Australia has completed its greatest ever performance at an overseas Olympic Games, finishing fourth on the Paris medal tally.
Having already clinched 18 golds, the most in Aussie history, the final day saw Australians win three more medals – a silver and bronze in the track cycling, and a bronze by the Opals in the women’s basketball.
It means Australia will leave Paris with 53 medals overall, the second-most they’ve ever won, behind only the 58 at the Sydney Games. However the Aussies had 630 athletes in 2000, whereas there were 461 athletes in Paris.
The United States and China are duelling it out for top spot on the medal tally, with the women’s basketball final (USA vs France) to decide things as the last event on the schedule
Australia will finish fourth, tying its best performance away from home, behind the USA, China and Japan – with the latter winning two extra golds but fewer medals overall as it enjoys the after-effects of its larger Tokyo 2020 team.
Australia finished third on the medal tally at Melbourne 1956, fourth at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, and fifth at Rome 1960.
The US version of the medal tally, which favours total medals over golds, still has Australia fifth as the Aussies converted more podiums into golds than France or Great Britain did.
Australia’s most gold medals at a Summer Olympics
18 – Paris 2024
17 – Athens 2004, Tokyo 2020
16 – Sydney 2000
14 – Beijing 2008
13 – Melbourne 1956
Australia’s most medals overall at a Summer Olympics
58 – Sydney 2000
53 – Paris 2024
50 – Athens 2004
46 – Beijing 2008, Tokyo 2020
41 – Atlanta 1996
35 – Melbourne 1956, London 2012
PARIS OLYMPICS MEDAL TALLY (As of 10:30pm Sunday)
1. China – 40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze – 91 overall
2. USA – 39, 44, 43 – 126
3. Japan – 20, 12, 13 – 45
4. Australia – 18, 19, 16 – 53
5. France – 16, 25, 22 – 63
6. Netherlands – 15, 7, 12 – 34
7. Great Britain – 14, 22, 29 – 65
8. South Korea – 13, 9, 10 – 32
9. Italy – 12, 13, 15 – 40
10. Germany – 12, 12, 8 – 32
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