Cash rewards for Olympians. How much will the athletes of their country be paid? Prize money for Olympic medals

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All athletes who win Olympic medals at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, will not remain in their homeland without various incentives, including financial ones. Only here the size of bonus payments varies greatly in different countries. Prize money for winners Olympic Games- this is not a novelty at all, even in Ancient Greece the winners of the Olympics enjoyed certain privileges in society: the champions were paid 500 drachmas, they were carved a full-length marble monument, and until the end of their days they were fed free of charge in public canteens and allowed into the front rows of theaters, for example, in Olympic Athens. The ban on monetary rewards for Olympic medals was abolished by the International Olympic Committee in the early 1980s. And since then, the real race for financial rewards has begun.

Their size in many countries is constantly increasing, however, at the same time, many economically developed countries of the world, like Great Britain or Norway, do not pay anything to their athletes.

How much do people pay for Olympic medals around the world?

In the United States, since 1984, they have not changed the amount of bonuses for Olympic medals for their athletes, and pay gold medalists only $ 25 thousand. Therefore, for example, if athletes from the US Olympic swimming team want to earn money at the 2016 Games, they will have to win several medals at once , as Michael Phelps successfully does.

Poland

$38,000 for gold, $25,000 for silver, $16,000 for bronze.

Polish Olympic champions can still count on sponsorship gifts in the form of budget cars, such as the KIA brand. It is worth noting here that in many cases, preparations for the Games are carried out by athletes practically at their own expense.

Belarus

Behind gold medal prize money in Belarus will amount to 150 thousand dollars, 75 thousand for silver and 50 thousand for bronze. A huge bonus for Olympians is that the cost of preparing for the Games in full size are covered by the state, and in case of winning Olympic medals, athletes can additionally count on an Olympic scholarship paid for 4 years.

At the London Games 2012, the Belarusian team won 12 medals, two of them gold.

Russia

In January 2015, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree setting the amount of prize money that Russian athletes will receive for their achievements at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Gold medalists will each receive 4 million rubles (~$60,000), silver medalists will receive 2.5 million rubles (about $37,000), and bronze medalists will receive 1.7 million rubles ($25,000).

Let me remind you that at the previous Olympic Games, which were held in 2012 in London, Russian team won 82 awards (24 gold, 25 silver, 33 bronze).

Ukraine

Prize fees for the medals of the 2016 Olympics for Ukrainian athletes will be as follows: the owner of the "gold" will receive 125 thousand dollars from the state, $80 thousand - for the "silver" and $55 thousand - for the bronze award. By the way, despite the very good financial incentives for Olympic medals, most athletes from Ukraine compete for other countries after going through the naturalization procedure.

China

Chinese athletes will receive $50,000 from their Olympic Committee for a gold medal, $25,000 for silver, and $15,000 for bronze. By the way, at the last Olympiads, China did not pay bonuses to athletes for silver and bronze medals at all, but they were guaranteed lifelong employment in Chinese sports departments or local provinces.

Thailand

The Thai Olympic champion is entitled to $314,000, but it will be paid in monthly installments over 20 years.

Germany and Austria

Such economically developed countries of Europe as Germany and Austria, the gold medals of their Olympic champions are estimated at only 20 thousand in dollar terms.

UK, Norway, Sweden, Croatia

These countries pay nothing at all to their Olympic champions and medalists of the Games. The explanation is simple: the country's budget goes to the development of children's and youth sports, as well as to popularize healthy lifestyle life among citizens. Well, the Olympians are the same people as everyone else.

Well, do you know how much the Olympic medals of Rio de Janeiro 2016 cost?

Gold medal - $600 (it consists of 1% gold, 92.5% silver and 6.16% copper)

Silver medal - $325 (mostly silver)

Bronze medal - $3 (97% copper and 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin)

The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be held from August 5 to 21, 2016, the Paralympic Games - September 7-18, 2016, and the governments of different countries, meanwhile, calculate the prize money for their athletes.

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According to government order Russian Federation dated January 30, 2016, Russian athletes for their achievements at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will receive the following cash awards from the state: for gold - 4 million, for silver - 2.5 million, for bronze - 1.7 million rubles.

Compared to the Achievement Awards at Winter Games in Sochi, these amounts are fully consistent with those that will be issued for success at the Olympics in Rio.

How much do other states pay?

As for the bonuses that other states will pay their athletes, in the United States the reward for a gold medal is $25,000. In China, gold will pay about 50 thousand dollars. In Germany, the winner of the Olympics will be paid about 19.5 thousand dollars. But in the UK, there is no official award for winning the Olympics at all (but advertising contracts in foggy Albion will ensure a comfortable existence for the champion until the end of his life - Note by the author), however, as in Norway, Sweden, Croatia and New Zealand.

