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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
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  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
57189

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
57190

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
57191

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
57192

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
57193

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
57194

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
57195

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
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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
57197

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
57198

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
57199

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.

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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
57201

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

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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
57203

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
57204

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.
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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
57206

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.