Swimming at 2024 Summer Olympics: A look at the overall medal tally as USA manage to pip Australia to continue dominance in the pool
Team USA managed to assert their dominance on the pool at the 2024 Summer Olympics, as they bagged the most number of medals in this discipline. They finished at the top of the medal standings, with eight gold medals, followed by Australia at seven gold medals.
This comes despite the fact that Team USA lost out on several gold medals in the pool in Paris, as they managed to accumulate as many as 13 silver medals, and seven bronze medals to take their total tally to 28 medals. Australia managed to win a cumulative of 18 medals, as they took several medals off their rivals USA.
France emerged as a surprise in the top three, as Leon Marchand’s four gold medals helped them take their total tally to seven medals. Canada managed to win three gold medals, whereas, China rounded off the top five with two gold medals, and a total of 12 medals.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Team USA finished at the to with 11 gold medals, and an overall tally of 30 medals. Australia finished in second once again with nine gold medals, and a cumulative tally of 21 medals.
Great Britain among the biggest losers in the pool; Leon Marchand inspires France to four gold medals
Great Britain claimed as many as four gold medals in the pool last time around. However, this time they could manage just a single gold medal. This came in the 4*200 m freestyle relay, as they pipped United States and Australia to clinch gold.
Leon Marchand set four Olympic records on his way to winning four gold medals, as he lit up the Summer Games in his own backyard. Things have not gone according to plan for Team USA as well, as they lost out on several gold medals this time around.
USA also lost out in the 4*100 m freestyle relay, an event which they have dominated since decades. However, the USA Women made no mistake in the same event, claiming the gold medal, and also setting a world record.
The United States have finished first in the swimming medal tally since the 1988 Summer Olympics, where they were beaten by East Germany. Other nations have started catching up to USA over the past couple of years, as the powerhouse of swimming is no longer able to win over a dozen gold medals at the Olympics.
