Olympic sports & events by edition (since 1960)
Sports on programme & events available per edition — hover a point for details · click legend to toggle
Sources: IOC / olympics.com. “Sports” = distinct disciplines on the programme. Gold medals = number of events contested. Some disciplines were added or removed between editions.
Olympic Games total cost by edition (2026 USD)
Total reported expenditure adjusted to 2026 dollar value — hover a bar for details
Sources: Oxford Saïd Business School (Flyvbjerg et al., 2016 & 2021); IOC; host city reports. Costs = total OCOG + public infrastructure spending where reported. Adjusted to 2026 USD using US CPI. Budget overrun = final vs. original bid estimate. * = estimated / partially reported. 2026 Milan-Cortina: projected.
Weighted olympic medals as % of events (since 1960)
Score = (gold×3 + silver×2 + bronze×1) / (events×3) × 100 — hover a point for details · click legend to toggle
Sources: IOC / olympics.com. Score = (gold×3 + silver×2 + bronze×1) / (events×3) × 100. Russia: USSR (1960–1988), Unified Team (1992), Russia/ROC thereafter. East Germany (GDR) listed separately 1968–1988. EU: 27 current member states.
Weighted Olympic medals per million inhabitants (since 1960)
Score = (gold×3 + silver×2 + bronze×1) ÷ population (M) — hover a point for details · click legend to toggle
Score = gold×3 + silver×2 + bronze×1, divided by population (M). EU total = exact sum of per-country scores. Countries also appearing as standalone series (Germany, Hungary, etc.) use identical G/S/B data in both the EU breakdown and their own line. Russia: USSR→Russia.
Weighted Olympic medals per $1 trillion GDP (since 1960)
Score = (gold×3 + silver×2 + bronze×1) / GDP ($T, 2026 USD) — hover a point for details · click legend to toggle
Sources: IOC / olympics.com (medals); World Bank / IMF (GDP, nominal USD deflated to 2026 USD using US CPI). Score = gold×3 + silver×2 + bronze×1. EU: 27 current member states combined GDP. Russia: USSR before 1992.
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