{"id":18138,"date":"2021-08-04T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparehero.my\/blog\/uncategorized\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid.html"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:00:35","slug":"olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparehero.my\/blog\/entertainment\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid.html","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s How Much Tokyo Olympic Medalists Get Paid In Each Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Olympics this year may be different from the previous ones due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. However, the spirit of wanting to win hasn\u2019t faded, and we all felt that when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaymail.com\/news\/sports\/2021\/07\/31\/badminton-pair-aaron-chia-soh-wooi-yik-delivers-bronze-for-malaysias-first\/1994196\">Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik won a bronze medal<\/a> for badminton last week.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>Bagging medals aside, you might also be wondering how much athletes get paid for winning these medals. We did a check on how much these champs are rewarded not just in Malaysia, but also around the globe.<\/p>\n<h2>1. United States<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/assets_comparehero\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-01.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-01\"  style=\"width: 675px;\"><\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the US has bagged the most medals in the Olympics. They\u2019ve won 27 gold medals, 33 silver medals and 24 bronze medals\u2014a total of 84. According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brettknight\/2021\/07\/31\/these-10-countries-offer-six-figure-payouts-to-their-olympic-medalists\/?sh=457cb98a55ef\">article by Forbes<\/a> dates 31st July 2021, here\u2019s how much each winner gets paid:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold: USD $37,500 (RM158,362)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver: USD $22,500 (RM95,017)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze: USD $15,000 (RM63,345)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Besides these cash payments, the winners will also get <strong>other benefits such as health insurance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Japan<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/assets_comparehero\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-02.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-02\"  style=\"width: 674px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at the host of the Olympics themselves: the Land of the Rising Sun. Thus far, Japan has won 41 medals; 21 gold, 7 silver, 13 bronze. Here\u2019s how much each medallist is said to get:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold: USD $45,000 (RM190,035)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver: USD $18,000 (RM76,014)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze: USD $9,000 (RM38,007)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>3. Malaysia<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/assets_comparehero\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-03.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-03\"  style=\"width: 676px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Our very own Malaysia has won 12 Olympic medals since we first joined the games, and we currently have one medal from the Tokyo Olympics. Here\u2019s what every winner will get for now:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold: USD $236,000 (RM996,628)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver: USD $71,000 (RM299,371)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze: USD $24,000 (RM101,196)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Besides that, the medalists will also receive <strong>monthly allowances<\/strong> which vary between the type of medal won:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold: USD $1,200 (RM5,067)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver: USD $700 (RM2,956)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze: USD $470 (RM1,984)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>4. Singapore<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/assets_comparehero\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-04.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-04\"  style=\"width: 678px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Our neighbour takes the cake for the highest payout to winners. No country has offered their gold medal winners as much as Singapore has so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold: USD $737,000 (RM3,112,351)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver: USD $369,000 (RM1,558,287)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze: USD $184,000 (RM777,032)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>5. Australia<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/assets_comparehero\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-05.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-05\"  style=\"width: 674px;\"><\/p>\n<p>We have Singapore who\u2019s offering handsome sums, and on the other end of the spectrum is Australia. Australia\u2019s payouts for winners are some of the lowest.. But hey, something is better than nothing, right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold: USD $15,000 (RM63,345)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver: USD $11,000 (RM46,453)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze: USD $7,000 (RM29,561)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>6. Brazil<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/assets_comparehero\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-06.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-06\"  style=\"width: 676px;\"><\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t already know this, Brazil was the previous host for the Olympics. They have won 16 medals in this Olympics so far, <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/olympic-games\/rio-2016\/medals\">almost as many as they did in the last Olympics<\/a>. Here\u2019s what Brazilian athletes get if they win a medal:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold: USD $49,000 (RM206,927)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver: USD $29,000 (RM122,467)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze: USD $20,000 (RM84,460)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>7. South Africa<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/144634072.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net\/hubfs\/144634072\/assets_comparehero\/olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-07.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"olympic-medal-winner-reward-paid-07\"  style=\"width: 676px;\"><\/p>\n<p>South Africa has won 3 medals so far; one gold and two silver. This is what each winner will get after returning home:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold: USD $37,000 (RM156,251)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver: USD $19,000 (RM80,237)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze: USD $7,000 (RM29,561)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Some countries don\u2019t pay their athletes for winning<\/h2>\n<p>This might surprise you, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brettknight\/2021\/07\/31\/these-10-countries-offer-six-figure-payouts-to-their-olympic-medalists\/?sh=457cb98a55ef\">not all athletes get paid for bringing home a medal<\/a>. <strong>Countries such as Great Britain, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden don\u2019t pay their athletes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, this doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t get any compensation at all. Countries can choose how else they would like to reward Olympics winners. For example, <strong>Great Britain gives athletes an annual training stipend<\/strong>. They also receive additional support through UK Sport which allocates \u00a3125m of government and lottery funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Olympics this year may be different from the previous ones due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. 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