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Someone mentioned in another thread that the medalists were all women this time, not girls, and wondered when that had last happened. I thought it was a good question, so I did some research and started a new thread.
(The ages given throughout this post are approximate, because I don't feel like looking up the exact dates of each Olympics. I just looked at the year of birth and the year of competition and did a simple subtraction. I didn't say this was deep research.)
The last time we had an all-woman podium was at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville.
I believe that almost every Olympics before that (starting with the era of Witt and Thomas and going backwards) consisted of winners who were women.
Here's what happened between then and now:
1994:
1998:
2002:
2006:
Edited to remove a lame joke.
(The ages given throughout this post are approximate, because I don't feel like looking up the exact dates of each Olympics. I just looked at the year of birth and the year of competition and did a simple subtraction. I didn't say this was deep research.)
The last time we had an all-woman podium was at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville.
- Gold: Kristi Yamaguchi, 21
- Silver: Midori Ito, 23
- Bronze: Nancy Kerrigan, 23
I believe that almost every Olympics before that (starting with the era of Witt and Thomas and going backwards) consisted of winners who were women.
Here's what happened between then and now:
1994:
- Gold: Oksana Baiul, 15
- Silver: Nancy Kerrigan, 25
- Bronze: Lu Chen, 16
1998:
- Gold: Tara Lipinski, 15
- Silver: Michelle Kwan, 17 (if the Olympics were held before July, which I'm pretty sure they were)
- Bronze: Lu Chen, 20
2002:
- Gold: Sarah Hughes, 16
- Silver: Irina Slutskaya, 23
- Bronze: Michelle Kwan, 21
2006:
- Gold: Shizuka Arakawa, 24
- Silver: Sasha Cohen, 21
- Bronze: Irina Slutskaya, 27
Edited to remove a lame joke.
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