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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 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 ...
August 12, 2024 at 2:26 PM CNN tracked the countries in the race for the most medals in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Below are the number of gold medals by country, as well as top three ...
The Summer Games returned to the traditional four-year Olympiad cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Paris 2024 featured the debut of breaking as an Olympic sport, [7] and was the final Olympic Games held during the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. [8] The 2024 Games were expected to cost €9 billion.
Sha'carri Richardson (USA) in the women's 4x100m relay round 1 heats during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France on Aug. 8, 2024. The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the ...
The 2024 Olympic Games is underway in Paris, where the United States are once again favourites to top the medal table at the end of the 17-day festival of sport.. The USA have finished on top of ...
More than 3.1 million km was driven in renewable electric Paris 2024 vehicles during the Games, consumed 474 MWh. [77] The electricity was supplied by EDF from six wind and two solar generation sites. [68] Compared to a normal summer, the frequency of bus services was higher during the Games, but almost all routes in Paris were modified. [55]
Data technology firm Gracenote, which specializes in Olympic medal projections, traditionally published its first estimates a year before the Games' commencement, in July 2023. In this release, based on the analysis of recent performances, the United States was predicted to win 43 gold, 43 silver, and 42 bronze medals at Paris for a total of ...