The US and China won the same amount of golds but the US scooped more medals overall, finishing first for the fourth consecutive Olympics.
Competitions at the 2024 Paris Olympics ended with the women’s basketball final, with a 67-66 US win over France.
The US finished top of the table for the fourth consecutive Olympics
The neck-and-neck race between China and the US remained tight until the last competition on the calendar.
The women’s basketball victory sent the US to the top, followed by China in second and Japan in third — the exact outcome of the 2020 Tokyo Games.
In Paris, the US and China won the same amount of gold medals, 40.
However, the US nabbed more silver medals than China (44 versus 27), as well as more medals overall (126 versus 91).
Host France did extremely well, ranking as the first European country ahead of Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. It improved its Tokyo 2020 record by winning six additional golds and thirty-one more medals overall.
Here’s a complete medal breakdown of the 206 teams participating, including a tally for EU countries.
Athletes from 184 countries represented 206 Olympic committees, plus the refugee Olympic team, competing for gold in 32 sports, including four new additions.
For the first time, the EU featured very prominently in the Olympics, in what was dubbed “Team Europe”. You can see how many medals EU countries have won in the above table.
The Olympics officially wrapped up on Sunday night, with the closing ceremony at the Stade de France in Paris.
