics have begun on Friday, August 13th! Good luck to all competitors!

Go Canada!

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Post by: Zeraph on August 13, 2004, 11:52:17 pm

* Starts Chanting \"U. S. A.   U. S. A.\" *  :D

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Post by: DepthBlade on August 14, 2004, 12:25:49 am

Canada!!! CanadA!!! CanaDA!!! CanADA!!! CaNADA!!! CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! W00t!!!

TAKE THE GOLD!!
TAKE THE GLORY!!
TAKE OUR HEARTS!!

(http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload0/canada-flag.gif)

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Post by: FlippySeal on August 14, 2004, 12:34:34 am

Id say that too Depthblade... unfortunately, in the Summer Olympics we always finish in ridiculous places like 4th...
However, if it were the Winter Olympics we\'d kick everyone\'s ass.

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Post by: Zeraph on August 14, 2004, 02:37:43 am

Holy Greek, they have a centaur!
& a Head with a Splitting head-ache!
They must have spent a billion dollars on this?? ?(

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Post by: Xordan on August 14, 2004, 02:42:49 am

Yeah, the opening ceremony was awsome. :D Great start to, I hope, a great contest :D


[SIZE=8]WOOT GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK, GO UK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/SIZE]  

(http://flagspot.net/images/g/gb.gif)

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Post by: Elegrand on August 14, 2004, 02:47:43 am

YAY CANADA AND POLAND!!
W00TNESS!!!!
And I say, the opening ceremony was great!

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Post by: Zeraph on August 14, 2004, 02:49:38 am

[SIZE=25]Go USA![/SIZE]
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/Zeraph/allgamecocks_1762_938388.jpg)
lol, My Flag is bigger! :D

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Post by: Psybur on August 14, 2004, 02:54:24 am

Heh, I say there should be a nerd olympics! Like Computer Programming, Phyics, Chemistry, Algebra, ETC! :}

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Post by: Zeraph on August 14, 2004, 03:03:25 am

but all I can say is:

[SIZE=99] Go USA!  Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!   Go USA!
[/SIZE]

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Post by: FlippySeal on August 14, 2004, 03:26:20 am

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Heh, I say there should be a nerd olympics! Like Computer Programming, Phyics, Chemistry, Algebra, ETC! :}

*shoots Psybur for suggesting that*

How eventful!! Pfft, Nerdlympics, Yeah they\'d still be doing that in thousands of years!!

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Post by: Zeraph on August 14, 2004, 04:01:21 am

Well, maybe if they anilized are hard-drives in a thousand years they may get the idea to start them again... :D

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Post by: FlippySeal on August 14, 2004, 04:18:01 am

I hope no one is analyzing hard drives thousands of years from now.... everyone, hold your breath (Don\'t post) and wait for the first event. Well the Opening ceremony was cool I guess... the Spanish team was all over the place...!!!

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Post by: Zeraph on August 14, 2004, 04:23:02 am

lol, it\'s finally over?
Ok,
* Turns on the valume on his TV *

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Originally posted by Zeraph
[SIZE=99] Go USA![/SIZE]

* Yawns * ;(

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Post by: Waylander on August 14, 2004, 06:10:43 am

Hmm Summer Olympics have no hockey and so they are no good.
Winter olympics have the best year with world cup....I love those years.

And go canada, tho I really don\'t care

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Post by: Cyonamie on August 14, 2004, 06:24:39 am

Hi,
I am cheering for USA but I am pretty sure Greece has the 200 meter men\'s event won if their sprinter is okay after motorcycle crash.
I know 2 gymnasts that are actually going to compete in Athens, but I don\'t know if they are going to win because I know nothing about gymnastics (on the other hand I know about sprinting because I am a sprinter).

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Post by: snow_RAveN on August 14, 2004, 07:37:06 am

(http://www.hansenhome.demon.co.uk/singapore_flag.jpg)

 GO SINGAPORE GO !!!  ( We never win but heck , its worth a try :D )

P.s its not the size of the flag that counts its the size of .... ahh screw it ... :(

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Post by: fireofsoul on August 14, 2004, 09:47:27 am

NEW ZEALAND
[SIZE=26] NEW ZEALAND [/SIZE]

this pic rox (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/fireofsoul/OLYMPICRINGS.jpg)

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Post by: FlippySeal on August 14, 2004, 04:39:37 pm

Watch the big pictures please, they create a side-scrolling bar for me!! X(

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Post by: FESFES on August 15, 2004, 01:12:03 am

GO ARMENIA
18 ppl in nine sports (wieght lifting, boxing, ect)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v360/killerv/eritasardner.jpg)
:D

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Post by: FlippySeal on August 15, 2004, 02:32:59 am

400 M Freestyle Swimming

1st: Australia
2nd: Australia
3rd: United States

Comments: Meh, Canada can make a comeback I guess. We are playin\' Women\'s Baseball now, of course we\'ll blow that!! Japan has the best Baseball team. I\'m dyin\' to see the fencing though, I\'m a fencer myself :D

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Post by: karakth on August 15, 2004, 03:05:35 pm

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Originally posted by FlippySeal

I will begin by saying: Yay Olympics have begun on Friday, August 13th! Good luck to all competitors!

Am I the only one who spotted the Irony there?

Ah well, Go MALTA!

(http://www.world-gazetteer.com/fl/fl_mt.gif)

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Post by: FlippySeal on August 17, 2004, 05:19:41 pm

Man this thread hasn\'t taken off at all!

