I don't want to offend the anon editor/s User talk:85.165.200.37, User talk:85.165.198.135 and User talk:85.165.225.156 (possibly users User talk:85.165.217.156, User talk:85.165.229.54, and User talk:85.165.212.241 too) who took the trouble to create all the flags in the results tables, but I must protest that this causes the tables to become cluttered with redundant information. The nationality of each athlete is already in the table so I do not see the benefit of having the flag too. Look at the 1983 World Championship results before and after! Or the olympic results in their current form. I'm sorry, I really don't want to put down the work the anon users have done. I have tried entering into a discussion but the anon user just carries on adding flags regardless.
I think the flags are very appropriate for the medals table but they are not appropriate for individual athletes, I hope this page will help us reach a consensus on this issue.