The graph illustrates twelve countries in terms of the overall number of medals that they have won at the Olympic Games. To summarize, the most marked change in the graph is that the USA is by far the most successful Olympic medal winning nation. Furthermore, it is also noticeable that figures for gold, silver and bronze, medals won by any particular country trend to be fairly similar. The USA has won a total of around 2, 300 Olympic medals, including approximately 900 gold medals 750 silver and 650 bronze. Moreoever, in the second place on the all-time medals chart is the Soviet Union, with just over 1, 000 medals. Again, the number of gold medals won by this country is slightly higher than the number of silver or bronze medals. Only four other countries-the UK, France, Germany and Italy-have won more than 500 Olympic medals, all with similar proportions of each medal colour. Apart from the USA and the Soviet Union, China is the only other country which a noticeably higher proportion of gold medals about 200 compared to silver and bronze about 100 each.
The graph illustrates twelve
countries
in terms of the
overall
number of
medals
that they have won at the Olympic Games.
To summarize
, the most marked
change
in the graph is that the USA is by far the most successful Olympic
medal
winning nation.
Furthermore
, it is
also
noticeable that figures for gold,
silver
and bronze,
medals
won by any particular
country
trend to be
fairly
similar. The USA has won a total of around 2, 300 Olympic
medals
, including approximately 900 gold
medals
750
silver
and 650 bronze.
Moreoever
, in the second place on the all-time
medals
chart is the Soviet Union, with
just
over 1, 000
medals
. Again, the number of gold
medals
won by this
country
is
slightly
higher than the number of
silver
or bronze
medals
.
Only
four other countries-the UK, France, Germany and Italy-have won more than 500 Olympic
medals
, all with similar proportions of each
medal
colour
. Apart from the USA and the Soviet Union, China is the
only
other
country
which a
noticeably
higher proportion of gold
medals
about 200 compared to
silver
and bronze about 100 each.