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Line 30: 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 both the gold and overall [[2024 Summer Olympics medal table\|medal ~~table~~count]] for the fourth consecutive ~~time~~Summer Games, with 40 gold medals and 126 medals in total.<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 tied with the United States in terms of gold medals (40), ~~and~~but finished second ~~with~~due 91to having fewer silver medals; inthe ~~total~~nation won 91 medals overall. Japan finished third with 20 gold medals and sixth in the overall medal count. 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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