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US Olympic medal count: How many medals has USA won at 2024 Paris Games?
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Date:2025-04-12 12:37:04
Among the highlights of the many countries competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics is to see how many medals each nation can rack up, showing off its dominance to the rest of the world.
While the United States is favored to take home the most medals at the Paris Olympics, China is in the mix to have the most athletes on the top podium.
During the 2021 pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, Team USA won 113 medals, including 39 golds, while China won 89 medals and 38 golds.
The last Summer Olympics in which the United States didn't have the most gold medals was the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, when the host nation won 48 golds to the USA’s 36.
Here are the daily counts of medals won by each nation at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Team USA medal count at 2024 Paris Olympics
The United States has earned five medals — one gold, two silver and two bronze.
On Saturday, Team USA secured its first gold medal, as the men's 4x100 meter relay team secured the nation's first top-step finish of the 2024 Olympic Games.
Katie Ledecky, the greatest female swimmer in history, added to her remarkable résumé with a bronze medal in the much-anticipated women’s 400-meter freestyle race.
A silver medal finish by Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook in the women's 3-meter synchronized springboard gave Team USA its first medal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
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