2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
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The European men have been dominating competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, going six for six in gold medals through four nights of swimming. Tonight, on night 5, that streak was broken at a total of eight events as Pan Zhanle of China won the 9th individual event of the meet, the men’s 100 freestyle.
The last four Olympics have had no more than three individual gold medals won by the European men. So far, just over halfway through the meet, the group has combined for almost triple that number. In addition, France’s Leon Marchand has three individual golds alone.
Number of Individual Golds Won By European Men
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Number of Golds
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| 2024 Paris | 8* |
| 2020 Tokyo | 3 |
| 2016 Rio | 2 |
| 2012 London | 3 |
| 2008 Beijing | 1 |
Australia still stands at the top of the medal table but did not win any gold medals tonight. The US added another gold to its tally as Katie Ledecky won the 1500 freestyle. The US has the most total medals with 17.
Host country France also sits with three gold medals, all from Leon Marchand who won two tonight doing the “dirty double” of the 200 fly and 200 breast.
Joining the medal table tonight are Sweden, Hungary, and the Netherlands. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden won the women’s 100 free, Kristof Milak of Hungary was 2nd in the men’s 200 fly, and Caspar Corbeau won bronze in the men’s 200 breast for the Netherlands.
SWIMMING MEDAL TABLE
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | China | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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8
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Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
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11
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South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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13
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Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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16
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Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ALL SPORTS MEDAL TABLE
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 2 | France* | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Japan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Australia | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | United States | 5 | 13 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 | Italy | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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14
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Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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16
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Belgium | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
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19
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Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
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23
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Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | North Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 31 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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32
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Kosovo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
|
36
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Fiji | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
|
39
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India | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
|
41
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Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Thoughts for 200 IM Final:
Leon’s got the chops for WR, but he’s gonna be slightly off
He’ll push the pace on the front half thanks to crowd energy
In exchange back half will be sub-par (by his standards) or at least not mind-blowing
Overall strategy will be slightly scuffed but still a 1:54.3-5
With perfect execution he goes 1:53.7 all day
Not in this slow pool
The other European men are going to kick Popovici out of the club for being beaten by TWO non-Europeans