Team USA Paris 2024 Olympic Medals
Jul 26, 2024 – Aug 11, 2024
Paris 2024 Olympic Games #
Team USA came out on top at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, winning 126 total Olympic medals, with our athletes taking home 40 gold medals, 44 silver medals, and 42 bronze medals. China tied Team USA with 40 gold medals, but came up short in silver and bronze, leading to their second place finish with 91 total medals. In the previous Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, Team USA also finished first, winning 39 gold medals, 41 silver medals and 33 bronze medals, for a combined total of 113 Olympic medals.
Track and field and swimming were our most winning categories, with track and field events contributing 34 total medals (14 gold, 11 silver, 9 bronze), and swimming contributing 28 (8 gold, 13 silver, 7 bronze). Virginia native Torri Huske won the most medals out of all of the Team USA athletes with 5 total medals including 3 gold and 2 silver. The other athletes that topped the charts include gymnast Simone Biles and swimmers Gretchen Walsh, Katie Ledecky and Regan Smith, all with 4 Olympic medals.
Some of the top highlights from the 2024 Olympic games include:
U.S. men’s water polo team won a bronze medal, the first medal in 16 years
The U.S. men’s basketball team claimed fifth straight Olympic gold medal
U.S. women's basketball team won eighth straight Olympic gold medal
Team USA’s indoor volleyball team won silver, making history with the longest medal streak for the sport in U.S. history, and record for most medals for the sport in any country
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won gold and set a new world record in the women's 400-meter hurdles final
Our artistic swimming team won a silver medal, the first medal in 20 years
U.S. women’s swimming team set a new world record in the 4x100-meter medley relay, winning gold
