If you won the gold medal in, say, racewalking, how would you expect your country would reward you when you stepped down from the podium? Maybe a couple hundred thousand dollars? Maybe a gold brick? Maybe your seat is upgraded to first class on your flight home? ANIMAL has made this handy infographic to let you know the true value of a gold medal.
I would Like to add, Information about India is Wrong, Each person who wins bronze medal get "1 Crore INR/Rs." which is equals to Approx. 1,85,185 USD/US Dollar which is More then Italy payes to their players. And for Silver and Gold its 2 and 3 crore aka 3,70,370 USD and 5,55,555 USD..
Britain and England are not the same thing. Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish (British, but not English) gold-medalists are being put on stamps too.