Aug 11, 2024

USA! USA! USA!


And hopefully, that'll be the last time I break into that jingoistic chant. (I'm not guaranteeing anything - I do get swept up in things once in a while).

It's interesting that the organizers of the olympics make sure to tell us that 'countries' don't compete in the olympic games, but they're respective National Olympic Committees assemble teams and send them to the games to compete.



United States top medals table at end of Paris Olympics

PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The United States topped the medals table at the Paris Olympics with 40 golds after the final title was decided on Sunday, finishing above China only by virtue of their 44 silvers.

China, who were the last team apart from the U.S. to top the standings when they did it on home soil at the 2008 Beijing Games, also won 40 golds but managed only 27 silvers.
The U.S. women's basketball team secured their country's pre-eminence by edging host nation France in a breathless finish to win the final gold of the Games. The U.S. also won most total medals with 126 to China's 91.

France won 16 golds to finish fifth on the table and their total tally of 64 medals was their best for more than a century.


Out of 206 teams, 84 of them won at least one medal. 

Here's the top 15:

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