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While the International Olympic Committee itself does not provide monetary rewards to Olympic medalists, many countries provide prize money to athletes for winning a medal at the Olympics. [1] [2] In countries such as Singapore and India elite sport enjoys heavy government involvement, and athletes are given high monetary rewards for winning ...
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.
The Olympic medal table is a method of sorting the medal placements of countries in the modern-day Olympics and Paralympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not officially recognize a ranking of participating countries at the Olympic Games. [ 1 ]
Team USA’s first gold medal of this year’s games came in the men’s 4x100-m freestyle relay with a time of 3:09.28. The women’s 4x100-m freestyle relay team also garnered silver, and Katie ...
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 ...
Games 1st place Med 2nd place Med 3rd place Med Nations with medals 1896 Athens United States (USA) 11 Greece (GRE) 10 Germany (GER) 6: 11 7: 17: 5 2: 5: 2 1900 Paris France (FRA)
She also won a gold medal in the women's 1500-meter freestyle, a silver medal in the women’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay race and a bronze medal in the women’s 400-meter freestyle.
The Geopolitics of Winter Olympic Medal Counts, The Atlantic, February 7, 2014; One Benefit of Hosting the Olympics? More Medals, NPR, August 8, 2012