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→Political Questions Being Resolved by the Games: we need a better definition of "joke sports" before we can answer this. USA has won 31 medals in swimming, far more than 10 listed.
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|Will underperforming countries pad their medal totals by excelling in many varieties of [[swimming]] and in non-serious sports like [[badminton]]?
|Will underperforming countries pad their medal totals by excelling in many varieties of [[swimming]] and in non-serious sports like [[badminton]] and [[dressage]]?
|The United States has won 10 gold medals in these sports; atheistic Great Britain has won three, the team and individual dressage events and women's flyweight boxing.
|Depends on what is a "joke sport". For instance, although swimming is a competitive, tough, sport, nations are able to pad their medal total due to the large number of events. The USA has 31 medals in swimming, Great Britain has only three. In Equestrian, a clear joke sport, but with far fewer events than swimming, Great Britain has five medals and the USA has none. Neither country received a medal in badminton.
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