Olympics24: The Final medal tally - USA tops list, China 2nd, Japan third & India 71st

 

The summer Olympics 2024 at Paris comes to a close with a thrilling women's basketball final between hosts France & USA . After a ripping contest USA just managed to sneak through to a solitary point win . It was a heartbreak for French women as they could not avenge the defeat of their male counterparts to USA on the previous night . Finally USA winning in the last minute of the epic contest by 67-66  and managed to equal China with 40 golds which enabled the Americans to end the games as the top nation with more total medals than China . With 126 medals and 40 golds USA ended as the top nation in this Olympics followed by China with a total of 91 medals and 40 golds . Japan with 20 golds and 45 total medals ended at 3 and Australia with 53 totals medals but 18 golds ended at 4th and below Japan.  Hosts France with 64 total medals ended at 5th spot followed by Netherlands,  Great Britain,  South Korea , Italy and Germany .  

India with 6 total medals (5 bronze , 1 silver )  and no golds ended at 71st position amongst medal winning nations while Pakistan due to their lone gold in Javelin ended at 62nd spot and ahead of India .   

As the summer Olympics at Paris came to a close , we look back briefly at the Athletics medal list . Almost as per practice , the USA were again the  dominant force at the Althetics events with 34 medals in all and 11 golds . Kenya was a distant second with 10 medals including 4 golds . 

Below is the medal tally

2024 Olympics Games Medal Tally

POSITION	TEAMS	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	United States	40	44	42	126
2	China	40	27	24	91
3	Japan	20	12	13	45
4	Australia	18	19	16	53
5	France(host)	16	26	22	64
6	Netherlands	15	7	12	34
7	Great Britain	14	22	29	65
8	South Korea	13	9	10	32
9	Italy	12	13	15	40
10	Germany	12	13	8	33
71	India	0	1	5	6
11	New Zealand	10	7	3	20
12	Canada	9	7	11	27
13	Uzbekistan	8	2	3	13
14	Hungary	6	7	6	19

15	Spain	5	4	9	18
16	Sweden	4	4	3	11
17	Kenya	4	2	5	11
18	Norway	4	1	3	8
19	Ireland	4	0	3	7
20	Brazil	3	7	10	20
21	Iran	3	6	3	12
22	Ukraine	3	5	4	12
23	Romania	3	4	2	9
24	Georgia	3	3	1	7
25	Belgium	3	1	6	10
26	Bulgaria	3	1	3	7
27	Serbia	3	1	1	5
28	Czech Republic	3	0	2	5
29	Denmark	2	2	5	9

30	Azerbaijan	2	2	3	7
30	Croatia	2	2	3	7
32	Cuba	2	1	6	9
33	Bahrain	2	1	1	4
34	Slovenia	2	1	0	3
35	Chinese Taipei	2	0	5	7
36	Austria	2	0	3	5
37	Hong Kong	2	0	2	4
37	Philippines	2	0	2	4
39	Algeria	2	0	1	3
39	Indonesia	2	0	1	3
41	Israel	1	5	1	7
42	Poland	1	4	5	10
43	Kazakhstan	1	3	3	7
44	Jamaica	1	3	2	6

44	South Africa	1	3	2	6
44	Thailand	1	3	2	6
47	Ethiopia	1	3	0	4
48	Switzerland	1	2	5	8
49	Ecuador	1	2	2	5
50	Portugal	1	2	1	4
51	Greece	1	1	6	8
52	Argentina	1	1	1	3
52	Egypt	1	1	1	3
52	Tunisia	1	1	1	3
55	Botswana	1	1	0	2
55	Chile	1	1	0	2
55	Saint Lucia	1	1	0	2
55	Uganda	1	1	0	2
59	Dominican Republic	1	0	2	3

60	Guatemala	1	0	1	2
60	Morocco	1	0	1	2
62	Dominica	1	0	0	1
62	Pakistan	1	0	0	1
64	Turkey	0	3	5	8
65	Armenia	0	3	1	4
65	Colombia	0	3	1	4
67	Kyrgyzstan	0	2	4	6
67	North Korea	0	2	4	6
69	Lithuania	0	2	2	4
69	Mexico	0	2	2	4
72	Moldova	0	1	3	4
73	Kosovo	0	1	1	2
74	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
74	Fiji	0	1	0	1

74	Jordan	0	1	0	1
74	Mongolia	0	1	0	1
74	Panama	0	1	0	1
79	Tajikistan	0	0	3	3
80	Albania	0	0	2	2
80	Grenada	0	0	2	2
80	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
80	Puerto Rico	0	0	2	2
84	Cape Verde	0	0	1	1
84	Peru	0	0	1	1
84	Qatar	0	0	1	1
84	Refugee Olympic Team	0	0	1	1
84	Singapore	0	0	1	1
84	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
84	Zambia	0	0	1	1