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At the Olympic Games (5) (Posted on 2004-08-30) Difficulty: 3 of 5
It was logical that four asian countries (Japan, Korea, Laos and Malaysia) should be the judo finalists, but I couldn’t learn the relative standings.

A reporter told me “Laos won silver, and/or Malaysia won bronze.” Other reporter added “Japan won gold, and/or Korea won bronze.” A third one added “Laos won gold, and/or Japan won silver.”

I couldn’t make heads or tails out of this, until I remembered that in judo, two bronze medals are awarded. Which were the standings?

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Solution Solution | Comment 10 of 21 |

The answer here lies in the third statement.  It simply states that if Laos won the gold, then Japan won the silver, but if Laos did not win the Gold, then Japan still won the silver.  Once we know that Japan won the silver, the rest are easy.

Laos - Gold, Japan - Silver, Malaysia - Bronze, Korea - Bronze 


  Posted by Bruce Brantley on 2004-08-31 20:55:19
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