Context

This is a historical dataset on the modern Olympic Games, including all the Games from Athens 1896 to Rio 2016. I scraped this data from www.sports-reference.com in May 2018. The R code I used to scrape and wrangle the data is on GitHub. I recommend checking my kernel before starting your own analysis.

Note that the Winter and Summer Games were held in the same year up until 1992. After that, they staggered them such that Winter Games occur on a four year cycle starting with 1994, then Summer in 1996, then Winter in 1998, and so on. A common mistake people make when analyzing this data is to assume that the Summer and Winter Games have always been staggered.

Content

The file athlete_events.csv contains 271116 rows and 15 columns. Each row corresponds to an individual athlete competing in an individual Olympic event (athlete-events). The columns are:

1. ID - Unique number for each athlete
2. Name - Athlete's name
3. Sex - M or F
4. Age - Integer
5. Height - In centimeters
6. Weight - In kilograms
7. Team - Team name
8. NOC - National Olympic Committee 3-letter code
9. Games - Year and season
10. Year - Integer
11. Season - Summer or Winter
12. City - Host city
13. Sport - Sport
14. Event - Event
15. Medal - Gold, Silver, Bronze, or NA

Acknowledgements

The Olympic data on www.sports-reference.com is the result of an incredible amount of research by a group of Olympic history enthusiasts and self-proclaimed 'statistorians'. Check out their blog for more information. All I did was consolidated their decades of work into a convenient format for data analysis.

Inspiration

This dataset provides an opportunity to ask questions about how the Olympics have evolved over time, including questions about the participation and performance of women, different nations, and different sports and events.

The Olympics Data Analysis project explores historical Olympic data using Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) techniques. By leveraging Python libraries such as pandas, seaborn, and matplotlib, the project uncovers patterns in medal distribution, athlete demographics, and country-wise performance.

Key findings reveal that most medalists are aged between 20-30 years, with USA, China, and Russia leading in total medals. Over time, female participation has increased significantly, reflecting improved gender equality in sports. Additionally, athlete characteristics like height and weight play a crucial role in certain sports, such as basketball (favoring taller players) and gymnastics (favoring younger athletes).

The project includes interactive visualizations such as heatmaps, medal trends, and gender-wise participation charts to provide a comprehensive understanding of Olympic history and trends. The insights can help sports analysts, researchers, and enthusiasts better understand performance patterns in the Olympics.

Dataset is completed! Data was updated daily during the Olympic!
You can support the dataset via the upvote button!

The Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games dataset provides comprehensive information about the Summer Olympics held in 2024. It covers various aspects of the event, including participating countries, athletes, sports disciplines, medal standings, and key event details. More about the Olympic Games on the official site Olympics Paris 2024 and Wiki.

Dataset Structure

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I am very thankful to Luca Fontana, zenzombie and others for their efforts in helping me to make the dataset better. Luca Fontana did a manual check medalist.csv table and zenzombie cover dataset with tests.

Q&A

If you have any questions or suggestions please start a discussion.

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in various sports competitions. The Olympics are one of the most significant and prestigious sporting events globally, promoting unity, friendship, and fair play among nations.

Key facts about the Olympic Games:

History: The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE. The modern Olympics were revived in 1896 by Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator and historian.

Summer and Winter Games: The Olympics are divided into the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games. The Summer Games typically include sports such as athletics, swimming, gymnastics, and team sports, while the Winter Games feature events like skiing, ice hockey, snowboarding, and figure skating.

Host Cities: Each Olympic Games is hosted by a selected city from around the world. The host city is chosen through a competitive bidding process organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Olympic Rings: The iconic symbol of the Olympic Games is the five interlocking rings, representing the five continents (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania). The colors of the rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) were chosen because every nation's flag contains at least one of these colors.

Olympic Motto: The Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius," which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger." It represents the athletes' pursuit of excellence and improvement.

Olympic Flame: The Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia, Greece, several months before the start of the Games. It is then carried by a relay of runners to the host city, where it ignites the cauldron during the opening ceremony.

Participation: The Olympics are open to all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) recognized by the IOC. Athletes must meet specific qualifying criteria to compete in the Games.

Olympic Medals: Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded to the top three athletes or teams in each event.

Olympic Values: The Olympic Games promote values such as respect, friendship, fair play, excellence, and solidarity, aiming to foster peaceful coexistence and understanding among nations.

Paralympic Games: The Paralympic Games, also held every four years, are a parallel multi-sport event for athletes with physical, intellectual, or visual impairments.

The Olympic Games are a celebration of sport, culture, and international cooperation, bringing people together from diverse backgrounds to share in the spirit of competition and sportsmanship.

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, has alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period.

