Final Score Update - 26 Aug 08

Here's the final score. I checked the medal count, and the scores are indeed accurate (I'd found some missing/altered medals, hence the big jump for a lot of people).

Steph - 184
Sue M. - 134
Susan H. - 117
Sam - 115
Mark A. - 108
Megan - 107
Mark S. - 100
Janet & Donna - 89
Erika - 76
Dirk - 28

The image below is of the final medal counts, and then having converted them to the agreed point system. It does not include the medals from the first Saturday or the first Sunday of the Olympics. If there is any discrepancy, please let me know! Also, to better view the count, please click on the image.

Score Update - 22 Aug 08

With scores still coming in from Friday's competitions in Beijing, here are the latest scores. The next and final update will occur after the closing ceremony on Sunday. For the final post, I will try to recheck all medals won and the math, to ensure that I haven't missed anything or miscalculated anything. Until then, here's the latest...

Steph - 132
Sue M. - 108
Megan - 92
Sam - 86
Susan H. - 85
Mark A. - 80
Donna - 68
Janet - 64
Mark S. 57
Erika - 42
Dirk - 24

Score Update - 20 Aug 08

Here are the latest scores, through Tuesday's events. Wednesday's have not been included.

Steph - 100
Sue M. - 87
Megan - 72
Sam - 62
Mark A. & Susan H. - 61
Janet - 56
Donna - 51
Mark S. - 37
Erika - 22
Dirk - 20

Score Update - 18 Aug 08

Here are the latest scores, including all sports up through Sunday 17 August:

Steph - 84
Sue M. - 66
Megan - 57
Mark A. - 53
Janet & Susan H. - 52
Donna - 49
Sam - 46
Dirk & Mark S. - 20
Erika - 18

Score Update - 15 Aug 08

With scores still coming in, here are the current standings:

Stephanie - 37
Donna - 35
Megan - 34
Sue M. - 33
Susan H. - 29
Mark A. & Sam - 28
Janet - 15
Dirk - 13
Mark S. - 9
Erika - 3

Team Rosters

As decided in the draft, here are the team rosters at last. If you want to create a team name for your team, please let me know and we'll change it.

Dirk: Austria, Bahamas, Finland, Hong Kong, Sweden, and Switzerland

Donna: Egypt, Greece, Israel, Italy, Norway, and Slovakia

Erika: Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, and Trinidad and Tobago

Janet: Chile, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine

Mark A.: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Denmark, North Korea, and Slovenia

Mark S.: Argentina, Brazil, Kenya, Netherlands, Nigeria, and Venezuela

Megan: Belgium, Canada, Georgia, Iran, Japan, and Mongolia

Sam: Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia, Portugal, Thailand, and Zimbabwe

Steph: Czech Republic, Estonia, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, South Korea, and Syria

Susan H.: Cameroon, Dominican Republic, France, Hungary, New Zealand, and Uzbekistan

Sue M.: Australia, Croatia, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, and Turkey

Fantasy 2008 Summer Olympics: Rules

1. Each team will get to pick 6 countries for their team. The prize: unending respect and admiration, and maybe a free beverage or ice cream cone from each of the other participants at some point.

2. A live draft will be held on Monday, August 11, 2008 at noon at a location TBD over lunch. Draft order will be determined by a random draw conducted by one of the Commissioners (Megan and Stephanie). For example, round 1 will go in order from 1-5, round 2 from 5-1, round 3 from 1-5, etc. Each player gets one pick per round until the teams are complete.

3. Due to the overwhelming number of medals won by some countries on a regular basis, we are removing the three winningest countries from the previous summer Olympics (specifically the United States, Russia, and China). At least 2 of the 6 countries must be selected from the bottom half of the list of medal winners from the previous summer Olympics (as determined by Wikipedia’s list of medal winners from the 2004 Summer Olympics).

5. The winner will be the player with the most points at the end of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Points will be assigned as follows: 3 points for a gold medal, 2 points for a silver medal, and 1 point for a bronze medal. Each player’s final score will be based on an aggregate score from his or her 8 athletes and 4 countries.

6. Medal counts will be updated by the Commissioners. Check the following website for regular updates. http://fantasyolympics2008.blogspot.com/