The given pie chart illustrates the participation of male, female and total athletes in Olympics from the year 1924 to 2004. The unit of measurement is number of participants.
Overall, it is evident that the participation of both male and female athletes has been grown from 1994 to 2004.
In 1924, the participation of male athletes was tremendously high compared to the female counterpart that is 500 female participants and 3000 male participants respectively. During the course of 20 years from 1924 to 1944, more participation of male was recognized reaching a heigh of 5000. Moreover, participation of female athletes doubled in number.
The participation of female athletes gradually increased after 1944 and reached a height of 2000 in 1994. Additionally, after 1994, a rapid rise in female participation led to reach a pinnacle of around 6000 in 2004.
However, the male participation maintained the growth and climbed a zenith of 6200 in 2004 maintaining a minute lead.