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...instead of by a single performance?
This question came up on the U.S. Nationals thread. Who would have won the Olympics if prizes were given out for consistency and excellence in the three-year period leading up to the big show? Just for fun, I looked at the World Championships, giving 10 points for first, 9 for second, etc. (I left out the World Championship immediately following the Olympics, because sometimes the old champion competed and sometimes not.)
Here is how it would have turned out for ladies.
1952 Jeannette Altwegg (Oly champ)
1956 Tenley Albright (Oly champ)
1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra (Oly champ)
1968 Peggy Fleming (Oly champ)
1972 Beatrix Schuba (Oly champ)
1976 Dorothy hamill (Oly champ)
1980 Linda Fratianne (lost to Annett Poetzsch in a controversial decision)
1984 Elaine Zayak (6th at Olys, Katarina Witt won)
1992 Midori Ito (lost to Kristi Yamaguchi)
1994 Oksana Baiul (Oly champ -- only one year of data, 1993, was considered)
1998 Michelle Kwan (Tara Lipinski won)
2002 Michelle Kwan (Sarah Hughes won, Kwan was third)
2006 Michelle Kwan, with a first, a third and a fourth at 2003, 2004 and 2005 Worlds (Kwan withdrew, Arakawa won)
2010 Tie: Mao Adada, first, second, fourth; Yuna Kim, first, third, third (And the Oly winner is...)
This question came up on the U.S. Nationals thread. Who would have won the Olympics if prizes were given out for consistency and excellence in the three-year period leading up to the big show? Just for fun, I looked at the World Championships, giving 10 points for first, 9 for second, etc. (I left out the World Championship immediately following the Olympics, because sometimes the old champion competed and sometimes not.)
Here is how it would have turned out for ladies.
1952 Jeannette Altwegg (Oly champ)
1956 Tenley Albright (Oly champ)
1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra (Oly champ)
1968 Peggy Fleming (Oly champ)
1972 Beatrix Schuba (Oly champ)
1976 Dorothy hamill (Oly champ)
1980 Linda Fratianne (lost to Annett Poetzsch in a controversial decision)
1984 Elaine Zayak (6th at Olys, Katarina Witt won)
1992 Midori Ito (lost to Kristi Yamaguchi)
1994 Oksana Baiul (Oly champ -- only one year of data, 1993, was considered)
1998 Michelle Kwan (Tara Lipinski won)
2002 Michelle Kwan (Sarah Hughes won, Kwan was third)
2006 Michelle Kwan, with a first, a third and a fourth at 2003, 2004 and 2005 Worlds (Kwan withdrew, Arakawa won)
2010 Tie: Mao Adada, first, second, fourth; Yuna Kim, first, third, third (And the Oly winner is...)
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