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Originally Posted by troutman
Too many medals are given out in swimming. A hockey player can win one medal after playing about 6 60 minute hockey games. A swimmer can win 8 medals for swimming 4 lengths of the pool 8 times. Too many events. Same for gymnastics and track.
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This is a very good point. Every winter Olympics 6 medals are handed out in ice hockey. How many total medals are available in swimming?
But there are also a lot of medals handed out in speed skating and we tend to stock up on our ores there.