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Olympic Canoe Slalom (Canoeing)

Delegation

76 team lists ยท 551 player entries ยท avg team size 7.3

Read this sport as a comparison between raw coincidence and what team size alone predicts. Here, the real rate is +2.2 points above the birthday-paradox baseline.

Real team lists
9.2%
teams with shared birthdays
Why it matters: This is the headline rate, but it should never be read without team size.
Expected from size
7.1%
from avg team size
Why it matters: This is the fair baseline: what same-size random teams would do.
Gap from expected
+2.2 points
real โˆ’ expected
Why it matters: Positive means the sport has more birthday matches than size alone predicts.
Team lists
76
teams analysed
Why it matters: Enough team lists for a useful sport-level read.
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 Slalom (Canoeing), charted by the share of teams with at least one shared birthday.

What to compare: This view is best for spotting sample-shape differences inside a sport. Among the highest-sample countries, SVK has the highest observed rate, with an average team size of 6.6.

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. Women have the larger average team size here (8.5 athletes), so their birthday-match rate naturally rises.

By country

Top 40 countries by team-list count.

CountryTeam listsAvg playersReal
POL86.40.0%
FRA87.912.5%
GER78.10.0%
USA78.30.0%
CZE67.216.7%
GBR68.20.0%
SVK56.660.0%
AUS45.50.0%
SLO45.30.0%
CAN36.30.0%
ESP35.70.0%
TCH214.050.0%
CHN25.00.0%
JPN25.00.0%
ITA25.00.0%
AUT16.00.0%
BRA15.00.0%
FRG114.00.0%
GDR115.0100.0%
RUS15.00.0%
SUI16.00.0%
YUG19.00.0%
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
Women4314.0%9.6%+4.3 points
Men333.0%3.7%-0.7 points

Sample team lists

Largest teams in the dataset.

TeamSeasonPlayersRepeatsExpected chance
GDR Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (1972 Summer) ยท GDR1972 Summer15225.3%
TCH Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (1992 Summer) ยท TCH1992 Summer14122.3%
CZE Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (1996 Summer) ยท CZE1996 Summer11114.1%
FRA Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (1972 Summer) ยท FRA1972 Summer817.4%
SVK Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (2000 Summer) ยท SVK2000 Summer715.6%
SVK Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (2004 Summer) ยท SVK2004 Summer614.0%
SVK Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (2008 Summer) ยท SVK2008 Summer512.7%
FRA Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (1992 Summer) ยท FRA1992 Summer15025.3%
USA Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (1992 Summer) ยท USA1992 Summer15025.3%
FRG Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) (1972 Summer) ยท FRG1972 Summer14022.3%
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.