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#26 Post by Appa23 » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:16 pm

macrae1234 wrote:Re 1000th gold medal
US has 29 medals and had 972 going into these game so the 28th gold medal was won by
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Lashawn Merrill who won the 400 metres at 21:20 and finished 43.75 seconds later, since the soccer game started at 21:00 and AJ and I posted at 20:30 (all times Beijing) they were 1001th, Misty and Kerri were 999th
I am seeing some differing numbers for how many gold medals had been won by the USA prior to these Games. I imagine that it depends on the results of various disqualifications for doping.

Of course, the numbers would be considerably more if you looked at the athletes who lived and/or trained their formative years in the US. (Look at swimming this year)
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#27 Post by macrae1234 » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:46 pm

According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_O ... edal_count

They added them up.
I think the soccer team made a better story and nobody looked at the 400 metres.
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#28 Post by andrewjackson » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:13 am

After the competition of Friday, August 22. There were the Baseball semifinals, Men's Basketball semifinals, Men's Beach Volleyball final, Men's Volleyball semifinals, Men's Water Polo semifinals, Women's Field Hockey final, and the Men's Team Handball semifinals.
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Baseball/Softball
Softball Final
Japan 3-1 USA

Baseball semi-finals
Cuba 10-2
South Korea 6-2 Japan

Basketball
Men's semifinals
Spain 91-86 Lithuania
USA 101-81 Argentina

Women's semifinals
USA 67-52 Russia
Australia 90-56 China

Beach Volleyball
Women's final
USA 2-0 China

Men's final
USA 2-1 Brazil

Volleyball
Men's semifinals
Brazil 3-1 Italy
USA 3-2 Russia

Women's semifinals
USA 3-0 Cuba
Brazil 3-0 China

Water Polo
Women's final
Netherlands 9-8 USA

Men's semifinals
USA 10-5 Serbia
Hungary 11-9 Montenegro

Field Hockey
Women's final
Netherlands 2-0 China

Men's semifinals
Spain 3-2 Australia
Germany 1-1 Netherlands (Germany advances on penalty shots 4-3)

Team Handball
Men's semifinals
France 25-23 Croatia
Iceland 36-30 Spain

Women's semifinals
Russia 22-20 Hungary
Norway 29-28 South Korea

Soccer
Men's final
Nigeria v. Argentina

Women's final
USA 1-0 Brazil, aet
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#29 Post by TheConfessor » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:48 pm

Wow! Go Iceland!
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#30 Post by andrewjackson » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:17 pm

TheConfessor wrote:Wow! Go Iceland!
I agree. That's a pretty stunning advancement.

They did finish 4th in 1996 but they were 9th out of 12 teams four years ago.

Iceland was 2-1-2 in the preliminary round but scored the 2nd most goals in the overall tournament.

Iceland has never won a gold medal in the Olympics and only 1 silver and two bronzes in its history. The silver was in 1956.

Iceland's team handball roster. You can tell Iceland still uses the traditional custom of father's name + son as a last name.

3. Logi GEIRSSON
5. Sigfus SIGURDSSON
6. Asgeir Orn HALLGRIMSSON
7. Arnor ATLASON
9 Gudjon Valur SIGURDSSON
10. Snorri Steinn GUDJONSSON
11. Olafur STEFANSSON
14. Sturla ASGEIRSSON
15. Alexander PETERSSON
17. Sverre Andreas JAKOBSSON
18. Robert GUNNARSSON
19. Ingimundur INGIMUNDARSON
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#31 Post by andrewjackson » Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:48 am

Just the Men's Basketball, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Team Handball finals still to go on Sunday in the team sports.

After Saturday's events (Shocker in at least one sport today):
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Baseball/Softball
Softball Final
Gold: Japan 3-1 USA
Bronze: Australia

Baseball Final
Gold: South Korea 3-2 Cuba
Bronze: USA 8-4 Japan


Basketball
Men's semifinals
Spain 91-86 Lithuania
USA 101-81 Argentina

Women's finals
Gold: USA 92 - 74 Australia
Bronze: Russia 94-81 China

Beach Volleyball
Women's final
Gold: USA 2-0 China
Bronze: China 2-0 Brazil

Men's final
Gold: USA 2-1 Brazil
Bronze: Brazil 2-0 Georgia

Volleyball
Men's semifinals
Brazil 3-1 Italy
USA 3-2 Russia

Women's final
Gold: Brazil 3-1 USA
Bronze: China 3-1 Cuba

Water Polo
Women's final
Gold: Netherlands 9-8 USA
Bronze: Australia 12-11 Hungary

Men's semifinals
USA 10-5 Serbia
Hungary 11-9 Montenegro

Field Hockey
Women's final
Gold: Netherlands 2-0 China
Bronze: Argentina 3-1 Germany

