Beijing 08 medal tally

Go to http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/beijing-2008/medal-tally/ for latest tally. Australia is well up. Not bad for a nation of approx 21 million people versus 100's of millions to 2 with a billion or more of people. :major

Bazza

 

lol china 17,its like when the Nazi's wanted to prove white supremacy at the Olympics and failed only China is succeeding.

Go Commies!

 

C'mon EgyptLOL

Just wait!!!.
When Darts.
Dominos.
Snooker.
Skittles.
And Yard of ale drinking become olympic sports.

Britain will shoot up the table:-D

 

Aussie Sports Minister has a bet with UK Sports Minister that OZ will finish ahead of the UK in the medal tally. Aussies rule, so far. :-D Bazza

 

Seriously Bazza?roflmao

I had to google the uk sports minister to see who he was.
But he should of been sectioned under the Mental health act straight away for making that bet:-D

 

We have highly tuned brains over here not highly tuned bodies:wave:neener

EDIT China are just leading because of the gymnastics,once the power track and field starts it'll all flip round.

 

Rikky and wildwolf220, :-D :-D

If Michael Phelps was a country, he'd rate 8th in the 2008 tally.
Our supergirl, Stephanie Rice (without Michael), would rate 9th with 3/3 golds.

Queensland (my state) without the above, would rate 8th.

These 3 put a lot of countries to shame. :major :cool Bazza

 

Michael, as a country, is 7th. Ahead of Australia in gold medals. :-D :cry

Bazza

 

Spare a thought for ireland Bazza.
If we get a single bronze we will be happy:-D

 

At time of posting it's Auss 25, UK 17.
I might have to eat my words Bazza:-D

 

Wow, we just got 3 medals today, 2 in women's wrestling and one in mens pairs rowing. Finally! I wonder if someone will best our Donovan Bailey's world record in the 100m dash that has stood since 1996. He seems to think that it will be broken by this field of sprinters.

 

WOW, Usain Bolt ran 9.69 in the final.
New world record & he was slowing down with 10m to go.

 

Plus he dragged his toe at the start! How fast can this guy go!:eek

 

I know augie. He could go close to 8 seconds:eek

 

South Korea, Australia, Japan, Great Britain and Michael Phelps all have 7 gold. :-D :major :cool Bazza

 

Michael Phelps did it he got the 8.
GB up to 11 golds at time of posting
It's getting close now Bazza Auss 29, GB 24.

 

GB are #3 with 11 gold. OZ are #5 with 8. Michael with 8 is still ahead of Russia. :-D

Congrats Michael. I doubt if his record will be equalled (or beaten).

I thought GB used to compete as separate nations. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales or is this in the Commonwealth games only? :confused

Bazza

 

Australia up to 3rd with 11 gold. GB with 11 gold are 4th, as at current time. Australia ahead on Silvers and Bronze. Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi :-D

Bazza

 

Yea Bazza your spot on. They do in the Commonwealth games.

ATOP, GB back into 3rd place

Auss 33, GB 27 total.

 

Damn, GB ahead with 12, Aussies 11. We haven't done so well in sports that we previously won a lot of medals in. Track cycling for instance. Mens swimming was a shutout for Gold. :cry

 

15 gold to GB:clap

Auss 34 GB 32 total ATOP:hyper.

 

GB 16, OZ 11. I think we're gonna be beaten by the Poms. :cry A day of mourning will soon be declared in OZ).
Just heard that GB spent over $40,000,000 (or was that GBP?) on cycling alone. This will hopefully stir up our politicians and the Australian Institute of Sport to spend lots more AUD$ so we can give the World a run for their money in London in 2012.

Bazza

 

3 more swimming events and Michael Phelps could have tied Australia. LOL

 

We've got more Silver and Bronze though. :-D Bazza

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ATOP, GB 36, Auss 35 total.

And the UK sports minister is winning his bet:-D

 

:clap We got our first today we only have a very small team :celebrate
Windsurfer Shahar Tzuberi wins Olympic bronze medal

 

http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,,24216428-5014107,00.html

:cry

Bazza

 

We wont catch GB now. :cry Still we won medals in 18 different sports. GB won most of theirs in 2 sports. Wait till 2012. I wonder how home ground advantage will help them in 2012.

We'll probably end up in 5th-6th position as predicted at the start of the 2008 games, but that doesn't help much when the Brits are 3rd.

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Give GB this one bazza you beat them at everything else:-D

Ireland is 73rd with 1 bronze

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml

 

Well at least we won 1 (probably) final medal, in Pole Vaulting (first time ever). :cool

It was terrific to watch but well after midnight AEST when it finished.
I was hoping he'd go for a 6 metre attempt (around 20 foot) but he sttled on Gold with Olympic record.

Bazza

 

Considering the fact that the Netherlands has about 16 million inhabitants, they're doing quite well with a total of 16 medals. That's one medal per million. Therefore, I see that some big countries have some "catching up" to do. *cough*

 

roflmao

Aussies 42 medals for 21million people. That's 2 medals per million. :-D
Clutching at straws, here.

Bazza

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roflmao I always thought that Aussies lived on a continent rather than in a country. So no dice for the Aussies on this one.

PS: I wasn't particularly referring to Aussies when I wrote my previous post, you're doing marvelous!! :wave

 

Two bronze to ireland both in boxing.

Typical! The only thing we are slightly good at is fightingLOL

Auss 43 GB 45 total, in the UK minister's bet

 

Women running around in short skirt's yea it was goodLOL:-D

 

I see where you are coming from David, the Knighthoods go to the people who make most money and civil servants who have just put in the years but not really achieved much and of course don't forget the awards to ex prime ministers.

those who give their whole life to the betterment of others very rarely get any recognition.

 

What a surprise. An Aussie won the 10 metre High Diving. China had won 7/7 at the Diving and expected to win the 8th. An unexpected medal to us. :major Bazza

 

Women's 400x4 relay - USA Gold :-D

 

Men's 4x400 relay - USA Gold :-D

 

Womens high jump Belgium gold:-D

sorry wolfie but that puts us ahead of Irelandhttp://www.getsmile.com/emoticons/funny-smileys-68129/clap.gif

 

Any wonder you won the high jump Bill, that girl was about 8 feet tall:-D
You finished higher in the table but we got 1 more medal that youLOL

Have to say i realy enjoyed the Olympics.

Watched some sports i have never seen before.

Sorry Bazza, GB beat you upLOL

 

Obviously Ed with a name like McCarthy i have split loyalties for Ireland and Belgium.
I have a friend here who is also from the emerald isle Sienna O Keefe who originates from Kerry so we celebrate medals for both countries.http://www.getsmile.com/emoticons/funny-smileys-68129/clap2.gifhttp://www.getsmile.com/emoticons/funny-smileys-68129/smile3.gif

 

GB rules over Australia. :cry

But as one Aussie commentator said:

Cycling and kayaking were mentioned. :-D

Roll on 2012.

Bazza

 

Only 4 short years to wait :-D