But Azerbaijan will pay the gold medalist of the last Olympic Games - 510 thousand dollars. A silver medal will enrich its owner by 255 thousand dollars, and a bronze medal - by 130 thousand. In Thailand, the winner of the Games will receive 314 thousand dollars, and in the Philippines - about 237 thousand dollars. In Kazakhstan, the winner of the Olympic Games will receive 200 thousand dollars from the state. In addition, distinguished Kazakh athletes will receive keys to three-room apartments. 200 thousand dollars will be paid to the gold medalist in Kyrgyzstan.

Italy and Uzbekistan will spare no expense for their winners, having promised the champions $180,000 and $150,000 respectively. But in Ukraine, the champions of the Olympics will receive 125 thousand dollars. In addition, Ukrainian winners and prize-winners will receive apartments and cars. The prize money for a gold medal in Belarus will be $150,000, $75,000 for silver, and $50,000 for bronze.

It is worth noting that in Thailand and the Philippines the winner does not receive the entire amount. It is paid to him for 20 years in monthly equal installments. That works out to about $1,300 a month in Thailand and about $987 a month in the Philippines.

Awards from regions and sponsors

Government rewards are not the only source of prize money for Olympic medalists. So, in Russia, the regions of the country also establish their own awards. For example, gymnast Vera Biryukova for gold in the team all-around rhythmic gymnastics the authorities of the Omsk region will additionally pay 3 million rubles, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. Athletes from Omsk will be awarded 1.5 million rubles for silver, and one million rubles for bronze. In addition, all participants in the Games from this region will receive an additional 100,000 rubles.

Russian cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya will receive a bonus of 1.5 million rubles from the authorities of the Leningrad Region for winning silver. Olympic champion in judo weight class up to 81 kg Mayor of Magas (Ingushetia) and head of the republic Yunus-bek Yevkurov will present Khasan Khalmurzaev with an apartment.

In turn, the Dagestan wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev for Olympic gold the head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, will give a horse of the Akhal-Teke breed.

And here is what the Prime Minister of Dagestan, Abdusamad Gamidov, said about cash prizes and awards to Sadulaev: “There is an Olympic program in Dagestan, which clearly states that the winner of the Olympics and his personal trainer receive 100 thousand dollars from the republic - this is the minimum. Separately, he will be encouraged by the Federation wrestling republics. In addition, he is eagerly awaited with gifts in his native Charodinsky district. Also, some fellow countrymen and a number of sponsors will definitely give him big gifts from themselves - this is always accepted with us. Sadulayev deserved it. Moreover, he is not just a worthy, courageous athlete, but also a very modest, decent, well-mannered person.”

Speaking of gifts, it is worth noting that at one time a Dagestani businessman, the head of the Summa company, Ziyavudin Magomedov, presented Sadulaev with the latest model Mercedes-Benz Gelendvagen for winning the European Games in Baku. In addition, Sadulayev's countrymen, the brothers Magomed and Akhmed Gadzhiev, presented him with a Toyota Land Cruiser 200 jeep.

After another victory in the United States, Ziyavudin Magomedov, co-owner of the Russian company Fight Nights, received a gift in the form of a Mercedes-McLaren car and the famous Dagestani UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov.

For the victory at the European Championships, Olympic champion Sagid Murtazaliev, at the expense of the Dagestan Freestyle Wrestling Team Support Fund, was awarded the foreign car "Toyota Lend Cruiser 200" to Dagestan freestyle wrestler Abdusalam Gadisov.

But the judoka Beslan Mudranov, who brought Russia the very first gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, will receive from Krasnodar Territory award in the amount of 2 million rubles. For the second place, residents of this region will be awarded an amount of 1.5 million rubles, and for the third - one million rubles.

In addition, Olympic medalists can count on prize money from both personal and team sponsors. At the same time, the winners of the Olympiad also usually receive additional fees from the Russian Olympians Support Fund, which is sponsored by well-known billionaires. As a rule, the organization gives the winners cars, apartments and other valuable gifts.

Lifetime Scholarship

I would like to note that, in addition to bonuses, all Russian athletes Those who won gold at the Olympics will receive a lifetime monthly scholarship, the amount of which is 32 thousand rubles. It is planned that similar payments will be introduced in relation to silver and bronze medalists Olympic Games.

"SE" calculated how much the Russian champions and prize-winners of Pyeongchang will earn.

