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<p>The Olympic Games can be traced back to 776BC and were dedicated to the gods of Olympia. Today, the Olympic Games has become the world’s largest sports competition, with more than 200 nations participating every four years. Every four years, the Olympics gives unknown athletes to attain national and possibly, international fame. </p> | <p>The Olympic Games can be traced back to 776BC and were dedicated to the gods of Olympia. Today, the Olympic Games has become the world’s largest sports competition, with more than 200 nations participating every four years. Every four years, the Olympics gives unknown athletes to attain national and possibly, international fame. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 10:06, 18 November 2018
The Olympic Games can be traced back to 776BC and were dedicated to the gods of Olympia. Today, the Olympic Games has become the world’s largest sports competition, with more than 200 nations participating every four years. Every four years, the Olympics gives unknown athletes to attain national and possibly, international fame.
The Olympic Games provides an international platform for sportsmen from all walks of life and origins to display their skills and be rewarded for their persistence and dedication to the sport. However, the Olympic Games suffers the issue of Olympic Dynasties, where certain countries dominate the same events again and again The excessive dominance in some sports puts to question the fairness of the Olympics. Furthermore, the host country often has a home ground advantage, which again, threatens the fairness of the competition.
The goal of this project is to create a visualisation that educates the public about the:
- Severity of Dominance of Continents in various sports
- Severity of Dominance of Countries in various sports
- Severity of Bias for the Host Country
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Medal results, and basic biological data of participants of the Athens 1896 to Rio 2016 Games. | Source | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOC Code and Country | ||||||||||||
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National Olympic Committee 3 letter code for each country | Source | ||||||||||||
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World Countries and Continents Details | |||||||||
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World countries with their corresponding continents , official english names, official french names, Dial,ITU,Languages and so on. | Source | |||||||||
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Winter Olympics 2018: Which Country Leads in the Medal Count? |
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Description |
The best country in the Olympics is a subjective statement, and often depends on how one counts the worth of a medal. A gold medal could be worth 200 silver medals or could be equal in terms of value. In this visualisation by Josh Katz, the countries are ranked by ingenious use of interactivity – as the reader hovers over the charts, the worth of the medals change, and the rankings of the countries are dynamically updated. |
Learning Points |
During our search of Olympic Dynasties, it is important to realise that the rankings of countries are subjective, and therefore, the definition of dominance is subjective. Using advanced methods of interaction, we can cater to various definitions of dominance by varying the inclusion or exclusion of silver and bronze medals. |
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/14/upshot/which-country-leads-in-the-olympic-medal-count.html |
Chicago’s Murder Problem |
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Description |
This time-series shows the severity of Chicago's murder issues, and compares it with two other states, New York City and Los Angeles. |
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/18/us/chicago-murder-problem.html |
Olympic Feathers |
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Description |
More than 5000 Olympic events have had a winner in the Summer Olympics since the first games of 1896. In Olympic Feathers you can investigate how each of these medals has been won in the 56 different sporting disciplines that have competed at the games, of which 41 are still held at Rio 2016. |
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https://www.visualcinnamon.com/portfolio/olympic-feathers |
Russia's surprise meteor and Earth's craters |
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Description |
This map uses proportional symbols to represent the largest known craters to have marked our Earth. The legend shows two sizes that are representative of symbol sizes on the map. The largest crater is 99.4 miles in diameter (in South Africa) and, appropriately, the largest symbol size used in the legend represents a crater with a 99-mile diameter. The smaller symbol in the legend represents a 20-mile diameter, and although there are craters with smaller diameters on the map, it is easier to visually see the differences with smaller symbol sizes. The earth is marked with about 180 named craters that are scars from previous run-ins with asteroids like the one that exploded over Russia recently. This map was designed to be interactive, as the map user can hover over the symbols and see the particular size, place and age of the craters. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/russia-meteor/index.html |
Predicting the Next Bear Market in Six Charts |
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Description |
This is an e-article by The Wall Street Journal that incorporates journalism and news-reporting with visualisations, providing the reader a data-driven view, while providing a standard text-based reporting style. |
Learning Points |
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https://www.wsj.com/graphics/bear-market-signs/?ns=prod/accounts-wsj
Note: Wall Street Journal account is required |