The bar chart and line graph compare how many women and men participants enrol in the Olympics and the number of total participants throughout the period from 1924 to 2012.
Overall, we can see that at the beginning of the period, the difference in the rate of participation in the Olympics between the two genders was remarkably high, whereas this gap had closed at the end of the timescale, and we can also see that the number of total participants increased significantly at the same time.
As is presented in the bar chart the number of men who participated in the Olympics was exactly 3000 in 1924, while the figure for women experienced the lowest with approximately 100. By 2012, both figures for men and women had witnessed a gradually rising trend. The figure for men had risen to just under 6000, while the number of women had reached a peak at about 4800. By contrast, the gap in the number between genders had plummeted to around 1200 participants which was the smallest figure.
It is readily apparent in the line graph the figure for total Olympics participants began at about 3100 in 1924, following roughly 60 years it increased steadily to just over 6000 participants. Moreover, it increased dramatically from that point to around 10500 participants in 2012.