Olympic Sports Survivor - Gold to Archery, Silver to Athletics, Bronze to Rowing

[Platypus]

Round 34

ARCHERY
ATHLETICS
CYCLING TRACK
DIVING
ROWING
SHOOTING
SWIMMING
WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN

Please vote for three sports to eliminate, one Gold (3 points), one Silver (2 points), and one Bronze (1 point). Voting will remain open for at least 24 hours.

[Platypus]

Gold: Wrestling Greco-Roman
Silver: Shooting
Bronze: Archery

[Platypus]

13 Diving
7 Wrestling Greco-Roman
7 Shooting
6 Cycling Track
3 Archery

Diving is eliminated.

DIVING medal tally:

USA 48-41-42 (268)
CHINA 27-14-8 (117)
SWEDEN 6-8-7 (41)
GERMANY 2-8-10 (32)
RUSSIA 3-7-6 (29)
SOVIET UNION 4-4-6 (26)
ITALY 3-4-2 (19)
AUSTRALIA 3-2-6 (19)
MEXICO 1-4-5 (16)
CANADA 1-4-4 (15)
EAST GERMANY 2-2-3 (13)
GERMAN UNIFIED TEAM 3-1-0 (11)
GREAT BRITAIN 0-2-4 (
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1-1-0 (5)
UNIFIED TEAM CIS 0-2-1 (5)
DENMARK 1-0-1 (4)
GREECE 1-0-0 (3)
EGYPT 0-1-1 (3)
FRANCE 0-1-0 (2)
UKRAINE 0-0-2 (2)

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Round 35

ARCHERY
ATHLETICS
CYCLING TRACK
ROWING
SHOOTING
SWIMMING
WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN

Please vote for three sports to eliminate, one Gold (3 points), one Silver (2 points), and one Bronze (1 point). Voting will remain open for at least 24 hours.

[Platypus]

OK, there are clearly two sports here that are safe, but of the other five, there are only two that I really think are exemplary sports, Track Cycling and Rowing. Apparently you guys prefer precision sports using tools and targets, and upper-body-only wrestling. Which is fine...but ridiculous. Clearly getting rid of every team sport is the aim for most of you.

For me, the three that need to go are pretty clear.

Gold; Wrestling Greco-Roman
Silver: Shooting
Bronze: Archery

[Platypus]

12 Wrestling Greco-Roman
9 Cycling Track
5 Shooting
2 Athletics
1 Swimming
1 Archery

Wrestling Greco-Roman is eliminated.

WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN medal tally:

SOVIET UNION 34-16-10 (144)
FINLAND 18-21-19 (115)
SWEDEN 20-17-19 (113)
HUNGARY 16-10-10 (78)
BULGARIA 9-14-9 (64)
TURKEY 11-5-5 (48)
ROMANIA 6-8-13 (47)
RUSSIA 8-6-4 (40)
POLAND 6-8-6 (40)
GERMANY 4-10-5 (37)
ITALY 6-4-9 (35)
USA 3-6-6 (27)
SOUTH KOREA 5-2-6 (25)
JAPAN 4-5-2 (24)
YUGOSLAVIA 3-5-4 (23)
CUBA 4-4-2 (22)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1-6-4 (19)
UNIFIED TEAM CIS 3-3-3 (18)
GREECE 1-3-5 (14)
ESTONIA 3-0-4 (13)
FRANCE 2-2-3 (13)
EGYPT 2-2-2 (12)
GERMAN UNIFIED TEAM 0-4-3 (11)
WEST GERMANY 1-3-1 (10)
DENMARK 0-2-6 (10)
EAST GERMANY 2-1-1 (9)
NORWAY 2-1-1 (9)
KAZAKHSTAN 1-1-3 (
BELARUS 0-2-4 (
AZERBAIJAN 1-2-0 (7)
GEORGIA 1-1-2 (7)
UKRAINE 1-1-2 (7)
ARMENIA 1-0-2 (5)
LEBANON 0-1-2 (4)
UZBEKISTAN 1-0-0 (3)
CHINA 0-1-1 (3)
IRAN 0-1-1 (3)
KYRGYZSTAN 0-1-1 (3)
HUNGARY 0-1-0 (2)
LATVIA 0-1-0 (2)
MEXICO 0-1-0 (2)
LITHUANIA 0-0-2 (2)
AUSTRIA 0-0-1 (1)
MOLDOVA 0-0-1 (1)
NORTH KOREA 0-0-1 (1)
SWITZERLAND 0-0-1 (1)

