MedalChampion

Some observations on a few other nations.
 
 New Zealand continue their leadership in the category of "Most wins and medals compared to the population and territory of the country". Their sporting success and consistency every Summer Olympics is admirable. 
 
 Netherlands officially confirmed their status as a member of the "Big Boys Club". Second consecutive Summer Games with over 30 medals, but with a better conversion into Golds and 6th place in the table. In Tokyo they were 7th. Add to that the last 3 Winter ones, where they were 5, 5 and 6th and it shows how they have steadily risen in the ranks. 
 
Sure, the majority of their medals came from cycling, rowing and athletics, but that just means they are perfectly escalating in the traditionally strong sports for them. Know what you are good at.
 
 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.
 
 Canada is also steadily improving, but unlike  and  their progress is seen in a large variety of sports. Sure, they have a superstar like McIntosh who brought many of the swimming medals, but i was watching a number of other sports and they had Canadians fighting for top positions everywhere. Sports, which you wouldn't associate with Canada in the past years. Don't know what has changed, but they have broaden their sporting horizon. If things continue like this, by LA 28 they would be in the  -  -  -  fight. 
Also with the US being hosts, they will have a much easier path in the qualifications without the Americans, so their delegation will be 350-400 in 2028 i reckon.
 
 
 

FINAL STANDING
 
Sunday 11.08.2024
Total Medal Events: 329/329  
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 40 44 42 126 2 China 40 27 24 91 3 Japan 20 12 13 45 4 Australia 18 19 16 53 5 France 16 26 22 64 6 Netherlands 15 7 12 34 7 Great Britain 14 22 29 65 8 South Korea 13 9 10 32 9 Italy 12 13 15 40 10 Germany 12 13 8 33 11 New Zealand 10 7 3 20 12 Canada 9 7 11 27 13 Uzbekistan 8 2 3 13 14 Hungary 6 7 6 19 15 Spain 5 4 9 18 16 Sweden 4 4 3 11 17 Kenya 4 2 5 11 18 Norway 4 1 3 8 19 Ireland 4 0 3 7 20 Brazil 3 7 10 20 21 Iran 3 6 3 12 22 Ukraine 3 5 4 12 23 Romania 3 4 2 9 24 Georgia 3 3 1 7 25 Belgium 3 1 6 10 26 Bulgaria 3 1 3 7 27 Serbia 3 1 1 5 28 Czechia 3 0 2 5 29 Denmark 2 2 5 9 30 Azerbaijan 2 2 3 7 - Croatia 2 2 3 7 32 Cuba 2 1 6 9 33 Bahrain 2 1 1 4 34 Slovenia 2 1 0 3 35 Chinese Taipei 2 0 5 7 36 Austria 2 0 3 5 37 Hong Kong 2 0 2 4 - Philippines 2 0 2 4 39 Algeria 2 0 1 3 - Indonesia 2 0 1 3 41 Israel 1 5 1 7 42 Poland 1 4 5 10 43 Kazakhstan 1 3 3 7 44 Jamaica 1 3 2 6 - South Africa 1 3 2 6 - Thailand 1 3 2 6 47 Ethiopia 1 3 0 4 48 Switzerland 1 2 5 8 49 Ecuador 1 2 2 5 50 Portugal 1 2 1 4 51 Greece 1 1 6 8 52 Argentina 1 1 1 3 - Egypt 1 1 1 3 - Tunisia 1 1 1 3 55 Botswana 1 1 0 2 - Chile 1 1 0 2 - Saint Lucia 1 1 0 2 - Uganda 1 1 0 2 59 Dominican Republic 1 0 2 3 60 Guatemala 1 0 1 2 - Morocco 1 0 1 2 62 Dominica 1 0 0 1 - Pakistan 1 0 0 1 64 Turkiye 0 3 5 8 65 Mexico 0 3 2 5 66 Armenia 0 3 1 4 - Colombia 0 3 1 4 68 Kyrgyzstan 0 2 4 6 - North Korea 0 2 4 6 70 Lithuania 0 2 2 4 71 India 0 1 5 6 72 Moldova 0 1 3 4 73 Kosovo 0 1 1 2 74 Cyprus 0 1 0 1 - Fiji 0 1 0 1 - Jordan 0 1 0 1 - Mongolia 0 1 0 1 - Panama 0 1 0 1 79 Tajikistan 0 0 3 3 80 Albania 0 0 2 2 - Grenada 0 0 2 2 - Malaysia 0 0 2 2 - Puerto Rico 0 0 2 2 84 Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 1 1 - Cabo Verde 0 0 1 1 - Refugee Olympic Team 0 0 1 1 - Peru 0 0 1 1 - Qatar 0 0 1 1 - Singapore 0 0 1 1 - Slovakia 0 0 1 1 - Zambia 0 0 1 1  
*Table Does not include medals won by AIN (1-3-2).

