11/12/2022 0 Comments Medal totals![]() Sandra Sánchez had a particularly special moment in Tokyo, winning the first-ever Olympic gold medal in karate with a victory in the women’s kata event. The Spanish Olympic Committee gives gold medalists in individual events roughly $110,000, silver medalists $56,000 and bronze medalists $35,000, with medalists in team events making a smaller amount. Du Yu/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Spain Tokyo Medal Count: 3 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze Total Payout: $2.55 million Sandra Sánchez of Spain won the women's kata gold medal on August 5. (That extra money is not included in the payout figure above.) (The last time the Olympics were held in Tokyo, in 1964, Japan won 29 medals, the third-best mark at those Games.) The national Olympic committee is paying roughly $45,000 to gold medalists, but the baseball team is doing even better than that: Players will reportedly receive another bonus of the same amount from the business unit of the national baseball team for their gold-medal run. Host countries tend to get a boost to their medal counts, and Japan was no exception, piling up 58 medals in Tokyo, 17 more than its previous best, from 2016. Japan Tokyo Medal Count: 27 gold, 14 silver, 17 bronze Total Payout: $4.03 million The island’s 12-medal showing in Tokyo more than doubled its previous mark of five, set in 2000 and matched in 2004. Taiwan, which is officially known as Chinese Taipei at the Olympics, offers its medalists payouts that are nearly unmatched: roughly $719,000 for gold, $252,000 for silver and $180,000 for bronze. Taiwan Tokyo Medal Count: 2 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze Total Payout: $4.92 million The country pays team athletes the same as individual athletes, meaning the two water polo teams’ 26 players earned a collective $2.46 million. Hungary won medals in ten sports, from canoeing to wrestling to fencing, but water polo accounts for much of the cost here, with the men’s and the women’s teams both capturing bronze. Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS via Getty Images Hungary Tokyo Medal Count: 6 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze Total Payout: $5.64 million Krisztina Garda after Hungary's victory in the women's water polo bronze-medal match on August 7. The women’s handball team capped off the Games with a gold-medal victory on Sunday, a day after the French men won a gold of their own. France Tokyo Medal Count: 10 gold, 12 silver, 11 bronze Total Payout: $6.51 millionįrance leaves Tokyo with 33 medals, which ties for its lowest total at a Summer Games since it won 29 in 1992, but it all works out for athletes like Clarisse Agbegnenou, a double gold medalist in judo who will receive roughly $76,000 for each victory. With 24 players on the roster each receiving $22,500, that one official medal came with a $540,000 bill. While the team’s silver counted for just one medal in the official Tokyo standings, the USOPC rewards athletes equally regardless of whether they compete in an individual or team event. The Americans’ top medalist of the Games was swimmer Caeleb Dressel with five-all golds-but the USOPC’s most costly line item came in baseball. United States Tokyo Medal Count: 39 gold, 41 silver, 33 bronze Total Payout: $7.84 million The country finished in seventh in the medal standings with 40, Italy’s highest total ever at a single Games, led by sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who picked up golds in the 100 meters and the 4x100-meter relay. David Ramos/Getty Images Italy Tokyo Medal Count: 10 gold, 10 silver, 20 bronze Total Payout: $9.07 millionĬonsidering its success on the Olympic stage-no fewer than 27 medals at any Summer Games since 1992-Italy’s bonuses look particularly generous: roughly $212,000 for gold, $106,000 for silver and $71,000 for bronze at Saturday’s exchange rate. Lamont Marcell Jacobs after Italy won the gold medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay on August 6. ![]()
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