The chart and graph below give information about participants who have entered the Olympics since it began. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The provided illustrations depict Olympic participation from 1924 to 2012 with a 30-year interval between data points.
First,
the bar chart distinguishes the athletes
by gender, depicting their respective numbers in the contest. Second,
the line chart shows the total number
of athletes
who competed.
Overall
, men have outnumbered females since the beginning of the Olympics, and there is a similar trend continuing with a gradual increase in total number
of athletes
at each interval. On the other hand
, in 2012, there was a significant growth in the number
of female contestants, leading to a rapid increase in the total number
of participants. Generally speaking in the Olympics males predominate throughout the years.
The lowest number
of competitors participating in the Olympics was in 1924, with a total of 3,000 athletes
; only men participated that year. In the following thirty years, there was a slight growth, around 5000 hundred competitors in total, with a participation of 500 females. The last
year registered a considerable rise in competitors, with more than 10,000 athletes
, of which 6.000 were men, and the remaining number
were female athletes
.Submitted by Andrea Barreto on
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
▼
Vocabulary: Replace the words athletes, number with synonyms.
▼
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
▼
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 5 times.
▼
Vocabulary: The word "growth" was used 2 times.
▼
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
▼