Great Britain won two bronze medals on the final day of Paris 2024 to surpass their haul from the previous Olympics in Tokyo, with at least one of their athletes having reached the podium on every day of the Games.
After a medal-table battle that went down to the wire, several trends can be identified from the final positions and a key question answered…
Have Team GB had a successful Games?
In short, yes. Having won 64 medals in Tokyo, 67 in Rio 2016 – Britain’s most since 1908 – and 65 at London 2012, finishing in the top four on the medals table each time, Team GB’s 65-strong haul in Paris is a success of sorts.
But it isn’t all good news. Team GB are down on the number of golds compared to previous Games, with this year’s set enough to place them only seventh behind the United States, China, Japan, France, Australia and the Netherlands. By considering Britain’s performance purely in terms of golds, as the medal table does, they have experienced something of a slump. The 14 they won in Paris is their fewest since Athens 2004, down on 22 in Tokyo, 27 in Rio, 29 in London and 19 in Beijing.