The 2024 Paris Olympics concluded with a dramatic finish, highlighting the fierce competition between the United States and China. Both nations claimed 40 gold medals each, but the USA emerged as the overall leader with a total of 126 medals, outpacing China, which secured 91. This marks the fourth consecutive Olympics where the USA has topped the medal table, reinforcing its dominance in global sports.
Basketball (Women)
Key to the USA’s success was the final event of the games, the women’s basketball final, where the USA narrowly defeated France 67-66, clinching the gold that allowed them to tie with China in gold medals. Japan followed in third place with 20 golds, while Australia and France rounded out the top five with 18 and 16 golds, respectively.
Swimming (Women)
On an individual level, Chinese swimmer Yufei Zhang was the most decorated athlete at the games, earning six medals in total, including five bronze and one silver. However, the USA’s swimmers also shone brightly, with several athletes like Torri Huske and Regan Smith contributing significantly to the medal tally.
Individual athletes with the most medals won at the Paris 2024 Olympics
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the athlete with the most medals won was Yefei Zhang. The Chinese swimmer won a total of six medals, which included five bronze medals and one silver medal. Meanwhile, French Swimmer Leon Marchand secured four gold medals and one bronze medal.Â
Medal table
Paris 2024 will be remembered for its intense competition, with the USA and China locked in a battle until the very last event, demonstrating the ever-increasing global competitiveness in the Olympics.
New World Record - Armand DUPLANTIS
As of August 2024, Duplantis has cleared six meters or higher in competition more times than any athlete in history, including the nine highest heights of all time.[5][6] After Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.16 m (20 ft 2+1/2 in) in 2014, Duplantis has cleared every height from 6.17 m to his current world record of 6.25 m, which he achieved at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Duplantis won the gold with a jump of 6.00 m and broke the world record with a jump of 6.25 m.
New Olympic Record - Arshad Nadeem
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won gold with a throw of 92.97 meters, setting a new Olympic record and surpassing Denmark’s Andreas Thorkildsen’s mark from Beijing 2008. Grenada’s Anderson Peters secured bronze with a throw of 88.54 meters
Memories of Peris Olympics 2024
