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Olympic Help! How is Bronze determined?

950 views 17 replies 16 participants last post by  Taz Warrior 
#1 ·
Can someone please explain to me how the bronze medal is determined?

Do the losers of the semifinals play for the bronze or is it a round robin?

i dont get it.

THanks!
 
#10 ·
It's unnatural for tennis that two losing players face each other to determine who's the lesser loser.
Besides, there are other sports where both losing semifinalists get bronze medal :shrug:
 
#12 ·
why is it? i assume you've watched the YEC in which several matches have been played between the bottom 2 players of the group, who have both already lost 2 matches.

bronze means you come 3rd, why shouldn't they play off for it.

its simple when you think about it, the 4 semi finalist will each play 2 matches, 2 of 2 wins = gold, 1 of 2 wins = silver or bronze dependant on which match won. 0 of 2 wins = 4th place no medal.

bronze should always be a playoff in my eyes it makes sense.
 
#13 ·
YEC is a round robin event. Olympics is a knock-out event. That's the difference.

Btw, in Russian knock-out system is called the olympic system
 
#17 ·
SF winners play for Gold and semi losers play for Bronze... why are people saying it's weird that they do it like that, I mean don't they do it in all Olympic sports???!!!
 
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