The British consulting agency Сonsultancy conducted a study and found out which countries pay the highest prize for medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
The leader was Kazakhstan. For gold medal the athlete will receive 215 thousand euros, for silver - 125 thousand, and for bronze - 62 500.
The second place is occupied by Italy. Here for gold, winner get 150 thousand euros, for "silver" - 75 thousand, and for "bronze" - 50 thousand.
Latvia entered the top three. For the "gold" one Latvian will earn 142,300 euros, for "silver" - 85,500, but for the "bronze" bonus is not required.
In the first ten leaders, five countries of the former USSR entered the prize pool. In addition to the above-mentioned Kazakhstan and Latvia, these are Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.
The seventh line belongs to Russia, which because of the doping scandal is not represented as a team - its athletes are part of the team of Olympic athletes from Russia. For the "gold" is supposed a bonus of 56 400 euros, for "silver" - 35 300, and for "bronze" - 24 thousand.
No sportsmen from Great Britain, Norway and Sweden will receive any prizes from the state. But at the same time Norwegian and Swedish medalists of the Games can count on prize money from national federations and sponsors, but the amount may differ from the sport and the terms of the contract.
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