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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 2020.
Together with the men's competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France. The United States won a record-extending fifth gold medal, and their first since 2012, defeating Brazil 1–0 in the final, held at Parc des Princes in Paris. [2]
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 ...
Gold, silver and bronze: See which countries have the most medals in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ... Olympics. Medals table. Through Tuesday. Events finished: 56. Events scheduled: 273. Country.
Lee Kiefer of the United States celebrates with her coach Amgad Khazbak after winning the women's foil individual Gold medal on July 28, 2024 in Paris (Al Bello / Getty Images)
The competition featured an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history. The marathon race walk mixed relay through a marathon course was contested for the first time at these Games, replacing the men's 50 kilometres race walk in the quest for gender equality. [2]
On her third attempt of the competition, Echikunwoke ascended to first place with a season-best throw of 75.48 meters, one centimeter shy of the best throw of her career.