The United States overtook China on the medal list after winning gold in the final event of the Paris Olympics. In Paris, China and the United States won a total of 40 gold each. However, the USA is on top of the medal list as it is ahead of China in winning silver and bronze. With this, the country that has won the most gold in the history of the Olympics has finished four consecutive Olympics on top.
The United States won a total 126 medals, including 40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze. China won 91 medals including 40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze. Asian country Japan finished in third with 20 golds. The team won a total of 45 medals including 12 silver and 13 bronze.
Three years ago, these three countries were also in the top three in Tokyo. The United States became the first to win 39 gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Second-placed China won 38 golds, while hosts Japan finished third with their own record 27 golds.
Top ranking countries in Paris Olympics
89 countries won medals in Paris. Apart from this, the refugee team and athletes without national identity have also won medals. Among the South Asian teams, Pakistan and India won medals. This is the first time Pakistan has won gold in the individual category in its Olympic history. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem set a new Olympic record and won gold in javelin throw, beating India’s Niraj Chopra, who won gold in Tokyo. The team got the 62nd place in the medal list. India finished 71st by winning 1 silver and 5 bronze.
The top team USA mostly has won 14 golds in athletics. China won a maximum of 8 golds in diving. The Japanese, who finished third, won the most gold in wrestling with 8.
Other country rankings
This time the ranking is up to 84 in the medal list. Total country number was 206 though. This is because there can be multiple countries in the same ranking. For example, there are 8 countries in the latest 84 ranking. Each won 1 bronze. This 84 ranks India at 71. Pakistan won only one medal. Saint Lucia is an island located in the West Indies. Its population is not even two lakhs. They are up there at number 55. Julien Alfred won gold in the women’s 100m race.
Many people have heard the name of Caribbean cricket team opener Johnson Charles. Julien attended the same school. The men’s floor exercise event took place moments before Simone Biles won gold on vault at Bercy Arena. Botswana is a country in the southern tip of Africa. Many may not have heard the name before. Namibia, near Zambia. Where almost 24 lakh people live. Letsile Tebogo of that country produced one of the best events of these Olympics. He won the gold in the 200m race after defeating Noah Lyles.
Apart from this, Botswana won silver in the men’s 4x400m relay. There was much talk before the Games that India could do great things in this relay event. Arriving in Paris, nothing was heard but the music of surrender. 140 crore India’s Neeraj Chopra’s money aside, there is no place to hide in athletics.
