What just happened? Everyone gets a (gold) medal. Did they just hand out two gold medals in the HJ instead of doing a jumpoff?

If they jump one gets the gold. If not they both should have been given silver. Thats fair.

Star wrote:

Why would you ever choose to have a jump off if your Gold is guaranteed if you don’t?

"It is not enough that I succeed. Everyone else must fail."

- Attila

He's correct. You're not the champion if there's another champion too. Neither of these guys has the attitude of a true winner.

rojo wrote:

Society handing out a medal to everyone has reached a new peak (or low) depending on how you view it.

I think they just gave out two gold medals. Anyone watching on tv able to confirm?

Don't have time to read all the post but ROJO just chill mate it's ok with what they did and there have been ties before.

1.7million views in less than a day and growing

1 million more than the womens 100m final.

this is the best moment of the olympics by far / instant classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjSCT97GSsA&t=4s

malmo wrote:

If they jump one gets the gold. If not they both should have been given silver. Thats fair.

So is two golds and no silver.

truly obvious wrote:

rojo wrote:

Society handing out a medal to everyone has reached a new peak (or low) depending on how you view it.

I think they just gave out two gold medals. Anyone watching on tv able to confirm?

TERRIBLE TAKE.

Let me explain in running terms so that you understand.

Murphy ties with Amos for the gold medal in 1:42.61. The photo-finish shows a true dead heat, tied to the thousandth of a second 1:42.610

The runners are given the choice to take shared gold, or have officials look at a high-speed camera to determine the winner to the 10,000th of a second.

100 times out of 100 an athlete with gold in his hand is going to keep that, not roll the dice. You can't get MORE of a gold medal.

Not it’s not, it’s making them rerun the races just having the pair of them.

Just shows how dumb and immature rojo is and puts all his post into prospective

Because for some, as this thread and much of the social media commentary has show, it's not enough to win, you have to be seen to beat people.

Here we had 2 guys that came up level. Remember this only applies where countback can't separate them too.

Personally I have no interest in watching fatigued athletes struggle as a bar comes back down in height. This was the perfect end IMO.

malmo wrote:

If they jump one gets the gold. If not they both should have been given silver. Thats fair.

(1) those aren’t the rules

(2) But they didn’t both tie for 2nd, they both tied for 1st, hence they both get a gold medal

fairs fair wrote:

malmo wrote:

If they jump one gets the gold. If not they both should have been given silver. Thats fair.

So is two golds and no silver.

Bingo

Bad Wigins wrote:

Star wrote:

Why would you ever choose to have a jump off if your Gold is guaranteed if you don’t?

"It is not enough that I succeed. Everyone else must fail."

- Attila

He's correct. You're not the champion if there's another champion too. Neither of these guys has the attitude of a true winner.

Their medals disagree.

Trucker Hat wrote:

Could you imagine if the two teams in any major American sport decided to tie for a championship. Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes meet at the end of regulation in a tie and decide not to play overtime.,They start hugging in joy as they tie as Super Bowl “champions” LMAO. They would get destroyed by their fan bases and football fans in general. This high jump joke is an example of why track and field is treated like a joke in America.

Track and field is treated like a joke in America because all the scrawny distance runners can't compete against the best in the world. The sprinters, jumpers and throwers save a little face for the country.

Trucker Hat wrote:

Could you imagine if the two teams in any major American sport decided to tie for a championship. Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes meet at the end of regulation in a tie and decide not to play overtime.,They start hugging in joy as they tie as Super Bowl “champions” LMAO. They would get destroyed by their fan bases and football fans in general. This high jump joke is an example of why track and field is treated like a joke in America.

It’s almost as if high jump and football are two completely different sports!

Stoppit Smith wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

"It is not enough that I succeed. Everyone else must fail."

- Attila

He's correct. You're not the champion if there's another champion too. Neither of these guys has the attitude of a true winner.

Their medals disagree.

Bingo

I didn’t think you could give out two gold medals and would have to proceed to a jump off until there was only one winner— guess I was wrong.

I understand why the athletes decided to share the gold medal position. A guaranteed gold medal, and all the financial incentives attached to it, is much better than a possible silver medal. But I’m cynical.

I’ve also heard this moving being praised as great sportsmanship, although I’m not sure why. Would a jump off between the two athletes be bad sportsmanship?

guess who is the poster child for participation medals

nojos wrote:

guess who is the poster child for participation medals

Who?

im a scientist. wrote:

nojos wrote:

guess who is the poster child for participation medals

Who?

ofa lon teh

what was what

Jo72 wrote:

anonymouses wrote:

Official asked them to jumpoff and both declined. Only outcome would be one loses gold. As a fan, I thought it was a perfect ending to best HJ I've seen.

It was. But this shows the rule should be changed. Either jumpoff or both get only silver. Otherwise there is not good incentive to risk a jumpoff.

If it's a tie, don't they go back to who had the best record on the previous height?

If golf ended in a tie and they gave out two gold medals, would everyone here bashing Rojo agree there should be no playoff hole.

Are you scared the golfers would hurt their backs? Are you concerned that the playoff hole might be easier than the previous hole averages and so a playoff would be a true indicator of who’s best? If ten golfers had the same score at the end of regulation would you give them all gold medals? If everyone in the golf tournament had the same score should EVeRyoNe get gold medals without a playoff?

The rule stands so I don’t fault the athletes for taking their golds. But you’re aware that the rule likely was the result of a reasonable debate.