An Olympic diploma is a paper certificate given to athletes that finish in the top 8 of an Olympic event.

Below is a list of countries that didn't win any medals at the 2024 Olympics, but did have athletes that earned top 8 finishes in Olympic events.

Andorra

  • 6th place – Canoeing (Women's C-1 Slalom) – Monica Doria

Aruba

  • 8th place – Sailing (Men's IQFoil) – Ethan Westera

Bahamas

  • 6th place – Track & Field (Women's 100m hurdles) – Devynne Charlton

Barbados

  • 7th Place – Track & Field (Women's 400m sprint) – Sada Williams

Bermuda

  • 5th place – Triathlon (Women's Race) – Flora Duffy

British Virgin Islands

  • 5th place – Track & Field (Men's 400m hurdles) – Kyron McMaster

Burkina Faso

  • 5th place – Track & Field (Men's triple jump) – Hugues Fabrice Zango

Costa Rica

  • 4th place – Surfing (Women's shortboard) – Brisa Hennessy

Cayman Islands

  • 8th place – Swimming (Men's 50m freestyle) – Jordan Crooks

Estonia

  • 4th place – Fencing (Women's epee) – Nelli Differt

  • 5th place – Track & Field (Men's decathlon) – Janek Oiglane

  • 6th place – Track & Field (Men's decathlon) – Johannes Erm

  • 7th place – Track & Field (Men's 400m hurdles) – Rasmus Magi

  • 7th place – Rowing (Men's quadruple sculles) – [team competition]

  • 7th place – Swimming (Women's 100m breaststroke) – Eneli Jefimova

  • 7th place – Swimming (Men's 200m butterfly) – Kregor Zirk

Finland

  • 5th place – Boxing (Women's 50kg) – Pihla Kaivo-oja

  • 5th place – Skateboarding (Women's Park) – Heili Sirvio

  • 5th place – Track & Field (Women's hammer throw) – Silja Kosonen

  • 6th place – Track & Field (Women's hammer throw) – Krista Tervo

  • 6th place – Track & Field (Women's pole vault) – Wilma Murto

  • 7th place – Sailing (Men's Mixed Nacra 17) – Sinem Kurtbay & Akseli Keskinen

  • 8th place – Track & Field (Men's javelin throw) – Lassi Etlatalo

  • 8th place – Equestrian (Team Dressage) – [team competition]

  • 8th place – Wrestling (Men's Greco-Roman 97kg) – Arvi Savolainen

Kiribati

  • 7th place – Weightlifting (Men's 61kg) – Kaimauri Erati

Iraq

  • 6th place – Weightlifting (Men's +102kg) – Ali Rubaiawi

Latvia

  • 4th place – Basketball (Men's 3×3) – [team competition]

  • 5th place – Cycling (Men's road race) – Tom Skujins

  • 5th place – Volleyball (Women's beach) – Tina Graduina and Anastasija Kravcenoka

  • 8th place – Cycling (Men's BMX freestyle) – Ernests Zebolds

Lebanon

  • 5th place – Taekwondo (Women's 57kg) – Laetitia Aoun

Lesotho

  • 7th place – Track & Field (Men's marathon) – Tebello Ramakongoana

Liberia

  • 7th place – Track & Field (Men's 200m sprint) – Joseph Fahnbulleh

Nigeria

  • 5th place – Track & Field (Women's long jump) – Ese Brume

  • 5th place – Canoeing (Women's C-2 500m sprint) – Ayomide Bello and Beauty Otudeo

  • 5th place – Basketball (Women's 5×5) – [team competition]

  • 5th place – Weightlifting (Women's 59kg) – Rafiatu Lawal

  • 5th place – Wrestling (Women's 68kg) – Blessing Oborududu

  • 6th place – Track & Field (Women's 200m sprint) – Favour Ofili

  • 6th place – Track & Field (Men's shot put) – Chukwuebuka Enekwechi

  • 7th place – Weightlifting (Women's 71kg) – Joy Ogbonne Eze

  • 8th place – Wrestling (Women's 57kg) – Odunayo Adekuoroye

Papua New Guinea

  • 5th place – Weightlifting (Men's 61kg) – Morea Baru

Saudi Arabia

  • 5th place – Taekwondo (Women's 49kg) – Dunya Abutaleb

San Marino

  • 5th place – Wrestling (Men's 86kg) – Myles Amine

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • 4th place – Track & Field (Women's 800m run) – Shafiqua Maloney

Trinidad and Tobago

  • 4th place – Track & Field (Men's 400m sprint) – Jereem Richards

  • 7th place – Track & Field (Men's javelin throw) – Keshorn Walcott

Syria

  • 5th place – Weightlifting (Men's +102kg) – Man Assad

Venezuela

  • 4th place – Weightlifting (Women's 56kg) – Anyelin Venegas

  • 5th place – Wrestling (Men's Greco Roman 60kg) – Raiber Rodriguez

  • 7th place – Fencing (Men's team epee) – [team competition]

  • 8th place – Weightlifting (Women's +81kg) – Naryury Pérez

  • 8th place – Weightlifting (Men's 89kg) – Keydomar Vallenilla

Vietnam

  • 4th place – Shooting (Women's 10m air pistol) – Trịnh Thu Vinh

  • 7th place – Shooting (Women's 25m pistol) – Trịnh Thu Vinh

Zimbabawe

  • 6th place – Track & Field (Men's 200m sprint) – Tapiwanashe Makarawu

  • 8th place – Track & Field (Men's 200m sprint) – Makanakaishe Charamba

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11 comments

  1. Honestly, when you think about it, sure, a medal’s great, but top 8 in the world is nothing to sneeze at.

  2. >Cayman Islands

    >8th place – Swimming (Men’s 50m freestyle) – Jordan Crooks

    He was unlucky – there was on 0.08s between 3rd and 8th in that final.

  3. Wait, does it mean that Finland, Nigeria or Vietnam did not have a single medal at the Paris Olympics?

  4. Finland & Estonia : “give us Olympic disc golf!!”

  5. Olympic diplomas are so under appreciated by the general public. I wish they were publicized more in official records to acknowledge the top 8 finishers in every event.

  6. Wow, shout out Nigeria, look at all those 5ths!

    Loved their green zigzag kit

  8. Estonia, Finland, and Nigeria the closest but no cigars

  9. Waiting for the debate on what the correct order for sorting the diploma tally is!

  10. Never heard of an Olympic diploma before. Always learn something new on this sub

  11. My fav Canadian women’s athlete Ellie Black has a wack of these by now. She is a 4x Olympian with a few 5 and 6th place finishes and one 4th place finish. It sucks that she has never been on an Olympic Podium but alas.

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