The 33rd Summer Olympics ended on 11 August 2024, when the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, accompanied by the athletes and French swimmer Leon Marchand, extinguished the Olympic flame in the host city of Paris, France.
The Olympic flag was handed over to the city of Los Angeles, USA, which will host the next 34th Summer Olympics in 2028.
The Olympics games are held every four years, starting with the 1896 Athens Olympics.
Los Angeles will host its third Summer Olympics having been hosted in 1932 and 1984.
Paris also hosted its third Summer Olympics, having hosted in 1900, 1924, and 2024.
Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh were the Indian flag bearers at the closing ceremony.
Badminton player PV Sindhu and table tennis player Sharath Kamal were the Indian flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
Unlike the opening ceremony, which was held in the open on the River Seine, the closing ceremony was held in France's biggest stadium, Stade de France, in Paris.
India, which sent a 117-member sportspersons team to the Paris Olympics, won only six medals: one silver and five bronze. Six Indian players finished in fourth position, missing the bronze medal by a whisker.
This was the third-best finish for India at the Summer Olympics.
India finished the Paris Olympics with 6 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics - 1 silver and 5 bronze medals.
Serial number |
Players |
Event |
Medal |
1 |
Manu Bhaker |
Women's 10m air pistol |
Bronze |
2 |
Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh |
10m air pistol Mixed Team Shooting |
Bronze |
3 |
Swapnil Kusale |
Men’s 50m rifle 3 Positions |
Bronze |
4 |
Men’s Hockey Team |
Men’s Hockey |
Bronze |
5 |
Neeraj Chopra |
Javelin |
Silver |
6 |
Aman Sehrawat |
Wrestling 57 kg freestyle |
Bronze |
Total |
6 medals |
The United States led the medal tally at the Paris Olympics with 126 medals. India was 71st with 6 medals.
Position in Medals Tally |
Country |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
Total Medal |
1 |
United States of America |
40 |
44 |
42 |
126 |
2 |
China |
40 |
27 |
24 |
91 |
3 |
Japan |
20 |
12 |
13 |
45 |
4 |
Australia |
18 |
19 |
17 |
53 |
5 |
France |
16 |
26 |
22 |
64 |
71 |
India |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |