BBC Sport looks at the best stats from the 2024 Paris Games
It has delivered sporting drama by the bucketload, the emergence of new heroes, world records have been broken and plenty of history written.The United States top the medal table for the seventh time in eight Olympic Games. At all eight, they have won the most overall medals.
Their total was buoyed by their status as powerhouses in the wrestling, where they won eight golds at the Champ de Mars Arena. That compares favourably to Tokyo where 22 world records went and is also slightly above the 27 that were eclipsed in Rio eight years ago.Reports have suggested the Olympic pool's relatively shallow depth of seven feet may have slowed down swimmers due to increased turbulence.Paris 2024 saw the emergence of a new swimming superstar as Leon Marchand became the first French athlete to take four individual golds at a single summer Olympics.
Three triumphs - the all-around and vault titles, plus the team competition - took her career Olympic gold medal total to seven.While the USA topped the official medals table, with population of just over 112,000, Grenada were actually the most successful nation when it comes to winning Olympics medals based on the size of their nation.
India sent a contingent of 117 athletes to Paris, yet had a meagre haul of five bronze medals and a solitary silver to show for their efforts. They were also one of 28 teams that failed to win a gold in any sport.One of the big changes in the medal table was the absence of Russia, who have historically always been among the top four medal-winning countries and among the largest contingents.
That has been particularly true in Paris with Noah Lyles claiming a stunning 100m gold by virtue of thrusting his torso out over the line first.
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