There are just a few more days remaining in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Gymnastics has given way to basketball at the Bercy Center and water polo has taken over at the aquatic center. Tae Kwando and the new “sport” of Breaking (break dancing) is set to begin.
A total of 75 countries have now earned medals at the Olympic Games and some of them for the very first time. The United States continues to lead the way in total medal wins with 86; but they have also taken over the lead in gold medals with 24 – two more than the People’s Republic of China.
Medal Count – Aug 6:
United States – 86
People’s Republic of China – 59
France – 48
Great Britain – 46
Australia – 35
Japan – 29
Republic of Korea – 26
Italy – 26
Netherlands – 19
Canada – 18
Germany – 17
Brazil – 13
New Zealand – 9
Spain – 9
Hungary – 8
Sweden – 8
Romania – 7
Ukraine – 7
Ireland – 7
Switzerland – 7
Greece – 7
Israel – 6
Belgium – 5
Croatia – 5
Kazakhstan – 5
Chinese Taipei – 5
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – 5
Hong Kong China – 4
Georgia – 4
South Africa – 4
Poland – 4
Kenya – 4
Jamaica – 4
Uzbekistan – 3
Mexico – 3
India – 3
Tajikistan – 3
Philippines – 3
Türkiye – 3
Denmark – 2
Azerbaijan – 2
Serbia – 2
Czechia – 2
Guatemala – 2
Kosovo – 2
Dominican Republic – 2
Republic of Moldova – 2
Ethiopia – 2
Lithuania – 2
Malaysia – 2
Chile – 2
Saint Lucia -2
Uganda – 2
Cuba – 2
Kyrgyzstan – 2
Thailand – 2
Countries with one medal win:
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Bahrain
Colombia
Dominica
Ecuador
Norway
Slovenia
Fiji
Mongolia
Tunisia
Austria
Cabo Verde
Egypt
Grenada
Indonesia
Islamic Republic of Iran
Portugal
Slovakia