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Sports Spread Betting Blog 22/08/2016: 2016 Rio Olympics Review



The Olympics is over and what an Olympics it was for Team GB. 27 golds and 67 medals in total secured second place in the medal table behind the USA and above China.


The haul was Great Britain’s best return since the 1908 Games and made Team GB the first-ever nation to improve upon their medal tally in a Games immediately after a home Olympics.

And the nation’s incredible success is shown by the spread betting stats below which displays selected nations’ performances compared to their pre-Olympics gold medal predictions.

Spreadex 's 2016 Rio Olympics Sports Spread Betting Gold Medal Table

E.g. Team GB ended 8.75 medals above their pre-Games spread mid-point while Australia ended 6.75 below their pre-Games mid-point spread prediction. In spread betting terms, a £10 buy of Team GB Golds at 19 would have resulted in an £80 profit ((27 – 19) x £10) but a £10 buy of Australia Golds at 15.5 would have resulted in an £75 loss ((8 – 15.5) x £10).

Team GB also out-performed their Total Medals pre-Olympics quote. Spreadex’s pre-Games spread was 52.5 – 55.5 with the final total of 67 meaning a profit of 11.5 x their original stake for buyers (67 – 55.5) but a loss of 14.5 x their original stake for sellers (52.5 – 67).


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