The 2024 Paris Olympics concluded on Sunday, August 11, 2024. The United States (US) emerged as the overall champion, taking home 126 medals: 40 gold, 44 silver, and 42 bronze.
However, the athlete with the most medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics was not a US representative.
Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei is recorded as the athlete with the most medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She won 6 medals: 1 silver and 5 bronze.
She was followed by Leon Marchand, a French swimmer who won 5 medals: 4 gold and 1 bronze.
This achievement also makes him the only athlete to win four gold medals at this Olympics.
Below Marchand, several athletes also won 5 medals each. They are Torri Huske, Mollie O'Callaghan, Regan Smith, and Kaylee McKeown.
Here are the details of the 10 athletes with the most medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics:
* Zhang Yufei (Chinese swimmer):
* Gold: 0
* Silver: 1
* Bronze: 5
* Total: 6
* Leon Marchand (French swimmer):
* Gold: 4
* Silver: 0
* Bronze: 1
* Total: 5
* Torri Huske (US swimmer):
* Gold: 3
* Silver: 2
* Bronze: 0
* Total: 5
* Mollie O'Callaghan (Australian swimmer):
* Gold: 3
* Silver: 1
* Bronze: 1
* Total: 5
* Regan Smith (US swimmer):
* Gold: 2
* Silver: 3
* Bronze: 0
* Total: 5
* Kaylee McKeown (Australian swimmer):
* Gold: 2
* Silver: 1
* Bronze: 2
* Total: 5
* Summer McIntosh (Canadian swimmer):
* Gold: 3
* Silver: 1
* Bronze: 0
* Total: 4
* Simone Biles (US gymnast):
* Gold: 3
* Silver: 1
* Bronze: 0
* Total: 4
* Shinnosuke Oka (Japanese gymnast):
* Gold: 3
* Silver: 0
* Bronze: 1
* Total: 4
* Ariarne Titmus (Australian swimmer):
* Gold: 2
* Silver: 2
* Bronze: 0
* Total: 4
* Kate Douglass (US swimmer):
* Gold: 2
* Silver: 2
* Bronze: 0
* Total: 4
* Gretchen Walsh (US swimmer):
* Gold: 2
* Silver: 2
* Bronze: 0
* Total: 4
* Katie Ledecky (US swimmer):
* Gold: 2
* Silver: 1
* Bronze: 1
* Total: 4
* Rebeca Andrade (Brazilian gymnast):
* Gold: 1
* Silver: 2
* Bronze: 1
* Total: 4
* Yang Junxuan (Chinese swimmer):
* Gold: 0
* Silver: 1
* Bronze: 3
* Total: 4