FINAL STANDING
 
Sunday 11.08.2024
Total Medal Events: 329/329  
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 40 44 42 126 2 China 40 27 24 91 3 Japan 20 12 13 45 4 Australia 18 19 16 53 5 France 16 26 22 64 6 Netherlands 15 7 12 34 7 Great Britain 14 22 29 65 8 South Korea 13 9 10 32 9 Italy 12 13 15 40 10 Germany 12 13 8 33 11 New Zealand 10 7 3 20 12 Canada 9 7 11 27 13 Uzbekistan 8 2 3 13 14 Hungary 6 7 6 19 15 Spain 5 4 9 18 16 Sweden 4 4 3 11 17 Kenya 4 2 5 11 18 Norway 4 1 3 8 19 Ireland 4 0 3 7 20 Brazil 3 7 10 20 21 Iran 3 6 3 12 22 Ukraine 3 5 4 12 23 Romania 3 4 2 9 24 Georgia 3 3 1 7 25 Belgium 3 1 6 10 26 Bulgaria 3 1 3 7 27 Serbia 3 1 1 5 28 Czechia 3 0 2 5 29 Denmark 2 2 5 9 30 Azerbaijan 2 2 3 7 - Croatia 2 2 3 7 32 Cuba 2 1 6 9 33 Bahrain 2 1 1 4 34 Slovenia 2 1 0 3 35 Chinese Taipei 2 0 5 7 36 Austria 2 0 3 5 37 Hong Kong 2 0 2 4 - Philippines 2 0 2 4 39 Algeria 2 0 1 3 - Indonesia 2 0 1 3 41 Israel 1 5 1 7 42 Poland 1 4 5 10 43 Kazakhstan 1 3 3 7 44 Jamaica 1 3 2 6 - South Africa 1 3 2 6 - Thailand 1 3 2 6 47 Ethiopia 1 3 0 4 48 Switzerland 1 2 5 8 49 Ecuador 1 2 2 5 50 Portugal 1 2 1 4 51 Greece 1 1 6 8 52 Argentina 1 1 1 3 - Egypt 1 1 1 3 - Tunisia 1 1 1 3 55 Botswana 1 1 0 2 - Chile 1 1 0 2 - Saint Lucia 1 1 0 2 - Uganda 1 1 0 2 59 Dominican Republic 1 0 2 3 60 Guatemala 1 0 1 2 - Morocco 1 0 1 2 62 Dominica 1 0 0 1 - Pakistan 1 0 0 1 64 Turkiye 0 3 5 8 65 Mexico 0 3 2 5 66 Armenia 0 3 1 4 - Colombia 0 3 1 4 68 Kyrgyzstan 0 2 4 6 - North Korea 0 2 4 6 70 Lithuania 0 2 2 4 71 India 0 1 5 6 72 Moldova 0 1 3 4 73 Kosovo 0 1 1 2 74 Cyprus 0 1 0 1 - Fiji 0 1 0 1 - Jordan 0 1 0 1 - Mongolia 0 1 0 1 - Panama 0 1 0 1 79 Tajikistan 0 0 3 3 80 Albania 0 0 2 2 - Grenada 0 0 2 2 - Malaysia 0 0 2 2 - Puerto Rico 0 0 2 2 84 Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 1 1 - Cabo Verde 0 0 1 1 - Refugee Olympic Team 0 0 1 1 - Peru 0 0 1 1 - Qatar 0 0 1 1 - Singapore 0 0 1 1 - Slovakia 0 0 1 1 - Zambia 0 0 1 1  
*Table Does not include medals won by AIN (1-3-2).

