# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2860
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57187 "2018-02-12T20:00:44Z")
Countries unlikely to win Olympic gold in a particular event 1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57188 "2018-02-12T20:42:49Z")
1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon 6. Japan, Men’s Basketball ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57189 "2018-02-12T21:25:42Z")
Countries unlikely to win Olympic gold in a particular event 1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon 6. Japan, Men’s Basketball 7. Bermuda, snowboarding ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57190 "2018-02-12T21:26:37Z")
Countries unlikely to win Olympic gold in a particular event 1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon 6. Japan, Men’s Basketball 7. Bermuda, snowboarding 8. Haiti, luge ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57191 "2018-02-12T21:35:14Z")
Countries unlikely to win Olympic gold in a particular event 1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon 6. Japan, Men’s Basketball 7. Bermuda, snowboarding 8. Haiti, luge 9. Chad, Nordic Combined ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57192 "2018-02-12T21:38:28Z")
Countries unlikely to win Olympic gold in a particular event 1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon 6. Japan, Men’s Basketball 7. Bermuda, snowboarding 8. Haiti, luge 9. Chad, Nordic Combined 10. Switzerland, windsurfing ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57193 "2018-02-12T22:09:31Z")
Countries unlikely to win Olympic gold in a particular event 1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon 6. Japan, Men’s Basketball 7. Bermuda, snowboarding 8. Haiti, luge 9. Chad, Nordic Combined 10. Switzerland, windsurfing 11. Saudi Arabia, women’s gymnastics ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57194 "2018-02-13T01:40:53Z")
Countries unlikely to win Olympic gold in a particular event 1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon 6. Japan, Men’s Basketball 7. Bermuda, snowboarding 8. Haiti, luge 9. Chad, Nordic Combined 10. Switzerland, windsurfing 11. Saudi Arabia, women’s gymnastics 12. Ghana, curling ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57195 "2018-02-13T02:06:37Z")
Countries unlikely to win Olympic gold in a particular event 1. Vatican City, women’s ice dancing 2. Ecuador, men’s ice hockey 3. Botswana, 4 man bobsled 4. The Maldives, Women’s Downhill 5. Seychelles, Men’s Biathlon 6. Japan, Men’s Basketball 7. Bermuda, snowboarding 8. Haiti, luge 9. Chad, Nordic Combined 10. Switzerland, windsurfing 11. Saudi Arabia, women’s gymnastics 12. Ghana, curling 13. Namibia, kayaking Next: The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57196 "2018-02-13T02:47:11Z")
Next: The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57197 "2018-02-13T07:34:53Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57198 "2018-02-13T12:05:35Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57199 "2018-02-13T13:13:05Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters 5. Nadia Comăneci (from Onești, Romania), women’s gymnastics Her perfect score broke the computers, which weren’t programmed to accept a perfect score. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57200 "2018-02-13T14:33:22Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters 5. Nadia Comăneci (from Onești, Romania), women’s gymnastics 6. Carl Lewis, men’s long jump ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57201 "2018-02-13T14:34:01Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters 5. Nadia Comăneci (from Onești, Romania), women’s gymnastics 6. Carl Lewis, men’s long jump 7. Michael Jordan, basketball [https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/92-moly-jordan-nsb-800jpg.jpg](https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/92-moly-jordan-nsb-800jpg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57202 "2018-02-13T15:10:38Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters 5. Nadia Comăneci (from Onești, Romania), women’s gymnastics 6. Carl Lewis, men’s long jump 7. Michael Jordan, basketball 8. Shaun White, men’s halfpipe snowboarding > **[Shaun White | 2010 Winter Olympics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_White#2010_Winter_Olympics)** > > At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, White again won gold in the halfpipe. In the finals, White recorded a score of 46.8 on his first run, which proved a high enough score to secure the gold medal without a second run. He performed his second run anyway, as a victory lap, ending his run with a well-anticipated Double McTwist 1260 which he named The Tomahawk. This second run resulted in a record score of 48.4 (50 is the highest possible score) enlarging his margin of victory. His neares ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57203 "2018-02-13T15:46:13Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters 5. Nadia Comăneci (from Onești, Romania), women’s gymnastics 6. Carl Lewis, men’s long jump 7. Michael Jordan, basketball 8. Shaun White, men’s halfpipe snowboarding 9. Michael Phelps, swimming ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57204 "2018-02-13T16:06:35Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters 5. Nadia Comăneci (from Onești, Romania), women’s gymnastics 6. Carl Lewis, men’s long jump 7. Michael Jordan, basketball 8. Shaun White, men’s halfpipe snowboarding 9. Michael Phelps, swimming 10. Edwin Moses, men’s 400m hurdles BTW: I won’t really argue about Comăneci, but the sport has progressed so much in the interim that one can look at her performances and muse “Is that it?” The same is true with Greg Louganis - untouchable in his day, but the same performances wouldn’t raise an eyebrow today. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57205 "2018-02-13T16:13:09Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters 5. Nadia Comăneci (from Onești, Romania), women’s gymnastics 6. Carl Lewis, men’s long jump 7. Michael Jordan, basketball 8. Shaun White, men’s halfpipe snowboarding 9. Michael Phelps, swimming 10. Edwin Moses, men’s 400m hurdles 11. Vasily Alekseyev, weightlifting > **[Vasily Alekseyev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Alekseyev)** > > Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev (Russian: Василий Иванович Алексеев; 7 January 1942 – 25 November 2011) was a Soviet weightlifter. He set 80 world-records and 81 Soviet records in weightlifting and won Olympic gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 games. > At the age of 18, Alekseyev began practicing weightlifting at Trud VSS, trained by his coach Rudolf Plyukfelder until 1968, when he began to train solo. He was not a naturally large man like other super heavyweights but was encouraged to gain strength b... ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57206 "2018-02-13T16:21:56Z")
The Greatest Olympian Ever at One Particular Event 1. Al Oerter (from Astoria, NY), discus 2. Chloe Kim (from Long Beach, CA), women’s halfpipe snowboarding 3. Usain Bolt (Sherwood Content, Jamaica), men’s sprint 4. Paavo Nurmi, 10,000 meters 5. Nadia Comăneci (from Onești, Romania), women’s gymnastics 6. Carl Lewis, men’s long jump 7. Michael Jordan, basketball 8. Shaun White, men’s halfpipe snowboarding 9. Michael Phelps, swimming 10. Edwin Moses, men’s 400m hurdles 11. Vasily Alekseyev, weightlifting 12. Yojiro Uetake, men’s freestyle wrestling This is arguable, of course, but no one ever mastered technique like Uetake. Coaches would leave their own wrestlers during meets to watch Uetake compete. He separated a shoulder in the 1968 final, but still won his second gold medal that year. Salute also to the best “should have been”: Babe Didrikson, who would have clobbered the heptathalon if it had been an event in 1932. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2859) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2861)