Men's finals
Gold: Germany 1-0 Spain
Bronze: Australia 6-2 Netherlands

Team Handball
Men's semifinals
France 25-23 Croatia
Iceland 36-30 Spain

Women's finals
Gold: Norway 34-27 Russia
Bronze: South Korea 33-28 Hungary

Soccer
Men's final
Gold: Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
Bronze: Brazil 3-0 Belgium

Women's final
Gold|: USA 1-0 Brazil, aet
Bronze: Germany 2-0 Japan
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#32 Post by Appa23 » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:34 pm

I do not follow team handball as much as I should:
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Is Norway over Russia in the women's final a shocker?
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#33 Post by ne1410s » Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:09 pm

aj:
You can tell Iceland still uses the traditional custom of father's name + son as a last name.
Do Icelandic women still have to put "dottir" on their names?
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#34 Post by andrewjackson » Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:10 pm

ne1410s wrote:aj:
You can tell Iceland still uses the traditional custom of father's name + son as a last name.
Do Icelandic women still have to put "dottir" on their names?
Yes, they do. The Icelandic singer Bjork's full name is Bjork Guðmundsdóttir.

But I was too limiting about the "father's name" bit. People may choose to use their mother's name as well as their father's name plus "son" or "dottir".

Oh, yeah, and some families have the right to use a family name. If you got a family name from the King of Denmark back in the day you can use that instead of _son or _dottir.

Iceland also has a Naming Committee that approves given names that haven't been used before. Part of the requirements for a new name is that it is capable of being declinated into the possessive tense in Icelandic.
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#35 Post by ulysses5019 » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:05 pm

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ne1410s wrote:aj:
You can tell Iceland still uses the traditional custom of father's name + son as a last name.
Do Icelandic women still have to put "dottir" on their names?
Yes, they do. The Icelandic singer Bjork's full name is Bjork Guðmundsdóttir.

But I was too limiting about the "father's name" bit. People may choose to use their mother's name as well as their father's name plus "son" or "dottir".

Oh, yeah, and some families have the right to use a family name. If you got a family name from the King of Denmark back in the day you can use that instead of _son or _dottir.

Iceland also has a Naming Committee that approves given names that haven't been used before. Part of the requirements for a new name is that it is capable of being declinated into the possessive tense in Icelandic.

Do they name their computers too?
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#36 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:19 pm

I've read that the Icelandic phone book is organized by first names rather than by last names.
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#37 Post by silvercamaro » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:26 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
Do they name their computers too?
Yes, but they ended up with 52,312 computers named Dellsson and 9,187 computers named Applesdottir.
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#38 Post by andrewjackson » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:02 am

Team sports are now all done.
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Baseball/Softball
Softball Final
Gold: Japan 3-1 USA
Bronze: Australia

Baseball Final
Gold: South Korea 3-2 Cuba
Bronze: USA 8-4 Japan


Basketball
Men's finals
Gold: USA 118-107 Spain
Bronze: Argentina 87-75 Lithuania

Women's finals
Gold: USA 92 - 74 Australia
Bronze: Russia 94-81 China

Beach Volleyball
Women's final
Gold: USA 2-0 China
Bronze: China 2-0 Brazil

Men's final
Gold: USA 2-1 Brazil
Bronze: Brazil 2-0 Georgia

Volleyball
Men's finals
Gold: USA 3-1 Brazil
Bronze: Russia 3-0 Italy

Women's final
Gold: Brazil 3-1 USA
Bronze: China 3-1 Cuba

Water Polo
Women's final
Gold: Netherlands 9-8 USA
Bronze: Australia 12-11 Hungary

Men's finals
Gold: Hungary 14-10 USA
Bronze: Serbia 6-4 Montenegro

Field Hockey
Women's final
Gold: Netherlands 2-0 China
Bronze: Argentina 3-1 Germany

Men's finals
Gold: Germany 1-0 Spain
Bronze: Australia 6-2 Netherlands

Team Handball
Men's finals
Gold: France 28-23 Iceland
Bronze: Spain 35-29 Croatia

Women's finals
Gold: Norway 34-27 Russia
Bronze: South Korea 33-28 Hungary

Soccer
Men's final
Gold: Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
Bronze: Brazil 3-0 Belgium

Women's final
Gold|: USA 1-0 Brazil, aet
Bronze: Germany 2-0 Japan
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#39 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:26 am

Did anyone stay up and watch the Baskeball game? Emma and I did. It was a good game.
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#40 Post by silvercamaro » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:39 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Did anyone stay up and watch the Baskeball game? Emma and I did. It was a good game.
Count me in as an unlikely yes. Annie, Lizbit and I snuggled on the couch and watched the game. (All three of us woke up there this morning.)
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#41 Post by Bob78164 » Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:10 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Did anyone stay up and watch the Baskeball game? Emma and I did. It was a good game.
I did. I was quite surprised by what I saw. --Bob
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#42 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:53 pm

I thought for a while that Spain might win the gold medal.
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