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USA’s best Olympic medal count: How 2024 Paris Games final haul compares to Team USA’s most medals all-time | Sporting News

The United States went to Paris in the hopes of bringing back a chestful of gold from the 2024 Olympics. 

The Americans did just that, as Team USA’s group of Olympians totaled 40 gold medals and 126 total, leading the way in both categories for the Olympics. No other country reached triple digits in total medals, and only China managed to keep up in gold medals, with both nations earning with 40 first-place finishes.

If this Olympics has felt better than usual for the United States, that’s because it was. The 126 medals are the most at a single Olympics for the country in 40 years, putting it right near the top for best showings out of the red, white and blue at the international competition. 

How exactly does the 2024 Olympics in Paris compare to past years? Here is how this year’s Olympics medal count stacks up to the past. 

MORE: Who won the Olympics? Full medal table, standings for Paris

USA Olympic medal count 2024

  • Gold: 40
  • Silver: 44
  • Bronze: 42
  • Total: 126

What is USA’s best Olympic medal tally?

The 126 total medals won by the United States represent an incredibly impressive amount. The nation has reached at least 100 medals at an Olympics just 12 times, and at least 120 medals just four times.

Yet the 2024 total is not the most medals Team USA has ever won. The best Olympics for the United States came in 1904 at the Olympics in St. Louis. There, the United States won an astonishing 231 medals, including 76 gold, to lead the 12 countries competing in the Games.

Here is a look at the best individual Olympics for the United States

Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Medals
1904 St. Louis 76 78 77 231
1984 Los Angeles 83 61 30 174
2024 Paris 40 44 42 126
2016 Rio 46 37 38 121
2020 Tokyo 39 41 33 113

Who won Olympic gold for Team USA?

Here’s a full list of the athletes who won gold for Team USA during the 2024 Olympics:

Sport Athlete(s) Event
Swimming Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Chris Guiliano Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
Swimming Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske Mixed 4x100m medley relay
Swimming Regan Smith, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Lilly King Women’s 4x100m medley relay
Swimming Katie Ledecky Women’s 800m freestyle
Swimming Katie Ledecky Women’s 1500m freestyle
Swimming Kate Douglass Women’s 200m breaststroke
Swimming Torri Huske Women’s 100m butterfly
Swimming Bobby Finke Men’s 1500m freestyle
Artistic Gymnastics Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera Women’s gymnastics team all-around
Artistic Gymnastics Simone Biles Women’s gymnastics individual all-around
Artistic Gymnastics Simone Biles Women’s gymnastics individual vault
Athletics Ryan Crouser Men’s shot put
Athletics Noah Lyles Men’s 100m
Athletics Quincy Hall Men’s 400m
Athletics Cole Hocker Men’s 1500m
Athletics Valarie Allman Women’s discus throw
Athletics Gabby Thomas Women’s 200m
Athletics Grant Holloway Men’s 110m hurdles
Athletics Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Women’s 400m hurdles
Athletics Rai Benjamin Men’s 400m hurdles
Athletics Tara Davis-Woodhall Women’s long jump
Athletics Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Gabby Thomas, Sha’Carri Richardson Women’s 4x100m relay
Athletics Masai Russell Women’s 100m hurdles
Athletics Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Quincy Wilson* Men’s 4x400m relay
Athletics Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Alexis Holmes, Quanera Hayes*, Aaliyah Butler*, Kaylyn Brown* Women’s 4x400m relay
Basketball USA Men’s National Basketball Team Men’s 5×5 Basketball
Football USA Women’s National Team Women’s Football
Rowing Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan Men’s four
Fencing Lee Kiefer Women’s foil
Fencing Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Maia Weintraub Women’s team foil
Shooting Vincent Hancock Men’s skeet
Golf Scottie Scheffler Men’s golf
Cycling Kristen Faulkner Women’s road race
Cycling track Jennifer Valente, Lily Williams, Chloe Dygert, Kristen Faulkner Women’s team pursuit
Surfing Caroline Marks Women’s shortboard
Weightlifting Olivia Reeves Womens 71kg
Wrestling Sarah Ann Hildebrandt Women’s freestyle 50kg
Wrestling Amit Elor Women’s freestyle 68kg
Cycling track Jennifer Valente Women’s Omnium
Basketball USA Women’s National Basketball Team Women’s 5×5 Basketball

*Competed only in heats

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