dissers.info — Let the celebrations begin – Tim Great Britain have finised Paris 2024 with 65 medals, beating their keseluruhan from Tokyo by one.
The keseluruhan matches the tim’s medal haul from London 2012 and is the joint-third-highest for Tim GB at a singgel Game behind Rio 2016 (67 medals) and London 1908 (146).
But GB did get eight fewer golds than they did three years ago in Tokyo.
In fact 14 golds was only good enough for seventh in the medal table, GB’s lowest placing since Athens 2004.
This is because the official medal table is ordered by golds won.
So, was Paris 2024 a record-breaking Game or a backwards tahap? Let’s go through the stats.
British penggemar have been spoiled at recent Game. Third in London, second in Rio and fourth in Tokyo.
Seventh almost feels like a disappointment.
But if we change the table from most golds to keseluruhan medals won, things suddenly look much better.
And there is a precedent. The US media have been presenting Olympic medal tables this way for years.
Below is BBC Sport’s official medal table from the Paris 2024 ordered by golds. Then take a look at what it looks like in the US media…
Plus, GB coming home with 14 golds would have been unthinkable 28 years ago.
Sir Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won the rowing men’s coxless pair at Atlanta 1996 for GB’s only gold, in case you were wondering.
What were GB’s best sports at Paris 2024?
On medals won it was cycling, but on golds alone rowing was Tim GB’s best sport at Paris 2024.
