APPENDIX CHARTS FOR LETTER TO IOC PRESIDENT ROGGE

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Rich Bender (USA Wrestling)
03/24/2003


APPENDIX I    2004 OLYMPIC GAMES  SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS  NUMBER OF MEDAL EVENTS   1.  ATHLETICS, 46  2. SWIMMING, 32  3. GYMNASTICS, 18  3. CYCLING, 18  3. WRESTLING, 18   6.  SHOOTING, 17  7. CANOE/KAYAK, 16  8. WEIGHTLIFTING, 15  9. JUDO, 14  9. ROWING, 14  11. BOXING, 11  11. SAILING, 11  13.  FENCING, 10  14. TAEKWONDO, 8  14. DIVING, 8  16. EQUESTRIAN, 6  17. BADMINTON, 5  18. TENNIS, 4  18. TABLE TENNIS, 4  18. VOLLEYBALL, 4  18. ARCHERY, 4  22. BASKETBALL, 2  22. HANDBALL, 2  22. FIELD HOCKEY, 2  22. TRIATHLON, 2  22. WATER POLO, 2  22. SYNCHRO SWIMMING, 2  22. MODERN PENTATHLON, 2  22. SOCCER, 2  30. BASEBALL, 1  30. SOFTBALL, 1    2004 OLYMPIC GAMES  SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS  NUMBER OF MEDALS AWARDED (gold, silver, bronze)  1.  ATHLETICS, 138  2. SWIMMING, 96  3. JUDO, 56  4. GYMNASTICS, 54  4. CYCLING, 54  4. WRESTLING, 54  7. SHOOTING, 51  8. CANOE/KAYAK, 48  9. WEIGHTLIFTING, 45  10. BOXING, 44  11. ROWING, 42  12. SAILING, 33  13. FENCING, 30  14. TAEKWONDO, 24  14. DIVING, 24  16. EQUESTRIAN, 18  17. BADMINTON, 15  18. TENNIS, 12  18. TABLE TENNIS, 12  18. VOLLEYBALL, 12  18. ARCHERY, 12  22. BASKETBALL, 6  22. HANDBALL, 6  22. FIELD HOCKEY, 6  22. TRIATHLON, 6  22. WATERPOLO, 6  22. SYNCHRO SWIMMING, 6  22. MODERN PENTATHLON, 6  22. SOCCER, 6  30. BASEBALL, 3  30. SOFTBALL, 3    APPENDIX II    2004 OLYMPIC GAMES  SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS  ATHLETE QUOTA  1. ATHLETICS, 2,000  2. SWIMMING, 800  3.  ROWING, 550  4. CYCLING, 480  5. SOCCER, 468  6.  SAILING, 400  7. SHOOTING, 390  8.  JUDO, 386  9. VOLLEYBALL, 384  10. FIELD HOCKEY, 352  11.WRESTLING, 344  12. CANOE/KAYAK, 330  13. HANDBALL, 330  14. GYMNASTICS, 312  15. BASKETBALL, 288  16. BOXING, 286  17. WATER POLO, 260  17. WEIGHTLIFTING, 260  19. FENCING, 200  19. EQUESTRIAN, 200  21. BASEBALL, 192  22. TABLE TENNIS, 172  22. BADMINTON, 172  22. TENNIS, 172  25. DIVING, 136  26. ARCHERY, 128  27. TAEKWONDO 124  28. SOFTBALL, 120  29. SYNCHRO SWIMMING, 104  30. TRIATHLON, 100  30. MODERN PENTATHLON, 64    2004 OLYMPIC GAMES  SUMMER OLYMPIC INDIVIDUAL SPORTS  # OF ATHLETES PER GOLD MEDAL (from least to most)  1. TAEKWONDO, 15.50  2. DIVING, 17.00  3.WEIGHTLIFTING, 17.33  3.  GYMNASTICS, 17.33  5. WRESTLING, 19.11  6. FENCING, 20.00  7. CANOE/KAYAK, 20.63  8. SHOOTING, 22.94  9. SWIMMING, 25.00  10. BOXING, 26.00  11. JUDO, 26.29  12. CYCLING, 26.67  13. MODERN PENTATHLON, 32.00  13. ARCHERY, 32.00  15. EQUESTRIAN, 33.33  16. SAILING, 36.36  17. ROWING, 39.28  18. BADMINTON, 43.00  18. TENNIS, 43.00  18. TABLE TENNIS, 43.00  21. ATHLETICS, 43.48  22. TRIATHLON, 50.00  23. SYNCHRO SWIMMING, 52.00    NOTE: This statistic indicates which sports have sacrificed the most athletes per medal set to assist the IOC in reducing the size of the Olympic Games.    APPENDIX III    SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS  INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS  NUMBER OF NATIONAL FEDERATIONS  1.  VOLLEYBALL, 218  2.  