# Olympic Hotties **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308 "2004-08-17T22:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/1 "2004-08-17T22:26:44Z")
Where can we find those steamy pictures of the olympic stars? Is Playboy doing a special? Anything online? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/2 "2004-08-18T00:15:27Z")
[http://www.athens2004.com](http://www.athens2004.com) ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/3 "2004-08-18T00:20:07Z")
The latest Playboy has a bunch of naked Olympic athletes. Unfortunately, they’re all members of the Men’s Bowling Team. :eek: OK, not really. It’s a bunch of hot, athletic women. Very attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/4 "2004-08-18T00:20:57Z")
oh. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/5 "2004-08-18T01:19:48Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > they’re all members of the Men’s Bowling Team. :eek: WITH EIGHT POUND BALLS! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/6 "2004-08-18T01:35:05Z")
When I want to see Olympic hotties I watch the men’s swimming events. those tight little swim trunks, those sleek, wet bodies. (Swoons) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/7 "2004-08-18T01:35:14Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > The latest Playboy has a bunch of naked Olympic athletes. Unfortunately, they’re all members of the Men’s Bowling Team. :eek: > > OK, not really. It’s a bunch of hot, athletic women. Very attractive. And _FHM_ has some not-quite-naked ones. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/8 "2004-08-18T01:39:49Z")
Just got the **Playboy** Friday, and I’ve got to say I was a little puzzled with the editors’ decision to run the special. My fiancée and I flipped through, somewhat curious, but generally nonplussed. Some of the ladies were pretty attractive, but for the most part, these are women who are at the extreme right end of the bell-curve for athletic skill: their bodies are _machines_. For women whose bodies are _ornamental_, sure – show me pictures. But for these girls, still photography isn’t going to cut it. There’s little or no bodyfat to speak of, and if you don’t have any bodyfat, you don’t get any _vive la difference_ worth, well… ogling. As an engineer and an athlete I admired how specialized their bodies were. As a guy flipping through **Playboy** , I thought they looked an awful lot like moderately athletic men with ponytails who were unhappy to be stuck in front of a camera. The exception was the lovely long-jumper from Latvia, Ineta Radevica, who either eats well or has a marvelous surgeon. In any case, she has a nice smile. The interview with pole-vaulter Mary Sauer (USA) about how stiff she likes her pole was also worth half a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/9 "2004-08-18T03:47:17Z")
Amanda Beard [http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/101825.html](http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/101825.html) ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/10 "2004-08-18T05:39:06Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > As a guy flipping through **Playboy** , I thought they looked an awful lot like moderately athletic men with ponytails who were unhappy to be stuck in front of a camera. You, sir, are nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/11 "2004-08-18T06:42:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > When I want to see Olympic hotties I watch the men’s swimming events. those tight little swim trunks, those sleek, wet bodies. (Swoons) Except they’ve almost all taken to wearing those coveralls. Not that skintight rubber is necessarily a bad thing but still, I long for the days when Speedos were pre-eminent. At least the divers still wear the smalls. Menawhile, here are some [[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=+site:www.gymstarz.com+male+gymnasts](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=+site:www.gymstarz.com+male+gymnasts)]gymnasts. Don’t know which of them are Olympians but they’re by and large hotties. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/12 "2004-08-18T06:44:28Z")
[gymnasts](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=+site:www.gymstarz.com+male+gymnasts). Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/13 "2004-08-18T06:49:33Z")
[Links](http://www.outsports.com/newlockerroom/) to some more pictures fo Olympians and other athletes, links for which expire and change fairly frequently. Also check this [link](http://www.outsports.com/newPictureThis/index.cfm). All pictures are from mainstream media so should be work safe but I take no responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/14 "2004-08-18T10:19:40Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > their bodies are _machines_. For women whose bodies are _ornamental_, sure – show me pictures. But for these girls, still photography isn’t going to cut it. I haven’t seen this issue so can’t comment on the particular women featured, but the only issue of Playboy I’ve ever in my life bought was the one with Katarina Witt. Of course that photography was entirely uninspired and the settings were cheesey (would never expect anything better from Playboy), but as for how she look nekkid, left me with a big ol’ grin. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/15 "2004-08-18T12:46:29Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > You, sir, are nuts. They weren’t smiling, so appreciating their facial beauty kind of sits cold. Their pecs were larger than, and in some cases had completely absorbed, their breasts. No delightful curves around the hips or bottom, either. I stand by my assertion that they are pretty pictures of machines, and they’d be much prettier in motion – clothed or not. There’s a reason that they don’t enter Iditarod-winning sled dogs into the Westminster Dog Show, and that Westminster Champion dogs don’t pull sleds or hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/16 "2004-08-18T14:05:43Z")
Logan Tom. Yes…Yes…God bless America. Just do a Google Image search or Yahoo Image search. Google any of them. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/17 "2004-08-18T16:05:53Z")
The FHM pics of Amy Acuff were hot. She’s got a nice, slightly wicked smile as well as a nice, slightly wicked body. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/18 "2004-08-18T18:24:37Z")
Check out the Brazilian Women’s Beach Volleyball team…those chicks are HOT! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/19 "2004-08-18T18:30:39Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > They weren’t smiling, so appreciating their facial beauty kind of sits cold. Their pecs were larger than, and in some cases had completely absorbed, their breasts. No delightful curves around the hips or bottom, either. I stand by my assertion that they are pretty pictures of machines, and they’d be much prettier in motion – clothed or not. OK, upon closer inspection, I do see what you mean about a couple of them, i.e. having large enough upper body muscles that it throws off the overall sense of proportion. But that high jumper on the cover is gorgeous, as is the Latvian long jumper. In general, I’m a big fan of athletic women without any surgical enhancement, so I love layouts like this. I get bored with the usual cheesecake shots which make very similar-looking women look exactly the same, i.e. like dumb Barbies. Perhaps calling you nuts was a bit extreme. If I was more mature, I would have simply said I disagree with you. (Big if, though…) ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308/20 "2004-08-18T22:30:12Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > OK, upon closer inspection, I do see what you mean about a couple of them, i.e. having large enough upper body muscles that it throws off the overall sense of proportion. But that high jumper on the cover is gorgeous, as is the Latvian long jumper. In general, I’m a big fan of athletic women without any surgical enhancement, so I love layouts like this. I get bored with the usual cheesecake shots which make very similar-looking women look exactly the same, i.e. like dumb Barbies. > > Perhaps calling you nuts was a bit extreme. If I was more mature, I would have simply said I disagree with you. (Big if, though…) I think we actually _do_ agree. The Latvian long jumper is beautiful because she’s got lovely proportions and doesn’t look as extremely trimmed down as the others, and Amy Acuff on the cover, well… like **photopat** said, she’s got a great smile. Even clothed, her cover picture is one of the most arresting shots in the issue, cheesecakes and centerfolds included. For those of you who were hunting, this month’s cover Bunny is stitched onto her shoe. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-hotties/260308.md?page=2)