What is the difference between common wealth and Olympic games.?
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The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years and comprising summer and winter games. Originally held in ancient Greece, they were revived by a French nobleman, Pierre Frèdy, Baron de Coubertin in the late 19th century.\n\n\nThe Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1978 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
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Very easy to do that so long as you have the money and the ambition. You need to be passionate about what you want just as an Olympic sportsperson is. Statistics I read some time ago indicated that  foreigners are likely to be more successful than local people. When you have your back to the wall you know you have to succeed... don't go back!!!
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The total gold medal count for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2004 (excluding the 1906 games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee as official.)\n\n\nSummer- 896 \nWinter - 78
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The Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) have been held every fourth year starting in 1896, with the exception of the years during the World Wars.\n\nA special edition for winter sports, the Olympic Winter Games, was first held in 1924. The first winter Olympics competitions were originally held as a non-Olympic sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925. Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but from 1994 the Winter Games and the Summer Games are held two years apart.\n\nThere are many legends surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. One of these associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of εκεχειρία (ekecheiria) or Olympic Truce. The date of the Games' inception based on the count of years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC, although scholars' opinions diverge between dates as early as 884 BC and as late as 704 BC.\n\nIn the 17th century, the Olympic Games sports festival was held in England, followed by the National Olympic Games, which were established in the 19th century and continue to this day. Later, similar events were organised in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale and certainly not international.\n\nThe interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid-19th century. At the same time, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was searching for a reason for the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). He thought the reason was that the French had not received proper physical education, and sought to improve this. In 1890 he attended the Wenlock Olympian Society. Coubertin also thought of a way to bring nations closer together, to have the youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war. In his eyes, the recovery of the Olympic Games would achieve both of these goals.\n\nIn a congress at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, held from June 16 to June 23, 1894 he presented his ideas to an international audience. On the last day of the congress, it was decided that the first modern Olympic Games would take place in 1896 in Athens, in the country of their birth. To organise the Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established, with the Greek Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Ancient_Olympics
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Don't know what government you're talking about.  Here in U.S., only local/state governments would contribute, definitely not Federal.\n\nAnswer to your question depends on the opportunity costs of the expenditure by government.  It might make sense for a government to invest in the Olympics if the associated infrastructure development will be useful for economic expansion following the events.
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There is no overall winner of the Olympics, but when compiling medal tables, the usual convention is:\n\nSort by the number of golds, if more than one country has the same number of golds then sort by silvers and if more than one country has the same number of silvers then sort by bronze. If more than one country has the same number of bronzes, then sort by alphabetical order of country where list is compiled.
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Yes, it's USA common-wealth
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Greece has a capitalist economy with the public sector accounting for about 40% of GDP and with per capita GDP 70% of the leading euro-zone economies. Tourism provides 15% of GDP. Immigrants make up nearly one-fifth of the work force, mainly in menial jobs. Greece is a major beneficiary of EU aid, equal to about 3.3% of annual GDP. The Greek economy grew by about 4.0% for the past three years, largely because of an investment boom and infrastructure upgrades for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Economic growth slowed to about 3% in 2005 and, Greece has not met the EU's Growth and Stability Pact budget deficit criteria of 3% of GDP since 2000. Public debt, inflation, and unemployment are above the eurozone average. To overcome these challenges, the Greek government is expected to continue cutting government spending, reducing the size of the public sector, and reforming the labor and pension systems.
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There is not point differential in the Olympic Medals, but when compiling medals tables golds are more valuable than silvers, silvers are more valuable then bronzes and if more than one country has the same numbers of each type of medal then they sort by country name in alphabetical order in the majority language of the host nation
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Its all in the name. Trust me. The Olympics is all the sports with a Big Name...that's it.
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Oh My My, someone is really bugged! Anyways pal the answer is that Australia is a part of the Organisation of Commonwealth countries and it bid for it and the council ( of Commonwealth) awarded the games to Melborne. By the way these games are always money spinners for the host city. So cheers!
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In the recent Olympics in Athens 2004, 16 swimming events had medal winners from Asia conutries. \n\nAt the moment the Chinese swimmers are showing a lot of progress and starting to win more medals. They are definately a country to look out for in Beijing.\n\nThis is most likely to do with increased funding and focus on sports up to the Olympics and because they are doing a lot of work into getting the swimmers more streamlined and faster in the pool. \n\nIf you look at the Australien swimmers up in the Commonwealth last year, you would see they were dominating the event, as they had spent a lot of money and time on their athletes. Filming them under and over water to make sure they were not wasting any effort. \n\nObviously this is just the second stage, where stage 1 is screening of all kids to find the best persons to work with.\n\nSo look out for the Asian (and specially Chinese) swimmers in the future.
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I have an two articles you can read. One is from Wikipedia and the other is from the IOC Website.
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They bid for it.  Similar to Olympics.
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War?  Don't you mean Olympics?
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I don't know about the actual medal's worth, but the USOC pays athletes $25,000 for winning an inidividual gold.  There are prizes for silver, bronze and team medals, too.
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james,\n\nA country wins ONE medal for each event.  If there are say, two members to a team, ex. two-person luge, each member will get a gold medal.  Statistically however, one medal per event.