Paris 2024 Olympics: Do you think French athletes are paid too much for a medal? Discover the crazy sums earned by others

As we know, for most of the athletes present at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the stakes are above all sporting but they are also financial. Far from the sums offered to footballers or basketball players, many athletes are counting on the tremendous exposure offered by this event every 4 years to improve their daily lives. If the visibility is necessarily exceptional and can allow them to secure lucrative sponsors, each medalist also hopes that their nation will be generous towards them.

For some, like Léon Marchand, the new star of French swimming, these Paris Olympics will be a real jackpot. With three gold medals already and certainly expecting other exceptional performances, The Frenchman already ensures that he will return home with 240,000 eurossince France has planned to give 80,000 euros to each athlete who wins a gold medal. An amount on which income tax applies and which will therefore be less significant net, but a real financial affair for the young swimmer, just like for the other gold medalists, like Antoine Dupont or Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.

Hong Kong offers a golden bridge to its medalists

Although the amount allocated by France is particularly significant, it is ultimately not much in comparison with some countries. As reported by the Spanish media The Independent, Hong Kong plans to hand out bonuses of 740,240 euros to its Olympic champions! Behind, we find Singapore and Taiwan with more than 650,000 euros eachfar ahead of Israel, which promises more than 250,000 euros to its athletes. Others, like the Kazakhstanhave chosen something other than money and it is simply a flat what every gold medalist at the Paris Olympics should receive!

Scandinavian countries save money

Conversely, the Scandinavian countries are clearly not in the habit of paying their Olympic athletes and in the event of a gold medal, a Norwegian, a Swede or an Icelander should go home with empty pockets except for their medal and the other gift received on the podium. Expected to be in first place in the medal rankings, the United States understood that the Olympic Games were costing them dearly and so it is “only“34,500 euros for Simone Biles and her compatriots in the event of a gold medal.