Global (Commonwealth) _ The United States and China are vying for the top spot in the medal standings at the conclusion of the 17-day sporting event in Paris, where the 2024 Olympic Games are taking place.
18 out of the 29 summer Olympics have seen the United States finish first, including the first event in Athens in 1896 and six of the last seven since the country’s home Games in Atlanta in 1996. China broke that record in Beijing in 2008, and after falling just short of America’s 39 gold medals in Tokyo three years prior, they are once again demonstrating fierce competitiveness. Japan, the hosts, placed third the previous time, ahead of Great Britain in fourth.
A far smaller group of Russian athletes will participate as neutral athletes (AIN), and they will not be tallied on the medal tally. The Russian Olympic Committee is in fifth position in Tokyo. However, there is no ROC this time around because the nation was banned due to its invasion of Ukraine.
As the host country, France moved up the standings after taking home eight gold medals from Tokyo.
The order of medal table?
The International Olympic Committee formally ranks the medal table according to the quantity of gold medals each country has earned. Silver medals are used to rank nations if their total number of gold medals is equal, and bronze medals are used if the nations are tied for second place.
In the past, the ranking system has caused controversy, with some nations choosing to order by total medals when the numbers make sense to them. The American media frequently arranges the medal totals in a table that favors the United States of America.
By include the medals that Taiwan and Hong Kong won, Chinese media attempted to take credit for their triumph in Tokyo three years prior.
Medal table for the 2024 Paris Olympics
Russian and Belarusian athletes will participate under the AIN flag, which stands for Athlètes Individuels Neutres (individual neutral athletes). Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both nations were prohibited from competing in the Olympics.The International Olympic Committee issued a statement in which it stated that no flag, anthem, colors, or other symbols of Russia or Belarus will be shown at any official venue or event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
