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2012 London Summer Olympics

2012 Q LONDON OLYMPICS GAMES TOP ALL-TIME MEDAL WINNERS USA Russia (+USSR) Great Britain Germany (+GDR) France 929 440 208.5 195.5 192 731.5 357 357 222 209 641.5 325 325 241 232 LONDON 26 Sports 10,500 Athletes 302 Host City 204 Countries OLYMPIC RECORDS 53 64 Oldest to win gold Oscar Swahn (SWE) Shooting Running Deer Sybil Newall (GBR) Archery 14 Youngest to win gold Kusuo Kitamura (JAP) Diving Marjorie Gestring (USA) Swimming Most lifetime medals 16 18 Michael Phelps (USA) Swimming Larisa Latynina (USSR) Gymnastics SUMMER OLYMPIC BUDGET $14.3 BILLION London 2012 (*estimated) $15 $43 BILLION Athens 2004 BILLION Beijing 2008 THE MEDAL ECONOMY How the richest and poorest medal winners fared when their 2008 medal count was adjusted by that year's annual GDP. The circles show amount of GDP a country"paid" for each medal. For example, the US won a medal for every $130 billion in economic output; India for each $1.126 trillion. Zimbabwe, while the poorest, earned the most medals per GDP. Richest Countries 1126 130 82 174 72 1. US 2. China 3. Japan 4. India 5. Germany Medal Count: 110 Medal Count: 100 Medal Count: 25 Medal Count: 3 Medal Count: 41 Poorest Countries 111 1. Zimbabwe 2. Togo 3. Mongolia 4. The Bahamas 5. Moldova Medal Count: 4 Medal Count: 1 Medal Count: 4 Medal Count: 2 Medal Count: 1 SOURCES: IMF World Ecnomic Outlook Database, April 2012 CIA World Fact Book gp Data compiled by @lydiajessup @jeremyravinsky International Olympic Committee http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/index.html http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2008/08/09/sparkling_display/?page=2 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6453575.stm http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2008/0721/p04s01-wogn.html Designed by @kyleykim (B |000 Events GAMES SPECS

2012 London Summer Olympics

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A breakdown of the current and past Olympics from London stats to all-time records, to the economics of medals.

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