Rio De Dinero

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Team GB returned a total of 67 medals at the Rio Olympics.  This compares with 65 at London 2012, which represents a modest 3% improvement.  It should also be noted that although Russia was absent this is unlikely to have artificially inflated the medal tally.

The total taxpayer funding for Team GB for Rio was £335 million

The cost of each medal at Rio was therefore 5 million pounds

The total taxpayer funding for Team GB for London was £265 million

The cost of each medal at London was therefore 4.07 million pounds

So it can be concluded that the performance of British athletes at Rio showed a downturn in terms of value for money of 19%.

Whether 4 or 5 million pounds for a medal is a good investment is debateable

If you really want one you can do much better 

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