Only 1900 even better
124 years! France celebrates mega medal tally
The home games in Paris have France's athletes celebrating a historic success in the medal tally. The reason: only in 1900 did the French win more medals.
In the early evening of the penultimate day of the Olympics on Saturday, the hosts held a total of 58 medals, 15 of which were gold - the last time the "Grande Nation" collected more was 124 years ago.
102 medals
In 1900, also in Paris, there were 102 medals, including 27 gold - albeit under completely different conditions. At the second Games of the modern era in Paris, only French athletes competed in numerous sports.
After that, the best French performance dates back to Beijing 2008, when they finished on the podium 43 times, but only won gold seven times. There were also 15 gold medals in Atlanta 1996, but with a total of 37 medals they could not keep up with the current total.
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