The Paris Olympics have been going on for several days now, and we already know the names of many athletes who will go home with gold medals. Some countries have already announced what payments their Olympic winners will receive.
We present to your attention a list of countries that will pay significant sums for winning the main sports tournament of the four years:
Turkey: $380,000
Georgia: $370,000
Kazakhstan: $250,000
Azerbaijan: $235,000
Serbia: $215,000
Uzbekistan: $200,000
Armenia: $190,000
Italy: $193,000
Mexico: $170,000
Hungary: $155,000
Belarus $146,000
Ukraine: $125,000
India: $120,000
Kyrgyzstan: $117,000
Spain: $97,500
Greece: $97,000
France: $70,000
Slovenia: $65,000
Japan: $45,000
United States: $37,500
Germany: $22,000
Canada: $15,000