Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Medal Count

[heywoodu 16,022]

35 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

The medals table looks nice and everyone gets crazy about it, but it really is just one side of the story.

And especially a story that's often big among people who don't really watch the sports that often  

 

I dare say I've followed the Olympics insanely intense, basically every single day from 07:30 or so to around midnight, with very limited moments for anything else in between...let's say an average of around 15 hours a day for a little over two full weeks. Yet only yesterday did I realize the 'fight' for top spot at the medal table was actually close, I had no idea  

 

As far as it's really a fight of course, I really doubt individual athletes/teams care that much about it....it's probably more like a nice bonus if their country does well in general, but if they had their own competition already and didn't reach their goals, that won't be made up by someone in a totally different sport doing well  

 

In the end, overall medal tables are more for the general public in the big media as a fun thing to follow.

Edited August 12, 2024 by heywoodu

[Noorderling29 192]

2 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

It's kind of crazy for France to have as many Top 8 as China, but more than two time less gold medals. Or for Spain to have as many Top 8 as SK, but almost three times less golds.

 

The medals table looks nice and everyone gets crazy about it, but it really is just one side of the story.

 

TeamNL has 41 fewer top 8 places than Germany, but wins one medal more. 

Edited August 12, 2024 by Noorderling29

[Timezone 27]

20 hours ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

2 can play this game

 

Brady Ellison lost a gold on cm's

Nevin Harrison lost in a photo finish

Biles fell of a beam and stepped out on the floor.  

Lyles lost the 200 gold because of covid

Triathlon mixed relay photo finish loss

 

Not to mention the swimming mixed relay that was a doped medal ( will be eventually returned to usa once congress is done with ioc)

Kate Douglass won 200m breaststroke as WR holder and women's with fastest times this year was banned as she os Russian. 

 

[AmericanHero40 243]

22 minutes ago, Timezone said:

Kate Douglass won 200m breaststroke as WR holder and women's with fastest times this year was banned as she os Russian. 

 

The lack of Russians helped China more.    Russia would've won the golds in artistic swimming and rhythmic gymnastics

[FancyFenchel 111]

9 hours ago, heywoodu said:

And especially a story that's often big among people who don't really watch the sports that often

Paris 2024 was the 4th Games (Sommer+Winter) where i did not care about the medal table. And enjoyed the Games and sport very much. (well Eurosport, Max, DiscoverPlus (branding may vary by region) has destroyed it for me by showing the medal table at pauses in the broadcast.)

 

It weird concept to me, summing medals from team and individual sports, sports with a lot of same-but-little-different events or lot of different weight classes etc.

Yeah, a lot of people don't care about sport, games, about the athletes, about the competition, but just care about a number in a table.  There is a plenty of statistic on the world ranking countries - why not interested about that?

 

 

 

 

[Grassmarket 4,063]

12 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Last daily streak update Merci Paris, see you in California.

1.  China — 47 days
2.  Italy — 36 days
3.  Japan — 32 days
4.  United States — 30 days
5.  Great Britain — 30 days

New Streaks Opened in Paris

1.  Australia — 16 days
2.  Netherlands — 12 days
3.  Germany — 6 days
4.  Iran — 6 days
5.  Azerbaijan — 5 days
6.  Canada — 5 days
7.  Denmark — 5 days
8.  Spain — 5 days
9.  France — 5 days
10.  New Zealand — 5 days
11.  Hungary — 3 days
12.  Kenya — 3 days
13.  Poland — 3 days
14.  Serbia — 3 days
15. Albania — 2 days
16. Ethiopia — 2 days
17. South Korea — 2 days

 

1 day streak:

 

6 NOCs won a medal in all day in Paris, and France isn't among there.

Thanks for doing this btw, I found it very interesting & actually useful because it demonstrates which nations compete in a broad range of sports & which are specialising in a small number.

[Grassmarket 4,063]

On 8/11/2024 at 2:32 PM, OlympicsFan said:

Are there actually nations that have tons of hobby divers? Never heard of it, same is true for sports like modern pentathlon, track cycling or ski jumping.

Well, here in Britain we have Diving Clubs and even an annual national regional cup series.  So there is a grassroots scene.

[Grassmarket 4,063]

On 8/11/2024 at 7:28 PM, Federer91 said:

 

 

 Uzbekistan also had their best Games ever and so much better than in Tokyo. Their stronghold is boxing, but also have done very good in the other combat sports. Once again the motto of "know what you are good at". I think they were slightly pushed in some boxing matches, but in general their fighters are amongst the best in this version of boxing.

 

 

 

 

Certainly illustrates the importance of having corrupt & violent mafiosi controlling the judging pool. 

[OlympicsFan 860]

On 8/11/2024 at 10:20 PM, bestmen said:

CHN won the edition  with 40 Gold 

 

 

I think China shouldn’t be satisfied with the results here. By now they should be ahead of the U.S., given how good they already were in 2008. China is inexistent in a lot of sports with tons of medals (athletics, rowing, judo, track cycling).

Number of top 8 finishes in women’s track events (athletics):

France: 6

Netherlands: 6

Jamaica: 6

China: 0

Even Japan is lightyears ahead of China in track events.

 

Time of the fastest athlete in women’s 800 m this year: 2:01.88

 

Time of the 13th fastest  athlete in women’s 800 m this year: 2:01.69

 

Time of the second fastest  athlete in women’s 800 m this year: 2:04.46

 

Time of the 23rd fastest  athlete in women’s 800 m this year: 2:04.22

 

Time of the fastest  athlete in women’s 1500 m this year: 4:15.62

 

Time of the 31st fastest  athlete in women’s 1500 m this year: 4:15.50

 

Time of the 2nd fastest  athlete in women’s 1500 m this year: 4:20.83

 

Time of the 52nd fastest  athlete in women’s 1500 m this year: 4:20.67

Edited August 12, 2024 by OlympicsFan

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37 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Certainly illustrates the importance of having corrupt & violent mafiosi controlling the judging pool. 

They should try their luck at athletics, but the U.S. probably wouldn’t like that …

Maybe Uzbekistan could naturalize some russian gymnasts/race runners.