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 bar and line graphs illustrate data about the Olympics, specifically focusing on the

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and gender of

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.

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, the

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of athletes has shown a positive trend, with a majority being male. As depicted in the illustration, the first Olympics took place in 1924, featuring approximately three thousand

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. Most of these were

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, with nearly one hundred

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. After 28 years, the

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of

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increased to 5,000.

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the

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of

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had risen, the majority remained male, with almost 4,500

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. The charts indicate that the

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of

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doubled since the beginning. By the 1984 Olympics, there were approximately 7,000

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, with a gender ratio of nearly 1 to 3—5,000

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and 1,500

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, respectively. The final year represented in the data is 2012. At

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time, the

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of

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surged to nearly 5,000, marking the best result for female participation.

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numbered only 1,000, bringing the total to 11,000 athletes.