The line graph indicates the total number of people who participated in the Olympics between 1924 and 2012, while the bar chart compares between the number of male and female participants during the same period.
Overall, the number of men participating in the Olympics games was more than that of women over the given period. Additionally, both genders witnessed a remarkable rise in number with a peak in women’s participation in 2012.
In 1924, there were roughly 4000 people competing in the Olympics, and 3000 of them are male. This number soared dramatically to more than 6000 people in 1984, with the number of men rising to more than 5000 people, whereas their counterparts doubled in number.
During the next 28 years, the total number of applicants rocketed and exceeded 10000 people. The considerable increase was because the number of women joining the Olympics experienced nearly a four-fold increase to just less than 5000 people. Meanwhile, there were less than 6000 men taking part in the Olympics’ competition in 2012.