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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

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to win at each Olympic edition. Since the points won are weighted to<br />

calculate the global index value, the total number of points to win also<br />

has to be weighted. To obtain this percentage the index value of a<br />

country for an Olympic edition is divided by the total number of<br />

points to win (weighted) multiplied by 100. Figure 1 gives an<br />

overview of the total number of points to win (weighted) per sport for<br />

the three Olympic editions.<br />

Figure 1: Overview of the total number of points to win (weighted) for<br />

the Olympic Games from 1992 to 2000<br />

10000<br />

9000<br />

8000<br />

7000<br />

6000<br />

5000<br />

4000<br />

3000<br />

2000<br />

1000<br />

0<br />

Aquatics<br />

Athletics<br />

Baseball<br />

Boxing<br />

Cycling<br />

Fencing<br />

Gymnastics<br />

Hockey<br />

Modern pentathlon<br />

Sailing<br />

Softball<br />

Taekwondo<br />

Triatlon<br />

Weightlifting<br />

- 287 -<br />

Barcelona<br />

Atlanta<br />

Sydney<br />

Figure 1 clearly shows that during the last three Olympic Games,<br />

the most points could be won in athletics and aquatics (diving,<br />

synchronized swimming, swimming and water polo). Since there are<br />

only two categories in the team sports (man and women), the fewest<br />

points could be won in team sports.

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