With Rio’s Olympics being 51% over budget, costing roughly $4.6 billion, it actually makes sense for why they don’t use much gold in the Olympic gold medals. Read more
Rarely can a 51% cost overrun be called a success. It turns out, in the bizarro world of the Olympics, going that far overbudget actually isn’t bad. Read more
The cost of hosting the Olympics has varied massively in recent years. Read more
We show the top 20 countries by Olympic medal count since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Read more
In this graphic, we show the countries with the highest number of all-time gold medals in Summer Olympic sports. Read more
It’s taken 120 years of women competing at the Olympics to achieve an equal share of the competition. Here’s what that progress looks like. Read more
More people doesn’t automatically equate to more Olympic medals, as some of the world’s most populous countries have found out over the years. Read more
The American men’s saber team is composed of athletes from only Harvard. But another Ivy League school has the most athletes in Team USA. Read more
With 28 medals, Michael Phelps is considered the GOAT. Read more
We show the countries that have won the most gold medals in Winter Olympic sports, ranging from skiing and bobsleigh to luge and ice hockey. Read more