The first weeks after the Olympics are the time for the distribution of elephants. Today, Russian champions and prize-winners of the Games in Pyeongchang are going to a solemn reception with the President of the country, after which they will be presented with gift foreign cars from the Russian Olympians Support Fund.

However, the matter is not limited to cars alone. As you know, according to the decree of the government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Sports of Russia will pay special prizes to Olympic medalists - 4 million rubles for gold, 2.5 million for silver and 1.7 million for bronze.

5 MILLION FOR KOLYADA

In addition, the winners of the Games traditionally receive payments from the regions they represent. So, the public was excited by the news that the figure skater, who in the eyes of the fans has become one of the main Russian disappointments of Pyeongchang, will receive 2.5 million rubles from the government of St. Petersburg for a silver medal in the team tournament.

5 million rubles each will be received by 15 hockey players who took gold in Korea as part of the Russian team. 600,000 rubles each will be paid out to five hockey players from the Russian women's team representing St. Petersburg, which took fourth place at the Olympics.

If we sum up the federal and regional awards, then Kolyada will earn 5 million rubles, and SKA hockey players - 9 million each.

MOSCOW AND TATARSTAN - AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL

Athletes-medalists representing Moscow will receive awards from the city comparable to federal ones - that is, 4 million rubles for gold, 2.5 million for silver and 1.7 million for bronze. We are talking about skaters, and,; skier, freestyler; six hockey players, including the author of the winning goal in the final against Germany.

Thus, one of the main heroines of the Olympics Zagitova, who became the champion in the individual tournament and the silver medalist in the team tournament, will receive a total of 13 million rubles.

As for the Moscow region, the freestyler representing this region, who won bronze in ski acrobatics in Pyeongchang, will receive 500 thousand rubles (in addition, Burov also represents the Yaroslavl region).

In addition to Moscow, another region has set awards for its winners equal to the federal ones - Tatarstan. Skiers (silver and bronze), (bronze), as well as figure skaters (silver) will receive payments. Thus, representing Moscow and Tatarstan, Tarasova and Morozov will earn 7.5 million each in total.

Half of the amount of the prize money for the athlete will be received by the coaches who have prepared him. In addition, medalists and their coaches within a year after reaching high score will receive monthly payments from 10 to 90 thousand rubles.

APARTMENTS FOR HEROES

Skiers (three silvers and a bronze) and (two silvers and a bronze) received cash prizes of 5 million rubles from the governor of the Tyumen region Vladimir Yakushov. In addition, the athletes were awarded certificates for two apartments in Tyumen.

In addition, Bolshunov, who is a native of the Bryansk region and, in addition to Tyumen, also represents this region, will receive from her a payment of 2.5 million rubles - 700 thousand for each silver and 400 thousand for a bronze medal.

Thus, in total, Bolshunov will earn 16.7 million bonus rubles.

Skeletonist (silver) will receive two million rubles from the authorities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The same goes for his coach. Anatoly Chelyshev.

Ufimets, who won bronze in short track in Pyeongchang, will receive 500 thousand rubles from the government of Bashkiria.

Representing Nizhny Novgorod region a skier (bronze) and a skater (bronze) will receive a bonus of 300,000 rubles from the regional authorities.

It should be understood that all amounts are far from final. Athletes can receive awards from sports societies, private patrons and foundations, and so on.

The modern Olympics is not only a competition of the strongest athletes on the planet, but also the largest international business project. Each Olympics is a colossal financial funnel that sucks in billions of money: for infrastructure construction and the construction of sports facilities, for the training of athletes and for holding competitions, for security and for a cultural program.

It should be?

The main departments overseeing the training of Olympians are the Ministry of Sports, through which federal budget funds pass, and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), a non-profit public organization that is entrusted with the task of forming and preparing national teams for the Olympic Games. Through the ROC are financial resources for the preparation for the Games from non-budgetary sources.

Russian Olympic Committee (full name - All-Russian Union of Public Associations "Olympic Committee of Russia", abbreviated - Russian Olympic Committee and ROC, full name on English language: Russian Olympic Committee, abbreviated name in English: ROC) - an organization representing the country in the international Olympic movement, national Olympic Committee(NOC) Russia. Without the recognition of the NOC by the International Olympic Committee, national teams are not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games.

How to eat now? Olympics 2018

Participation costs Russian athletes at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, where they will be able to perform in a neutral status, the International Olympic Committee will take over, President of the organization Thomas Bach told reporters.

According to the head of the IOC, Russian athletes will not differ from representatives of other countries participating in the 2018 Games. They will be placed and fed also free of charge. In addition, according to RT, the Committee will pay part of the cost of staff.

