Olympic medal count tracker: US-China tied for lead in golds, as new country joins top 3 (2024)

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But the U.S. topped the medals table with a whopping 126 overall, compared to 91 for China. At the Tokyo Games, the U.S. also edged China in the medal count, finishing with 113 overall and 39 golds, compared to 89 medals with 38 gold for China.

The United States won a total of 126 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, 35 more than the next nation. After edging China in total gold medals in Tokyo, 39-38, the two powerhouse nations will each bring 40 golds home from France.

🥇 Gold medals: 40. 🥈S ilver medals: 27. 🥉 Bronze medals: 24. 🏅 Total: 91.

The USA topped the medal tally at the Paris 2024 Olympics with 126 medals. Sportstar takes a look at how the country's performance compares to other Olympic table toppers throughout the years. The United States of America had its best Olympic performance in recent times at the Paris 2024.

While the U.S. and China tied for gold in Paris, it's Team USA and then everyone else in the all-time gold medal count. The U.S. is up to 1,110 Summer Olympic gold medals all-time, nearly three times as many as the No. 2 country on the list and nearly four times as many as any existing nation.

China won gold on Sunday in the women's weightlifting in the 81kg weight class when Li Wenwen defended her Olympic title from Tokyo, her country's 40th gold medal of the Games. The US volleyball team could not repeat its gold medal victory from Tokyo against Italy.

Swimmer Torri Huske took home five medals, the most of any Team USA athlete. Swimmers Gretchen Walsh, Katie Ledecky and Regan Smith, as well as gymnast Simone Biles, each won four medals. Ledecky won her ninth Olympic medal — and 14th ever — to extend her title as the most-decorated U.S. female Olympian.

Team USA topped the overall medal chart with 126 total medals (40 golds, 44 silvers, 42 bronzes) for the eighth consecutive Games.

China boycotted the Olympic Movement from 1956 to 1979. Taiwan participated six times on its own, first as the “Republic of China” (1956), then from 1960 to 1972 as “Taiwan” and since 1984 as “Chinese Taipeh”.

It's not necessarily a surprise that the U.S. outperformed all other countries in Paris. It's the eighth consecutive Summer Games where Team USA has won more medals than any other country. The U.S. also sent the most athletes to Paris, with 637 Olympians competing, according to the Olympics website.

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Relying on its strengths in table tennis, badminton, gymnastics, shooting, weightlifting, and diving, the Chinese team announced a 405-athlete roster, supported by 311 coaches and staff members.

India won just six medals in Paris, falling short of its record haul of seven at Tokyo in 2021. The United States, with less than a quarter of India's population, topped the charts with 126 medals followed by China with 91.

Six of these countries have won medals at every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. The only country to have won a gold medal at every Winter Olympic Games is the United States.

Here's a look at the top 10 countries in the all-time Summer Olympics gold medal count: United States - 1,061. Soviet Union - 395. Great Britain - 284.

Ranking in second is the U.S., winning 114 gold medals. In terms of overall medal count, America is the leading country in figure skating and snowboarding, with 51 and 31 medals in each sport, respectively.

The gold medal race between the United States and China came down to the final event of the Paris Olympics. And after 16 days of competition, the U.S. and China will share the title for most golds in 2024. The United States and China will both end the Paris Olympics with 40 gold medals each.