Talk:1964 Summer Olympics medal table

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The result was: promoted by Schwede66 talk 12:05, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that Larisa Latynina had the most medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics and became the world record holder for most Olympic medals by a female athlete? Source: Sports Reference and Olympics.com: Under the 'Most number of Olympic medals won' section, "Among the women, former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, with 18 Olympic medals, is the most successful female Olympian."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Julian Lewis (American football)

Created by Hey man im josh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Hey man im josh (talk) 11:57, 26 July 2024 (UTC).

• Long enough (5x expansion). New enough. Reliable inline citations throughout. (Many directly from Olympics.com). (One discrepancy is the starting date of the games. Citation #3 (Olympics.com) gives October 9th while other sources give October 10th, the date of the Opening Ceremony.) Unlikely copyright vios per Earwig (9.1% match). QPQ done. Hook is interesting and cited. Good work. GTG. Hybernator (talk) 20:27, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

  For what it's worth, this is, for whatever reason, the standard for Olympics it seems. The Olympic articles, such as 1964 Summer Olympics, typically reference the date of the opening ceremonies from what I can tell. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:33, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

  Is it surely not more interesting that she took the world record for most Olympic medals full stop Hey man im josh? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:10, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

  You're absolutely right, it IS more interesting @AirshipJungleman29. Shame on me for for lessening her accomplishment. Here's some alts. Also pinging @Hybernator.

  Alt1:... that Larisa Latynina had the most medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics and became the world record holder for most Olympic medals won by an individual? Source: [ The Times]: "When Edoardo Mangiarotti took gold with Italy in the team épée at the Rome Games in 1960, he set a new record for the number of Olympic medals won by an individual." and "His record endured for only four years, when the Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina increased her tally to 18, which remains the greatest number won by any competitor." (Note the source is from July 16, 2012, before Phelps broke the record)

  Alt2:... that Larisa Latynina had the most medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics and became the world record holder for most Olympic medals won by an individual with 18 total? Source: See above

  Please review and let me know if you think these are acceptable / better or can be improved upon. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:42, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

ALT1 and ALT2 both check out, however a punchier version would be ALT1a: ... that Larisa Latynina became the world record holder for most Olympic medals won by an individual at the 1964 Summer Olympics?--Launchballer 11:00, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Launchballer, there is the MOS:EGG issue with that—the bold link should probably include some reference to medals. How about ALT1b: ... that Larisa Latynina took the record for most Olympic medals won by an individual after she won six medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:08, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm good with and like that. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:20, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Fine by me and checks out, but I can't promote it as it includes new information (six medals isn't in any other hook). @Schwede66:?--Launchballer 11:35, 31 July 2024 (UTC)