The IOC Executive Committee disqualified the Russian Olympic Committee. "Clean" Russian athletes, according to the decision of the IOC, will be able to compete at the Olympics under Olympic flag. Vladimir Putin said that the authorities would not interfere with the sending of Russian athletes to the Games in Pyeongchang.

More about the IOC

International Olympic Committee - international organization, created to revive the Olympic Games and promote the Olympic movement. The headquarters of the committee is located in Lausanne (Switzerland). The IOC was founded on June 23, 1894 in Paris on the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The Greek Demetrius Vikelas became the first president of the IOC. International Olympic Day is celebrated on June 23 every year.

Mission and role of the IOC

Role of the IOC - Leadership Olympic Movement and development of the Olympic Games in accordance with the Olympic Charter. The IOC encourages the organization and development of sports and sports competitions ensures the regular holding of the Olympic Games.

The IOC owns all rights to the Olympic Games. At the same time, the functions of organizing the Olympic Games are not carried out by the IOC, but by the Organizing Committee established in the host country.

IOC funding

The sole source of funding for the IOC is the private sector. Most of the funds come from television companies and sponsors. Through these partners, the IOC can significantly contribute to the organization of the Olympic Games, the annual activities of National Olympic Committees and international sports delegations.

As of early 2010, the IOC receives income from the sale of rights to broadcast the Olympic Games (53% of the total), from sponsors (34%), from ticket sales (11%) and from licensing (2%). The IOC's revenue in 2008 was $2.4 billion.

According to the requirements of the IOC Executive Board, all candidate cities must provide their financial guarantees. The IOC Executive Board decides whether these guarantees are provided by the city itself, or by other competent local, regional or national authorities, or by third parties.

How much do people pay for Olympic medals around the world?

Bonuses to Olympians are not new to the modern era. Even in ancient Greece, the winners of the Olympics enjoyed certain privileges: from about 500 BC, champions were paid 500 drachmas (a rather large amount). In addition, in the homeland of the Olympic champions, a full-length marble monument was carved, and until the end of their days they were fed free of charge in public canteens and allowed into the front rows of theaters.

The ban on monetary rewards for Olympic medals was abolished by the International Olympic Committee back in the 1980s. Since then, the real race for awards has begun. Their cost is constantly increasing. Thus, Georgian gold medalists will receive $1,200,000 each this year. And at the same time, non-poor Great Britain will not pay its athletes a penny.

How are the highest Olympic achievements paid in different countries?

1. Ukraine. Ukrainians are promised $100,000 for a gold medal, $75,000 for a silver medal, and $50,000 for a bronze medal. According to this indicator, the country is in the top ten. In addition, Olympic champions are entitled to apartments.
2. Russia. Russian Olympic gold medalists will receive $135,000, silver medalists $81,600 and bronze medalists $54,400.
3. China. Chinese athletes will receive $54,000 from the country's Olympic Committee for a gold medal; no money is paid for silver and bronze medals. But all athletes can count on additional bonuses from the governments of their native provinces and lifelong employment in the Chinese sports authorities.
4. USA. Since 1984, the United States has not changed the amount of bonuses for its athletes and pays gold medalists only $25,000.
5. Great Britain. Athletes from the UK, the only one of the Olympic medalists, will not receive a penny for their medals.
6. Azerbaijan. For victory in the Olympics, each Azerbaijani athlete will receive a bonus of $510,000.
7. Latvia. This country will pay 172,000 dollars each to its athletes who won awards of the highest standard in London, silver will be valued at 103,000 dollars, bronze - 61,180 dollars.
8. Belarus. In Belarus, in accordance with the presidential decree, bonuses from the state budget will amount to $150,000 for a gold, $75,000 for a silver and $50,000 for a bronze medal.
9. Georgia. Georgian athletes will receive 1 million 200 thousand dollars for each gold medal won at the Olympics, silver and bronze medals, respectively, will be rewarded with $30 thousand and $20 thousand.
10. Germany. Each athlete from Germany will receive $18,300 for gold, $12,300 for silver, and $9,225 for bronze.
11. Kazakhstan. He will pay 200 thousand euros to his athletes who have won awards of the highest standard in London.
12. Iran. Here, London's gold is valued at 85 thousand dollars, silver - 55, bronze - 40 thousand dollars.
13. Moldova. According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Moldova, local athletes, who became Olympic champions, will become richer by 57 thousand euros. Winners of silver medals will receive bonuses in the amount of 40,650 thousand euros, bronze medalists - 24,400 thousand euros.
14. Armenia. Armenian Olympic gold champions were promised $50,000, silver medalists $36,000.
15. Afghanistan. The athlete representing poor Afghanistan will receive $10,000 for his bronze medal.
16. Italy. The Italians will receive $172,200,000 for gold, $92,250,000 for silver, and $61,500,000 for bronze.
17. France. Here, athletes for each gold medal won at the Olympics will receive 61,500 thousand dollars, silver and bronze medals, respectively, will be rewarded with 24,600 thousand and 16 thousand dollars.