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Round 36

ARCHERY
ATHLETICS
CYCLING TRACK
ROWING
SHOOTING
SWIMMING

Please vote for three sports to eliminate, one Gold (3 points), one Silver (2 points), and one Bronze (1 point). Voting will remain open for at least 24 hours.

[Platypus]

Gold: Shooting
Silver: Archery
Bronze: Rowing

[Platypus]

9 Shooting
9 Cycling Track
4 Swimming
4 Athletics
2 Archery
2 Rowing

With more previous votes, Cycling Track is eliminated.

CYCLING TRACK medal tally:

FRANCE 28-18-15 (135)
GREAT BRITAIN 17-16-17 (100)
ITALY 21-9-6 (87)
AUSTRALIA 11-14-13 (74)
USA 10-11-11 (63)
NETHERLANDS 7-14-7 (56)
GERMANY 9-8-12 (55)
DENMARK 4-4-6 (26)
SOVIET UNION 4-4-6 (26)
EAST GERMANY 4-4-4 (24)
BELGIUM 3-4-4 (21)
WEST GERMANY 4-3-2 (20)
SPAIN 3-3-3 (18)
RUSSIA 2-3-3 (15)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2-2-1 (11)
GERMAN UNIFIED TEAM 1-3-1 (10)
CANADA 1-2-3 (10)
GREECE 1-3-0 (9)
SOUTH AFRICA 0-3-3 (9)
SWITZERLAND 1-2-1 (
NEW ZEALAND 1-1-2 (7)
AUSTRIA 1-0-2 (5)
JAPAN 0-1-3 (5)
CHINA 0-1-2 (4)
POLAND 0-1-2 (4)
UKRAINE 0-1-2 (4)
ARGENTINA 1-0-0 (3)
ESTONIA 1-0-0 (3)
NORWAY 1-0-0 (3)
MEXICO 0-1-1 (3)
CUBA 0-1-0 (2)
URUGUAY 0-1-0 (2)
BELARUS 0-0-1 (1)
COLOMBIA 0-0-1 (1)
JAMAICA 0-0-1 (1)

[Platypus]

If I were to do this again, I'd definitely only do post-war medal tallies, or even only post-1984 medal tallies. Too many of the early games are all-medals-to-the-hosts.

[Platypus]

Round 37

ARCHERY
ATHLETICS
ROWING
SHOOTING
SWIMMING

Please vote for three sports to eliminate, one Gold (3 points), one Silver (2 points), and one Bronze (1 point). Voting will remain open for at least 24 hours.
(from Ernest's vote...sorry for forgetting guys)

[Platypus]

Gold: Shooting
Silver: Archery
Bronze: Athletics

[Platypus]

9 Shooting
7 Rowing
7 Swimming
5 Athletics
2 Archery

Shooting is eliminated.

