What does the winning country of the Olympics get?

Question

i am always wondering, what does the winning country get? the right to say they won the olympics or some big Gold medal?

Answer 1

no country wins the olympics!

cuz then the coutries with the most ppl wud always win1

Answer 2

bragging rights

Answer 3

the right to say they won

Answer 4

A pat on the back,pride and braging rights!!

Answer 5

Speedo or Adidas promised Michael Phelps one million if he beat Spitz's record but obviously not every athlete is Phelps so...

Pride is the prize.  

Answer 6

Reputation!

Answer 7

a combination of everybody elses answers

Answer 8

Nothing, no country wins.

Every person is for themseleves, trying to get a gold metal.

Answer 9

weapons of mass destruction

Answer 10

Nothing

Answer 11

Respect.

Answer 12

The winning country gets to flip off random people from losing countries for the next 4 years.

Answer 13

kudos

Answer 14

bragging rights for 4 years basically.

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Answer 15

Money

Answer 16

Olympic medal which has a dragon on it, I think. Also, 4 years of bragging. :) Go team USA!

Answer 17

A chance to give the leader of any other country a swirly.

Seriously, bragging rights and respect is about it. And a mention at the next games when they start counting the medals again. ie. Well, last olympics China had the most golds...

Answer 18

National Pride.

Answer 19

Bragging rights to say that the gold medalist in the 50k walk is from there (I am not being snarky, winning the 50k walk is a major athletic feat. It's longer that the marathon!)