I'm picturing Monk at the uneven bars, having to wipe off all the chalk and germs and gooey stuff left from the previous athlete, then doing a spin and flying off the bars because he refused to use the dirty chalk...

Take it away folks

Uneven bars? That's the problem right there. Moving over to the even bars... he's disqualified for not starting on time (he was busy wiping off the bars) -- But everyone agreed he did look really buff in his purple warm-up suit. Even if they couldn't figure out what country he was supposed to be representing.

silly me, of course it would have to be the even bars lol

how would he do if it were the butterfly swimming race... gasping for air, afraid to swallow any water, in case his competittors had spit in the water in a different lane, or god forbid peed in the pool

What sport could he do? Team stuff would be out. How about the 100m? He could do that (as long as his laces were tied) as there would be nice, even straight lines to run within.

Bendy lines just won't do so anything over 100m would be out.

Then again, the purple tracksuit and headband would disqualify him - the 80s Olympic squads would want it back.

Perhaps he could try beach volleyball with Natalie as his partner...

naw... that wouldn't work cause he might get nature in his shoes...

pingpong?

he would refuse to pick up the mallet

...perhaps men's gymnastic rings would be his niche

he gets more points for how long he can hold acute parallel position and perpendicular...

as long as he doesn't fall and bump his head, and think he's married to a toothless wonder living in some podunk town...

I'm picturing Monk attempting to race Michael Phelps in the pool while paddling on the air mattress, shooting his water guns and wearing sunglasses.

All sports, where physical contac is needed, are out of question. Now I don´t invent anything. But he is a good runner. Maybe he could anyway to run... wearing his purple sportsuit and his laces are tied even.

Oh yes, if catching murderers is a olympian sport, he would surely win!


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lol out loud

marco... polo...

just thinking about winter olympics and Monk would be a perfect fit with curling.... he could sweep his way to a gold medal, although he'd probably rather have a trophy to put on his mantle...

He would have to have an Olympic event that A: Take place somewhere in SF...not big on traveling B: Not involving anyone such as a group event and C: Be close to a place where he can buy as many wipes as possible....

He would not be able to jump any hurdles because he would have to straighten them and would take forever finishing the race.

In the Winter Olympics he would go skiing with a pole in one hand and a shovel in the other to scrape up the yellow snow.

He'd definitely win the gold if there was a competition for fastest reorganization.....

That's great!
He wouldn't be very good at rowing because it would take him forever to get into the boat. Then he'd have to use wipes to hold the handles and God forbid if he let go of one and it floated away. He'd have to retrieve it somehow because a boat simply cannot have an uneven amount of oars! I doubt he'd be a very popular team mate!

Andrea

Maybe he could be the one to keep track and make sure that the rowers on each side of the boat are giving the right percentage of effort -- If someone on one side loses an oar, maybe everyone on the other side could drop to 80 percent...

I thought Monk might have a future in synchronized diving (he did a really good job backwards off the pier in On the Run)-- I mean, think about it -- an even number of divers totally synchronized as they dive off the high platform. It had potential. I even thought maybe we could get him a doctor's excuse to get him out of the shower requirement. But he didn't get that far. He caught a glimpse of another diver in a Speedo and ran screaming in the other direction shouting something about the Cabal being world-wide. And he just kept right on going....

Hmmmm.... Marathon maybe?

I think he ought to play for the steelers anyone remember that touchdown run in the class reunion episode..He'd never get touched

One can also consider Greco-Roman wrestling, which of course he'd be unable to perform given the largely undressed uniform his opponent would wear and the fact he'd be sweating profusely. And of course rowing, which he'd lose because he'd undoubtedly take care to load it down with floatation devices and air tanks.

No beach vollyball, 'cuz he's not taking off his shoes, and he's not playing barefoot!

I can see Monk as a swimmer...

First he asks if there is enough chlorine in the pool, and if the pool has been refilled since the last race. Since it hasn't, he continues to complain until they practically push him into the water.

Of course, he has his little portable swimming guide (do you remember that? In one of the older episodes?), and he keeps pulling it out of his swimsuit to check.

Then he starts yelling at the nearby competitors, who are not swimming centered in their lane. Also, he stops in the middle of the race and yells that there aren't 10 lanes, and there need to be ten lanes, because it's his favorite number and it's even.

He slowly walks through the pool until he reaches the other side (which he doesn't touch), where other swimmers are emerging from the water and making little bubbles of water from their mouths. Monk, of course, is disgusted, and exits the pool immediately. He messes with the scoreboard so all the scores are even numbers, and Monk is last place. Actually, he isn't even last place. He's disqualified!