2024-08-12 13:00:02
The 2024 Paris Olympics ends thanks to victory At the last minute of the U.S. basketball final against France, the U.S. team ranked first in the medal standings, tied with China for the number of gold medals, but far ahead in silver and bronze medals.
This is the fifth consecutive time that an American athlete has achieved the best result of any country participating in the Olympics. Since the 1992 CIS (former Soviet Union) victory, only China has deprived the U.S. team of first place at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
However, Team USA did not take the lead in the first week of the Olympics. Japan (third, with 20 gold medals) and Australia (fourth, with 18 gold medals) managed to temporarily reach the top of the podium, as did France, who on July 31 Léon Marchand ) After winning the double, France led the nations in just seven minutes.
As usual, the United States excelled especially in athletics, where they won 15 gold medals, and also in swimming. With eight titles, they are less successful at racquet sports, horseback riding or rock climbing. The Chinese team performed well in table tennis, diving and shooting events, winning gold medals throughout the competition.
The two highest-ranking countries, China and the United States, are unique in that more women than men have won medals (51 in first place compared to 34 in the United States; 68 in second place compared with 52 in the United States). . In contrast, France had more male medalists (32 to 23 female medalists).
This Olympic Games also brought unprecedented performance, breaking 39 Olympic records, including 12 world records. Olympic history will be remembered for the Swede Armand Duplantis, who broke his own world record in the pole vault (6.25 meters), or the Frenchman Léon Marchand, who broke four Olympic record.
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