8/23/2008

The prize for each olympic gold medal

Chinese gold medalist will be rewarded by an unprecedented amount comparing to their peers in the previous Olympic Games.

Here is the list (per gold medal) base on this report:

China: USD300,000 on average (from the central and local governments, corporate sponsorship, possible bonus including apartments, government jobs, cars and instant admission to university etc);

US: USD25,000 (from the US Olympic Committee);

Russia: USD150,000 (promised by Putin);

Germany: 50 litres of beer/month (German do love beer!);

Belarus: a lifetime worth of sausages (vow!);

India: USD 1 million (plus a doubling of pension and a life time go-anywhere free first-class train pass);

Mongolia: telephone number 9999-9999;

North Korea: something like 'hard-working hero' award.

How about other countries? Any feedback is welcome.

1 comment:

zzzz said...

So the Indian gold medal is the most lucrative~~ @_@