Australia at the Olympics Australia’s golden aspirations and the Australian Institute of Sport
More medals (y) Less medals More athletes (x) Less athletes 100% Gold 0% Gold First Place Not in Top 40
1994 After 13 years of existence the AIS has fine tuned its programs and is now able to send more athletes to each Olympics overall increasing number of medals per game Olympic Timeline Average medals per game since 1984 Average medals per game prior to 1984
Raise your hand if after seeing the graph you would consider Australia’s performance at London in 2012 as ‘poor’?
Perception of Australia’s performance at London 2012 based on media