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The current highest cost of hosting the Olympic Games was the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, costing approximately US$11.1 billion. In order to meet the requirements set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), [4] the Rio de Janeiro council had to invest heavily in building the necessary facilities/venues, and an entirely new subway line.
As of 2017, OECD Member countries collectively comprised 62.2% of global nominal GDP (USD 49.6 trillion) [7] and 42.8% of global GDP (Int$54.2 trillion) at purchasing power parity. [8] The OECD is an official United Nations observer . [ 9 ]
The 10,000 metres at the Summer Olympics is the longest track running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's 10,000 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912. The women's event was added to the programme over seventy years later, at the 1988 Olympics. It is the most prestigious 10,000 m race at elite level.
The Team USA men's team rolled to a 105-79 win over Serbia in an Olympic basketball tune-up in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Stephen Curry led all players with 24 points, while Bam Adebayo scored 17 ...
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Host nation Japan won 27 gold medals, surpassing its gold medal tally of 16 at both the 1964 and 2004 summer editions. [9] Athletes from that nation also won 58 medals overall, which eclipsed its record of 41 overall medals won at the previous Summer Olympics. [10] American swimmer Caeleb Dressel won the most gold medals at the Games with five ...
The United States dollar ( symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
The first set of data on the left columns of the table includes estimates for the year 2023 made for each economy of the 196 economies (189 U.N. member states and 7 areas of Aruba, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Macau, Palestine, Puerto Rico, and Taiwan) covered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s International Financial Statistics (IFS) database.