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Analysis of dependency among the country's GDP and the number of medals from the Summer Olympic Games in years 1996 to 2012.
Hlaváč, Jan ; Zeman, Martin (advisor) ; Lukášová, Tereza (referee)
This paper analyzes the relationship between economic variables and the success at the Olympic Games between 1996 and 2012. The topic is an interesting phenomenon of impact of the force of the economy to sports achievements. The thesis analyzes whether it is a real correlation between GDP and rankings of nations at the Olympics, or is it a mere coincidence. Then performs the same analysis as well as the population and GDP per capita and examines which of these factors have the greatest impact on Olympic success. The topic is due to the upcoming Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 very actual.

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