Medals Timeline Analysis

We analyzed the top countries medal count from 1896-2016

Summer Olympics Medal Rank Winter Olympics Medal Rank
Country Rank Country Rank
USA 15 Russia 9
  • When looking into the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2016, the top 2 countires that won the most medals for each Olympic year were USA and Russia

  • USA consistently obtained around 300-400 medals or 100-300 medals during the Summer Olympics

  • When looking into the Winter Olympics from 1896 to 2016, the top 2 countires that won the most medals for each Olympic year were Russia and USA
Russia 7 USA 4
Germany 2 Canada 2
Greece 2 Germany 2
France 1 Finland 1
Sweden 1 Norway 1
UK 1 Sweden 1
Switzerland 1
UK 1

Age and Body Composition Analysis

We analyzed Olympians to see the spread of age, height, and weight across the sports for women and men

Women
Men
Age
  • The oldest ages were from Cycling and Snowboarding, specifically Kristin Ann Armstrong from team USA during the 2016 Summer Olympics in the "Cycling Women's Individual Time Trial" at age 42.

  • The youngest ages were from Swimming, specifically Petra Thmer from team Germany during the Summer 1976 Olympics was the youngest in the "Swimming Women's 400 metres Freestyle" at age 15.
  • The oldest ages were from Cycling and Figure Skating, specifically Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Yekimov from team Russia during the 2004 Summer Olympics in the "Cycling Men's Individual Time Trial" at age 38.

  • The youngest ages were from Swimming and Snowboarding, specifically Charles Meldrum "Charlie" Daniels from team USA during the 1904 Olympics was the youngest in the "Swimming Men's 4 x 50 Yard Freestyle Relay" at age 19.
Height
  • The tallest heights were from Basketball, Rowing, and Volleyball. In the "Women's Basketball" sport event, Ujana Semjonova was at 6.8 feet during the 1976 Summer Olympics from team Russia.

  • The shortest heights were from Weightlifting, Judo and Gymnastics. Wang Mingjuan from team China during the 2012 Summer Olympics was the shortest in the "Weightlifting Women's Flyweight" with a height of 4.9 feet.
  • The tallest heights were from Basketball, Boxing, and Wrestling. In the "Men's Basketball" sport event, Arvydas Romas Sabonis was at 7.3 feet during the 1988 Summer Olympics from team Russia.

  • The shortest heights were from Weightlifting, and Wrestling. Aleksandr Nikiforovich Voronin from team Russia during the 1976 Summer Olympics was the shorts in the "Weightlifting Men's Flyweight" with a height of 4.7 feet.
Weight
  • The heaviest weights were in Weightlifting and Rowing. In the "Weightlifting Women's Super-Heavyweight" sport event, Zhou Lulu was at 293 pounds during the 2012 Summer Olympics from team China.

  • The lightest weights were from Gymnastics and Figure Skating, specifically Deng Linlin from team China during the 2012 Summer Olympics was the lightest in the "Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam" at 74 pounds.
  • The heaviest weights were in Weightlifting and Wrestling. In the "Weightlifting Men's Super-Heavyweight" sport event, Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin was at 374 pounds during the 1996 Summer Olympics from team Russia.

  • The lightest weights were from Weightlifting and Wrestling as well, specifically Roman Mikhaylovich Dmitriyev from team Russia during the 1972 Summer Olympics was the lightest in the "Wrestling Men's Light-Flyweight, Freestyle" at 105 pounds.