Comments on: Silver, Bronze & Regret

By: Rioooky

Rioooky — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:58:31 +0000

Charming question

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:20:54 +0000

It’s like getting an A- versus a B+ (bronze and silver, respectively)

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By: mimilasardine

mimilasardine — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:03:17 +0000

I watched the entire Olympics with the advance knowledge of this phenomenon, and found the only time the Bronze winners seemed truly unhappy was when they firmly believed they were a shoe-in for the gold. Then the bronze comes as quite a shock. Even so, I predict that over time, their negative feelings will be replaced with “hey, I won a medal!”

By: J Man

J Man — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:45:04 +0000

From a site that has made me laugh.

“The Gord likes to remind people that second place is just the first loser.”

I don’t know if this is a common saying or not, but it is the phrase that went through my mind multiple times during the Olympics.

Here’s the link: http://www.actsofgord.com/Annoy/chapter05.php

By: rackmanager

rackmanager — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:24:36 +0000

My sister has the experience exactly like the result described above.

By: John Stesney

John Stesney — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:18:07 +0000

In cycling at least, a number of events winnow down a larger field, in one or more steps, to a gold/silver match, and a bronze/off-the-podium match. So the silver medalist has just lost, and the bronze medalist has just won.

Furthermore, winners get put up on the podium straight away, so the recency effect is pretty strong. This might influence one’s demeanor.

By: Bill Tierney

Bill Tierney — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:30:36 +0000

This is nothing new. We’ve known about this phenomenon for years in the context of counterfactual thinking. See Medvec, V. H., Madey, S. F., & Gilovich, T. (1995). When less is more: Counterfactual thinking and satisfaction among Olympic medalists. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 603-610.

By: Tats

Tats — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:55:31 +0000

When you win the bronze, you feel lucky to have gotten a medal. When you win the silver, you think about what might have been had you been a tad better.

By: Barry Margolin

Barry Margolin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:33:22 +0000

When you come in 2nd, there’s often just a tiny margin between you and the winner, especially in a competition like the Olympics where most of the competitors are at the top of their game. So you think “I could have won, if I’d just done one thing better”. The further down you are in the standings, the less you can focus on small mistakes that you regret. It’s easier to consider that you’re just not as good as the leaders.