sports on 2016 olympic $2 coins

[Mister T]

I was having a look at the sports represented on each of the five coins trying to out what the are exactly. This is what I've come up with (any input appreciated):
Blue: synchronised swimming, tennis, gymnastics, sailing, soccer, shooting and weight-lifting
Black: sprinting, cycling, swimming, archery, wrestling and running
Red: basketball, equestrian, football, gymnastics, canoeing, golf and hammer-throw
Yellow: fencing, badminton, kayaking, volleyball, hockey and water polo
Green: tae kwon do, rowing, boxing, pentathalon, diving and handball

[Nevol]

Seems to me you've got them all covered. In the 2016 Mini-Mint for August, it says
'featuring a stylised interpretation of 32 sporting disciplines'.

Oops, you've got Gymnastics twice. In both Blue & Red.
Back to the drawing board. :biggrin:

[Pedro]

Judo on the blue?

Synchronised swimming - enough said :dash1:

Pedro

[Pedro]

According to one source I tracked down (although a coin site and not an AOC/sports-related site):

Blue: synchronised swimming, tennis, wrestling, sailing, soccer, shooting and weight-lifting
Black: athletics, cycling, swimming, archery, judo, triathlon
Red: basketball, equestrian, rugby sevens, gymnastics, canoe/kayak, golf and fencing
Yellow: table tennis, badminton, canoe/kayak sprint, volleyball, hockey and water polo
Green: tae kwon do, rowing, boxing, pentathalon, diving and handball

Seems to be a bit of a question mark on the canoe and kayak split so the more nautically minded may be able to distinguish the difference.

Pedro

[Mister T]

Ah yep, that first gymnastics being wrestling makes sense.
Re canoe/kayak I think kayaking is the one with the double-ended paddle.

Otherwise I was close but fencing and table tennis were very stylised I think.
Thanks Pedro!

[brismike]

[quote="Pedro" pid='115878' dateline='1529807745']
According to one source I tracked down (although a coin site and not an AOC/sports-related site):

Blue: synchronised swimming, tennis, wrestling, sailing, soccer, shooting and weight-lifting
Black: athletics, cycling, swimming, archery, judo, triathlon
Red: basketball, equestrian, rugby sevens, gymnastics, canoe/kayak, golf and fencing
Yellow: table tennis, badminton, canoe/kayak sprint, volleyball, hockey and water polo
Green: tae kwon do, rowing, boxing, pentathalon, diving and handball

Seems to be a bit of a question mark on the canoe and kayak split so the more nautically minded may be able to distinguish the difference.

Pedro
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Did you get this off Numista Pedro? .... If you did it was me who posted it up.

Cheers Mike

[Pedro]

Hi Mike,

Yes, I think it was Numista where I finally tracked the info down. Well done to you :ok:

Pedro

[planchetflaw]

The Canoe/Kayak Sprint is definitely the Yellow and the Canoe/Kayak Slalom on the Red.

On the last pages of the Collection pack are the images to help identify. Two visible paddles = Sprint, partially visible top paddle is Slalom.

[runway]

Going back to the 2006 Melbourne Games 50c these were easy

[Pedro]

Thanks for clarifying that planchetflaw  :ok:

Pedro