What Does Olympics Historical Data Reveal
                     WHAT DOES OLYMPICS 
HISTORICAL DATA 
REVEAL?
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Olympics are a part of our rich historic culture, the roots of which could be traced 
back to the Greek Empire 3000 years ago. It is the living embodiment of how far 
the world has come and it still continues to grow. The Games really took off some 
1500 years later and the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin birthed the idea of 
the modern Olympics. Here is when the Olympics became the international 
athletic competition where athletes competed to showcase their skills and bring 
glory to their country. 
 We can then trace the first modern Olympics to Athens, Greece in celebration of 
the Games history where 13 nations participated with 280 athletes in 43 events. 
Comparing that to the 2004 Summer Olympics which took place in Athens as well 
and involved 11,000 athletes from 201 countries. Currently, Olympics are held 
every two years in different locations around the world and are divided into 
Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.
With such a rich history, spanning from 
1896 to 2018 we also have a lot of 
historical Olympic data that could be 
used to draw insights about the games. 
When it comes to Olympic games do 
host countries really enjoy an undue 
advantage? Would countries' economic 
factors have a role to play in how many 
medals they win? Also, does age affect 
how many medals players win? All these 
questions have long since plagued the 
mind and research suggests that all 
these questions can be put to rest by 
combining the power of big data and the 
Olympics. The Home Field Advantage
=Olympic analysts suggest that being a host country would mean they bring home 
3 times more medals than as an away team. The USA has hosted Olympic games 8 
times so far which is the highest number by any country and is followed by 
France, they have hosted the games five times. While if we compare that with the 
number of medals won, the USA tops that list as well with the most medals and is 
then followed by Germany and France is third on that list. Hence proving the 
point that host countries do have an undue advantage.
 Some countries like Spain performed the year after they hosted the games. A 
Similar trend was noticed with Japan, South Korea, Mexico and Norway who took 
more medals home after hosting the games. Whereas following the footpath of the 
USA, Canada, Russia won more when they were hosting the event. The Economic 
Climate and its Effect Coming on to how a country’s socio-economic variables 
affect its performance in the Olympic games. 
 Some researchers used GDP as the representative of the economic performance 
of the country and upon analysis found that GDP and no. of medals won enjoy a 
direct relationship as better economic conditions would mean the contestant 
would be better prepared, as well as a large population pool, would provide better 
selection criteria. Comparing the top GDP countries have all won more than 50 
medals and the USA recorded the highest number of all with 264 medals while 
countries with low GDP had almost zero medals.
Is there a thing called Age 
Factor in Olympics?
While age is an important factor 
in all sports and hence it is 
relevant to the Olympics as well. 
The concept is one needs to be in 
a relative age group to be more 
impactful in the different 
categories of sports. While over 
the years the average age of 
players has undergone a shift in 
Olympics, the range of players 
winning medals have an average 
age lesser than what was years 
ago and for every sport, the 
optimum age would defer.
While history has had an impact on sports but Olympics is also used as a platform 
to make a social and political impact as well. The Games have served as a unifier 
and have taken a stand on important matters like the inclusion of women in 
sports, racial justice, civil rights, and it has learned and evolved with time. Such 
insights as above could only be made possible with a thorough understanding of 
the historical data of the sport. First and foremost, though the access to the right 
quality of data also comes in. For that purpose, depending on none other than 
Data Sports Group would be a wise choice who give access to such historical data 
as well as live data of 39 individual sports events, with an added choice to choose 
a specific country pack that would make integration and understanding easier. 
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