A podium sweep is where a team or nation comes in first, second and third, such as at the Olympics, and wins all available medals, which are recognized by a podium ceremony. The word
sweep
Sweep or swept may refer to:
Cleaning
* Sweep, the action of using a brush to clean
* Chimney sweep, a worker who clears ash and soot from chimneys
* Street sweeper, a person's occupation, or a machine that cleans streets
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is commonly used in North American sports such as baseball, basketball, cricket and ice hockey which have
playoff
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...
or regular season series, to describe a situation where one team wins all the games in a series, for example, with a 4–0 victory in a
best-of-seven series.
The term is also used in a broader sense when a country, team or athlete wins all possible prizes in a competition. At the highest level, that would be when one nation wins all the medals in the
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
.
Prevention
To encourage competition, some event organizers or federations implement rules to prevent podium sweeps. At the
2008 Olympic Games, China won all 6 medals at the singles events in Table Tennis, across both genders. Following this, the
ITTF limited each country at the Olympics to entering a maximum of two contestants per gender in the singles competition, thereby ensuring that no country could win more than 4 of the 6 medals available.
Lists of podium sweeps
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List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics
A podium sweep is when one team wins all available medals in a single event in a sporting event. At the highest level, that would be when one nation wins all the medals in the Summer Olympics Athletics. Many Olympic sports or events do not all ...
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List of medal sweeps in Olympic table tennis
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List of medal sweeps in Olympic speed skating
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List of medal sweeps in Olympic figure skating
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List of medal sweeps in snowboarding
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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List of medal sweeps in cross-country skiing
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List of medal sweeps in Paralympic Games
See also
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Whitewash (sport)
In sport, a whitewash or sweep is a series in which a person or team wins every game.
Usage by sport Baseball
In Major League Baseball, teams typically play multiple games against each other; if one team wins all the games in that series, it is ...
References
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Sports terminology
Terminology used in multiple sports