Men\'s eight in hte rowing was SUCH a disappointment... WE HAD 5 seat lead against the US and the US come back to beat us... poop!

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Post by: FESFES on August 23, 2004, 06:26:52 am

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Originally posted by FlippySeal

I will begin by saying: Yay Olympics have begun on Friday, August 13th! Good luck to all competitors!

OMG ROFL!!! Friday August 13th was Fidel Castros B-DAY OMG!!! LMAO

I saw the rowing comp. Did you see the womans one when the girl fell out of her boat? I was laughing my a** off when I saw that!

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Post by: fireofsoul on August 23, 2004, 06:30:02 am

The twins ended up winning the final though =P
100% gold medals for nz!

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Post by: sashok on August 23, 2004, 09:36:56 am

I am just suprised how such a small and quiet nation
of China is able to hold number 1 spot of gold medal quantity :D  Wow.

As for USA, a major plus was the swimming and track.  USA always comes up with new olympic quality swimmers and runners at each
olympics.

 Michael Phelps stunns everyone with 8 medals.  Damn,
I was a swimmer and watched every race on these Olympics.  I gotta saaaay, USA ROCKS

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Post by: snow_RAveN on August 23, 2004, 10:18:25 am

Singapore\'s medal tally : ZERO

LOL i expected it .

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Post by: TheRedMonk on August 23, 2004, 12:57:27 pm

Sweden totally dominates the athletics :D
Gold in High jump, Triple jump and Heptatlon...yihaaa!

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Post by: fireofsoul on August 26, 2004, 11:32:08 am

w00 hoo [SIZE=26] NEW  ZEALAND [/SIZE]  got [size=20] gold [/size] and [size=20]silver [/size] in the mens triathlon

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Post by: Typies on August 27, 2004, 11:27:31 am

Yeah i saw that. Aaaaannnnnd i heared that newzealand has more medals than Canada at the moment!
GOOOOOOOO NEWZEALAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by: fireofsoul on August 27, 2004, 11:29:51 am

3 gold
2 silver
i think

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Post by: snow_RAveN on August 27, 2004, 02:52:27 pm

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Originally posted by sashok20
I am just suprised how such a small and quiet nation
of China is able to hold number 1 spot of gold medal quantity :D  Wow.

China ...is ... small 0.o ? ..... have you seen a world map before ?

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Post by: Sifright on August 27, 2004, 04:42:04 pm

china has one of the largest population sizes

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Post by: Draageos on August 27, 2004, 05:06:03 pm

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Originally posted by Sifright
china has one of the largest population sizes considering how small there land mass is. 2 third of the population of usa on 1 third its size

2 thirds of the USA?!!!

Here\'s some facts:
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China is the most populous country in the world, with 1.25909 billion people at the end of 1999, about 22 percent of the world??s total. This figure does not include many Chinese in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Taiwan Province and Macao Special Administrative Region.

The population density in China is 130 people per sq km. This population, however, is unevenly distributed. Along the densely populated east coast there are more than 400 people per sq km; in the central areas, over 200; and in the sparsely populated plateaus in the west there are less than 10 people per sq km.
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That would make the population of the US of A nearly 2 Billion today?!!!!

WOW! I didn\'t know that there were so many USA citizens... Mmmmhhh must be all those mexican immigrants or what? //Sarcasm

Oh and btw regarding the size
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Among the major countries of the world, China is surpassed in area only by Russia and Canada, and it is almost as large as the whole of Europe.
______________________
Thus leaving it larger than the USA

China has about 1/5 of the worlds population... What is their ratio in medals?

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Post by: Sifright on August 27, 2004, 06:19:36 pm

actully you will find although my numbers about the usa\'s population is off you will see that china indeed does have a smaller land mass dont beleive me? check the cia fact book
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html
So before you try and make me look like an idiot you better damn well make sure you dont make your self look like one as well

\"Thus leaving it larger than usa\" yea it sure is larger //sarcasm

Edit: cleaned a url link

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Post by: Draageos on August 27, 2004, 08:02:16 pm

If we look at it medal per/citizen I think that you will find that it\'s mostly all the small countries that would be at top..
My guess would be that Denmark would be in the top...

OT: @ Sifright
ooohhh touchy :P
Heh, I can take it - though, too bad that your wrong...

You mentioned landmass..
According to your own source it states that:
China: land: 9,326,410 sq km
USA: land: 9,161,923 sq km

What you prolly meant was the total area of the country including waterterritory...

Edit: Sorry if you feel hurt :(
But you gotta give it to me, that making an estimate of a countries population and guessing wrong by more than a billion pretty much asks for it...

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Post by: Sifright on August 27, 2004, 08:35:56 pm

indeed i am very touchy. oh well i guess i was off by a hell of alot so i guess you could say it was a pretty stupid estimate. lol

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Post by: sashok on August 27, 2004, 09:08:44 pm

Oops when I said small I meant short, like the athletes lol sorry

Title: auzzie'oes
Post by: davo on September 05, 2004, 02:41:49 pm

size doesent matter....

lots of people is worse....

gold metals are only worth something to the person that one them.......

Australia is the best country
Auzzzzzzzzzzzzieee maaaaaaaaaate

hehehe

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Post by: leji on September 07, 2004, 01:35:17 pm

Now that the Games in Greece are finished who will support Hydlaa 2008 ?