BASKETBALL, 212  3.  ATHLETICS, 210  4. SOCCER, 204  5. TENNIS, 191  6.  BOXING, 190  7. TABLE TENNIS, 188  8. JUDO, 187  9. AQUATICS, 179  10. WEIGHTLIFTING, 167  10. TAEKWONDO, 167  12. CYCLING, 159  13.  SHOOTING, 151  14. HANDBALL, 150  15. BADMINTON, 148  16. WRESTLING, 144  17. ARCHERY, 133  18. EQUESTRIAN, 130  19. GYMNASTICS, 125  20. SOFTBALL, 124  21. SAILING, 121  22. FIELD HOCKEY, 118  23. ROWING, 115  23. CANOE/KAYAK, 115  25. BASEBALL, 112  26. FENCING, 108  27. MODERN PENTATHLON, 94  28. TRIATHLON, 87    SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS  INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS  YEAR FORMED (from oldest to youngest)  1.  GYMNASTICS - 1881  2. ROWING - 1892  3. CYCLING - 1900  4. SOCCER - 1904  5. WEIGHTLIFTING - 1905  6. SHOOTING - 1907  6.  SAILING - 1907  8.  AQUATICS - 1908  9. WRESTLING - 1912  9. ATHLETICS - 1912  11. FENCING - 1913  11.  TENNIS - 1913  13. EQUESTRIAN - 1921  14. HOCKEY - 1924  14. CANOE/KAYAK - 1924  16.  TABLE TENNIS - 1926  17. ARCHERY - 1931  18. BASKETBALL - 1932  19. BADMINTON - 1934  20. BASEBALL - 1938  21. BOXING - 1946  21.  HANDBALL - 1946  23. VOLLEYBALL - 1947  24. MODERN PENTATHLON - 1948  25. JUDO - 1951  26. SOFTBALL - 1952  27. TAEKWONDO - 1973  28. TRIATHLON - 1989    APPENDIX IV    2000  OLYMPIC GAMES  SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS  NUMBER OF NATIONS WINNING MEDALS  1.  ATHLETICS, 44  2.  SHOOTING, 26  3.  WRESTLING, 23  3. WEIGHTLIFTING, 23  5. BOXING, 21  6.  JUDO, 19  7. ROWING, 19  8.  TAEKWONDO, 18  8. SWIMMING, 18  10. CANOE/KAYAK, 17  11. CYCLING, 16  12. SAILING, 15  13.  GYMNASTICS, 14  14. FENCING, 12  15. EQUESTRIAN, 9  15. TENNIS, 9  17. VOLLEYBALL, 8  17. DIVING, 8  19. ARCHERY, 7  20. SOCCER, 6  20. SYNCHRO SWIMMING, 6  20. HANDBALL, 6  23. TABLE TENNIS, 5  23. TRIATHLON, 5  23.WATERPOLO, 5  23. MODERN PENTATHLON, 5  23. BADMINTON, 5  28. FIELD HOCKEY, 4  29. BASEBALL, 3  29. BASKETBALL, 3  29. SOFTBALL, 3    APPENDIX V    REVIEW OF WRESTLING COMPETITION  1988 - 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES    Year/gold medals/weights for men per style/weights  for womenper style/quota /MenFS /MenGR/WomenFS/ athletes per medal/nations  competing in sport/nations winning medals    1988 - Seoul, KOR* 20 golds/10  weights/0 weights/ no quota(468)/256 FS/212 GR/0 W/23.4 apm/69 nations/19 nations    1992 - Barcelona, ESP* 20 golds/10 weights/0 weights/369 quota/185 FS/185 GR/0 W/18.45 apm/56 nations/18 nations    1996 - Atlanta, USA 20 golds/10 weights/0 weights/398 quota/200 FS/200 GR/0 W/19.9 apm/74 nations/23 nations    2000 - Sydney, AUS 16 golds/8 weights/0 weights/314 quota/157 FS/157 GR/0 W/19.63 apm/56 nations/23 nations    2004 - Athens, GRE** 18golds/7 weights/4 weights/344 quota/140 FS/140 GR/48 W/19.11 apm/---/--    * - Years prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union. From 1996 on, many of the new independent nations from the former Soviet Union won wrestling medals.    ** - Women's wrestling to be introduced to the Olympic program in Athens. Note that the athlete quota of 140 freestyle, 140 Greco-Roman and 48 women also includes 16 additional spots to be determined.