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The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [16]
The 2024 Summer Olympics (French: Les Jeux Olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la XXXIIIe olympiade de l'ère moderne) and branded as Paris 2024, was an international multi-sport event held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with several events started from 24 July. Paris was the host ...
Team USA’s first gold medal of this year’s games came in the men’s 4x100-m freestyle relay with a time of 3:09.28. The women’s 4x100-m freestyle relay team also garnered silver, and Katie ...
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.
Competition began on 24 July with the first matches in the group stages of football and rugby sevens events. The opening ceremony was held two days later on 26 July. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony was held on 11 August. [1] The games included 329 events in 32 different sports. Breakdancing made its debut as an Olympic ...
The 2024 Paralympics was the seventeenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September 2024. There were 549 medal events. Mauritius, Nepal and the Refugee Paralympic Team won their first Paralympic medals.
A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris ...