The United States traveled to Paris hoping to bring home a box of gold from the 2024 Olympics.
The Americans did just that, as the U.S. Olympic athletes won 40 gold medals in total and 126 gold medals overall, leading the Olympics in both categories. No other country reached triple-digit medal totals, and only China matched them in gold medal counts, with both nations scoring 40 first-place finishes.
If these Olympics felt better than usual for the United States, it’s because they were. The 126 medals are the most at a single Olympics for the country in 40 years, putting it right up there when it comes to the red-white-and-blue team’s best performances in international competition.
How will the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris compare to previous years? Here you can see how this year’s medal haul compares to the past.
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USA: Medal table at the 2024 Olympic Games
- Gold: 40
- Silver: 44
- Bronze: 42
- In total: 126
What is the USA’s highest Olympic medal tally?
The total of 126 medals won by the United States is an incredibly impressive number. The nation has only achieved at least 100 medals at the Olympic Games 12 times and at least 120 medals only four times.
But the 2,024 total is not the highest medal count the U.S. team has ever won. The best Olympics for the United States came at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, where the United States won an astonishing 231 medals, including 76 gold, leading the 12 countries competing in the games.
Here’s a look at the United States’ best individual Olympians
| 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 |
| Rio2016 | 46 | 37 | 38 | 121 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 39 | 41 | 33 | 113 |
Who won Olympic gold for Team USA?
Here is a complete list of athletes who have won gold for Team USA at the 2024 Olympics:
| sport | Athlete(s) | Event |
| Bathe | Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Chris Guiliano | Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay |
| Bathe | Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske | Mixed 4x100m medley relay |
| Bathe | Regan Smith, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Lilly King | Women’s 4x100m medley relay |
| Bathe | Katie Ledecky | 800 m freestyle, women |
| Bathe | Katie Ledecky | 1500 m freestyle, women |
| Bathe | Kate Douglas | Women’s 200 m breaststroke |
| Bathe | Torri Huske | 100 m butterfly, women |
| Bathe | Bobby Finke | 1500 m freestyle, men |
| Artistic gymnastics | Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera | Gymnastics all-around team |
| 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 | 100 m, men |
| athletics | Quincy Hall | 400 m, men |
| athletics | Cole Stool | 1500 m, men |
| athletics | Valarie Allman | Discus, women |
| athletics | Gabby Thomas | 200m women |
| athletics | Grant Holloway | 110 m hurdles, men |
| athletics | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | 400 m hurdles, women |
| athletics | Ray Benjamin | 400 m hurdles, men |
| 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 | 100 m hurdles, women |
| 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 | US men’s national basketball team | Men’s 5×5 Basketball |
| football | US Women’s National Team | Women’s football |
| rowing | Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan | Men’s foursome |
| fencing | Lee Kiefer | Women’s foil |
| fencing | Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Maia Weintraub | Women’s team foil |
| Shoot | Vincent Hancock | Skeet for Men |
| golf | Scottie Scheffler | Men’s Golf |
| Ride a bike | Kristen Faulkner | Women’s road race |
| Cycle path | Jennifer Valente, Lily Williams, Chloe Dygert, Kristen Faulkner | Women’s team pursuit |
| surfing | Caroline Marks | Shortboard for women |
| Weightlifting | Olivia Reeves | Women 71kg |
| Wrestling | Sarah Ann Hildebrandt | Women’s freestyle 50kg |
| Wrestling | Amit Elor | Women’s freestyle 68kg |
| Cycle path | Jennifer Valente | Omnium for women |
| basketball | US women’s national basketball team | 5×5 basketball for women |
*Only participated in preliminary rounds
