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India won six medals including a silver and five bronze to be ranked 71st amongst the 206 NOCs that participated in the Olympics. This was India's third-best medal haul after the 2020 and 2012 respectively. Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals in shooting and became the first Indian to win two medals in a single Olympics since India gained ...
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 ]
For the 2016 Summer Olympics, India sent more than 100 athletes for the first time with 117 competitors. [79] [80] India won two medals including a silver and a bronze. [81] [82] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and the youngest Indian woman medalist after she won a silver medal in badminton.
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC ...
PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics are underway. The United States led the medal standings after the seventh day of competition with host France second and China third, but more winners will join the list every day from July 27-Aug. 11. See which countries lead the medal count and the highlights in today's schedule. Below is a list of all the ...
Why Team USA’s first gold medal of 2024 Olympics was a full-circle one for Caeleb Dressel. Henry Bushnell. July 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM. Medal table | Olympic schedule | Olympic news.
Harvinder Singh won India's first Paralympic gold medal in archery. This was his second medal after the bronze he won at the previous Games. [13] Dharambir Nain won India's fifth gold medal in the men's club throw F51 event. [14] Praveen Kumar won India's third athletics gold medal in the men's high jump T64 event. [15]