2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)

[Jezza]

Current gold medal tally

13 = China

11 = France , Australia

9 = USA , UK

8 = Japan

7 = South Korea

5 = Italy

4 = Netherlands

3 = Canada

2 = Germany , New Zealand , Romania , Hungary , Hong Kong , Ireland , Croatia , Azerbaijan

1 = Brazil , Sweden , Georgia , Switzerland , Spain , South Africa , AIN , Belgium , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Czech Republic , Guatemala , Argentina , Ecuador , Slovenia , Serbia , Uganda

[Culprit]

Going into week 2 I really have no interest.

[Jezza]

Current gold medal tally

21 = China

19 = USA

12 = France , Australia

11 = South Korea

10 = UK

9 = Japan

7 = Italy

6 = Netherlands , Germany

5 = Canada

3 = Hungary , Romania , Ireland

2 = New Zealand , Sweden , Ukraine , Croatia , Belgium , Hong Kong , Azerbaijan , Phillipines , Serbia

1 = Brazil , Israel , AIN , Spain , Georgia , Switzerland , Kazakhstan , South Africa , Chinese Taipei , Uzbekistan , Czech Republic , Guatemala , Algeria , Argentina , Chile , Dominica, , Ecuador , Saint Lucia , Norway , Slovenia , Uganda

[Skids]

How good was the pole vault world record breaker?!
Over 6.2m high, that's insane.

The Fox sisters, the swimmers, the kayakers... all of them, just awesome efforts. Loving it, just wish I could stay awake longer!

[qldmagpie67]

Current sitting at 18 gold medals clearly in 3rd place
Won 4 golds today
This is now our most successful Olympics ever and we’re are still a chance to win couple more
Tremendous efforts by all our athletes

[stui magpie]

Sitting 3rd on the gold medal tally for a country of our size is just ridiculous. !st and 2nd are the USA and China. Population size and budget wise we should not be close to being in the conversation. I've been watching bits and catching up next morning online. Some brilliant efforts.

The swimmers, the Fox sisters, that tiny little skateboarder girl who gets a pet duck as a reward for an Olympic Gold Medal at 14 years old (seriously WTF?) it's been unreal. Well done to all. Yeah we will likely drop down the table over the last few days but still an unreal effort from all involve4d.

[lazzadesilva]

Superb effort by the mighty Aussies to win the bronze in the woman’s basketball. Fabulous game and they held strong against a very competent Belgium side. Well deserved win.

[Jezza]

Final Gold Medal Tally

40 = USA , China

20 = Japan

18 = Australia

16 = France

15 = Netherlands

14 = UK

13 = South Korea

12 = Italy , Germany

10 = New Zealand

9 = Canada

8 = Uzbekistan

6 = Hungary

5 = Spain

4 = Sweden , Kenya , Norway , Ireland

3 = Brazil , Iran , Ukraine , Romania , Georgia , Belgium , Bulgaria , Serbia , Czech Republic

2 = Denmark , Azerbaijan , Croatia , Cuba , Bahrain , Slovenia , Chinese Taipei , Austria , Hong Kong , Phillipines , Algeria , Indonesia

1 = Israel , Poland , Kazakhstan , Jamaica , South Africa , Thailand , AIN , Ethiopia , Switzerland , Ecuador , Portugal , Greece , Argentina , Egypt , Tunisia , Botswana , Chile , Saint Lucia , Uganda , Dominican Republic , Guatemala , Morocco , Dominica, , Pakistan

[Jezza]

