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| | On the first day of women's basketball, Australia defeated heavy underdogs Great Britain, while France defeated Brazil. | | On the first day of women's basketball, Australia defeated heavy underdogs Great Britain, while France defeated Brazil. |
| − | In women's handball, Great Britain was blown out by [[Montenegro]], 31-19. However, the British team only made the Olympics due to getting the host country's automatic spot, and this poor performance was expected. Meanwhile, France narrowly defeated Norway, 24-23. | + | In women's handball, Great Britain was blown out by [[Montenegro]], 31-19. However, the British team only made the Olympics due to getting the host country's automatic spot,C and this poor performance was expected. Meanwhile, France narrowly defeated Norway, 24-23. |
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| | France lost to the United States in the opening men's basketball game, while Australia narrowly lost to Brazil in a minor upset. | | France lost to the United States in the opening men's basketball game, while Australia narrowly lost to Brazil in a minor upset. |
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| | |Similarly, will atheist nations underachieve in general? | | |Similarly, will atheist nations underachieve in general? |
| − | |After Day 4 (July 31), increasingly atheistic Great Britain had won 0 gold medals despite having all the advantages of being the host nation. China, an officially atheist and communist country, leads the standings with 13 gold medals. The Chinese are tied with the United States with 22 total medals. Increasingly atheistic France is a distant third in total golds with 4. Australia has 1 gold and 5 total medals. | + | |After Day 4 (July 31), increasingly atheistic Great Britain had won 0 gold medals despite having all the advantages of being the host nation. Despite having more than three times the population of the United States and despite having a national program designed to produce champion athletes, atheistic China is merely tied with the United States in total medals (22) after Day 4 (July 31). Somewhat atheistic France is a distant third in total golds with 4. Australia has 1 gold and 5 total medals. |
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