【奧運獎金】香港奧運獎金全球最高！港金牌獲600萬 日本僅500萬日元 Hong Kong Offers the Highest Cash Bonus Globally! Hong Kong Gold Medalists Receive HK$6 Million, While Japanese Gold Medalists Only get ¥5 Million
今屆奧運賽事尚未結束，江旻憓（女子重劍）、張家朗（男子花劍），以及何詩蓓（女子100米自由泳、女子200米自由泳）已經為港隊奪得2金2銅的歷來最佳成績。 全球陷入奧運狂熱，大眾留意賽事戰果的同時，獎牌得主獲得的獎金亦為大家所關注，綜合外媒報道，Business Digest為大家盤點一下全球各地為獲獎運動員準備的獎金及獎品。
據CNBC引各地奧委會及不同國家或地區的公布，香港應為獎金最慷慨的國家或地區，金牌得主可獲600萬港元（即76.8萬美元），獎金比東京奧運時增加約20%，而銀牌及銅牌得主則分別可獲得300萬港元及150萬港元。由於本屆奧運港表現優異，暫時需要發放的奧運獎金為1,350萬港元。
而奧運男子花劍金牌張家朗，除了獲得馬會「運動員獎勵計劃」的600萬港元，還會獲得中學母校林大輝中學，透過「林大輝慈善基金」，給予的300萬港元獎勵。
香港在商業及金融領域的競爭對手——新加坡，亦為運動員提供高額獎金。金牌得主可獲發100萬坡元（即74.53萬美元），而銀牌及銅牌得主則會獲發50萬坡元及25萬坡元。
中亞國家哈薩克斯坦，除了會分別向金銀銅牌選手派發25萬美元、15萬美及75,000美元外，還會按金銀銅牌級別，向選手贈送一房至三房住宅單位。
馬來西亞除了會向得獎選手提供一筆過獎金，金牌1百萬令吉（逾21.5萬美元）、銀牌30萬令吉及銅牌10萬令吉，獲獎運動員還可終生每月獲發2,000至5,000令吉不等的長俸。而馬來西亞青年與體育部長Hannah Yeoh更宣布，所有獲獎選手另可獲贈一輛外國進口車。
與香港的高額獎金相比，歐美國家、南韓及日本的獎金金額則少得多。其中日本金牌選手可獲500萬日元（約3.2萬美元）獎金；而美國隊的金牌獎金則為3.75萬美元，約為香港的20分之一。
當然，並不是所有國家都會向得獎選手提供獎金或獎品，如英國、挪威、瑞典、紐西蘭等。
The current Olympic Games are not yet over, but Hong Kong athletes have already achieved the best results in history, with Cheung Ka-long (Men's Foil Individual) and Vivian Kong Man Wai (Women's Épée Individual) winning 2 golds, and Siobhán Haughey (Women's 200m Freestyle、Women’s 100m Freestyle) winning 2 bronzes in Swimming. As the world is still overwhelmed by Olympic fever, the medalists’ cash bonus have also caught public attention. With information gathered from different sources, Business Digest has compiled a list of bonuses and prizes for Olympic medalists from different places around the world.
According to CNBC, referencing announcements from various Olympic Committees from different countries or regions, Hong Kong is the most generous in terms of cash bonuses. Gold medalists can receive HK$6 million (US$768,000), a 20% increase from the Tokyo Olympics. Silver and bronze medalists will receive HK$3 million and HK$1.5 million, respectively. Due to Hong Kong Team's excellent performance in the current Olympics Games, the total bonuses to be awarded amount to HK$15 million.
In addition to the HK$6 million bonus which would award through the Hong Kong Jockey Club's "Athlete Incentive Award Scheme," Olympic Men's foil gold medalist Cheung Ka-long will also receive a HK$3 million bonus from his alma mater, Lam Tai Fai College, through the Lam Tai Fai Charitable Foundation.
Singapore, Hong Kong's rival in commercial and financial sector, also offers substantial bonuses to its athletes. Gold medalists can receive S$1 million (US$745,300), while silver and bronze medalists will receive S$500,000 and S$250,000, respectively.
Kazakhstan in Central Asia awards its gold, silver, and bronze medalists with US$250,000, US$150,000, and US$75,000, respectively. Beside the bonuses, athletes would also receive apartment units ranging from 1-bedroom to 3-bedroom, depending on the medals they won.
Malaysia, which not only provides lump-sum bonuses of MYR1 million (over US$215,000) for gold, MYR300,000 for silver, and MYR100,000 for bronze, also grants lifetime monthly pensions ranging from MYR2,000 to MYR5,000. Furthermore, Malaysia’s Minister of Youth and Sports Hannah Yeoh, athletes that secure a podium finish will also be given a "foreign-made car".
In contrast to Hong Kong's substantial bonuses, the amounts awarded by Western countries, South Korea, and Japan are significantly lower. Japanese gold medalists would receive ¥5 million (approximately US$32,000) bonus, while the U.S. awards US$37,500 for the gold medalists, roughly one-twentieth of Hong Kong's bonus.
Of course, not all countries provide cash bonuses or prizes to their medalists, such as the UK, Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand.