The 2024 Paris Olympics which ran from July 26 to August 11, has ended.
The US leads with the number of medals (40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze), while China comes next (40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze).
The US and China have been leading countries for decades, which is not surprising taking into account the material and human resources of these countries.
However, the world media accentuates different statistics after the completion of the Paris Olympics stressing the number of medals per capita and here other countries are leaders.
According to Eurosport, Georgia ranks seventh with number of gold medals per capita.
The Caribbean island of Grenada has the most medals per capita, registering two Olympic medals with a population of only 112,000.
Dominica come in on the list in second place, with a single medal for their population of 67,000.
Saint Lucia sits in third with two medals per their population of 184,000, while Jamaica and New Zealand make up the top five.
The following table shows which country comes in which place, the number of medals and number of population:
1.Grenada – 2 -112,00056,000
2.Dominica – 1- 67,00067,000
3.Saint Lucia – 2 – 184,00092,000
4.New Zealand – 20 – 5,338,000266,000
5.Bahrain – 4 – 1,701,575425,393
6.Jamaica – 6 – 2,825,544470,924
7.Cape Verde – 1 – 491,233491,233
8.Hungary – 19 – 9,584,627504,454
9.Australia – 53 – 27,364,621516,313
10.Georgia – 7 – 3,694,600527,800
The second table shows the countries’ ranking with gold medals:
1.Dominica – 1 = 67,00067,000
2.Saint Lucia – 1 – 184,000184,000
3.New Zealand – 10 – 5,338,000533,800
4.Bahrain – 2 – 1,701,575850,787
5.Slovenia – 2 – 2,123,0001,061,000
6.Netherlands – 15 – 17,977,0001,198,511
7.Georgia – 3 – 3,694,6001,231,533
8.Ireland – 4 – 5,281,6001,320,400
9.Norway – 4 – 5,562,3631,390,590
10.Australia – 18 – 27,364,6211,520,256