A medal ceremony is held after the conclusion of each Olympic event. The winner, and the second- and third-place competitors or teams, stand on top of a three-tiered rostrum to be awarded their respective medals by a member of the IOC. After the medals have been received, the national flags of the three medallists are raised while the national anthem of the gold medallist's country is played. Volunteering citizens of the host country also act as hosts during the medal ceremonies, assisting the officials who present the medals and acting as flag-bearers. In the Summer Olympics, each medal ceremony is held at the venue where the event has taken place, but the ceremonies at the Winter Olympics are usually held in a special "plaza".

PowerBi file for Olympics data analysis using different visualization.

Overview:

This dataset offers an extensive collection of medal data from the Olympic Games spanning from 1994 to 2024. It provides a detailed breakdown of the medals awarded across both Summer and Winter Olympics, capturing the achievements of participating countries over a 30-year period.

Dataset Contents:

The database is organized into tables, each corresponding to a specific Olympic Games year, and includes:

• NOC (National Olympic Committee): Unique codes for each country’s National Olympic Committee, allowing for easy identification and comparison of participating nations.
• Gold Medals: Number of gold medals won by each country in the given Olympic Games.
• Silver Medals: Number of silver medals won by each country.
• Bronze Medals: Number of bronze medals won by each country.
• Total Medals: The cumulative count of gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded to each country.

Coverage:

The dataset encompasses both Summer and Winter Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive view of global athletic performance across different seasons and types of events. It includes data from notable Olympics such as:

• Summer Games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024.
• Winter Games: Lillehammer 1994, Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City 2002, Torino 2006, Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, and PyeongChang 2018, with additional data for Beijing 2022.

Analytical Uses:

This dataset is valuable for a range of analytical purposes, including:

• Trend Analysis: Examine changes in medal counts and performance trends over the years to understand how countries' athletic capabilities have evolved.
• Performance Comparison: Compare the performance of different countries across multiple Olympic Games to assess their relative success and consistency.
• Visualization: Create charts, graphs, and maps to visualize medal distributions, highlight standout performances, and reveal patterns in Olympic achievements.
• Historical Insights: Explore the impact of historical, political, and social factors on Olympic performances and medal distributions.

By providing a rich historical record of Olympic achievements, this dataset supports various research and analysis projects aimed at understanding the dynamics of international sports competition and national performance in the Olympic arena.

Acknowledgment

This dataset is also available on Kaggle, originally contributed by Youssef Ismail. You can find the dataset here: Olympic Games 1994-2024.

The purpose of this contribution is to build upon and share the data with the community, fostering deeper analysis and exploration of Olympic performances over the years.

This data is scraped from Wikipedia (subject to verification) - can be used for learning and training purposes only.

The table has list of countries and their medals in summer and winter olympic games

The medals are split as gold , silver and bronze and a combined total is given for the entire table

The dataset is very good for anyone who needs to practice EDA and data visualisation.

The 2020 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and marketed as Tokyo 2020, is a multi-sport international event taking place in Tokyo, Japan, from July 23 to August 10, 2021, with some preparatory events beginning on July 21.

The information was gathered from this source and was last updated on August 10, 2021.

This dataset encompasses a comprehensive record of Summer Olympic Games from the inaugural 1896 Athens Olympics to the most recent 2024 Paris Olympics. It provides a rich source of information about athletes, their performances, and the medals awarded over a span of more than a century.

This dataset is inspired by the Olympic Games' rich history and the evolution of global sports competition. By merging historical data with the latest records, this dataset allows for a comprehensive analysis of trends in Olympic performance, country-specific achievements, and the progression of various sports disciplines over time.

Historical Coverage: The dataset includes detailed records from the early days of the Olympics, starting in Athens 1896, all the way through the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. It captures a wide array of events, sports, and athletes over time.

Source Information:

• Pre-2024 Data: The dataset up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is sourced from Kaggle's Olympics 124 years Dataset(till 2020) by Nitish Sharma01.
• 2024 Data: Information from the 2024 Paris Olympics is sourced from Kaggle's Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games by Petro.
• Merging and Analysis: The two datasets have been cleaned and merged for a complete historical overview using the notebook available at this link.

Features:

• player_id: Unique identifier for each athlete.
• Name: Name of the athlete.
• Sex: Gender of the athlete (Male (M) /Female (F)).
• Team: Country the athlete represented.
• NOC: National Olympic Committee code for the country.
• Year: Year of the Olympic Games.
• Season: Season of the Olympic Games (Summer).
• City: Host city of the Olympic Games.
• Sport: Sport category in which the athlete competed.
• Event: Specific event within the sport.
• Medal: Type of medal awarded (Gold, Silver, Bronze) or "No medal" if not awarded.

This dataset is ideal for various types of analyses, including:

• Trends and patterns in Olympic performances over the years.
• Comparative analysis of different countries' achievements.
• Performance analytics for specific sports and events.
• Historical research on the evolution of Olympic Games.

A dataset containing Winter Olympics data from 1924-2018.

