๐ŸŽ‚ Birthday Paradox ยท Sports
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Olympic Canoe Marathon (Canoeing)

Delegation

15 team lists ยท 88 player entries ยท avg team size 5.9

Read this sport as a comparison between raw coincidence and what team size alone predicts. Here, the real rate is -3.9 points below the birthday-paradox baseline.

Real team lists
0.0%
teams with shared birthdays
Why it matters: This is the headline rate, but it should never be read without team size.
Expected from size
3.9%
from avg team size
Why it matters: This is the fair baseline: what same-size random teams would do.
Gap from expected
-3.9 points
real โˆ’ expected
Why it matters: Negative means this sport is quieter than team size alone predicts.
Team lists
15
teams analysed
Why it matters: Small sample: treat the rate as a lead, not a verdict.
What to notice: The best question on a sport page is not "is the real rate high?" but "is it high after accounting for team size?" That is what the gap card is answering.

Country comparison

Countries with the most team lists for Olympic Canoe Marathon (Canoeing), charted by the share of teams with at least one shared birthday.

Gender split inside this sport

Real and expected rates for labelled team lists in this sport.

Why it matters: The gender gap is mostly a team-size story. Men have the larger average team size here (5.9 athletes), so their birthday-match rate naturally rises.

By country

Top 40 countries by team-list count.

CountryTeam listsAvg playersReal
TCH36.00.0%
HUN25.50.0%
USA25.50.0%
FRA16.00.0%
CAN15.00.0%
BEL16.00.0%
GER18.00.0%
SUI16.00.0%
NED16.00.0%
SWE16.00.0%
URS15.00.0%
What to notice: Countries with larger average teams will naturally show more shared birthdays. The country list is most useful for finding which samples are driving this sport's overall rate.

By gender

Where the dataset records it.

GenderTeam listsRealExpectedGap
Men150.0%3.9%-3.9 points

Sample team lists

Largest teams in the dataset.

TeamSeasonPlayersRepeatsExpected chance
GER Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1936 Summer) ยท GER1936 Summer807.4%
TCH Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1936 Summer) ยท TCH1936 Summer705.6%
BEL Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1936 Summer) ยท BEL1936 Summer604.0%
FRA Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1952 Summer) ยท FRA1952 Summer604.0%
HUN Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1956 Summer) ยท HUN1956 Summer604.0%
NED Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1936 Summer) ยท NED1936 Summer604.0%
SUI Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1936 Summer) ยท SUI1936 Summer604.0%
SWE Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1936 Summer) ยท SWE1936 Summer604.0%
TCH Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1952 Summer) ยท TCH1952 Summer604.0%
USA Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) (1956 Summer) ยท USA1956 Summer604.0%
What to notice: The sample team lists show the mechanics: once the player count gets large, the expected chance climbs quickly, and each repeat is another player landing on a date already present.