Lily, my Staffordshire terrier, would win the 100 meters. Fastest damn thing I’ve ever seen. Makes sense, she’s built like Marion Jones.
She’d also take the high jump. Clears a 4’ fence from sitting, and snatches tugs suspended 7’ up with ease.
Laila, my Staffy mix, would medal in the 800m. Not quite as fast as but more staying power.
Also a contender for the furniture steeple chase.
Our Havanese would win the discuss. She spins when she’s happy. If she held a disc in her teeth, spun and let go, she’s a shoo-in.
New events I’d make up that my dogs would win:
Tug. Lily. She wears me out, then shakes the leaves off the crepemyrtle when I tie her tug to it.
‘Squirrel’ Eating. Squeaker is dead in 5 seconds and out and shredded in 30. Advantage, Lily.
Rat catching. I live by a creek, I have fast dogs…
Synchronized snuggle napping. Let’s just say I never need a blanket.
Mud wrestling. Their all time favorite activity. How they manage to find mud in the middle of drought, and smear it all over each other is a mystery to me.
Cleaning off anything vaguely edible in the bleachers/track and field - my older lab would win it paws down. Lumbering around and slamming into people or the drool off - Newfie/Lab mix would be a definite medal contender…
I’m gonna call the 100 with browser, my whippet.
He will also win the sleeping event as he will be sleeping for the entire day when he is not racing.
EDIT:
Oh, I didn’t even see that Support Crew said a whippet would win a sprint, cool. (:
World Champion Sprinter is a Whippet, known to be the fastest dog breed (in a sprint)
When my 1/2 golden 1/2 who knows what mutt was 8 months old, she out-sprinted a whippet who tried to mount her. Total distance was probably pretty close to 100 M. From one end of the dog park to the other. And she ran with her tail between her legs the whole time. Less drag I guess?
Toilet Drinking - Gold Medal
Snorkeling for Blueberries in his Water Bowl - Gold Medal (discovered as we tried in vain to convince him water from his bowl was better than the toilet).
Flashlight Chasing - Gold Medal, unable to resist the beam of a flashlight and will reliably pounce anything the beam lands on
High Jump -Silver Medal, seen him clear 5 ft from a standstill without blinking
however, in the interest of full disclosure, there may be gender verification issues…snip…snip…
Shilo, my 7 year old German Sheperd, would fine in the run for “1 mile and nap for 4 hour” race.
I think my Greyhound, Sherry, would kick but at the 400m and the 200m, but she’s retired now, so she’d be pulling a Lance Armstrong on everyone.
Greyhounds are faster then whippets in straight lines, but whippets lure course much better. They have less mass and can cut and turn better then a greyhound.
My whippet has got a seriously good long jump. If he builds up some speed and nails the take off he could set a WR.
I would have to bet on my BC for gold in all the middle distance events, from 400 up to th 10,000. Also the steeplechase. I will give the Whippet/greyhound folks the benefit of the doubt due to genetics. I have seen many a dog park denizen outsprint my girl on the first pass at a ball, even the second. But when she hits the 400M plus mark she wins all day long. She can usually go about 20 passes out and back at around 100m (total 4km) at a full sprint without taking a break. She can then rest for 30 seconds to a minute and do it again.
As for the marathon, I am pretty sure she could beat a husky. She has done a mountian bike/trail run brick with me that was 30km/10km with only a couple of quick stops for creek baths.