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The hockey team won India's first gold medal in the Olympics at Amsterdam. [14] This was the first gold medal won by any nation from Asia at the modern Olympic Games. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] For the 1932 Games , the Indian contingent consisted of the field hockey team and five athletes. [ 17 ]
Spanish athletes have won a total of 192 medals in 33 different sports as of 2024 and the country currently ranks 25th in the all-time Summer Olympics medal count, with canoeing as the top medal-producing sport and sailing as the top gold medal-producing sport. Five of those medals were won at the Winter Games.
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC ...
2024 Summer Olympics; IOC code: ESP: NOC: Spanish Olympic Committee: Website: www.coe.es (in Spanish) in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 383 in 31 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Marcus Cooper Walz & Támara Echegoyen: Flag bearer (closing) Jordan Díaz & María Pérez: Medals Ranked 15th: Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 9 ...
According to Guinness World Records, there was no such thing in 1896. In fact, the first gold medals were awarded at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. Before that, gold was considered too ...
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [16]
While the Olympic medals are a customary gift for winning athletes, this year's awards also have a special touch to them: Each gold, silver and bronze medal has an 18-gram hexagonal piece of iron ...
The Paralympic Phryge has one prosthetic leg, and it has the word “Bravo” written in Braille on the back, as well as a gold, silver or bronze medal sewn into the belly, according to the ...