To increase the enjoyment of the imminent start of the 'real Olympics' - track and field (;-) - even further, please find below links to several prediction contests. It will amaze you how much fun it can be to suddenly have a 'personal favourite' in an event you hardly may have looked at otherwise...

To level the playing field, I have also included a few predictions made already by people in the know (like at Track and Field News). Make sure to stay tuned to your athletics media of choice for last minute witdrawals and injuries! (like Noguchi/Marathon women)

NB Registration and entry at www.atletiektoto is fully operational now!

If anybody knows more contests, pools (or well-sources complete predictions: please let me know.
Enjoy!

Best,
Wilmar Kortleever
(email: my first name @ my last name . com ;-)

CONTESTS

Atletiektoto (deadline: Friday morning 00:00 Amsterdam time = Thursday evening 6pm EST): http://www.atletiektoto.nl/
* Pick all medallists (All events can now be entered!)

T&FN Olympic Prediction Contests (deadline: 8/14/2008 17:59:59 PDT): http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/display_article.php?id=25022
* Pick 20 winners (very tricky! now open)
* Pick all medallists (now open)

Letsrun.Com Prediction Contest (deadline: 10min before event): http://www.letsrun.com/letsruncontest/womenscontestenter.php
* Pick all winners (open)

Spartaan OS Poule (deadline: 'Thursday'): (in Dutch) http://www.spartaan.net/PHP/index.php?longtext=677&lastpage=1 (in Dutch)
* Pick all winners (open)

Das Große Peking-Tippspiel, leichtathletik.de (deadline: August 21, 1pm): (in German) http://www.leichtathletik.de/index.php?SiteID=459 (in German)
* Predict the medallists in female Javelin (open)

PREDICTIONS
(anybody know any more of these?)

T&FN Predictions (August 12)
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/display_article.php?id=25049
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/display_article.php?id=25048 
Also check the forum, with event-by-event discussions: http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewforum.php?f=10

 SI Predictions (July 28)
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1142312/index.htm (track starts on page 28...)

IAAF previews (August 11)
http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/news/kind=108/index.html (athletes not presented in order)