It was a roller coaster Olympics, and the leaderboards for the medal pickem was no different! In the end, Cora W. managed to pick 14 countries correctly, bringing home the gold and taking the Ass Kicker trophy off to college (We’ll need that back – don’t let your roommate use it as a back scratcher!).
Catherine W. limped across the finish line with 1 correct pick, and will wield the participation trophy until the next event ends.
Check out the spreadsheet for more details.
Fun facts:
Most Underestimated country: South Korea (Only one person picked the correct range – everyone else picked them to finish with less)
Move Overestimated country: Japan (Seven people picked them to finish with more medals)
Biggest Surprise: Zambia picking up 1 medal, which knocked out 9 of the 11 guessers who had them pegged for 0. This ended up being the difference-maker for Cora, who correctly predicted this performance
Closest Tie-breaker: Cora W. was closest with the US Silver medal performance, predicting 43 against an actual of 44. Tym K. was closest for France’s bronze medal haul, predicting 18 against an actual of 22.
Final breakdown:
| Name | Correct |
| Cora Wildman | 14 |
| Bryan Kitchen | 13 |
| Shannon Kitchen | 11 |
| CK (Chris Karhuse) | 11 |
| M&Ms (Eddie) | 9 |
| Tym | 6 |
| Pam Lippincott | 6 |
| Jenn | 6 |
| Josh Villarreal | 5 |
| Lindsay Villarreal | 2 |
| Catherine Wildman | 1 |