The Vancouver Olympics by the Numbers

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Typography by Julie Teninbaum

Infographic: Let the Games Begin! 

More than 80 nations and 5,500 athletes and officials will participate in this year's Winter Games.

NBC paid $820 million for the rights to broadcast Vancouver 2010, 34% more than it paid to air Torino 2006.

The Winter Games were first commercial televised in 1960 when CBS paid $50,000 {$365,000 adjusted for inflation.}

Nine companies, including Coca-Cola, Omega, and Visa, have pledged a total of...