Among 30 countries, Hungary is almost in the middle of the list that shows how much money the Olympics bring to sportspeople.
The most generous country is Singapore, which gives 737,000 dollars for a gold medal, 259,000 for a silver, and 184,000 for a bronze. Taiwan gives 719,000 for a gold medal, 252,000 for a silver medal, and 180,000 for a bronze medal. Hong Kong scores third on the list, and its sportspeople are rewarded with 644,000 for first place, 322,000 for second place, and 161,000 for third place. In Israel, the sums are 640,000 for first place, 210,000 for second, and 130,000 for third. Turkey, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Azerbaijan, the Philippines, and Uzbekistan are next on the list, before Hungary, writes Origo.
Hungarian sportspeople are rewarded 166,000 dollars for a gold medal, 118,000 for a silver medal, and 94,000 for a bronze medal.
Blikk found out who gets the most money after the Olympic Games. From their list, we can see that Renáta Katona, Liza Pusztai, and Katinka Battai Sugár got the smallest sums of money, 2.8 million forints, which is 9,375 dollars, for fencing. The world-famous Katinka Hosszú got 20 million forints, which is 66,966 dollars. Áron Szilágyi (fencing) and Dóra Bodonyi (kayak) got 78.5 million forints, which equals 262,844 dollars. Danuta Kozák (kayak) and Kristóf Milák (swimming) got 100 million forints, which is 334,834 dollars.
Tamara Csipes (kayak) was rewarded with the largest sum of money, 107,2 million forints. That is over 358,272 dollars.
“In comparison, the last established net Hungarian average salary was HUF 293 thousand. In light of this, the Hungarian Olympic gold medal corresponds to more than 14 years of work, which an athlete puts into their career,” writes Blikk.
24.hu wrote that the United Kingdom, Norway, and Sweden do not give rewards to their Olympic sportspeople. In Hungary, an Olympic gold medal is worth 50 million forints (167,417 dollars) instead of the previous 35 million (117,192 dollars).