The bar chart below shows the total number of Olympic medals won by twelve different countries.

The bar chart compares the figures for achieving Olympic

medals

from different twelve nations in three colours. From the statistics, it can be inferred that the USA constitutes the largest amount of winning and even the

number

of gold

medals

is higher than the total

number

of

medals

in other countries except the Soviet Union.

In addition

,

it is clear that

most of the total

number

of champions from different nations won around 400

medals

. It is noticeable that China with the largest population contains the lowest

number

of

medals

after Japan which is roughly 400. In stark contrast, the USA made up the highest proportion with approximately 2300 athletes including 900 gold

medals

, 750 silver, and 650 bronze.

Overall

, the Soviet Union is responsible for the second figure of gaining victory which is exactly 1000.

Following

this

, British, France, and Germany are the other states that gained more than 500

medals

, respectively. It is worth considering that most of the territories received the same amount of gold, silver, and bronze

medals

.