In Australia they pay you in Kangaroos (Jay - just kidding!)
*I was kidding Jay it's actually Wallabies
USA - $25,000
The USOC gives $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. That's not really alot of money compared to Singapore.
You'd wish you are a Singaporian or Philippino to get the most out of your Olympic gold medal. The following is a list of bonus offered by different countries, feel free to rectify or add to the list:
Singapore - $708,800 (SGD 1 million)
Philippines - $340,909
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday raised the Olympic incentive to 15 million pesos (340,909 U.S. dollars) for any Filipino athlete who gets a gold medal in Beijing.
Malaysia - $307,000
Malaysia, which has never won an Olympic gold medal, is offering a bonus of one million ringgit (307,000 dollars) to any athlete who can bring home the top prize from the Beijing Games.
Thailand - $300,000
Thai gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics will be rewarded of 10 million baht (about 300,000 U.S. dollars), runner-up will get a six million baht bonus and bronze medallist four million baht.
UAE - $272,000
Also silver medal winners would be paid just over $200,000 while those winning bronze would get $136,000.
Russia - $100,000
Russian gold medallists at the upcoming Beijing Olympics are to get a bonus of 100,000 dollars (63,700 euros), Russian Olympic supremo Leonid Tiagachov said.
Japan - $100,000
Bulgaria - $76,620 (100,000 leva)
Every Bulgarian athlete who wins a gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will receive a 100 000 leva bonus from the Bulgarian state.
Israel - $67,500 (NIS 240,000)
The IOC also announced on Monday that any sportsman who will set a new personal best at Beijing will receive a bonus of NIS 10,000. A winner of a gold medal will be awarded NIS 240,000.
China - $51,000 (350,000 yuan)
Central sports officials in China have not said how high the bonuses they give will be, but the Chinese-language Sports Weekly reported they are likely to hand gold medal winners 350,000 yuan ($51,000) each, plus big payments shared out from sponsors.
Dominican Republic - $30,000
Winners could also get a car. It is the first time the Dominican government has made such an offer.
USA - $25,000
The USOC gives $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze
Australia - $20,000
AUSTRALIAN Olympians are expected to get a $20,000 government bonus for gold medals at Beijing - less than winners from the USA, Japan, Germany, Israel, Thailand, Malaysia, Greece and Russia.
yes they do.
Singapore is the highest at $750,000 for a Gold Medal.
China pays $50,000 for a Gold.
Australia $25,000
U.S. I think is $25,000 as well?
Most of them do - lpenty of info online :)
@West Side Do you have a man on the inside? Thats supposed to be Top Secert.
I can speak only for India.
Rewards begin to pour in cash and kind from the government at the centre and different states and private business houses too! Then there are endorsements! Winning awards at the olympic is a big deal...perhaps because we win them only once in a blue moon! ;))
if countries do pay their athletes if they win a medal, how much do they get paid for each medal
