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Top 5?

Postby JK » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:25 pm

Ok guys and girls, list who you think will be the 5 highest rated nations in terms of GOLD count ... I'm not a huge Olympics buff, but I'll take a stab with:

1. USA
2. China
3. Russia
4. Germany
5. Great Britain

And no, Im not being unpatriotic, just always back against my own team (superstition thing)
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Re: Top 5?

Postby JAS » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:37 pm

Ok I'll back you...I don't think GB has been in the top 5 for decades so I'd say they've no chance...not unpatriotic just realistic :wink:

1. USA
2. China
3. Russia
4. Australia
5. Germany

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Re: Top 5?

Postby Dirko » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:09 am

1. China
2. USA
3. Germany
4. Russia
5. France
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9. Australia
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Brock Landers » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:36 pm

1.USA
2.Russia
3.China
4.Germany
5.Australia
6.Japan
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Re: Top 5?

Postby NFC » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:28 pm

For whatever feeling I don't think Australia will do as well as we have in the past 2 Games. However Swimming will bail us out of any trouble as our swim team will clean up.
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Tassie Blues » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:21 pm

SJABC wrote:1. China
2. USA
3. Germany
4. Russia
5. France
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9. Australia


You have to be taking the piss dont you??
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Tassie Blues » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:22 pm

1 China
2 USA
3 Russia
4 Germany
5 Australia
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Re: Top 5?

Postby hearts on fire » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:34 pm

Brock Landers wrote:1.USA
2.Russia
3.China
4.Germany
5.Australia
6.Japan

yes, i think so too.
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Dirko » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:35 pm

Tassie Blues wrote:
SJABC wrote:1. China
2. USA
3. Germany
4. Russia
5. France
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9. Australia


You have to be taking the piss dont you??


No why ?
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Tassie Blues » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:39 pm

SJABC wrote:
Tassie Blues wrote:
SJABC wrote:1. China
2. USA
3. Germany
4. Russia
5. France
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9. Australia


You have to be taking the piss dont you??


No why ?


there is a much chance of Australia finishing 9th as there is of West winning the flag!

Australia will win between 14-17 gold medals and China will dominate so i dont know where the other medals are going to come from to make Australia finish 9th.
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Tassie Blues » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:26 pm

The US Sports Illustrated has released its medal predations for all events and the medal tally top 5 looks like this

G S B T
USA 45 44 32 121
CHN 49 28 25 102
RUS 25 28 22 75
AUS 22 14 18 54
GER 15 16 17 48

Will be very happy if Australia do that well. they are always very generous towards the US athletes but interesting that the have China winning more gold then USA.
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Dirko » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:48 pm

Tassie Blues wrote:Australia will win between 14-17 gold medals and China will dominate so i dont know where the other medals are going to come from to make Australia finish 9th.


We have two favs out in Rawlinson & Deakes already. I hope we finish top 5, but I can just see us falling back into the pack a bit....

Time will tell !!
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Re: Top 5?

Postby JAS » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:50 pm

Blooming cheek...they've obviously just copied my prediction [-( :wink:

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Re: Top 5?

Postby Thiele » Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:00 pm

1.China
2.Usa
3.Russia
4.Australia
5.Germany
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Mr66 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:20 pm

BORING!!!
Lets try the bottom five.

Zimbabwe
Lesotho
Yemen
Costa Rica
Liechtenstein
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Tassie Blues » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:16 pm

Mr66 wrote:BORING!!!
Lets try the bottom five.

Zimbabwe
Lesotho
Yemen
Costa Rica
Liechtenstein


Zimbabwe will not be in the botton 5 as Kirsty Coventry is a very good chance of getting atleast 1 medal.

The other 4 are likley alond with new comers Marshal Islands :D
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Re: Top 5?

Postby brod » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:05 am

How about for Bottom 5

Oman
Palau
Netherlands Antilles
Saint Lucia
Solomon Islands
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Re: Top 5?

Postby Dirko » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:38 pm

1 China 22
2 United States 14
3 Germany 8
4 South Korea 6
5 Italy 6


6 Australia 5
7 Japan 5
8 Russia 3
9 France 2
10 Great Britain 2

Here is the current top 5, followed by the best of the rest at close to the halfway mark....
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Re: Top 5?

Postby JAS » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:09 pm

I think the list will change a fair bit once the track and field events start. South Korea will probably drop down out of the 5 and China might lose the lead as I don't think Asian countries traditionally excel at track and field events.

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Re: Top 5?

Postby JAS » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:20 pm

JAS wrote:Ok I'll back you...I don't think GB has been in the top 5 for decades so I'd say they've no chance...not unpatriotic just realistic :wink:

1. USA
2. China
3. Russia
4. Australia
5. Germany

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I'd have been almost right if my lot hadn't spoilt it :roll: :lol:

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