The Aquatic discipline is composed of four different sports: diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.
Diving has four events for both men and women. Individual events are 3m Springboard and 10m Platform. There is also synchronized diving (2 divers try to perform the same dive simultaneously) for 3m Springboard and 10m Platform. Each country may have two divers for each individual event and one pair for each synchronized dive. There are 136 athletes (68 men and 68 women) taking part in these Olympics. Diving has been an Olympic sport since 1904. Women's diving was added in 1912. Synchronized diving is fairly new, having been added in 2000. Divers must submit in advance what dives they will perform. Dives have a degree of difficulty that is multiplied by the judges' score (which can be a maximum of 10). Synchronized divers are judged on their execution and synchronization. All divers want to be vertical when entering the water and create as little splash as possible.
Perhaps one of the most popular Summer Olympic events , swimming has been a part of every Modern Olympic games. Women's swimming events were added in 1912. There are 16 mens and 16 womens events, two marathon swimming events, and 950 competitors. Each country may have 2 athletes in each individual event and one team for each relay. There are four strokes used in the Olympics: freestyle (crawl), backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. All four are used in individual events. The relays are freestyle and medley (all four strokes).
For interesting and amusing trivia about Olympic swimming, look up the story of the Men's Plunge for distance!!!! You'll quickly understand why it did not last long....
Synchronized swimming is one of two women's only Summer Olympic events. There are two events, Duet and Team competition. It became an Olympic event in 1984. Short routines are performed to music (which is also heard under water). The teams are judged on complexity, choreography and execution. Duets must perform a technical and free routine, where only the top 12 teams move on to perform another free routine. They then add the score from the final free to the technical preliminary routine to get their final score. Teams are judged on the combination of just one technical routine and one free routine. There are 104 athletes in this competition. Eight countries have athletes in both events and are limited to only nine athletes total. The remaining 16 countries have only two participants in the Duet competition.
Water polo is a team event similar to handball in the water. It has been a part of every Olympics since 1900. Women's water polo was added in 2000. Only two medals are awarded for this team sport (men and women). There are 156 men (12 teams) and 104 women (8 teams) set to enter the competition. Each country may only enter one team to each event. There are 13 players on a team but only 7 players may be in the pool at one time (6 players and 1 goalkeeper). Players are not allowed to touch the sides or bottom of the pool at any time. There are four 8 minute quarters and the offense has only 30 seconds to score a goal. Play begins with a race to the ball in the center. Some athletes may swim up to 3 miles during a game.
Cache is located at:
North AB CD.EFG West JK LM.NPQ
A = (1988 Mens 3m Springboard Gold) - (1904 Mens Water Polo Gold)
B = (2004 Mens 100m Butterfly Gold) - (1964 Mens 4x200 Freestyle Silver)
C = (2000 Synchro Swimming Team Silver) - (1960 Womens 100m Freestyle Bronze)
D = (1948 Mens 10m Platform Silver) + (1904 Mens Plunge for Distance Gold)
E = (1924 Womens 400 Freestyle Bronze) + (1952 Womens 3m Springboard Gold)
F = (1920 Mens Water polo Silver) - (1992 Synchro Swim Duet Silver)
G = (1976 Womens 800 Freestyle Silver) + (1976 Mens 100m Breastroke Bronze)
J = (2008 Womens Water polo Gold) + (2000 Synchro Swim Duet Bronze)
K = (2000 Womens Synchro Springboard Bronze) + (1968 Mens 200 IM Gold)
L = (1980 Mens 100m Butterfly Bronze) + (2004 Synchro Swim Duet Gold)
M = (1924 Mens Water Polo Gold) - (1900 Mens 200m Obstacle Course Race Silver)
N = (1948 Womens 10m Platform Bronze) + (1984 Mens Water Polo Gold)
P = (1972 Womens 200 Breaststroke Bronze) + (1956 Mens Water Polo Bronze)
Q = (1956 Womens 200m Breastroke Silver) - (1912 Womens 10m Platform Gold)
0 Miriam Lignot OR Mitch Ivey OR Yugoslavia OR Pat McCormick
1 Natalie Steward OR Greece OR Bruce Harlan OR Charles Hickox
2 Penny Vilagos OR Greta Johansson OR David Lopez-Zubero OR Galina Prozumenshchikova
3 Harold Smith OR United States OR Shirley Babashoff OR Anastasia Davydova
4 Sweden OR Eva Szekely OR Olena Zhupina OR David Davies
5 Hungary OR Gertrude Ederle OR Japan OR Heiko Meyer
6 Arvydas Juozaitis OR Belgium OR Great Britain OR Birte Christoffersen
7 Miho Takeda OR Soviet Union OR Greg Louganis OR Germany
8 Netherlands OR William Dickey OR Carolyn Waldo OR Donna Gurr
9 Wu Minxia OR France OR Otto Wahle OR Michael Phelps
You may check your answers at geocheck.org. Click on the link below.
Container is a small cammo tube. Bring your own pen.
Honorable Mention to JBExpress who solved the puzzle first but was unable to go for the cache. Hope your wrist heals quickly!!
FTF - Gold medalist - $1 dollar coin- Congrats to Laker91 on FTF!!! Proving persistance does pay off!
STF - Silver medalist - 25 cent coin- Congrats to BoxmanCrew for the STF!!
TTF - Bronze medalist - 1 cent coin- Since the muggle left the medal...what a polite muggle at that...Congrats go to gvsu4msu!