In a historic moment at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem broke the Olympic record with a throw of 92.97 m to win a gold medal in the men’s javelin throw.
It was also his country’s first Olympic medal in 32 years, after the Pakistani men’s hockey team won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Nadeem’s gold medal win, where he also defeated defending champion from India, Neeraj Chopra. After the monumental victory, there was recognition and admiration for the two stars from the fans of the two neighboring countries.
What is interesting here is that Pakistan’s contingent consisted of only seven athletes. How many athletes did India send to Paris?
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Comparison of the number of athletes India and Pakistan will send to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
With Arshad Nadeem’s gold medal win, Pakistan is ahead of India in the medal table, even though India has won more medals overall. This is because one gold medal is considered more valuable in the Olympic rankings than hundreds of silver and bronze medals.
Compared to Pakistan’s group of seven athletes, India’s contingent of 117 members is over 16 times larger but has failed to win a single gold medal at the ongoing Summer Games.
Pakistan had one athlete in athletics, four in shooting and two swimmers at the Paris Games. India, on the other hand, had 117 athletes competing in 16 different events, with nearly 30 athletes competing in athletics. Only Neeraj Chopra was able to win the country’s only silver medal.
| Number of athletes | Number of events | Medals won |
|---|---|---|
| 117 | 16 | 5 |
In comparison, Pakistan achieved a success rate of 14% with a single medal among its seven athletes, while India had a medal success rate of only 0.04% with only five medals among 117 athletes.
| Number of athletes | Number of events | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | 1 |
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