JO 2024
The goal is to predict the medal winners for events across the different Olympic sports. May the best Olympian predictor win!
Forms
During the Olympic Games, forms will be available to submit your predictions. There will be forms for each of the 32 Olympic sports with a schedule for submissions. You can edit your form as many times as needed before the deadline.
Definitions
Olympic Sport: Find the list of Olympic sports on the Olympic Games website: https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports
Event: Each sport can have one or more events. For example, in athletics there is the women’s 100m, men’s high jump, etc.
Prediction: You must predict the Olympic medal winners by selecting the country for the gold, silver, and bronze medals for a selection of events across the different Olympic sports.
Points per Event
Points are awarded based on your prediction for each event as follows:
GOLD medal 5 points
SILVER medal 3 points
BRONZE medal 2 points
INCORRECT position 1 point
Example
You predict 1. Japan, 2. South Korea, and 3. Indonesia and the actual result is 1. South Korea, 2. China, and 3. Indonesia.
Then you score 1pts for South Korea, 0pt for Japan, and 2 pts for Indonesia.
Rankings for Each Sport
For each sport, participants are ranked by their total points scored across all events. The top three will receive a gold, silver, and bronze medal respectively. In case of a tie, multiple medals will be awarded. For example, if two are tied for first, they will share a gold medal and the third place gets a bronze medal.
Overall Rankings
The overall rankings follow the principle of the Olympic medal table, determined as follows:
- Greatest number of GOLD medals
- Greatest number of SILVER medals
- Greatest number of BRONZE medals