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The 2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad held in Paris, France. Led by coach Cheryl Reeve , the team won its ninth gold medal, and eighth consecutive, at the event.
The United States advanced to face Japan for the gold medal by winning the semifinal against Canada, a 4–3 victory at the end of extra time. [45] The 2012 London Olympics marked the first time the USWNT won every game en route to the gold medal and set an Olympic women's team record of 16 goals scored. [45]
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
Of Team USA's 40 gold medals, 26 were won by women, ... The 2024 Paris Olympics reached a landmark as the first Olympics with total gender parity, where 50% of the athletes present were women. But ...
Thrilling gold-medal victories for the United States men's and women's basketball teams and women's soccer team. ... The United States won the 2024 Olympics overall medal count with 126. China was ...
The U.S. defeated Brazil 1-0 in the gold medal match of the 2024 Paris Olympics to clinch its first gold medal since the 2012 London Olympics. With five gold medals, Team USA remains the only team ...
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [16]
The United States added gold medals in women's basketball and women's omnium, lifting them to tie China for most gold medals won at the 2024 Paris Olympics.