USA 50-29-24 (232)
SWEDEN 15-22-18 (107)
SOVIET UNION 17-15-17 (98)
CHINA 19-11-12 (91)
GREAT BRITAIN 12-15-16 (82)
NORWAY 13-8-11 (66)
ITALY 10-9-11 (59)
FRANCE 9-12-8 (59)
RUSSIA 7-12-9 (54)
GERMANY 7-8-5 (42)
SWITZERLAND 6-6-8 (38)
FINLAND 4-7-10 (36)
HUNGARY 7-3-7 (34)
DENMARK 3-9-5 (32)
BULGARIA 4-6-6 (30)
EAST GERMANY 3-8-5 (30)
ROMANIA 5-4-5 (28)
WEST GERMANY 4-4-3 (23)
POLAND 4-2-5 (21)
UNIFIED TEAM CIS 5-2-1 (20)
CANADA 4-3-2 (20)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4-3-2 (20)
SOUTH KOREA 3-5-1 (20)
GREECE 3-4-3 (20)
AUSTRALIA 4-1-5 (19)
CZECH REPUBLIC 2-3-3 (15)
UKRAINE 4-1-0 (14)
YUGOSLAVIA 3-1-2 (13)
BELGIUM 1-3-3 (12)
AUSTRIA 1-2-5 (12)
JAPAN 1-2-3 (10)
BELARUS 0-2-4 (
PERU 1-2-0 (7)
BRAZIL 1-1-1 (6)
INDIA 1-1-0 (5)
AZERBAIJAN 1-0-2 (5)
SPAIN 0-2-1 (5)
KAZAKHSTAN 0-2-1 (5)
GERMAN UNIFIED TEAM 1-0-1 (4)
NORTH KOREA 1-0-1 (4)
SLOVENIA 1-0-1 (4)
COLOMBIA 0-2-0 (4)
INDEPENDENT OLYMPIC PARTICIPANTS (Yugoslavia) 0-1-2 (4)
SLOVAKIA 0-1-2 (4)
LITHUANIA 1-0-0 (3)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1-0-0 (3)
MONGOLIA 0-1-1 (3)
NETHERLANDS 0-1-1 (3)
CUBA 0-0-3 (3)
ARGENTINA 0-1-0 (2)
CHILE 0-1-0 (2)
LATVIA 0-1-0 (2)
MOLDOVA 0-1-0 (2)
MEXICO 0-1-0 (2)
PORTUGAL 0-1-0 (2)
SOUTH AFRICA 0-1-0 (2)
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 0-1-0 (2)
CROATIA 0-0-1 (1)
GEORGIA 0-0-1 (1)
HAITI 0-0-1 (1)
KUWAIT 0-0-1 (1)
NEW ZEALAND 0-0-1 (1)
VENEZUELA 0-0-1 (1)

[Platypus]

Round 38

ARCHERY
ATHLETICS
ROWING
SWIMMING

Please vote for three sports to eliminate, one Gold (3 points), one Silver (2 points), and one Bronze (1 point). Voting will remain open for at least 24 hours.

[Platypus]

Gold: Archery
Silver: Athletics
Bronze: Swimming

[Platypus]

12 Swimming
8 Athletics
5 Archery
5 Rowing

Swimming is eliminated.

SWIMMING medal tally:

USA 214-155-120 (1072)
AUSTRALIA 56-54-58 (334)
EAST GERMANY 38-32-22 (200)
HUNGARY 23-23-17 (132)
JAPAN 20-21-21 (123)
GREAT BRITAIN 15-21-28 (115)
NETHERLANDS 17-17-18 (103)
GERMANY 13-18-28 (103)
SOVIET UNION 12-21-26 (71)
CANADA 7-13-20 (67)
SWEDEN 8-14-13 (65)
CHINA 7-15-5 (56)
FRANCE 4-11-18 (52)
WEST GERMANY 3-5-14 (33)
RUSSIA 5-5-5 (30)
ITALY 4-4-9 (29)
UNIFIED TEAM CIS 6-3-1 (25)
UKRAINE 4-5-1 (23)
SOUTH AFRICA 4-2-6 (22)
DENMARK 2-5-5 (21)
AUSTRIA 1-6-4 (19)
GERMAN UNIFIED TEAM 1-5-6 (19)
ROMANIA 3-2-4 (17)
BRAZIL 1-3-7 (16)
ZIMBABWE 2-4-1 (15)
AUSTRALASIA 2-3-3 (15)
GREECE 1-3-3 (12)
NEW ZEALAND 2-1-3 (11)
POLAND 1-3-2 (11)
IRELAND 3-0-1 (10)
BELGIUM 1-1-2 (7)
COSTA RICA 1-1-2 (7)
ARGENTINA 1-1-1 (6)
BULGARIA 1-1-1 (6)
SPAIN 1-0-3 (6)
SOUTH KOREA 1-1-0 (5)
YUGOSLAVIA 1-1-0 (5)
FINLAND 0-1-3 (5)
SURINAME 1-0-1 (4)
SLOVAKIA 0-2-0 (4)
MEXICO 1-0-1 (4)
TUNISIA 1-0-0 (3)
CUBA 0-1-1 (3)
NORWAY 0-1-1 (3)
CROATIA 0-1-0 (2)
SERBIA 0-1-0 (2)
SLOVENIA 0-1-0 (2)
PHILIPPINES 0-0-2 (2)
SWITZERLAND 0-0-1 (1)
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0-0-1 (1)
VENEZUELA 0-0-1 (1)

[Platypus]

I'm constantly surprised by how well Hungary does in these medal tallies, across multiple sports. Anyway, time for the medal round!

