THE DIPLOMACY OLYMPICS

by Edi Birsan


With all the focus on the Olympics this year, what if Diplomacy had an Olympics?

Using historic experiences and information from various databases, we can actually determing the winners of some events. Let's see where your favorite country comes out…

(Try to determine the medalists that are not listed below, then click the link at the bottom of this page to see how well you do as an Olympic judge!)

THE SPRINTS IN SPRING

  1. Fastest (Most Common) Take Down of a Neutral Supply Center in Spring 1901

    Gold Medal:Turkey for A Constantinople-Bulgaria
    Silver Medal:Austria for A Budapest -Serbia
    Bronze Medal:????

  2. Fastest Occupation of a Sea province

    Gold Medal:Russia for F St. Petersburg (sc) - Gulf of Bothnia
    Silver Medal:Italy for F Naples to Ionian
    Bronze Medal:???

THE SUCCESSFUL JUMP and LONG JUMP

  1. Fastest most common Convoy in 1901

    Gold Medal:Italy for A Apulia to Tunis
    Silver Medal:England for A Yorkshire to Norway
    Bronze Medal:???

  2. The destination of the most common earliest attempted convoy over two sea spaces:

    Gold Medal:????
    Silver Medal:Turkey for Army (Bulgaria) to Apulia
    Bronze Medal:Italy for Army (Tunis) to Syria

THE HURDLES

  1. Unit most likely to be involved in two standoffs in 1901,

    Gold Medal:Turkey Fleet Ankara (to Black Sea)
    Silver Medal:Russia Fleet Sevastapol (to Black Sea)
    Bronze Medal:???

  2. Unit most likely to be supported to its destination in Fall 1901

    Gold Medal:Austria Fleet Albania to Greece supported by Army Serbia
    Silver Medal:???
    Bronze Medal:Germany Army Ruhr to Belgium supported by Holland or Nth

THE POLE VAULT

  1. Most likely to take Warsaw from the Russians

    Gold Medal:Germany
    Silver Medal:Austria
    Bronze Medal:???

THE SHOT PUT

  1. Most likely to take someone else's home supply center in 1901:

    Gold Medal:Italy for Trieste/Munich whatever
    Silver Medal:France for Munich mostly
    Bronze Medal: ???

THE LONG RUN

  1. Most likely to get six supply centers in 1901

    Gold Medal: ???
    Silver Medal:???
    Bronze Medal:???

  2. Most likely to be the first to get to seven centers and be eliminated eventually:

    Gold Medal: ???
    Silver Medal:???
    Bronze Medal:???

For the answers, Click here.

See you in another four years!!!

Edi Birsan
([email protected])

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