What prize money will the Ukrainians receive

The national team of Ukraine in terms of bonuses will be among the leaders at the Olympics. Our winners will receive for gold medals$ 125 thousand, silver - $85 thousand, bronze - $55 thousand. personal trainers athletes who have risen to the podium in Rio will also be rewarded - their fees will be half that of the pupils.

According to the forecast of the analytical sports company Gracenote, the Ukrainian team at the 2016 Olympics will receive 23 awards - six gold, 4 silver and 13 bronze. Thus, it can be calculated that their state will have to spend about$ 2.7 million.

In addition, Olympians who achieve success in Brazil will have many pleasant bonuses. Separate bonuses will be paid by the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine - UAH 300,000 for gold, UAH 200,000 for silver and UAH 120,000 for bronze.

Provided remuneration to their representatives and certain areas. For example, in the Donetsk region they will pay 325,000, 205,000 and 145,000 hryvnias for medals of various denominations;

Usually, do not forget about the Olympians and sponsors. For example, after winning the team competition in saber fencing in Beijing in 2008, Olga Kharlan, Elena Khomrova, Galina Pundyk and Olga Zhovnir received new cars from one of the auto importers.

It has always been convenient for officials to PR on athletes, but not all promises were immediately fulfilled in the end. In 2012 after the London Games Olympic champion in sword fencing to Yana Shemyakina, the city authorities of Lviv tried to "slip" an uninhabitable apartment on the outskirts of the city, and only after there was a fuss in the press, the athlete was offered other options.

It should be noted that this time the premiums of Ukrainian Olympians will be comparable to those they received four years ago in London, when they were given $125,000 for gold, $80,000 for silver and $55,000 for bronze. For comparison, Ukrainians received half as much for the Sydney-2000 awards - $50,000, $30,000 and $20,000.

How much will other countries pay

Interestingly, Ukraine will pay its Olympians more for the medals of the Games in Rio de Janeiro than Russia, where gold was valued at $60,000, silver at $37,000, and bronze at $25,000. And in general, the Russian state budget this year will save a lot on athletes, because for the use of doping many Russians were not allowed to the Games, and the team could be reduced to 40 out of 378 athletes who received licenses due to disqualification.

Characteristically, it is countries with non-democratic regimes that usually pay sky-high prize money to their Olympians. The historical record belongs to China, which at the 2008 Olympics paid each of its champions$ 1 billion True, now the rewards of the Chinese are incomparable with the home Games, which were important to win in the team event for the sake of the authority of the state - the winners of Rio 2016 will receive only $50,000.

This time in Brazil, the record holder will be Azerbaijan, where the Olympic champions will be paid $510,000 each. Former Ukrainians who now compete under the Azerbaijani flag, rower Inna Osipenko-Radomskaya, wrestler Maria Stadnik and gymnast Oleg Stepko, can break this "jackpot".

The second place in terms of prize money is occupied by Thailand, which gives $314,000 for gold. But in this case, there is a significant remark - this amount Olympic champions receive for 20 years, monthly, so it is more appropriate to call it a scholarship.

Third in the attraction of unprecedented generosity is the Philippines with $ 237 thousand for winning in Rio. Uzbekistan is the leader in the post-Soviet space - $200 thousand, which even outstripped Belarus with its "great friend of all athletes" - President Alexander Lukashenko, who appointed Olympic champions a reward of $150 thousand.

But the western neighbors of Ukraine - the Poles promise their athletes much more modest prize money - $ 38 thousand for gold. And in general, in the countries of the civilized world, it is not customary to pay huge bonuses.

For example, in the US, the amount of remuneration for Olympic gold has not changed since 1984 and is $25 thousand. But American star athletes do not need this money, because they have significant sponsorship contracts. For example, the famous swimmer Michael Phelps received $ 1 million for his Olympic victories from equipment manufacturer Speedo alone.

If the Americans nevertheless reward their Olympians, then in some countries there are no prizes at all - they are not given in Croatia, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain. These countries do not invest in professionals, but in the development of youth sports. And this model of sports financing justifies itself.