Olympic Medal thread!!

[Dry]

Originally posted by CrONoS

In the spirit of the creation of the bronze medal:

The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St.Louis Missouri, prior to which only first and second places were awarded.

Well, not 100% correct.
During the 2 first olympic games (Athens 1896, Paris 1900), the first place got you a silver medal and second a bronze one.
The 1904 Olympic Games novelty was the creation of the gold medal.

[Qilue]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Finally found an article that did the research.

Canada's worst performance at an olympics was in Soeul, where we finally won a medal on day 8.

We've matched that drought. If no Olympians win a medal today, then the drought will be the longest ever.

Canada has one of each now. Silver in Men's Pair without coxswain.

[Ben Kenobi]

2 BC Boys, a BC Girl, and one Quebecker.

BC 3
ROC 1

Alberta is really pulling their weight here.