Olympic Games: which sports have brought France the most medals since the start?

How many medals will our beloved Frenchmen collect at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on home soil? A good question, to which we'll have the answer in two weeks' time, on August 11! In the meantime, which sports have brought our country the most medals since the modern Games began in Athens in 1896, and still have the best chance of giving us great emotions at this edition?

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games: France's medal record officially surpassed!
France regularly ranks in the top 10 nations at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The country needed 43 medals to break its record, and now it's done! [Read more]

The most prolific sports

1. Fencing: 123 medals, including 44 gold
2. Cycling: 93 medals, including 41 gold
3. Judo: 57 medals, including 16 gold
4. Athletics: 71 medals including 14 gold
5. Horse-riding: 38 medals, including 14 gold
6. Sailing: 44 medals including 13 gold
7. Shooting: 34 medals including 10 gold
8. Weightlifting: 15 medals including 9 gold
9. Swimming: 44 medals including 8 gold
10. Rowing: 36 medals including 8 gold

Paris Olympics: the medals won by France at these 2024 Olympics.
Gold, silver or bronze, all medals are beautiful when they're around the necks of our French athletes. Here's the table of medals won by Les Bleus at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games. [Read more]