Re: Little known Olympic fact, S'pore robbed Canada of Silver medal
How can one say Lawrence Lemieux was robbed? If he had completed all the races, he may win a medal or he may not. No one will ever know as he did not complete the race. He had an outside chance of a medal, but not a guaranteed chance. So, one cannot say he was robbed, surely not. His position in the 5th race was reinstated as second place for him, before he rescued the 2 Sinkie bozos. What is considered
ROBBED of a gold medal is the case of the female Korean fencer
Shin Ah-Lam, but not the case of Lawrence Lemieux.
Source: http://theconversation.edu.au/better-than-gold-the-real-value-of-the-olympic-games-8756
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, Canadian sailor Lawrence Lemieux was racing alone near the halfway point in his Finn class race. He was in second place in a seven-race event when he spotted two Singapore sailors in the water who were both injured and unable to right their boat.
Lemieux broke away and sailed to rescue them , waited for an official patrol boat and then transferred the two sailors. He continued his race and finished in 22nd place. After the race the
International Yacht Racing Union jury awarded him second place – his position when he went to the aid of the capsized crew.
Source: http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainm...ional-Olympic-Moments.aspx?p=10#ixzz23PR0btMq
Lemieux was in second place during his race when he saw two sailors from the Singaporean team in another race fall into the water. Lemieux rowed over and rescued the sailors, hauling them into his small boat. Though he was out of contention, he finished his race after an official boat picked up the sailors. But the Olympics committee
awarded him an honorary second-place finish. IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch said, "By your sportsmanship, self-sacrifice and courage, you embody all that is right with the Olympic ideal." Lemieux was not a big name, but his act of bravery brought honor to the Games.
Source: http://www.classefinn.it/finnatics/eng/hisfinn21_4.html
Another Finn sailor to get a medal was Larry Lemieux who gave up a good position in the fifth race to rescue a Singapore 470 sailor from the water after he had lost contact with his boat.
He was awarded a silver medal for this feat.
South Korean fencer robbed from gold medal; London 2012
This is a list of all the sailing winners at the Seoul Olympics from the Olympic database. Do you see Lemieux anywhere on the list?
1988 Summer Olympics
Seoul, South Korea
Sailing
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Finn
José Doreste ESP 38.1 GOLD
Peter Holmberg ISV 40.4 SILVER
John Cutler NZL 45 BRONZE
Lechner Sailboard Men
Bruce Kendall NZL 35.4 GOLD
Jan Boersma AHO 42.7 SILVER
Michael Gebhardt USA 48 BRONZE
Star
Michael McIntyre GBR 45.7 GOLD
Bryn Vaile GBR 45.7 GOLD
Mark Reynolds USA 48 SILVER
Hal Haenel USA 48 SILVER
Torben Grael BRA 50 BRONZE
Nelson Falcão BRA 50 BRONZE
Flying Dutchman
Christian Grønborg DEN 31.4 GOLD
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller DEN 31.4 GOLD
Erik Bjørkum NOR 37.4 SILVER
Ole Pollen NOR 37.4 SILVER
Frank McLaughlin CAN 48.4 BRONZE
John Millen CAN 48.4 BRONZE
Tornado
Jean-Yves Le Déroff FRA 16 GOLD
Nicolas Hénard FRA 16 GOLD
Rex Sellers NZL 35.4 SILVER
Chris Timms NZL 35.4 SILVER
Lars Grael BRA 40.1 BRONZE
Clinio Freitas BRA 40.1 BRONZE
470 Men
Thierry Peponnet FRA 34.7 GOLD
Luc Pillot FRA 34.7 GOLD
Tònu Tòniste URS 46 SILVER
Toomas Tòniste URS 46 SILVER
John Shadden USA 51 BRONZE
Charles McKee USA 51 BRONZE
Soling
Bernd Jäkel GDR 11.7 GOLD
Thomas Flach GDR 11.7 GOLD
Jochen Schümann GDR 11.7 GOLD
William Baylis USA 14 SILVER
Robert Billingham USA 14 SILVER
John Kostecki USA 14 SILVER
Jan Mathiasen DEN 52.7 BRONZE
Jesper Bank DEN 52.7 BRONZE
Steen Secher DEN 52.7 BRONZE
470 Women
Lynne Jewell USA 26.7 GOLD
Allison Jolly USA 26.7 GOLD
Birgitta Bengtsson SWE 40 SILVER
Marit Söderström SWE 40 SILVER
Irina Chunikovskaya URS 45.4 BRONZE
Larisa Moskalenko URS 45.4 BRONZE