Here's a comparison of how nations performed between 2020 and 2024.
 
More Gold Medals
+7
+6
+5
+5
+3
 
South Korea recovered well after a poor 2020 while France benefited greatly from being the host nation. The Netherlands and Uzbekistan see their increase investment in sport yield good results.
 
 
Fewer Gold Medals
-20
-8
-7
-5
-4
-3
-3
 
Obviously Russia was going to have the least amount of golds, even accounting for they did not win a single gold. Despite having similar amount of medals as 2020, Great Britain just couldn't convert them to gold this time. The same can be said for Brazil. Japan loses out in their host nation boost while economic troubles continues to hurt Cuba.
 
 
More Total Medals
+31
+13
+12
+8
+7
+6
+5
+5
 
France with the host boost saw a huge jump in total medals. Despite only getting 1 more gold medal compared to 2020, the United States wins an additional 13 medals. As with the gold medals, South Korea saw a nice increase in total medals as well. Uzbekistan and Australia saw nice increases. North Korea is only here because they did not participate in 2020. One can only imagine their increase had they attempted to qualify during the entire period as oppose to the second half.
 
 
Fewer Total Medals
-70
-13
-7
-6
-6
-5
-5
-5
 
Russia got banned and lost out on almost all their medals. Again, Japan lost its host boost. Ukraine suffered from the war while the other nations face either economic issues or returned to the mean after a great 2020.

Final update:
 
NOC points total top8 USA 1193 226 CHN 846 155 FRA 699 150 GBR 681 136 ITA 556 120 AUS 541 109 JPN 532 115 GER 491 117 NED 382 76 CAN 341 79 KOR 333 66 ESP 296 69 BRA 247 57 HUN 238 51 NZL 232 53 UKR 170 42 SUI 156 41 POL 149 39 BEL 145 33 UZB 138 28 SWE 127 27 IRI 115 21 KEN 112 21 NOR 112 26 TUR 108 27 DEN 105 24 ROU 103 22 CZE 99 25 IND 99 23 IRL 94 22 MEX 90 24 TPE 90 20 GRE 88 19 KAZ 86 20 BUL 79 16 CRO 79 17 CUB 78 15 ETH 78 20 SRB 75 19 AZE 73 17 JAM 73 20 COL 72 18 THA 70 14 GEO 68 12 AIN 68 15 AUT 66 14 EGY 65 18 RSA 59 12 ISR 58 11 POR 57 14 ECU 56 11 KGZ 54 10 PRK 51 9 ARM 49 11 LTU 49 13 SLO 46 10 PHI 45 8 TUN 41 9 INA 40 8 HKG 39 7 MGL 37 12 MDA 34 7 SVK 34 8 ARG 33 9 BRN 32 5 DOM 30 7 ALG 29 6 MAS 29 6 TJK 26 6 PER 25 6 MAR 24 5 NGR 24 9 FIN 23 9 BOT 20 4 CHI 20 4 EST 20 7 PUR 20 4 KOS 17 3 UGA 17 4 GRN 16 3 VEN 16 7 LCA 15 2 EOR 15 4 GUA 14 2 LAT 14 4 QAT 14 3 ALB 13 3 CIV 12 5 CYP 12 3 JOR 11 2 ZAM 11 3 SGP 10 2 DMA 8 1 PAK 8 1 FIJ 7 1 PAN 7 1 TTO 7 2 VIE 7 2 CPV 6 1 CRC 5 1 PAR 5 2 VIN 5 1 BER 4 1 BUR 4 1 IVB 4 1 KSA 4 1 LBN 4 1 PNG 4 1 SMR 4 1 SYR 4 1 ZIM 4 2 AND 3 1 BAH 3 1 IRQ 3 1 BAR 2 1 BIH 2 1 KIR 2 1 LBR 2 1 LES 2 1 NIG 2 1 UAE 2 1 ARU 1 1 CAY 1 1 121 NOCs (+ AIN and EOR) reaching at least a top 8 placement. 

For the first time ever there isn't an European nation in the Top4. The Russian ban + Great Britain underperforming + France not reaching their full potial at home... weakest European performance at the Olympic Games, in the "capital of Europe" of all places. 

It's over!  The USA finishes first in the medal table! What a comeback again by the United States to surpass China!