[Platypus]

FINAL

ARCHERY
ATHLETICS
ROWING

Vote for a winner in each pairing:

Archery vs Athletics
Athletics vs Rowing
Rowing vs Archery

The sport with the best overall result will win Gold, second silver, third bronze.

Voting will remain open for at least 48 hours.

[Platypus]

Archery vs ATHLETICS
ATHLETICS vs Rowing
ROWING vs Archery

I'd love to hold my vote off till the end, but it wouldn't change how I'd vote, so might as well do it now. It's a shame Swimming isn't in the final, but by and large the three sports that survived this process are diverse and interesting.

[Platypus]

Just over three hours to go...

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GOLD        Archery: 8 wins
SILVER      Athletics: 5 wins
BRONZE    Rowing: 4 wins

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ROWING medal tally:

USA 31-31-22 (177)
GREAT BRITAIN 24-20-10 (122)
EAST GERMANY 33-7-8 (121)
GERMANY 19-12-14 (95)
SOVIET UNION 12-20-10 (86)
ROMANIA 19-10-8 (85)
CANADA 9-14-15 (70)
ITALY 10-13-12 (68)
AUSTRALIA 10-10-12 (62)
FRANCE 6-13-12 (56)
NETHERLANDS 5-11-10 (47)
SWITZERLAND 6-8-9 (43)
DENMARK 6-3-10 (34)
NEW ZEALAND 6-2-8 (30)
WEST GERMANY 4-4-6 (26)
NORWAY 3-6-5 (26)
BULGARIA 3-4-7 (24)
POLAND 3-3-9 (24)
GERMAN UNIFIED TEAM 4-4-1 (21)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2-2-7 (17)
FINLAND 3-1-3 (14)
BELGIUM 0-6-2 (14)
BELARUS 2-1-4 (12)
CHINA 1-3-2 (11)
YUGOSLAVIA 1-1-3 (
AUSTRIA 0-3-2 (
ARGENTINA 1-1-2 (7)
SLOVENIA 1-1-2 (7)
RUSSIA 1-0-3 (6)
URUGUAY 0-1-3 (5)
CZECH REPUBLIC 0-2-0 (4)
ESTONIA 0-2-0 (4)
SWEDEN 0-2-0 (4)
HUNGARY 0-1-2 (4)
MIXED TEAM 1-0-0 (3)
CROATIA 0-1-1 (3)
GREECE 0-1-1 (3)
UKRAINE 0-1-1 (3)
SPAIN 0-1-0 (2)
LITHUANIA 0-0-1 (1)
SOUTH AFRICA 0-0-1 (1)
UNIFIED TEAM CIS 0-0-1 (1)

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ATHLETICS medal tally:

