The Olympiad

Proposal

Poster

Application

Research Paper

Team

INTRODUCTION

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.

PROBLEM & MOTIVATION

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.

Objectives

The goal of this project is to create a visualisation that educates the public about the:

1. Severity of Dominance of Continents in various sports
2. Severity of Dominance of Countries in various sports
3. Severity of Bias for the Host Country

Dataset

Athletes and Results
Medal results, and basic biological data of participants of the Athens 1896 to Rio 2016 Games. | Source
Variable Name Data Type Sample ID integer, primary key 1 Name string Lebron James Sex string M Age integer 24 Height integer 180 Weight integer 80 Team string United States NOC string USA Year date 1992 Season string Summer City string Barcelona Sport string Basketball Event string Basketball Men's Basketball Medal string Gold

NOC Code and Country
National Olympic Committee 3 letter code for each country | Source
Variable Name Data Type Sample NOC Code string AHO Country string Curacao Notes string Netherlands Antilles

World Countries and Continents Details
World countries with their corresponding continents , official english names, official french names, Dial,ITU,Languages and so on. | Source
Variable Name Data Type Sample Name string Afghanistan Continent string AS

Background Survey of Related Works

Winter Olympics 2018: Which Country Leads in the Medal Count?
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.
Source
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/14/upshot/which-country-leads-in-the-olympic-medal-count.html

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Olympic Feathers
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Russia's surprise meteor and Earth's craters
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Predicting the Next Bear Market in Six Charts
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