# Random Olympic pittings **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428 "2021-07-27T14:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/261 "2021-08-09T18:15:31Z")
Eh, they’re an American network broadcasting (mostly?) in America. As long as they list the winners first, if they want to tell the home country crowd where the locals finished, it doesn’t seem to be out of line (and I’m certain the athletes families appreciate that their relative got a call out). ---
**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 9, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/262 "2021-08-09T18:20:18Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I was annoyed when they would show the top 3 winners but then show that #6 was from the USA. I’m American sure but it’s just one country out of many competing and I don’t need a focus on how my country is doing. American networks that broadcast the Olympics have been doing that forever. It’s never bothered me; in fact, I appreciate knowing where the Americans finished. > [@Folacin](#): > > As long as they list the winners first, if they want to tell the home country crowd where the locals finished, it doesn’t seem to be out of line (and I’m certain the athletes families appreciate that their relative got a call out). This. If my kid/cousin/classmate/neighbor/friend competed in an Olympic event, I would be ecstatic to see her/his name listed amongst the finishers. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/263 "2021-08-09T18:23:16Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > American networks that broadcast the Olympics have been doing that forever. It’s never bothered me; in fact, I appreciate knowing where the Americans finished. I get it. It’s just that I generally don’t care. I understand if others do. As long as they still show medalists it’s not a big deal. It would be different if they completely ignore the Ukrainian, Chinese, and Irish people who won to focus on the American who placed 9th. They don’t do that, though they do ignore the 4th through 8th place finishers. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/264 "2021-08-09T18:46:26Z")
Pretty sure all countries do that. Canada certainly does. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428/265 "2021-08-09T18:52:06Z")
Sure. I looked up the men’s marathon results online, and the list mentioned where one British runner finished, and that the other two did not. I looked at the address and saw I was on the BBC’s page. That’s not nationalistic chauvinism, that’s just the media platforms knowing their audiences. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-olympic-pittings/947428.md?page=13)