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2024 Summer Olympics medal table
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The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 24 July.[1] Athletes representing 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the games.[2] The games featured 329 events across 32 sports and 48 disciplines.[3] Breaking (breakdancing) made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned to the programme, having debuted at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
2024 Summer Olympics medals | ||||
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![]() Léon Marchand (pictured) won four gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete. | ||||
Location | Paris, ![]() | |||
Highlights | ||||
Most gold medals | ![]() ![]() | |||
Most total medals | ![]() | |||
Medalling NOCs | 92 | |||
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![Map displaying countries that won medals during 2024 Summer Olympics](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/2024_Summer_Olympics_medal_map.svg/640px-2024_Summer_Olympics_medal_map.svg.png)
Legend:
represents countries that won at least one gold medal.
represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals.
represents countries that won at least one bronze medal but no gold or silver medals.
represents countries that did not win any medals.
represents countries that did not participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Notes: the Refugee Olympic Team (best medal bronze) and Individual Neutral Athletes (best medal gold) are not represented on the map.
Overall, individuals representing 92 NOCs received at least one medal, with 64 of them winning at least one gold medal.[6] Botswana,[7] Dominica,[8] Guatemala,[9] and Saint Lucia won their nations' first Olympic gold medals.[10] Albania,[11] Cape Verde,[12] Dominica,[13] and Saint Lucia won their nations' first Olympic medals.[13] The Refugee Olympic Team also won their first medal.[14]
China and the United States tied for the most gold medals among NOCs, with 40 each, and the United States had the most overall medals, with 126.[15] Among individual participants, Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei won the most medals at the games with six (one silver, five bronze), while French swimmer Léon Marchand had the most gold medals with four.[16]