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Most dominant country in each summer Olympic sport across history (1896-2020) (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't 33% the max for some of these? For example, countries only have one team compete in basketball.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure Russia has only one team in synchronized swimming, they still won gold every time

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Thus their total % of medals being below 33%. They're right that there are two categories here...sports where one country could win all 3 medals, and sports where one country can only win one medal

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Ah indeed, makes sense!