2024 Paris Olympics Highlights #4 Quiz

Answer: Tahiti

The two surfing events were contested at Teahupo'o, a village on the southeast coast of Tahiti in French Polynesia, located in the southern Pacific Ocean. This location hosts the annual Billabong Pro Teahupoo surfing competition as part of the World Championship Tour.

The men's event was won by Kauli Vasst from France and the women's event by Caroline Marks from USA.

Answer: Spain, USA

Spain beat France 5-3 in the men's football final to win the gold medal. This was Spain's second Olympic title, which they first won in 1992 at Barcelona. Morocco defeated Egypt 6-0 in the bronze medal match

In the women's event, USA won the gold medal match when they beat Brazil 1-0. This was the fifth title for USA; they won in 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012. The bronze medal match was won by Germany when they edged Spain 1-0.

Answer: Canada, Japan

Canadian Philip Kim (born 25 January 1997) won the gold medal in the B-Boys event. French dancer Danis Civil finished second and American contestant Victor Montalvo in third position.

B-Girls event was won by Japanese dancer Ami Yuasa (born 11 December 1998), Dominika Banevic from Lithuania in second place and Liu Qingyi from China in third.

Answer: Netherlands, Germany

In the men's 3x3 tournament, Netherlands beat France 18-17 in overtime to win the gold. Germany edged Spain 17-16 to win the women's tournament. The 3x3 basketball event was first introduced at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Answer: Netherlands

Netherlands defeated Germany in the men's gold medal match winning 3-1 by penalty shootout after the score was tied at 1-1.

In the women's tournament, they also won by a penalty shootout, against China by 3-1 in the gold medal match, after the score was tied at 1-1.

Answer: Men's indoor

France beat Poland 3-0 in the men's indoor tournament to win the gold medal match. The women's indoor event was won by Italy, when they defeated USA 3-0 in the final match. The men's beach event was won by Sweden and the women's event was won by Brazil.

Answer: Uzbekistan

There were 13 events in boxing. Uzbekistan topped the boxing medal tally with five golds, followed by China with three golds. Traditional powerhouse Cuba won only one gold along with Chinese Taipei, Algeria, France, Ireland and Ukraine. USA won only one bronze medal in boxing.

Lin Yu-ting (born 13 December 1995) won the first gold medal for Chinese Taipei in boxing. She defeated Julia Szeremeta of Poland in the final of the women's 57 kg class (featherweight).

Answer: Japan

There were twelve events in freestyle and six events in Greco-Roman. Japan won eight gold medals to top the medal tally in wrestling. Iran, USA and Bulgaria won two gold medals each. Cuba, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Bahrain won one gold medal each.

Answer: China

There were ten events in weightlifting, five each for men and women. China topped the table with five gold medals, followed by Bulgaria, USA, Georgia, Indonesia and Norway with one each.

Answer: Men's race

French racing cyclist Jaris Daudet finished first ahead of his compatriots Sylvain Andre and Romain Mahieu. This event was the only podium sweep by any nation at the Paris Olympics.