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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.
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 ...
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]
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 ]
With his gold medal in the 2020 Olympics, he became the fifth individual multiple medalist for India and first to win a gold and silver combination. [14] Aman Sehrawat won a bronze medal for India in the men's freestyle 57kg wrestling event. The 21-year-old became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal. [15] [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 nation finished the Games with 17 total medals: three gold, eight silver, and six bronze, matching the overall tally of the 2016 Olympics. Its gold medal haul dropped from 7 to 3. Two of Spain's gold medals were in sports making their Olympic debut this year: karate ( Sandra Sánchez , women's kata ), and sport climbing ( Alberto Ginés ...
Team USA’s 554 members have headed off to Rio to obtain one thing: a gold medal -- but going for the gold may come with a hefty price-tag come tax season.