Paris Olympics 2024 final medal table as Team GB come 7th in the world | Other | Sport
The curtain has fallen on the Paris Olympics and what an eventful couple of weeks it’s been. Fans were treated to a tapestry of unforgettable moments, broken records, historic achievements and controversies, making the Games one heck of a memorable spectacle.
Over 10,000 athletes battled it out across 329 events, with over 980 medals on offer. USA topped the medal table courtesy of the very final event, denying China the chance of topping the table for the first time since Beijing 2008. Team GB secured 65 medals, but ended up seventh in the table – their worst finish since Athens 2004.
Here, Express Sport runs you through the final standings and takes a look back at Team GB’s performance, as well as some of major highlights from the 33rd Olympiad.
Medal table
China missed out on first place despite winning a whopping 40 gold medals, their highest tally since they hosted the Games in 2008. They also won 27 silver medals and 24 bronze medals, with 91 medals overall.
But they were pipped to top spot because of silvers, as the USA finished claimed top spot courtesy of victory in the women’s basketball, the final event of the Games. They also had 40 golds, but 44 silvers and 42 bronze, with their 126 total medals claiming op spot. Japan finished third, just as they did in Tokyo three years ago, after winning 45 medals, 20 of which were gold.
Fourth in the table is Australia, who bagged 18 gold medals, while host nation France finished fifth with 16. The Netherlands, who claimed 15 gold medals, finished sixth, a place ahead of Team GB who secured 14 golds, their lowest haul of gold in 20 years. South Korea, Italy and Germany completed the top 10.
- USA – 40G, 44S, 42B – 126 total
- China – 40G, 27S, 24B – 91 total
- Japan – 20G, 12S, 13B – 45 total
- Australia – 18G, 19S, 16B – 53 total
- France – 16G, 26S, 22B – 64 total
- Netherlands – 15G, 7S, 12B – 34 total
- Great Britain – 14G, 22S, 29B, 65 total
- South Korea – 13G, 9S, 10B – 32 total
- Italy – 12G, 13S, 15B – 40 total
- Germany – 12G, 13S, 8B – 33 total
Team GB’s performance
It wasn’t exactly Team GB’s most memorable Olympics, but they still managed to bag themselves 65 medals, one more than they managed in Tokyo and only two fewer than they landed at the 2016 Games in Rio, where they ended second in the medal table.
They won gold in rowing, cycling, equestrian, athletics, swimming, shooting, gymnastics, sailing and climbing, and bagged medals in a further eight disciplines. High profile stars like Tom Daley, Adam Peaty, and Katarina Johnson-Thompson all won silver medals, as did golfer Tommy Fleetwood.
Alex Yee sensationally took gold in the men’s triathlon, while cyclist Tom Pidcock did the same in the cross-country event. There was also an impressive victory in swimming, with Team GB taking gold in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
In cycling, Team GB’s women’s team sprint trio of Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane also set a whopping three world records on the way to their gold medal.
Key highlights
American sprinter Noah Lyles was crowned the new fastest man on the planet in the most dramatic of styles after pipping Jamaican rival Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second at the finish line. Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo took gold in the men’s 200m, with a Covid-stricken Lyles taking bronze, while Canada won the 4x100m relay.
As for the women, Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred took home the gold, while USA’s Gabrielle Thomas did the same in the 200m. Team USA also won gold in the women’s 4x100m relay.
Elsewhere, Cole Hocker broke the Olympic record in the men’s 1500m after pipping British favourite Josh Kerr, as well as his fierce rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen, in the home stretch. Meanwhile, French swimmer Leon Marchand ended the Games as the most decorated athlete, having won five medals, four of which were gold. He also broke two Olympic records.
Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis also smashed his own world record with an incredible jump of 6.25m in the men’s pole vault final. Incredibly, the feat marked the eighth world record jump of his career.
American swimmer Bobby Finke won gold and broke a 12-year-old world record in the men’s 1,500m freestyle, while compatriots Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Lilly King and Regan Smith blitzed the world record in the women’s 4x100m medley relay.
