Why is the (men's) Olympic Final best-of-3-sets?

It was best-of-5-sets in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and it became more and more prestigious, so why minimize it in 2021 and 2024?
What can I do to make it best-of-5-sets again?!
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Olympics should probably be bo5 from start to end.
Basketball goes for 2 weeks at the Olympics, so yes if they accommodated tennis too then it could be given 2 weeks and become best-of-5-sets entirely.
And all they need to do is get rid of the silly 3on3 basketball and break dancing!
But they might think players are too worn-out from Wimbledon, so best-of-5-sets Final is enough.
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I don't think it would have mattered.
Slamless Djokovic and his failing body gets psyched out these days in best-of-5-sets, while the flamboyant Alcaraz plays free when he's got that extra room for error!
Good chance Alcaraz converts one of those 8 break points.
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Mainad

Bionic Poster
It was best-of-5-sets in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and it became more and more prestigious, so why minimize it in 2021 and 2024?
What can I do to make it best-of-5-sets again?!

It's part of a depressing trend on the part of the ITF and ATP in recent years to reduce all finals to Bo3 except for the Slams. Slams are the only holdouts (for now).
 

Purestriker

Legend
Slamless Djokovic and his failing body gets psyched out these days in best-of-5-sets, while the flamboyant Alcaraz plays free when he's got that extra room for error!
They olympics has lost its shimmer with me over the years. At least the television coverage. It has turned into a marketing event and we couldn't even see a tennis match until the final. But based on what I watched of that final, I doubt he comes back from 0-2 in that one.
 
They olympics has lost its shimmer with me over the years. At least the television coverage. It has turned into a marketing event and we couldn't even see a tennis match until the final. But based on what I watched of that final, I doubt he comes back from 0-2 in that one.
But he might not be down 0-2, because the mindset is totally different in best-of-5-sets.
The old man fears the marathon and plays scared, while the young man (Alcaraz unbeaten in slam finals) plays free!

It doesn't make sense to apply different rules for distinct matches. It's like follwing a double standard. Rules within a tournament should be universal, that is, valid fo all cases and matches.

Either have all Olympics matches as BO3 or all as BO5. In my opinion, having them as BO3 is perfectly fine.
I heard no complaints from 1988-2016, and Masters events also had best-of-5-sets Finals!
They just played RG and Wimbledon anyway, so playing best-of-5-sets in the Final is what they had trained for, regardless of the preceding rounds.
 
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Sport

G.O.A.T.
It doesn't make sense to apply different rules for distinct matches. It's like follwing a double standard. Rules within a tournament should be universal, that is, valid fo all cases and matches.

Either have all Olympics matches as BO3 or all as BO5. In my opinion, having them as BO3 is perfectly fine.
 

itrium84

Hall of Fame
It was best-of-5-sets in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and it became more and more prestigious, so why minimize it in 2021 and 2024?
What can I do to make it best-of-5-sets again?!
It's a conspiracy to block Carlos from winning gold. As soon as his professional career started, they realized he'll be much better at best-of-5, so they shrank the finals to best-of-3.
 
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