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Table 1 Share (%) foreign-born athletes by country by edition

From: Have the Olympic Games become more migratory? A comparative historical perspective

 

ARG

AUS

BRA

CAN

FRA

GBR

ITA

NLD

SPA

SWE

USA

TOT

UNK

1948

3.5%

2.7%

0.0%

5.5%

5.7%

10.2%

6.5%

10.7%

1.5%

1.7%

7.0%

6.2%

21.0%

1952

7.3%

1.2%

0.0%

4.7%

6.9%

4.3%

2.6%

14.4%

0.0%

1.5%

5.9%

4.8%

19.6%

1956

3.6%

6.5%

0.0%

4.3%

9.5%

5.3%

3.9%

  

4.5%

7.4%

6.0%

22.4%

1960

3.3%

11.6%

4.2%

18.8%

13.0%

8.3%

2.9%

8.2%

0.7%

4.5%

3.8%

6.9%

0.6%

1964

0.0%

7.9%

3.3%

13.9%

6.5%

5.9%

5.4%

7.2%

0.0%

1.1%

5.5%

5.8%

18.7%

1968

3.4%

6.3%

3.9%

23.7%

7.5%

8.4%

2.4%

6.5%

1.6%

5.0%

3.9%

6.6%

1.9%

1972

0.0%

5.4%

2.5%

20.7%

4.0%

6.0%

2.2%

7.6%

4.1%

4.6%

6.3%

6.3%

21.2%

1976

0.0%

5.0%

0.0%

19.5%

3.9%

9.5%

1.9%

4.6%

1.8%

5.2%

4.5%

7.1%

21.1%

1980

0.0%

5.8%

0.9%

 

6.6%

9.1%

1.3%

4.0%

2.6%

4.1%

 

4.3%

30.7%

1984

 

2.1%

0.0%

16.2%

4.6%

9.2%

2.6%

2.9%

0.6%

4.0%

6.1%

6.2%

13.0%

1988

0.8%

6.0%

0.0%

21.6%

6.0%

5.5%

2.4%

4.1%

3.9%

3.8%

4.4%

6.2%

12.8%

1992

1.2%

7.9%

1.1%

19.3%

8.8%

7.3%

3.0%

6.5%

3.3%

4.8%

5.3%

6.6%

7.8%

1996

0.6%

10.1%

1.8%

15.8%

8.6%

5.7%

2.9%

6.7%

5.9%

3.4%

6.3%

6.7%

3.8%

2000

2.1%

13.9%

1.0%

17.0%

8.0%

4.8%

8.0%

8.2%

5.3%

2.7%

5.3%

8.0%

1.5%

2004

1.3%

10.2%

2.1%

12.5%

11.4%

5.3%

10.7%

12.4%

5.7%

7.0%

5.4%

7.9%

0.0%

2008

2.3%

9.7%

1.1%

13.9%

7.1%

8.2%

7.2%

11.0%

8.5%

5.7%

6.1%

7.7%

0.0%

2012

2.9%

11.1%

2.0%

12.8%

9.3%

13.0%

8.5%

11.0%

10.1%

3.0%

8.1%

9.2%

0.0%

  1. Source: Authors’ calculations