USA 311-238-189 (1598)
SOVIET UNION 64-55-74 (376)
GREAT BRITAIN 49-79-61 (366)
FINLAND 48-35-30 (244)
EAST GERMANY 38-36-35 (221)
SWEDEN 19-21-41 (140)
KENYA 22-27-19 (139)
AUSTRALIA 19-24-25 (130)
GERMANY 15-20-34 (119)
RUSSIA 18-22-20 (118)
POLAND 22-17-13 (113)
ITALY 19-15-25 (112)
FRANCE 13-21-25 (106)
JAMAICA 13-25-16 (105)
CANADA 13-14-25 (92)
WEST GERMANY 12-14-17 (81)
ETHIOPIA 18-6-14 (80)
ROMANIA 11-14-10 (71)
CUBA 10-13-14 (70)
HUNGARY 9-13-17 (70)
GERMAN UNIFIED TEAM 4-18-8 (56)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 11-8-5 (54)
GREECE 6-12-11 (53)
UNIFIED TEAM CIS 7-11-3 (46)
SOUTH AFRICA 6-11-6 (46)
JAPAN 7-7-9 (44)
NEW ZEALAND 9-2-8 (39)
NORWAY 7-5-8 (39)
MOROCCO 6-5-7 (35)
BULGARIA 5-7-6 (35)
NETHERLANDS 6-3-6 (30)
BELARUS 4-5-8 (30)
CHINA 5-3-7 (28)
BRAZIL 4-3-7 (25)
BELGIUM 3-6-2 (23)
UKRAINE 3-2-10 (23)
MEXICO 3-5-2 (21)
PORTUGAL 4-2-4 (20)
SPAIN 2-4-5 (19)
NIGERIA 1-4-8 (19)
CZECH REPUBLIC 4-1-3 (17)
IRELAND 4-2-0 (16)
BAHAMAS 3-2-3 (16)
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1-4-5 (16)
SWITZERLAND 0-6-2 (14)
ALGERIA 3-1-2 (13)
LITHUANIA 3-1-1 (12)
ARGENTINA 2-3-0 (12)
AUSTRIA 1-2-4 (11)
ESTONIA 2-1-2 (10)
LATVIA 0-4-1 (9)
TUNISIA 1-2-1 (
NAMIBIA 0-4-0 (
DENMARK 0-2-4 (
CAMEROON 2-0-0 (6)
SLOVENIA 1-1-1 (6)
TURKEY 0-2-2 (6)
ECUADOR 1-1-0 (5)
MIXED TEAM 1-1-0 (5)
SOUTH KOREA 1-1-0 (5)
PANAMA 1-0-2 (5)
KAZAKHSTAN 1-0-1 (4)
MOZAMBIQUE 1-0-1 (4)
UGANDA 1-0-1 (4)
CHILE 0-2-0 (4)
INDIA 0-2-0 (4)
SRI LANKA 0-2-0 (4)
TANZANIA 0-2-0 (4)
YUGOSLAVIA 0-2-0 (4)
BURUNDI 1-0-0 (3)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1-0-0 (3)
LUXEMBOURG 1-0-0 (3)
SYRIA 1-0-0 (3)
CHINESE TAIPEI 0-1-1 (3)
ICELAND 0-1-1 (3)
BOHEMIA 0-1-0 (2)
CROATIA 0-1-0 (2)
COTE D'IVOIRE  0-1-0 (2)
HAITI 0-1-0 (2)
SAUDI ARABIA 0-1-0 (2)
SENEGAL 0-1-0 (2)
SUDAN 0-1-0 (2)
ZAMBIA 0-1-0 (2)
BRITISH WEST INDIES 0-0-2 (2)
PHILIPPINES 0-0-2 (2)
AUSTRALASIA 0-0-1 (1)
BARBADOS 0-0-1 (1)
COLOMBIA 0-0-1 (1)
DJIBOUTI 0-0-1 (1)
ERITREA 0-0-1 (1)
QATAR 0-0-1 (1)
VENEZUELA 0-0-1 (1)

[Platypus]

ARCHERY medal tally:

SOUTH KOREA 16-9-5 (71)
USA 14-9-8 (68)
BELGIUM 11-6-3 (48)
FRANCE 6-10-7 (45)
GREAT BRITAIN 2-2-5 (15)
CHINA 1-5-1 (14)
SOVIET UNION 1-3-3 (12)
ITALY 1-2-3 (10)
FINLAND 1-1-2 (7)
UKRAINE 1-1-2 (7)
JAPAN 0-2-1 (5)
AUSTRALIA 1-0-1 (4)
NETHERLANDS 1-0-1 (4)
SWEDEN 0-2-0 (4)
SPAIN 1-0-0 (3)
CHINESE TAIPEI 0-1-1 (3)
GERMANY 0-1-1 (3)
POLAND 0-1-1 (3)
INDONESIA 0-1-0 (2)
UNIFIED TEAM CIS 0-0-2 (2)
RUSSIA 0-0-1 (1)