Olympics supercomputer backs Team GB for impressive medal haul at Paris 2024 with top ten revealed
A SUPERCOMPUTER has predicted the final 2024 Paris Olympics medal table – and it’s good news for Team GB.
The Games get underway on Friday, July 26 and runs until Sunday, August 11 in the French capital.
Boffins at OLBG analysed historic data from every Summer Olympics since 1896.
They combined it with predicted performances of each of the top 30 nations included in the medal table across all events played at the Games.
The results saw USA top the charts with 39 golds, 47 silvers and 35 bronzes to bring the total to 77.
Second was China with 32 golds, 23 silvers and 22 bronzes for a total of 77.
GB then ranked third with 26 golds, 16 silvers and 20 bronzes to take home a combined 62 medals.
Team GB’s most successful Olympics was in 1908 in London – producing a huge 146 medals – including 56 golds.
In the last Games, in Tokyo and delayed to 2021, GB walked away with 64 medals with 22 golds, 20 silvers and 22 bronzes.
GB’s most decorated Olympian of all time is cyclist Sir Jason Kenny and their most successful Games in recent years was 2016 with 67 overall medals.
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Kenny has a record seven gold medals and nine gongs overall.
The greatest Olympian of all time is swimming legend Michael Phelps, who has an astonishing 28 medals to his name.
That includes 23 golds, three silvers and two bronzes debuting in 2000 aged just 15 and coming to an end in 2016.
In Tokyo three years ago, USA topped the medal charts with 113 overall with 39 golds.