After five days of competition, France climbs to second place in the medal table

With 26 medals collected in five days, including eight gold, France is in second place in the medal table.

So far, competing in front of their home crowd has brought luck to the French athletes. Since the official start of the competition on July 26, the Blues have collected 26 medals of all metals, which allows them to occupy second place in the famous medal table on Wednesday, July 31. In detail, the Blues have collected eight gold medals, 10 silver medals and eight bronze medals.

For a few minutes, France was even first in this table: Léon Marchand’s third gold medal in the 200m butterfly, his second of the evening, propelled it into the lead, ahead of China. With his gold medal in the 100m freestyle, Pan Zhanle allowed China to return to first place to his country. With these 26 medals, France has set a new record for precocity since 1924. The last time it took it five days to collect so many medals was in Paris. In 1996 and 2000, it took it eight, according to Opta.