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5. USA Taekwondo
2008 Olympic medal tally: 1 silver, 2 bronze
2008 spending, based on audit: $2.78 million
Spending per medal: $926,666
The U.S. taekwondo team had a smaller budget than both its boxing ($5.25
million) and diving ($2.9 million) counterparts yet took home three times
more medals in Beijing than those sports combined. Ain't that a kick?
4. USA Fencing
2008 Olympic medal tally: 1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
2008 spending, based on audit: $5 million
Spending per medal: $833,333
The U.S. fencers spent less than half as much per medal as the U.S.
gymnastic team ($1.94 million) and they wield swords. How isn't this sport
more popular?
3. USA Swimming
2008 Olympic medal tally: 12 gold, 9 silver, 10 bronze
2008 spending, based on audit: $21.4 million
Spending per medal: $690,322.58
It helps to have a mer-man like Michael Phelps win eight gold medals, but
the U.S. team is stacked with talent to make even that high buy-in price
seem like a bargain.
2. USA Shooting
2008 Olympic medal tally: 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
2008 spending, based on audit: $4.13 million
Spending per medal: $688,333
Not only did those medals come relatively cheap, but the two gold medals
were won by guys shooting skeet and trap. Consider all those childhood hours
playing Nintendo's Duck Hunt as early Olympic training.
1. USA Track and Field
2008 Olympic medal tally: 8 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze
2008 spending, based on organization's financial statement: $15.63 million
Spending per medal: $651,250
There are a lot more events, participants and chances to medal than in most
other sports, but USA Track and Field spending was still efficient by U.S.
standards. By comparison, there are only two U.S. Olympic sports that spent
less in 2008 than the $651,250 the track and field team spent per medal:
modern pentathlon ($305,816) and badminton ($301,280). |
