foobar75
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In response to Don's suggestion to have a synopsis of the London results, I've taken the liberty to tally-up the medal counts. I'll leave it up to anyone who would like to use the data to write-up an article if they'd like to do so.
The results have their own wiki page here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics
I double checked each medal winner to ensure the accuracy, but I wouldn't mind if someone decided to do another set of verifications. Below are the results, with my comments/emphasis in bold-italics.
Overall
There were 47 total events, (24 for men, 23 for women), with a total of 141 medals up for grabs. Due to a 3-way tie for 3rd place in the men's high jump, an additional 2 bronzes were awared, bringing the total number to 143.
White athletes won 55 out of 143 medals, which comes to 38%.
[This is much lower than I expected, as I was hoping for close to a 50% figure]
Track Events
Out of 72 possible medals, Whites only won 12 medals, coming in at 17%. Unfortunately, the men did rather poorly, as the only men's medal winner was Galen Rupp of the US, who won a historic silver in the men's 10,000m race. This is a dismal 1/36 = 3%, a pathetic number, if we are to be honest.
White women, almost entirely led by Russia, won 11 medals out of a possible 36, which comes to a more respectable 31%. Highlights here included Sally Pearson, Mariya Savinova, Asli Alptekin, Natalya Antyukh, and Yulia Zaripova who all won gold. The women also won a silver and bronze in the 4x400 and 4x100 races, respectively.
[Where are the Western women other than Sally Pearson?]
Road Events
There were 15 overall medals available here, and the premier events were the men's and women's marathons, which were almost an East African sweep, save for Arkhipova of Russia who won bronze in the women's race. Whites also won 4/5 medals in the walks, bringing the total to 5/15 = 33%.
Field Events
This is a traditional White stronghold, and London was no exception. Out of 50 possible medals (48 + 2 additional bronzes for the men's HJ), Whites won 35 medals, which comes to 70%. I have not broken the medal count by men/women, but I believe it was fairly even. The highlights: men's/women's high jump, pole vault, discuss, hammer, shot-put, women's javelin & triple jump, and the men's long jump, where White athletes all won golds.
[Looks like business as usual here]
Combined Events
Just 6 total medals available here in the decathlon and heptathlon, where Whites won 3/6 medals, which comes to 50%.
Final Note
The men winning 1 out of 36 possible medals in the track events is very disturbing in my opinion. There was a complete shutout in all the sprints, and in some of the distance races (800m, 1500m, 5000m), there were some medal hopes that did not materialize. The biggest disappointment was of course Christophe Lemaitre and his subpar performance. A medal in 200m would have gone a long ways toward breaking down the stereotypes, but now we have to wait 4 more years.
I will leave it up the track experts in the forum to address this dismal showing by White men in the track events.
The results have their own wiki page here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics
I double checked each medal winner to ensure the accuracy, but I wouldn't mind if someone decided to do another set of verifications. Below are the results, with my comments/emphasis in bold-italics.
Overall
There were 47 total events, (24 for men, 23 for women), with a total of 141 medals up for grabs. Due to a 3-way tie for 3rd place in the men's high jump, an additional 2 bronzes were awared, bringing the total number to 143.
White athletes won 55 out of 143 medals, which comes to 38%.
[This is much lower than I expected, as I was hoping for close to a 50% figure]
Track Events
Out of 72 possible medals, Whites only won 12 medals, coming in at 17%. Unfortunately, the men did rather poorly, as the only men's medal winner was Galen Rupp of the US, who won a historic silver in the men's 10,000m race. This is a dismal 1/36 = 3%, a pathetic number, if we are to be honest.
White women, almost entirely led by Russia, won 11 medals out of a possible 36, which comes to a more respectable 31%. Highlights here included Sally Pearson, Mariya Savinova, Asli Alptekin, Natalya Antyukh, and Yulia Zaripova who all won gold. The women also won a silver and bronze in the 4x400 and 4x100 races, respectively.
[Where are the Western women other than Sally Pearson?]
Road Events
There were 15 overall medals available here, and the premier events were the men's and women's marathons, which were almost an East African sweep, save for Arkhipova of Russia who won bronze in the women's race. Whites also won 4/5 medals in the walks, bringing the total to 5/15 = 33%.
Field Events
This is a traditional White stronghold, and London was no exception. Out of 50 possible medals (48 + 2 additional bronzes for the men's HJ), Whites won 35 medals, which comes to 70%. I have not broken the medal count by men/women, but I believe it was fairly even. The highlights: men's/women's high jump, pole vault, discuss, hammer, shot-put, women's javelin & triple jump, and the men's long jump, where White athletes all won golds.
[Looks like business as usual here]
Combined Events
Just 6 total medals available here in the decathlon and heptathlon, where Whites won 3/6 medals, which comes to 50%.
Final Note
The men winning 1 out of 36 possible medals in the track events is very disturbing in my opinion. There was a complete shutout in all the sprints, and in some of the distance races (800m, 1500m, 5000m), there were some medal hopes that did not materialize. The biggest disappointment was of course Christophe Lemaitre and his subpar performance. A medal in 200m would have gone a long ways toward breaking down the stereotypes, but now we have to wait 4 more years.
I will leave it up the track experts in the forum to address this dismal showing by White men in the track events.