🏆The Medal Games

Guess the athlete from progressive clues

The Medal Games: Guess the Olympic Athlete

Guess the mystery Olympic athlete from progressive clues about their sport, medal count, nationality, and iconic moments. Covers Summer and Winter Games.

A mystery athlete from the Games is hiding behind a stack of clues, and your job is to name them before the clues run out. The Medal Games starts you with just their sport.

Every clue you reveal makes the answer easier and your score smaller, so the game is a staring contest between confidence and greed.

The pool covers Summer and Winter athletes, sprinters to figure skaters.

How to play The Medal Games, a free Olympics guessing game

Starting from the athlete's sport

Start with clue one, the athlete's sport, and see if a name jumps out.

Typing a guess with name suggestions

Type a guess any time. Suggestions appear once you've typed a couple of letters, and last names count.

Revealing country, year, host city and more

Stuck? Hit Next Clue to reveal country, then the Games year and host city, achievement, career context, medal haul, and finally the athlete's initials.

Guessing again for free after a miss

Wrong guesses cost nothing, so fire away and guess again.

Giving up to reveal the athlete

Give up if you're done, which reveals the athlete and scores zero.

The Medal Games rules for clues, scoring and daily mode

Seven clue levels paying less each time

There are 7 clue levels. Solving on clue 1 scores 1,000, then 850, 700, 550, 400, 250 and 100.

Only clues cost you points

Points only drop when you reveal clues. Wrong guesses are free retries.

Giving up ending the run at zero

Giving up ends the run at 0 and shows the answer.

One daily athlete, unlimited after that

The daily athlete is the same for everyone, and unlimited mode deals random athletes forever.

The Medal Games walkthrough: swimming clues to Phelps

Swimming, USA, then Beijing 2008

Suppose clue one says Swimming. That's a big pool, no pun intended, so you reveal the country: USA. Still wide. Clue three says the 2008 Games in Beijing, and now your brain is screaming one name.

Typing Phelps for 700 points

You type Phelps, and last names count, so that's the win. Three clues used means 700 points.

The Medal Games tips for reading clues before you guess

Guessing early from sport and country

Sport plus country solves half the puzzles for big names, so always take a swing before clue three.

Dating the athlete's peak from the host city

The Games year and host city date the athlete's peak. Work out the era before guessing blind.

Trying every suspect since guesses are free

Because wrong guesses are free, list your suspects and try them all.

Saving give up for a true dead end

Save give up for genuine dead ends. Even clue seven pays 100.

The Medal Games FAQ: clue order and Winter athletes

Do wrong guesses lower my score?

No. Your score only depends on how many clues you've revealed when you finally get it right. Guess as often as you like.

Does it include Winter Olympians?

Yes. The athlete pool mixes Summer and Winter stars, so expect skiers, skaters and snowboarders alongside the sprinters and swimmers.

What's the difference between daily and unlimited?

Daily gives everyone the same athlete. Unlimited serves random athletes back to back.

Is The Medal Games free to play?

Yes. The Medal Games is free to play on DoUKnowBall, right in your browser. No download and no signup needed.

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