The United States, which became the first country to Top 3000 Olympic Medals At the 2024 Summer Games, she won more medals in Paris than in Tokyo.
US athletes return home 126 medals in total this yearr, ahead of China (91), Great Britain (65) and France (64). China led the gold medal race for much of the Games, but both China and the United States won 40 each by the end of the Games. In addition to 40 gold medals, the United States won 42 silver and 44 bronze medals.
The United States may be the country that won the most medals, but it is not the home of the most decorated athlete of the year. China’s Zhang Yufei won six medals: five bronze and one silver. France’s Leon Marchand won five: four gold and one bronze.
The United States has won great victories throughout history
It’s the most wins ever by Americans at a non-boycotted Olympics outside the United States, surpassing the previous record of 121 in Rio in 2016, according to tThe United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has twice surpassed its Parisian record, both times on home soil. The American team won 174 medals in Los Angeles in 1984 and 239 medals in St. Louis in 1904.
The United States won 39 gold, 41 silver and 33 bronze medals for a total of 113 medals at the Tokyo Games. The U.S. team won 121 Olympic medals in Rio in 2016.
According to the USOPC, the United States has led the medal standings since 1996. That year, the United States won 101 medals.
Analysis of the victories in Paris
The U.S. team’s 126 medals this year were won by 257 medalists, according to the USOPC. During the Games, about 10,500 athletes competed in 48 sports. The United States competed in all but one, the second-largest after host France. The USOPC did not specify which discipline the United States did not compete in, but the country was not listed on the Olympic program for handball.. The American team won medals in 34 of the disciplines in which it competed.
Thirteen athletes won multiple gold medals and 44 athletes won multiple medals. Torri Huske and Regan Smith, with five medals each, won the most.
According to the USOPC, 65 percent of the Americans who won medals were first-time medalists. Women won 67 of the U.S. medals this year. Most of the victories came in swimming and track and field.
