There is a nice little link to an Independent article doing the rounds on FB that shows how each country rewards its Olympic Gold medal winners - all in thousands of dollars ranging from 10,000 up to 750,000 - in the UK, it is a big fat zero!
The £400 million from the lottery that funded team GB for Rio works out at between £1 and £2 per year for each person in the UK over the 4 year workup - pretty good value really since one lottery ticket is £2.