The first provided chart shows the comparison between the number of male and females participating in Olympics from the year 1924 to the year 2012. The second chart illustrates the total number of compatitors participating in Olympics over the same period.
Overall, it is evident that men significantly participated more than women over all those years. However, the difference between the numbers of male and female decreased with the passage of time. There was also a drastic increase in the overall number of compatitors participating in the Olympics.
In the year 1924, 3000 men participated in Olympics and the number for women remained almost zero. The counting of men climbed gradually with time and peaked at 6000 in the year 2012. There was an increase in numbers of female cndidates. In the year 1984, it reached to almost 1500 and then sharply increased to 4500 in the year 2012.
The number of total participants increased medially from the year 1924 to the year 2012 and reached from 3000 to 11000 in nearly 80 years.