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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]
Team USA’s 126 gold, silver and bronze medals far exceeds China’s 91, the next closest nation. Team USA had a chance to move past the Chinese in the gold standings on the final day.
To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze, sort first by the bronze column, then the silver, and then the gold. The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal ...
China's won more seven more gold medals than the United States, so China is winning the medal count. It's that simple. (Photo by Wei Zheng/CHINASPORTS/VCG via Getty Images) (VCG via Getty Images)
This past year was filled with champions galore as Team USA showed up in Paris for the 2024 Games prepared for total domination. Nearly 600 U.S. athletes competed to bring home 126 medals.
During the 2008 Summer Olympics, with China and the U.S. topping the gold and total medal tallies respectively, [23] and then again at the 2010 Winter Olympics when Canada and the U.S. finished 1st and 3rd respectively in the "gold first" ranking, [24] and 3rd and 1st respectively in terms of total medals won. [25]
But some countries and organizations outside America sort nations based on their number of gold medals. By that standard, China topped the chart as of 4 p.m. ET, with eight gold medals. The U.S ...
Li Ting and Sun Tiantian won China's first tennis gold medal in women's doubles. Wang Xu won China's first wrestling gold medal in women's freestyle 72 kg. Chinese women's volleyball team come back from 0–2 deficit to defeat Russia women's team 3–2 in the final, winning China's second ball-game gold medal after 20 years.