NewsletterNewslettersEventsEventsPodcasts
Loader
Find Us
ADVERTISEMENT

Which European countries are the best at which sport?

LeBron James holds his gold medal during a women's gold medal basketball game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France.
LeBron James holds his gold medal during a women's gold medal basketball game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. Copyright Michael Conroy/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved
Copyright Michael Conroy/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved
By Tamsin Paternoster
Published on Updated
Share this articleComments
Share this articleClose Button

France leads the way in swimming, with Germany coming out on top in equestrian after 16 eventful days.

ADVERTISEMENT

The Summer 2024 Olympics has delivered winners and losers across the sporting world.

The US led the way on top of the medal table, with China and Japan in second and third place overall.

European countries also had their fair share of gold medals, with France coming out on top, taking home 16 gold medals.

Where did Europe win its gold?

Out of its 16 medals, France took home four in swimming.

Rowing was also a successful sport for Europe, with the UK and the Netherlands winning three and four gold medals in the event and Croatia and Ireland winning one each.

Elsewhere, Georgia took home one of its three gold medals in judo, while Denmark won one gold in handball and another in badminton.

Germany saw its best score in equestrian, where it won four golds.

The Italian team came through in water sports, winning golds in sailing and swimming. Elsewhere, the Italian women's volleyball team became the first in the country to win gold in their category.

Hungary won two gold medals in swimming, including one by Kristóf Milák, who lost his world record in the 200m fly to France's Leon Marchand.

Share this articleComments

You might also like

Ukrainian sitting volleyball player at Paris Paralympics worries for his unit in 'hell'

Paris Olympics: Men edge out women for prime time attention once again

Olympics set to give French economy a much-needed boost