It's over!  The USA finishes first in the medal table! What a comeback again by the United States to surpass China!

It's over!  The USA finishes first in the medal table! What a comeback again by the United States to surpass China!

Ireland had their best ever Olympic Games in Paris finishing in 19th place on the final medals table with 4 golds and 3 bronze medals.
It surpassed all of my expectations and Paris will have a very special place in my heart with lots of beautiful memories. I got to experience the Olympics in person for the first time in my life and it did not disappoint, I loved every minute of it and the atmosphere was wonderful.
 
 
 
 
 
 

This is number of sports China participated in from 2000 until 2024:
2000 - 28, 
2004 - 28
2008 - 28
2012 - 23
2016 - 26
2020 - 30
2024 - 33
 
That's one of the reasons for my statement.
 
 
 

At least Finland is very high up the world happiness ranking, even without Olympic medals.

By the way if it stays 40-40 with golds (which is probably the case) what would have made the difference?
Maybe for
China: Imane Khalif box final (could they somehow challenge that?)
US: err, that high jump 

These are objective calculations that we have the most 4th and 5th places (5th place in judo is the first place behind the podium). On paper we should win about 45 medals here - that's what the bookmakers' predictions indicated before the games. But personally, I prefer gold in volleyball than 4-5 bronze in track cycling or archery.

Guys, there are books that have the bet for Most winning Gold Medal in Olympic.
 
What happens to the money if you either pick US or China. Its crazy lol. Its unthinkable. The books might eat both side of money?

Jennifer Valente on top of the omnium with 144 points after the points race. This medals race is going to be decided by the women’s basketball final between the United States and France

Here we are,  China now at 40 gold medals.

should finish 5th and first European nation 

Japan overtakes Australia

I think it's over now. Valente is going to win the Omnium and regardless of the wrestling final, the US will be first on Silvers. Another last day steal just like in Tokyo.

Team Slovakia
 
at PARIS 2024
FINAL TABLE OF HONOR
 

 
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MEDALS
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1st PLACE - GOLD MEDAL None   2nd PLACE - SILVER MEDAL None   3rd PLACE - BRONZE MEDAL (1) Matej Beňuš Canoe Slalom - M C1     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP 8s
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  4th PLACE (3) Zuzana Paňková Canoe Slalom - W C1   Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Tennis - W Singles   Vanesa Hocková Shooting - W Skeet     5th PLACE (1) Richard Tury Skateboarding - M Street     6th PLACE (3) Jakub Grigar Canoe Slalom - M K1   Jakub Grigar Canoe Slalom - M Kayak-Cross   Danka Barteková Shooting - W Skeet     7th PLACE None   8th PLACE None   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP 10s
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9th Place (2) Eliška Mintálová Canoe Slalom - W K1 Marius Fízeľ Judo - M +100kg   10th Place (2) Patrik Jány Shooting - M 50m Rifle 3 Positions Tajmuraz Salkazanov Freestyle Wrestling - M -74kg  

I don't really care one way or the other, but I'd prefer the US to top the medals table as it's a much more a genuine grass roots sporting nation than China. 
 

There is a real chance that the will be one gold medal behind because McEwen refused to share gold with Kerr xD
 
Both the US and China are heavy favourites to win one gold tomorrow (women's basketball and women's +87kg in weightlifting). China doesn't have any other real gold medal chances, while the US is in two other finals (women's volleyball and women's -76kg in wrestling) and I believe favourite in the women's omnium

Day 15 Update
 
Right now, at the end of Day 15, we have the following gold medals for the USA, China, and France:
 39 gold medals (+1 compared to the same period at the 2020 Games)
 38 gold medals (+2 compared to the same period at the 2020 Games)
 16 gold medals (+7 compared to the same period at the 2020 Games)
 
Everything will be decided on the last day.
 

Day 14 Update
 
Right now, at the end of Day 14, we have the following gold medals for the USA, China, and France:
 33 gold medals (+2 compared to the same period at the 2020 Games)
 33 gold medals (-3 compared to the same period at the 2020 Games)
 14 gold medals (+7 compared to the same period at the 2020 Games)
 
This would imply the following total at the end of the 2024 Games:
 USA - 41 gold medals
 China - 35 gold medals
 France - 17 gold medals