Olympic medal count tracker: Another good day at the track brings more golds for USA

The Olympic Games are winding down in Paris, but there’s still plenty of action to catch!

For a full rundown of all the events each day, we have a full breakdown of everything airing, along with where and how to watch. Every Olympic event will be streaming live on Peacock.

When it comes to the medal count, the United States was the favorite to win the most medals going into the Games. It showed why right from the start, leading the medal count from early on.

China does still have chance to win more gold medals than the Americans, however. China had maintained a lead in golds for much of the first week, but the U.S. caught up with them early in the second week of games.

So which country is leading in medals as of the 13th day of competition? Here is a look at the Olympic medal count. (And keep scrolling to see some of the best moments for Team USA from Thursday).

Here is the full leaderboard, last updated Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. ET

The U.S. continued to be on a better pace than it was on for the Tokyo Olympics, with 103 medals on Day 13 this year compared to 91 for those Games.

Team USA also had four events that featured two medalists on the podium: men’s 200m, women’s long jump, women’s 400m hurdles and men’s 110m hurdles.

And while the men have closed the gap (thanks to a strong performance in track and field), women have still won more medals for the U.S., 56 to 41.

Here’s a breakdown of what events Team USA has won medals in and the athletes involved:

The last Summer Olympics in which the United States did not top the gold medal table was in 2008 in Beijing. Countries always get a medal bump being the host nation, and France is expected to almost triple the number of gold medals it won in Tokyo.

Team USA Highlights: Day 12

TRACK DOMINANCE CONTINUES

It was another day full of medals for Team USA on the track at Stade de France.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own world record in the women’s 400m hurdles final, finishing in 50.37 to capture her second straight Olympic title. McLaughlin-Levrone became the event’s first two-time Olympic champion and has now broken the world record six times since 2021.

American Anna Cockrell finished second in 51.87 to win her first Olympic medal. 

After becoming the event’s first two-time Olympic champion, McLaughlin-Levrone celebrated by donning a fitting piece of headwear at Stade de France: a crown.

U.S. hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone explains why she wore a tiara after setting a world record in the 400m hurdles and bringing home a gold medal.

Grant Holloway became an Olympic champion for the first time Thursday. The Tokyo silver medalist and three-time world champion won gold in the men’s 110-meter hurdles. His U.S. teammate Daniel Roberts took silver.

Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles finished second and third, respectively, in the men’s 200m final for a second straight Olympics — even with the latter getting diagnosed with COVID earlier in the week.

U.S. sprinter Kenny Bednarek discusses his silver medal in the men’s 200m at the Paris Olympics.

Tara Davis-Woodhall also took gold Thursday in the women’s long jump. Fellow U.S. athlete Jasmine Moore took bronze, her second medal of the Paris Olympics.

BASKETBALL’S CLOSE CALL

After trailing by double digits for most of the game, Team USA rallied late in the fourth and avoided an upset versus Serbia with a 95-91 win.

Steph Curry led the way with 36 points while Joel Embiid added a big 19 and LeBron James scored 16.

The U.S. previously beat Serbia 105-79 in an exhibition July 17 and again 110-84 July 28 in the first game of Paris pool play.

The U.S. will play Victor Wembanyama and France for gold on Saturday.

THIS IS THE (WORLD RECORD) CLIMB

Sam Watson is leaving Paris with another world record and a bronze medal.

The American climber smashed the world record he set just two days earlier during the small final race in the men’s speed climbing final. Watson’s 4.74-second run rewarded him with an Olympic bronze medal.

The 18-year-old from Southlake, Texas started his day with a quarterfinal win over New Zealand’s Julian David at 5.03 seconds. He then lost to China’s Wu Peng in the semifinals with a 4.93, just .08 seconds away from a spot in the gold medal race.

Stephen Wade of the Associated Press contributed to this report.