THE SEOUL GAMES / FACTS AND FIGURES : THE NUMBERS GAME

The Seoul Olympics by the numbers: 24 Olympiad XXIV 9,633 Athletes participating 611 U.S. athletes participating 160 Countries represented 23 Sports 237 Events 8,281 Journalists attending 4,787 Journalists residing in Press Village 179 1/2 Hours of NBC-TV coverage $330,000 Average price of a 30-second commercial spot 3.26 billion Dollars spent by the South Korean government on Olympics $200 Price of tickets to opening ceremony $3 Price of tickets to rowing finals 11,396 Non-athlete participants in opening ceremony 20,972 Olympic torch bearers 1,543 Korean Olympic torch bearers 3,100 Torches used in Olympic torch relay 2,400 White doves to be released at the opening ceremony 3,000 Stones presented to the Stone Festival by participating countries 400 Stones presented to the Stone Festival by French athletes 540 Seats in Olympic Village movie theater 14 People attending Friday’s movie, “Song Gong Si Dae” 2 Houses available for use by Carl Lewis outside the Olympic Village 644 Athletes in South Korean Olympic delegation 0 Athletes in Brunei delegation 1 Officials in Brunei delegation 0 Events sold out 28,323 Tickets available for synchronized swimming events 241 Tickets remaining for synchronized swimming events: 241 227,752 Tickets available for baseball events: 227,752 164,353 Tickets remaining for baseball events: 164,353 100,000 Size of Olympic security force: 100,000 64 Dogs used to sniff for plastic explosives: 64 1 Years that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been an IOC member 94 Years that France has been an IOC member 33 Companies supplying Olympic competitive equipment 32 Olympic competition venues 48 Square meters covered by Olympic boxing floor $73 million Cost of Olympic Stadium 100,000 Spectators accommodated in Olympic Stadium 15 minutes Time SLOOC says is needed for spectators to enter 784 Lights illuminating Olympic Stadium 2,000 Loudspeakers inside Olympic Stadium 100 meters Distance from home plate to left field in Chamsil Baseball Stadium 24 Number of lanes in Royal Bowling Center 59 Electronic scoreboards at Olympic venues $253 Price of deluxe room in the Olympic Family Village $5 Daily spending allowance for Thailand’s athletes $35 Daily spending allowance for U.S. athletes 71 Age of oldest athlete, Knowles Durward of the Bahamas’ yachting team 13 Age of youngest athlete, Cruz Nadia of Luanda’s swimming team 266 U.S. athletes from Stanford University 365 pounds Weight of heaviest athlete, Zubricky Jiri of Czechoslovakia’s weightlifting team 70 pounds Weight of lightest athlete, Seo Kyoko of Japan’s gymnastics team 167 Number of U.S. athletes from California 0 Number of U.S. athletes from Alaska