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Subject: Ivy League had an exceptional year at the 2024 Olympics Author: IvySportsJunkie [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:11:29 08/12/24 Mon While the Ivies have traditionally done well during the summer Olympics, this year was an exceptionally good year. To the best of my knowledge, I identified that our Ivy League athletes were able to win a total of 26 Olympic medals. This allowed the Ivy League to finish in the top five conferences for most medals won by a conference. Harvard finished sixth among all colleges for having earned the most medals by its student athletes. It is interesting to note that the top five colleges with the most earned medals are recognized for also having very strong academic ranking (Stanford, Texas, California, Virginia and USC). Congratulations on our outstanding accomplishments at these Olympic Games. Below is what I could compile from the public sources on how we did in the Olympics and please correct any omissions. Harvard athletes won 13 medals (8 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze) Princeton athletes won 4 medals (3 gold, 1 silver) Cornell athletes won 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) Yale athletes won 3 medals (2 silver and 1 bronze) Columbia athlete won 1 medal (1 gold) Dartmouth athlete won 1 medal (1 bronze) Brown athlete won 1 medal (1 bronze) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Ivy League had an exceptional year at the 2024 Olympics Author: joiseyfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:39:21 08/13/24 Tue Here’s the league’s version of the tally, including coaches and international medals, totaling 32 medals: https://ivyleague.com/news/2024/7/3/olympics-ivies-in-paris-2024-summer-olympic-games.aspx However you slice it, a very strong year for the vast assortment of Ivy athletes.

[> [> Subject: Medal Count Shenanigans Author: observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:28:47 08/13/24 Tue Counting 3 gold medals for the women's foil team is a little bit of new math. It counts as 1 medal for Team USA, but 3 for the Ivy League? Same for rowing and other sports. Thomas getting credit for a full relay medal twice when it's really .25... It's like saying that Davidson, Texas, Kentucky, Georgia, Iowa State, Kansas, UCLA, Duke, Colorado and St. Vincent–St. Mary High School combined for 12 gold medals in men's basketball. By this accounting, the SEC can claim 5 alone from Durant, Davis, Booker, Adebayo and Edwards. The USA only won 40 golds overall. It's great for the League, but it's not honest accounting from an Olympic standard.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Medal Count Shenanigans Author: Bengal [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:12:51 08/13/24 Tue They gave Thomas a .25 Gold medal? Bill Bradley 1/12? I assume the trophy box notes the sport in which the medal was awarded, team or individual. Either way, different counts for different purposes. For the team members, the achievement and the medal -- win, place, or show -- are indivisible. For the country, it is one medal. Shenanigans?

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Medal Count Shenanigans Author: observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:27:20 08/13/24 Tue I agree that for the individual the medal counts as a whole. But the League shouldn't take credit for 3 medals for women's team foil, nor should it allow itself to count 3 more from a single boat. It's not a medal count that the league is posting, but a medalist count. But then again, that triple counts the Harvard sprinter and double counts the cyclist... Facts are stubborn things. And clean data is important. Otherwise we live in a post-modern world where nobody can decipher truth from falsity.

[> Subject: Re: Ivy League had an exceptional year at the 2024 Olympics Author: IvySportsJunkie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:12:53 08/13/24 Tue The Olympic Medal Count by Country treats an Olympic individual medal or an Olympic team medal as one. However, the university athletic departments, as well as their respective athletic conferences, elect to track their total student athlete medal counts based on the number of medals won by each student athlete. Therefore, the Ivy League has identified that its final Olympic medal count is 32 medals for our Ivy student athlete Olympic competitors. This impressive total places us as the fourth most medals earned by an athletic conference in the United States. Note that a Brown alumnus also coached the US Women’s rugby team to a bronze medal, but the IOC policy is to not award medals to Olympic coaches. Below is a summary of the Ivy League medal count by school, athlete and events. Harvard 13 medals (Gabby Thomas, 3 golds in track; Kristin Faulkner, 2 golds in cycling, Lauren Scruggs, 1 gold, 1 silver in fencing; Liam Corrigan 1 gold in rowing; Lisa Tertsch, 1 gold in triathlon; David Ambler, 1 bronze in rowing; Clark Dean, 1 bronze in rowing; Peter Quintin, 1 bronze in rowing; and Christian Tabash, 1 bronze in rowing) Yale 9 medals (Thomas Digby, 1 gold in rowing; Sholto Carnegie, 1 gold in rowing; Charlie Elwes, 1 gold in rowing; Oliver Wynne Griffith, 1 silver in rowing; Maya Meschkuleit, 1 silver in rowing; Andrin Gulich, 1 bronze in rowing; Nick Rusher, 1 bronze in rowing; Daire Lynch, 1 bronze in rowing; and Ian Barrows, 1 bronze in sailing) Princeton 4 medals (Nick Mead, 1 gold in rowing; Hannah Scott, 1 gold in rowing; Maia Mei Weintraub, 1 gold in fencing; and Tom George, 1 silver in rowing) Cornell 3 medals (Michael Grady, 1 gold in rowing; Taylor Knibb, 1 silver in triathlon; and Kyle Dake, 1 bronze in wrestling) Columbia 1 medal (Jackie Dubrovich, 1 gold in fencing) Dartmouth 1 medal (Ariana Ramsey, 1 bronze in rugby) Brown 1 medal (Henry Hollingsworth, 1 bronze in rowing)