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Table 3 Cross-continental movements of foreign-born Olympic athletes

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

1960

Destination continent

Origin continent

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

Total

Africa

37.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

21.1%

Asia

19.2%

7.4%

27.3%

0.0%

17.2%

Europe

35.6%

85.2%

72.7%

83.3%

54.7%

North America

8.2%

3.7%

0.0%

0.0%

5.5%

Oceania

0.0%

3.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.8%

South America

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

16.7%

0.8%

  1. Source: Authors’ calculations