Olympic Hosts May Not Have A Home Field Advantage, Study Finds

Countries did not win more medals the years they hosted Olympic Games when controlling for socioeconomic factors.

Countries that host the Olympic Games tend to not win more medals than competitors when controlling for economic factors, according to, findings that challenge the notion of the “host effect,” the widely-held belief that countries win more medals when they host the games.... [+]

When researchers Gergely Csurilla and Imre Fertő compared medal count data for countries that hosted the summer games between 1996 and 2021 , they found other factors were likely at play when hosts won more medals. Researchers said only Australia and the U.K. saw significant increases in medal counts the years they hosted the games.

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