# 2024 Summer Olympics Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [July 10, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019 "2024-07-10T20:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/521 "2024-08-06T18:01:01Z")
Canada is pretty abysmal in basketball against France, but regardless of that performance I’ve concluded that the rules of basketball ruin what is otherwise an interesting sport. Good touch! Bad touch! Bad touch but we allow the points anyway and the whole game is free throws! It’s just irritating to watch because there’s no flow. Pretty cool for France to step up with the games at home though. Good for them. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/522 "2024-08-06T18:26:54Z")
The Australia/Serbia basketball game was an intense affair. Australia had a 24 point lead in the first half, but Serbia came back and seemingly had the game in hand, until Patty Mills hit an impossible shot to tie the game and sent it into OT. Then when it looked like Australia had the edge, Jokic took over the game and lifted Serbia to the win. Great game. Now I’m watching USA/Germany women’s soccer. USA scored in extra time and are trying to hold on for a 1-0 victory. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/523 "2024-08-06T18:49:27Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I’m looking forward to tonight’s (9pm Paris time) men’s 1500m final. Ingebritsen is favourite, but Briton Josh Kerr is expected to push him harder than anyone. It has the potential to be a classic of the like we haven’t seen in the event since the days of Coe, Cram, and Ovett… Yep, looks like the guys are coming out now. I have it on. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/524 "2024-08-06T18:55:14Z")
USA wins the surprise gold in men’s 1500M!!! Hoker takes it! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/525 "2024-08-06T19:10:23Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Now I’m watching USA/Germany women’s soccer. The commentator, Jon Champion, is a Treasure. Doesn’t just talk constantly to hear his own voice. Only speaks when there is something to say. I really wish all sports announcers were like this guy. Especially Formula One. They got about 15 people with microphones, and there is not a second of un-babbled airtime. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/526 "2024-08-06T20:05:08Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’ve complained here before about “too much basketball, too much tennis,” mainly because those are sports I can watch pretty much anytime (the NBA season, all the tennis tournaments). This is me as well. Professional players that are already televised every week? Yawn. Flavor Flav sponsoring water polo because they’re working 2 or 3 jobs to represent their country in a sport they love that is almost completely unknown here? Yes, please, x100. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > USA wins the surprise gold in men’s 1500M!!! Holy @#$\*()& Gonna have to catch that replay when I get home ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/527 "2024-08-06T20:08:55Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Gonna have to catch that replay when I get home It was unbelievable. I know the 100M was a big race for the men’s, but this race was shocking and one of the best of the Olympics this year. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/528 "2024-08-06T20:22:10Z")
I just saw this result and I’m having trouble processing this. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/529 "2024-08-06T20:24:03Z")
Yared Nuguse (USA) would have taken silver if the race was half a meter longer. As it was, he finished 0.01 seconds behind Kerr. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/530 "2024-08-06T20:24:55Z")
Spanish Women’s team scores an Own-Goal. Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/531 "2024-08-06T20:29:24Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I know the 100M was a big race for the men’s, but this race was shocking and one of the best of the Olympics this year. The 100m is of course the premier race, but the mile (metric) still has a lot of cachet ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/532 "2024-08-06T20:40:22Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > The 100m is of course the premier race, but the mile (metric) still has a lot of cachet So does the Olympics do 1500m and 1600m? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/533 "2024-08-06T20:41:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > So does the Olympics do 1500m and 1600m No, just 1500. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/534 "2024-08-06T20:46:11Z")
It’s a distance that’s been in use in competition for over a century, so it’s the closest approximation. Too much to ask the rest of the world change for us. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/535 "2024-08-06T21:11:34Z")
Men’s USA Basketball played really well and won by 35. Could have won by 50, but they took it easy. Into the Semifinals. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/536 "2024-08-06T21:55:23Z")
Yeah, they had a big early lead, but Brazil, to their credit, cut it to nine late in the first half. But the Americans went on a 15-0 run to end the half and never looked back. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/537 "2024-08-06T21:59:47Z")
Women’s surfing has been crazy and the final was something else. Between that and Nazare it’s pretty much surfing anymore, not men’s and women’s. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/538 "2024-08-06T22:22:39Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Yeah, they had a big early lead, but Brazil, to their credit, cut it to nine late in the first half. But the Americans went on a 15-0 run to end the half and never looked back. I think their exhibition games were just played very laid back. Their pattern now is to play full-quality in the opening quarter or two and then just maintain their lead. I remember the 1992 Dream Team. Despite their huge victories, they probably could have won by, and I’m not exaggerating, 70 points or more a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/539 "2024-08-07T01:51:18Z")
So we watched a movie, and after, turned on Prime Time. Saw 1 semi in the womens’ 400m hurdles. After, Mike Tirico said, [paraphrase] “We’ll show you some competition later, but first, the SNL takeover of the Olympics continues…” Click! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019/540 "2024-08-07T02:03:23Z")
Holy Shit! I just watched the replay of the 1500m race. What an absolutely great race run by Cole Hocker. Waited for the opening and then sprinted to the finish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-summer-olympics-thread/1004019.md?page=28)