% of gold medals at the Olympic Games

1956 (Melbourne) = 13/151 (8.61%)
2004 (Athens) = 17/301 (5.65%)
2024 (Paris) = 18/329 (5.47%)
1960 (Rome) = 8/150 (5.33%)
2000 (Sydney) = 16/300 (5.33%)
2020 (Tokyo) = 17/339 (5.01%)
1896 (Athens) = 2/43 (4.65%)
2008 (Beijing) = 14/302 (4.64%)
1972 (Munich) = 8/195 (4.10%)
1952 (Helsinki) = 6/149 (4.03%)
1964 (Tokyo) = 6/163 (3.68%)
1996 (Atlanta) = 9/271 (3.32%)
1968 (Mexico City) = 5/172 (2.91%)
1992 (Barcelona) = 7/257 (2.72%)
2012 (London) = 8/302 (2.65%)
2016 (Rio de Janeiro) = 8/306 (2.61%)
1932 (Los Angeles) = 3/117 (2.56%)
1924 (Paris) = 3/126 (2.38%)
1900 (Paris) = 2/95 (2.11%)
1912 (Stockholm) = 2/102 (1.96%)
1984 (Los Angeles) = 4/221 (1.81%)
1988 (Seoul) = 3/237 (1.27%)
1980 (Moscow) = 2/203 (0.99%)
1928 (Amsterdam) = 1/109 (0.92%)
1908 (London) = 1/110 (0.91%)
1948 (London) = 1/136 (0.74%)
1904 (St Louis) = 0/95 (0.00%)
1936 (Berlin) = 0/129 (0.00%)
1920 (Antwerp) = 0/156 (0.00%)
1976 (Montreal) = 0/198 (0.00%)

[Jezza]

Australia = 53 medals
[*] GOLD = 18
[*] SILVER = 19
[*] BRONZE = 16

Gold medals in:

Swimming = 7
- 1). Women's 400 m freestyle
- 2). Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
- 3). Women's 200 m freestyle
- 4). Women's 100 m backstroke
- 5). Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
- 6). Men's 50 m freestyle
- 7). Women's 200 m backstroke

Cycling = 3
- 1). Women's road time trial
- 2). Women's BMX racing
- 3). Men's team pursuit

Canoeing = 3
- 1). Women's slalom C-1
- 2). Women's kayak cross
- 3). Men's K-4 500 m

Skateboarding = 2
- 1). Women's park
- 2). Men's park

Athletics = 1
- 1). Women’s pole vault

Sailing = 1
- 1). Men's Laser

Tennis = 1
- 1). Men's doubles

[K]

Sitting 3rd on the gold medal tally for a country of our size is just ridiculous. !st and 2nd are the USA and China. Population size and budget wise we should not be close to being in the conversation. I've been watching bits and catching up next morning online. Some brilliant efforts.
...

Hmmm... Dunno that any of the nations below us has a bigger Olympic budget... Wonder if we can find data on that.

[K]

^ Here's some data on Oz funding:

" Funding boosts

The Australian Sports Commission directly invested a record $398.3 million in high performance funding for Paris.

This money funded projects such as developing a replica Paris BMX Freestyle track and launching a new canoe slalom kayaking program.

This preparation helped contribute to Olympic success for Australia.

Direct athlete support

Since the Tokyo games, $47 million in direct athlete support grants have been awarded.

The AOC also invested in Indigenous Athletes Support Grants and financial incentives for medal winners.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart also personally supported our swimming, rowing, volleyball and synchronised swimming teams.

This support allows athletes to train more and work less."

https://theconversation.com/the-major-f ... ics-236402


Yep, on Gina, I saw articles saying we need to find more Ginas...

[K]

^ And Canada:

" How well are athletes funded in Canada compared to other countries?

Compared to other countries that often dominate the medal table, Shoemaker said “regrettably” Canada doesn’t do well.

“The eye-watering budgets that the United States has for its athletes and its Olympic team are not a fair comparison,” he said. “But Australia outspends us by two times, Great Britain by three times and that’s alarming.”

Roos said that while there are lots of different statistics available, it’s evident that Canada is about 10 years behind other countries. David Larose, a spokesperson for Canadian Heritage said the government couldn’t provide a comparison to funding in other countries as “various countries allocate funding to athletes through a variety of different mechanisms.”

https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympic ... -ever-been

[David Shoemaker is the chief executive of the COC.]

[K]

Oz cycling medalist Matthew Richardson has defected to Team GB.

Sheesh... Oz cycling are , GB ...

[K]

Another thing that stood out in the Paris Games was Covid.

Tokyo was supposed to be the Covid Games, but really it was Paris. Changed the course of Olympic history with at least two historic gold medals affected.