Olympics, the most prestigious event in the life of athletes and aspiring athletes is celebrated and respected around the world. This dataset consists of Olympics data of over a century, from the year 1896 to 2016. Studying this dataset will help you understand the patterns followed in the games of Olympics, patterns of the most successful athletes and countries in their Olympics journey and much more! This dataset will help you understand every detail and information that you would want to know in the Olympics using statistical approach and at the same time help you enhance your skills as a Data Scientist.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Sunil Kumar Mano

Contents

🏅 Olympic Medalist Dataset (1896–2024)

This repository contains structured data on Olympic Games medalists — both Summer and Winter Olympics — spanning over a century, from the first modern Olympics in 1896 to the latest games in 2024.

📑 Column Descriptions

The file contains the following columns:

📦 Data Source

All data was extracted from:

📍 OlympAnalyt Portal
🔗 http://www.olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php

Please note this dataset is intended for educational and research purposes only.

📊 Potential Use Cases

• Medal trend analysis by country
• Gender distribution across sports
• Historical athlete achievements
• Visual storytelling or infographics

✍️ Attribution

If you use this dataset in publications, visualizations, or derivative datasets, please credit:

"Data retrieved from OlympAnalyt.com and compiled by the Olympics Medalist Dataset project."

Historical data on the modern Olympic Games, from Athens 1896 to Rio 2016. Each row corresponds to an individual athlete competing in an individual event, including the athlete's name, sex, age, height, weight, country, and medal, and the event's name, sport, games, year, and city.

Analysis on: 1.Analyze and visualize the % of both Male and Female athletes over time. 2.Compare and contrast the summer and the winter games: - How many athletes compete? - How many countries compete? - How many events are there? 3.Analyze and visualize country-level trends: - Which countries send the most athletes to the olympics? - Do they also tend to win the most medals? - How have these trends changed over time?

FILE TYPES: CSV

TAGS: Sports Time Series Geospatial

Source: https://mavenanalytics.io/data-playground?page=8&pageSize=5

Sports Reference

Historical data on the modern Olympic Games, from Athens 1896 to Rio 2016. Each row corresponds to an individual athlete competing in an individual event, including the athlete's name, sex, age, height, weight, country, and medal, and the event's name, sport, games, year, and city. ID Unique number for each athlete Name Athlete's name Sex Male (M) or Female (F) Age Integer Height In centimeters Weight In kilograms Team Team name NOC National Olympic Committee 3-letter code Games Year and season Year Integer Season summer or Winter City Host city Sport Sport Event Event Medal Gold, Silver, Bronze, or NA

Historical data on the modern Olympic Games, from Athens 1896 to Rio 2016.

This dataset is in use for project https://github.com/datta-magar/Olympics-x-Data.git To enhance the Olympic experience, provide valuable insights, promote engagement, & address specific challenges related to the Olympic Games using data science, machine learning & data analysis.

You can find Documentation here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vC-DnaIRe8SeRH4KhpbB5wJgD-Mxr5gC8SQ39ofQAwo/edit?usp=sharing

The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The Games were first held in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and were most recently the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) organises the Games and oversees the host city's preparations. In each Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals are awarded for second place, and bronze medals are awarded for third place; this tradition began in 1904.

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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed to 2021 in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes. It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic. The Summer Paralympics were held between 24 August and 5 September 2021, 16 days after the completion of the Olympics.

Acknowledgements

the data is came from (https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020)

Context

The Olympic games are not just sport events, but some social and economic factors have effects on every nation's performance. In order to measure performance, the first step is collecting data. There is a comprehensive dataset by @heesoo37 which covers Olympic games from 1896 to 2016. I tried in vain to find a similar dataset for 2020 Summer Olympics. Therefore, I decided to make one from the data available on official Olympics website www.olympics.com. rvest, jasonlite and tidyverse packages of R language were used to web scrape the desired data.

Content

This dataset consists of every event in which an athlete participated together with age, nationality, ranks and medals. There two clear differences between current dataset and similar ones. First, in addition to medals, ranks are also included for every event an athlete took part. Second, each event is labeled in a way one can easily confer whether it is team or individual event. I will explain my incentive for doing this way in a separate notebook, however, in a nutshell, measuring performance just by counting medals and treating each team medal as an individual medal is not an accurate way. So, defining a new Key Performance Index is necessary. Although the data offered by www.olympics.com is not perfect, this website is the most comprehensive reference for 2020 Summer Olympics. www.olympedia.com is another good resource for historical data collection of past Olympic games which is maintained by a number Olympics historians and statisticians. In the process of establishing the current dataset, the main reference was www.olympics.com. In some cases there were dubious entries which was corrected or omitted after verifying them by referring to www.olympedia.com and www.wikipedia.com.

Inspiration

This dataset can be utilised to understand which countries performed better in 2020 Summer Olympics and what factors affected their success.