Team Great Britain’s Performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics: A Record-Breaking Triumph
The final medal tally of the 2024 Paris Olympics has been released, showcasing Team Great Britain’s impressive performance as they surpassed their previous medal count from the Tokyo Games. On a thrilling concluding day of competition, British athletes Emily Campbell and Emma Finucane secured bronze medals in weightlifting and women’s individual track cycling sprint, respectively. This achievement not only marked an exhilarating end to a remarkable two weeks but also made Finucane the first British woman to win three medals in a single Olympic Games since Mary Rand in 1964.
Great Britain concluded the 2024 Olympics with a total of 65 medals, which is one more than their haul in Tokyo in 2021, despite winning eight fewer gold medals. This total mirrors the number of medals achieved during the 2012 London Olympics and is just two medals short of the outstanding performance in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Such a result placed Team GB in seventh place in the final medal standings, marking their lowest finish since they ranked tenth at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Games.
Historically, Great Britain has enjoyed impressive rankings, having finished fourth in the medal count at the Tokyo Olympics and second in Rio. In contrast, the United States reclaimed the top position in the medal table, matching China in gold medal count with an intense conclusion to the women’s basketball finals, but vastly outperforming in total medals.
The 2024 Olympic final medal standings are as follows:
1. **United States**: 40 Gold, 44 Silver, 42 Bronze – **Total: 126**
2. **China**: 40 Gold, 27 Silver, 24 Bronze – **Total: 91**
3. **Japan**: 20 Gold, 12 Silver, 13 Bronze – **Total: 45**
4. **Australia**: 18 Gold, 19 Silver, 16 Bronze – **Total: 53**
5. **France**: 16 Gold, 26 Silver, 22 Bronze – **Total: 64**
6. **Netherlands**: 15 Gold, 7 Silver, 12 Bronze – **Total: 34**
7. **Great Britain**: 14 Gold, 22 Silver, 29 Bronze – **Total: 65**
8. **South Korea**: 13 Gold, 9 Silver, 10 Bronze – **Total: 32**
9. **Italy**: 12 Gold, 13 Silver, 15 Bronze – **Total: 40**
10. **Germany**: 12 Gold, 13 Silver, 8 Bronze – **Total: 33**
This year’s medal table ranking is determined foremost by the number of gold medals secured by each country. In cases where countries are tied in golds, silver medals serve as the first tiebreaker, followed by bronze medals, and finally, an alphabetical ordering is applied where necessary. All details concerning the 2024 Paris Olympics medal count were last updated on Sunday, August 11 at 5 PM BST.
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