Gold medalist = $314,000
Silver medalist = $187,788
Bronze medalist = $125,213
Philippine IncentivesGold medalist = US$220,000
Azerbaijan Incentives:Gold: AZN 100,000 and NOC-AZN 50,000
Silver: AZN 50,000 and NOC AZN 30,000
Bronze: AZN 25,000 and AZN 20,000
The AZN amounts are converted to the following:AZN 100,000 = USD 123,777
AZN 50,000 = USD 61,888
AZN 25,000 = USD 30,944
I honestly don't know the difference between AZN and NOC-AZN.Russia Incentives:Gold medalist: 100,000 euros (US$150,000)
Silver medalist: 60,000 euros (US$90,000)
Bronze medalist: 40,000 euros (US$60,000)
Slovenia Incentives:Individual events:
Gold medalist: 39,350 euros (62,920 U.S. dollars)
Silver medalist: 30,400 euros (48,609 dollars)
Bronze medalist: 21,450 euros (34,298 dollars)
Team events:Gold medalists in team sports will each receive 10,000 euros (15,990 dollars) from the Slovenian Olympic Committee in addition to the one-off 96,750 euros (154,703 dollars) that the state is giving to the whole team
Malaysia Incentives[Note: These amounts may have already been increased.]
Medal incentives:
Gold = RM160,000 [US$ 49,088.96]
Silver = RM80,000 [US$ 24,544.48]
Bronze = RM40,000 [US$ 12,272.24]
Monthly pension for retired medalists:Gold medalist = RM3,500
Silver medalist = RM1,500
Bronze medalist = RM1,000
Allowance for Olympic qualifiers:Monthly allowance = RM1,000 [US$318]
United States Incentives[Note: This was for the 2004 Olympics]
Gold medalist = $25,000
Silver medalist = $15,000
Bronze medalist = $10,000
Canada Incentives [in Canadian dollars]
Gold medalist = $20,000
Silver medalist = $15,000
Bronze medalist = $10,000
Australia IncentivesQuote from an official:
"We have a medal incentive scheme which only goes down to number four and the best are getting $18,000."
Kenya IncentivesGold medalist = US$11,000
Silver medalist = US$ 7,500
Bronze medalist = US$ 3,700
Palestine IncentivesMonthly allowance: US$ 100
Argentina IncentivesOlympic qualifiers:
Sportsmen diplomas and scholarships of 4,000 pesos. [US $ 1,326]
us we inspire many athletes to compete for our countries
Yes
no they do not have to pay taxes on their winnings.
Iran have not provided any athletes this year
david
yes but not as much as america does
More than 10 countries had only 2 athletes
Some of the smaller countries competing at the 2008 Games are Fiji (6 athletes), Monaco (5 athletes), Marshall Islands (5 athletes), Oman (4 athletes), and Liechenstein (2 athletes).
204 Olympic Committees sent athletes to the 2012 Olympic Games (which includes sovereign countries, unrecognized countries, and territories).
10,700 athletes attended from 204 countries
80
The safety of the athletes and visitors to the Olympic Games in the host countries is a huge concern.