Medellin, Colombia – The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have ended with a spectacular closing ceremony in the Stade de France stadium, marking the final of the competition’s return to the City of Lights for the first time in 100 years. The night also welcomed the upcoming Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
During the last week, Latin American delegations continued to win medals and obtain unprecedented results for their countries. In the final medal table, Brazil led the region with 20 medals, followed by Cuba with nine and Ecuador with five.
Latin American Reports has rounded up the key triumphs for the region at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games each week. The information is compiled directly from the official website of the Olympics.
Argentina
With three medals, one each, Argentina placed 52nd in the final medal table. Mateo Majdalani AND Eugenia Bosco won the silver medal in the Mixed Multihull Sailing discipline on August 8 and the country’s Women’s Hockey team won the bronze medal in their match against Belgium on August 9.
Brazil
Brazil led the region in the final medal table, ranked 20th with three gold, seven silver and 10 bronze medals.
Tatiana Weston-Webb won the silver medal in women’s surfing on August 6, finishing just 17 points behind Team USA’s Caroline Marks. On the same day, the country’s women’s volleyball team beat the Dominican Republic 3-0 in the quarterfinals.
The women’s soccer team won 4-2 in their match against Spain, beating the reigning world champions in the semi-finals. of Canarihnas would end up scoring the silver medal, placing second in the finals against Team USA, 1-0.
Augustus Akio took bronze in men’s Park skateboarding, making it the fifth medal the country has won in the sport at the Olympics. In the men’s C1 1000m canoe sprint, Brazil won silver with Isaquias Queirozmaking him the second highest-rated Brazilian Olympic athlete after the gymnast Rebecca Andrade.
Ana Patricia Silva Ramos AND Eduarda Santos Lisbon defeated Latvia in the beach volleyball quarterfinal match. The pair went on to win 2-1 against Australia in the semi-finals and clinched the gold medal after defeating Team Canada, 2-1, on 9 August. All three of the country’s gold medals at the Paris Olympics were won by women.
And while the women’s volleyball team reached the semifinals, it lost 2-3 to Team USA on August 8. However, they took the bronze medal when they won against Turkey on 10 August 3-1.
Alison dos Santos won the bronze medal in the men’s 400m hurdles final, trailing Team USA’s Rai Benjamin and Norway’s Karsten Warholm. And finally, Edival Pontes won the bronze medal in the discipline Taekwondo Weight 58-68 kg for men.
Chile
Chile excelled in canoeing. Maria Mailliard AND Paola Gomez came fourth on August 9 in the Women’s C-2 500m Canoe Sprint Final. Mailliard also came fourth in the women’s C-1 200m Canoe Sprint, with a time of 46.77, and then went on to compete in the semi-finals, in which she placed sixth. Similarly, Karen Rocco came second in the women’s C-1 200-meter canoe sprint, 31 seconds from qualifying for the semifinals.
through Yasmani Acostahowever, the country took home the silver. In the Greco-Roman wrestling discipline for men 130 kg, the Chilean came second only to the legendary Cuban Mijain Lopez.
Chile was ranked 55th in the final medal table, with one gold and one silver.
Colombia
Colombia was ranked 66th in the final medal table, with three silver medals and one bronze.
Jason Lopez scored the country’s second silver medal in the men’s 89kg weightlifting event on August 9. Later that same day, Mary Lewis Sánchez also won silver in the women’s 71kg weightlifting, topping Ecuador Angie Paola Palacios Dajomesbut only under the direction of Team USA’s Olivia Reeves.
And finally, Tatiana Renteria won the bronze medal in the women’s 76 kg freestyle wrestling discipline, defeating Ecuador’s Genesis Reasco with a score of 2-1.
Cuba
The country made history on August 6, with Mijaín López NúñezFifth gold medal in the men’s 130kg Greco-Roman final. The athlete is now the only Olympian with five gold medals in a row. López Núñez won gold in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Paris. In the same discipline, Luis Alberto Orta won the bronze medal in the 68 kg category, as well as Gabriel Rosillo in the weight of 97 kg.
Erislandy Alvarez Borges also won gold in the men’s 63.5 kg boxing discipline on August 7, defeating France’s Sofiane Oumiha. Similarly, Arlen Lopez took the bronze medal in men’s 80 kg boxing.
The country also excelled in Freestyle Wrestling, taking home the silver medal in the women’s 50 kg with Yusneylis Guzmán Lópezand bronze in 76 kg for women with Dear Marin.
In women’s sprint canoe C1 200m, Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys won the bronze medal, as he did Rafael Alba Castillo in Taekwondo in the heavy weight +80 kg for men.
Cuba placed 31st in the final medal table, with two gold, one silver and six bronze medals.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic was ranked 59th in the final medal table, with one gold and two bronze medals.
Marilady Paulino scored the country’s gold medal in the women’s 400m athletics discipline and the country excelled in boxing with Junior Alcantara ReyesBronze-winning performance in the men’s 51 kg discipline, as well as Christian Pinalesin 80 kg for men.
Ecuador
The country scored 49 in the final medal table, with one gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
Athletes Brian Daniel Pintado AND Glenda Morejon won the silver medal in the Mixed Marathon Race Walk Relayed discipline on August 7.
Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes won bronze in the women’s 71kg weightlifting event, behind Team USA and Colombia’s gold Mary Lewis Sánchezsilver i. The country also scored bronze with Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera in the women’s 81 kg weightlifting on August 10.
Finally, Ecuador Lucia Yepez Guzmán scored the silver medal in the women’s 53 kg freestyle wrestling discipline.
Mexico
of Mexico Osmar Olvera won the bronze medal in the men’s 3m springboard diving event on August 8, just behind China’s Siyi Xie and Zongyuan Wang. The diver had previously won the silver medal with his teammate Juan Celaya in the Men’s 3m Springboard Synchro discipline.
The country also won the silver medal with Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez in the men’s 71-kg boxing final on August 9, as well as with Prisca Awiti in the judo discipline of 63 kg for women. Finally, the Women’s Recurve Archery team won the bronze medal.
The country was ranked 65th in the final medal table, with three silver and two bronze medals.
Panama
of Panama Athena Bylon won the country’s only medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics by scoring silver in the women’s middleweight boxing final on 10 August. The country was ranked 74th in the final medal table.
PERU
On August 7, Stefano Pescheira won the bronze medal in men’s sculling, Peru’s first Olympic medal in 32 years. Similarly, Kimberly Garcia AND Cesar Rodriguez came fourth in the Mixed Marathon Walk Relay, just 18 milliseconds behind Australia’s bronze.
Read more: Stefano Peschiera wins bronze at Paris 2024, ending Peru’s 32-year Olympic medal drought
Other countries
Costa Rican Gerald Drummond came seventh in the men’s 400m hurdles semi-final with a time of 49.68 and Haitian Emelia Chatfield finished sixth in the women’s 100m hurdles relay round.
For the Uruguay team, Matías Valentín Otero Ezcurra placed sixth in the Men’s K-1 1000m Canoe Sprint, with a time of 3:30.48, and ninth in the semifinals.
of Venezuela Naryury Perez placed eighth in the +81kg women’s weightlifting final, lifting 259kg. The country also placed fourth in the women’s 59 kg weightlifting, with athletes representing it Carnation Venegasand third in the men’s 800m athletics relay round with Jose Maita.
And for the first time in history, refugee olympic team (EOR), The Refugee Olympic Team won a medal with Cindy Jack CatBronze medal in women’s 75 kg boxing discipline.
