Which athlete won most gold medals at Paris Olympics 2024?

Swimmers once again contributed multiple medals to their nations at Paris Olympics 2024.

The Paris Olympics 2024 saw hosts France finish fifth on the medal tally with 16 gold medals, 26 silvers and 22 bronze. Swimming was their most successful event as it produced four gold medals, 1 silver and two bronze.

Amongst those seven medals, five of them were single handedly delivered by Leon Marchand. He won four gold medals which was the most by any athlete at Paris Olympics 2024 and also one bronze.

Marchand competed in four individual events and two team events. The 22-year-old won gold in all his individual events, bronze in the relay men’s event and finished fourth in mixed relay. It was only his second Olympic appearance after Tokyo Olympics 2020. In Tokyo, he competed in four events and could not win a medal.

But this time, Marchand uplifted the spirit of France with his record breaking run in the pool. His first event was on July 28 and competed till August 4. Let’s have a look at his medal winning performances at the Paris Olympics 2024.

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Men’s 400m individual medley- Gold

Leon Marchand already held the world record in the event with a timing of 4:02.50 which he clocked last year. This time at Paris, Marchand broke the Olympic record of Michael Phelps in the event which the American had set in 2008 at Beijing Olympics.

Marchand won gold with a five second lead as he timed 4:02.95 secs.

Men’s 200m butterfly- Gold

The men’s 200m butterfly finals saw the Olympic and world record holder, Kristof Milak defend his title. He was leading the race till the last 50 m split as Leon Marchand was in second place. But the final split saw Marchand win by a whisker. 

The youngster not only won gold but again broke the Olympic record in the event. Marchand finished with a timing of 1:51.21 secs.

Men’s 200m breaststroke- Gold

The men’s 200m breaststroke saw Olympic record holder Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia being the favourite to win the gold. But he never had the opportunity to take the lead as Leon Marchand led from the start even though he had won the butterfly event a few hours ago.

Marchand never looked tired as the fans saw him win his third gold and break the Olympic record for the third time. He broke Cook’s record and set a new Olympic record of 2:05.85 secs.

Men’s 200m individual medley- Gold

The men’s 200m individual medley was Leon Marchand’s final individual event at Paris. He wanted to end in style and that is what he exactly did. The French hero broke the Olympic record for the fourth time in a row. He broke the record of Phelps which was set in 2008 at Beijing Olympics.

Marchand won gold with a timing of 1:54.06 secs. He was six hundredths of a second behind Ryan Lochte’s world record which was set in 2011.

Men’s 4x100m medley relay

It was Marchand’s sixth event at the Paris Olympics 2024. He had won four golds and finished fourth in the mixed relay event. In the men’s 4x100m medley relay, Leon Marchand along with Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Maxime Grousset and Florent Manaudou clinched the bronze medal.

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