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Paris 2024 featured the debut of [[Breaking at the Summer Olympics|breaking]] as an [[Olympic sport]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Keicha|first=Meshack|date=19 December 2020|title=Kenya To Send Break Dancers To Paris For 2024 Olympic Games|url=https://boxscorenews.com/kenya-to-send-break-dancers-to-paris-for-olympic-games-p158469-272.htm|access-date=31 March 2023|website=Boxscore|language=en-US|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401031746/https://boxscorenews.com/kenya-to-send-break-dancers-to-paris-for-olympic-games-p158469-272.htm}}</ref> and was the final Olympic Games held during the [[President of the International Olympic Committee|IOC presidency]] of [[Thomas Bach]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Dunbarap, Graham|date=10 March 2021|title=Thomas Bach re-elected as IOC president until 2025|url=https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-thomas-bach-tokyo-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-pandemic-9a82458e2099b6de49afeddd1128a877|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729142414/https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-thomas-bach-tokyo-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-pandemic-9a82458e2099b6de49afeddd1128a877|archive-date=29 July 2022|access-date=29 July 2022|website=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref> The 2024 Games were expected to cost €9 billion.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 July 2024|title=France makes multibillion-euro gamble on Olympic gold|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146333/france-makes-multibillion-euro-gamble|website=Inside the Games|archive-date=1 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701151158/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146333/france-makes-multibillion-euro-gamble|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=26 July 2022|title=Macron's $8.5 Billion Olympics Is Already Facing Soaring Costs|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/macron-s-8-5-billion-olympics-is-already-facing-soaring-costs|access-date=19 January 2023|website=Bloomberg|language=en-US|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726043528/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/macron-s-8-5-billion-olympics-is-already-facing-soaring-costs|url-status=live|author=Nussbaum, Ania}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=17 April 2024|title=Games Funding – Paris 2024|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/committee/our-responsibilities/games-funding|website=Paris 2024|archive-date=17 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417162044/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/committee/our-responsibilities/games-funding|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] was held outside of a stadium for the first time in modern Olympic history, as athletes were paraded by boat along the [[Seine]]. Paris 2024 was the first Olympics in history to reach full gender parity on the field of play, with equal numbers of male and female athletes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Masterson|first=Victoria|date=5 April 2024|title=How Paris 2024 aims to become the first-ever gender-equal Olympics {{!}} World Economic Forum|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/04/paris-olympics-2024-gender-parity/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821221141/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/04/paris-olympics-2024-gender-parity/|archive-date=21 August 2024|access-date=22 August 2024|website=[[World Economic Forum]]}}</ref>
The [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics|United States]] topped the [[2024 Summer Olympics medal table|medal table]] for the fourth consecutive Summer Games and [[List of Olympic teams by medals won#List by team|19th time overall]], with 40 gold and 126 total medals.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-08-11 |title=USA top medal table after winning thrilling last gold |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c80evjzy2jlo |website=BBC |language=en |access-date=13 August 2024 |archive-date=12 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812022213/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c80evjzy2jlo |url-status=live }}</ref> [[China at the 2024 Summer Olympics|China]] tied with the United States on golds (40), but finished second due to having fewer silvers; the nation won 91 medals overall. This is the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympic history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Editor |first=Gabe Whisnant Deputy Weekend |date=2024-08-11 |title=Olympic medal count shows China made history after battle with Team USA |url=https://www.newsweek.com/olympic-medal-count-show-china-making-history-team-usa-cant-stop-them-1937541 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> [[Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Japan]] finished third with 20 gold medals and sixth in the overall medal count. [[Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Australia]] finished fourth with 18 gold medals and fifth in the overall medal count. The host nation, [[France at the 2024 Summer Olympics|France]], finished fifth with 16 gold and 64 total medals. [[Dominica at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Dominica]], [[Saint Lucia at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Saint Lucia]], [[Cape Verde at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Cape Verde]] and [[Albania at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Albania]] won their first-ever Olympic medals, the former two both being gold, with [[Botswana at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Botswana]] and [[Guatemala at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Guatemala]] also winning their first-ever gold medals. The [[Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Refugee Olympic Team]] also won their first-ever medal, a bronze in boxing. At the conclusion of the games, despite [[Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics|some controversies]] throughout relating to politics, logistics and conditions in the Olympic Village, the Games were considered a success by the press and observers.{{efn|Sources:
* {{Cite news|last=International Desk|date=12 August 2024|title='Pure Hollywood,' Paris 'wins a gold medal': Foreign press leaves glowing reviews for 2024 Olympics|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/12/pure-hollywood-paris-wins-a-gold-medal-foreign-media-leaves-glowing-reviews-for-2024-olympics_6713735_4.html|access-date=2024-08-12|work=[[Le Monde]]|language=en}}
* {{Cite news|last=Porter|first=Catherine|date=2024-08-11|title=Paris, Uncharacteristically Giddy, Bids Au Revoir to the Olympics|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/paris-closing-ceremony-los-angeles.html|access-date=2024-08-12|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
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