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How much does an Olympic Gold Medal cost?

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For those who have enjoyed the Olympics, Yahoo! has posted a fascinating report of the investments Britain made in each sport, and the return on those investments.

As a result we can see a pattern of funding for each medal won.

In the build up to the Olympics, over £190 million of funding was pumped into Team GB sports, which averages out to be around £10 million per Gold Medal and just under £4 million per medal, based upon the fact that we won 19 Golds and 47 medals in total.

Of these, the cheapest medals are for Cycling at just over £2 million per Gold and the most expensive is Athletics at £20 million per Gold Medal.

Generally, the cheapest sport for a medal is Cycling again, at £1.25 million each, versus the £7 million invested to get a Bronze in Gymnastics.

Meanwhile, £7 million in Badminton and over £8.5 million into Hockey returned a zero sum gain.

Intriguing.    

Mind you, it's not a patch on the £10 billion ($18 billion) London is
budgeting for the Games in 2012, about half-price compared to China's £20
billion ($36 billion), but more than Athens in 2004 (£7 billion, $13.5 billion).

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