Gold Fever

INFOGRAFIKA > DIGITS ISSUE 1 Gold Fever The Opening Ceremonies of the XXX Olympic Games will start July 27th, welcoming athletes from 184 countries. More than 10 000 Olympic athletes will compete for 302 gold medals, but main struggle will be between 5 countries. 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 RUS USA CHN AUS GER OTH RUS USA CHN AUS GER OTH RUS USA CHN AUS GER OTH RUS USA CHN AUS GER OTH RUS USA CHN AUS GER OTH Archery 2 4. 1 Athletics 12 1 19 3 13 3 24 32 2 30 33 Badminton 2 Baseball 1 1 1 1 Basketball 1. 1 1 2 Boxing 10 10 Canoeing and kayaking 11 12 11 3 10 Cycling 12 12 16 Diving 3 5. Equestrian 1 1 Fencing 2 Field hockey 1 1 1 Football 1 Gymnastics 10 12 11 Handball 1 2 Judo 11 12 12 12 10 Pentathlon 1 1 Rowing 10 12 1 1. 10 Sailing 10 Shooting 1 2 1 1 11 2 Softball 1. Swimming 11 13 12 14 5. 13 12 12 12 1 6 12 Synchronized swimming 2 1 Table tennis 3 1 3 Taekwondo Tennis 1 Triathlon Volleyball 2 2 2 3 Water polo 1 1 1 Weightlifting 1 Wrestling 10 4 3 13 6 11 1 10 45 37 16 7 33 123 26 44 16 9 20 155 32 37 28 16 13 173 28 35 32 17 13 176 23 36 51 14 16| 143 Total: RUS – Russia CHN – China GER – Germany The number of medals won in the specified sport USA – United States of America AUS - Australia OTH – Other countries 10 11 12 13 14 Source: 10C Illustration: Artem Koleganov