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Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold: Nelson Diebel: Swimming: Men's 100 meter breaststroke: July 26 Gold: Pablo Morales: Swimming: Men's 100 meter butterfly
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States. American athletes have won a total of 2,765 medals (1,105 of them gold) at the Summer Olympic Games , and another 330 (114 of them gold) at the Winter Olympic Games , making the United States the most prolific medal-winning nation ...
Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account. As of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics , 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games.
However, the United States managed to win 11 gold medals, edging out Greece, who secured 10 golds, and allowing Team USA to finish first in the gold medal tally. James Connolly became the first modern Olympic champion by winning the triple jump , and Thomas Burke won three gold medals in various track events, assuming the title of the most ...
The United States competed in all sports except handball and was represented by more female than male athletes for the fourth consecutive time in the Summer Olympics (278 men and 314 women). [ 6 ] The team topped the medal rankings for the fourth consecutive and 19th overall time , with a total of 40 gold, 44 silver, and 42 bronze medals. [ 7 ]
The opening ceremony flag-bearers for the United States were baseball player Eddy Alvarez and basketball player Sue Bird. [2] Javelin thrower Kara Winger was the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. [3] For the third consecutive time in the Summer Olympics, the United States was represented by more female than male athletes (285 men and 330 ...
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.
The United States qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six teams in the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. [18] Team Tabitha Peterson qualified as United States representatives by winning the 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Cory Christensen 2–0 in the best-of-three final. [19]