The line graph illustrates the participation of athletes in the Winter Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004 while the pie chart depicts the participation of athletes in the Summer Olympic Games in the same period.

The line graph illustrates the participation of athletes in the Winter Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004

while

the pie chart depicts the participation of athletes in the Summer Olympic Games in the same period. In general, it is evident that the

number

of Summer Olympians was the greatest

at the end

of the period,

while

the

number

of Winter Olympians experienced a dramatic decline despite

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initial growth.

According to

the line graph, the

number

of Olympians started at 6

million

in 1988 and reached a peak of 8

million

in the 1992 Winter Olympics before plummeting by 5

million

8 years later.

Then

, the

number

of Olympic attendants witnessed a gradual fall to only 2

million

in 2004. As regards the pie chart, the 2004 Olympics recorded the highest

number

of participants, at 9

million

. Meanwhile, the years 2000 and 1988 had the second-highest (7

million

) and third-highest (5

million

) attendance levels, respectively.

By contrast

, there were significantly fewer competitors in 1996 and 1992, with the former figure being 3

million

compared to only 2

million

of the latter.