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The 2024 Summer Olympics was the most successful Olympics in the history of the nation, with Ireland breaking their previous record medal haul of 6 at London 2012. The team also surpassed the Atlanta 96 record of 3 Olympics golds in a games, including both a first Olympic medal and Olympic gold medal in gymnastics as well as a first gold for ...
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from ...
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 ]
Olympics. Medals table. Through Tuesday. Events finished: 56. Events scheduled: 273
Tweet discusses rusted bronze medals from Paris 2024 Olympics, comparing to Rio\'s rapidly degrading medals. Image credits: 2018Josh Comment on rusted bronze medals by French Olympians for Paris 2024.
The team also surpassed the Atlanta 1996 record of 3 Olympics golds in a games, including both a first Olympic medal and Olympic gold medal in Gymnastics as well as a first ever gold for the men in Swimming. The 2024 Paris games also marked 100 years since Ireland's first appearance at the summer games.
In 2024, the wide, wide world of sports saw repeat champions, first-time titlists, a grand Paris summer and some epic fails. The winners and losers:
He was the second Irish swimming medalist at the 2024 games and the first individual Olympic Gold medal winner from Northern Ireland since 1972. [13] [14] [15] On 4 August, Wiffen won the bronze medal in the 1500m freestyle final, with a time of 14:39.63.