You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the total number of Olympic medals won by twelve different countries. Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The provided bar chart illustrates data regarding the total quantity of three categories of Olympic

medals

obtained by 12 distinct nations.

Overall

, it can be seen that the total number of three types of

medals

for the USA exceeded far beyond the other countries,

while

those for the remaining nations fluctuated at a specific range. Looking at the diagram in more detail, the USA gained approximately 900

gold

medals

, 800 silver

medals

, and 700

bronze

medals

, which were nearly two times higher than those of the Soviet Union.

In contrast

, the Olympic

medals

accumulated by the UK reached 200, 250, and 230 respectively,

whereas

the counterparts for France stood at a close figure, with it being 200.

Furthermore

, there were roughly 150

gold

medals

for Germany, followed by 150 silver

medals

and 200

bronze

medals

.

According to

the chart, the quantities of

gold

medals

for Italy, Sweden, Australia, Hungary, East Germany, Japan, and China, displayed a fluctuation ranging from 50 to 100, and the country with the lowest

gold

medals

was Australia, with the number being 70. In terms of silver

medals

for the

last

seven nations, their numbers were below 100. Simultaneously, the corresponding figure for Olympic

bronze

medals

varied between 30 and 90, and China, which ranked twelfth among these countries, acquired the least

bronze

medals

of merely 30.