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The 2024 Summer Olympics was the most successful Olympics in the history of the nation, with Ireland breaking their previous record medal haul of 6 at London 2012. The team also surpassed the Atlanta 96 record of 3 Olympics golds in a games, including both a first Olympic medal and Olympic gold medal in gymnastics as well as a first gold for ...
List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...
The 2024 Paris games also marked 100 years since Ireland's first appearance at the summer games. The highest number of golds achieved in a particular Olympic games is four, which was achieved at Paris 2024 with gold medals in swimming, rowing, gymnastics and boxing.
The Summer Olympics will run through Sunday, Aug. 11 ending with the closing ceremony on NBC at 7 p.m. ET from Stade de France in Paris. Join our Chasing Gold newsletter: Your guide to the 2024 ...
The historic 2024 Paris Olympics are now in the final days of competition. Here is how to catch the last events of the Summer Games. 2024 Paris Olympic Games: Final weekend schedule with TV, time ...
Mixed events at the Summer Olympics by year (14 C) Women's events at the Summer Olympics by year (29 C) E. Events at the 1906 Intercalated Games (4 C, 14 P)
This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and other venues in Metropolitan France, plus one subsite in Tahiti in the overseas country of French Polynesia. Competition began on 24 July with the first matches in the group stages of football and rugby sevens events.
24 July – Ireland began its participation in the Summer Olympics with victories in Paris against South Africa and Japan in the rugby sevens event. This year marked the centenary of Ireland's first Olympics as an independent nation, in Paris in 1924. [182] 12 August – Ireland's Olympic athletes were welcomed home from the games in Paris by a ...