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With the 2024 Paris Olympics about to close, the United States will end the Summer Games as the country that has won more medals than any other nation. However, the battle for which country would win in the gold medal category came down to the last sporting event of the Games as the United States moved into a tie with China at 40 each on the strength of the U.S. women's basketball team securing a 67-66 victory over France Sunday morning.  

Both countries added to their gold stockpiles throughout the Games' final day. China added its latest gold medal after Li Wenwen prevailed in the women's weightlifting +81kg division. The U.S. had an opportunity to answer in the women's volleyball final, but fell to Italy en route to a silver medal. The Americans did, however, add another gold to the board with Jennifer Valente winning the women's omnium track cycling final, pulling to 40-39.

Team USA was heavily favored to defeat France, but the host nation gave America's team of WNBA all-stars all it could handle. With the victory, the U.S. extended its Olympic winning streak to 61 games and eighth straight gold medal, and sixth for veteran Diana Taurasi.

Team USA will lost one bronze medal in controversial fashion, however. Gymnast Jordan Chiles has to return her hardware after taking third in the Aug. 5 women's floor exercise final. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that a scoring inquiry that leapt Chiles from fifth to third came four seconds late, so Romania's Ana Bărbosu will be declared the new bronze medalist. 

The United States won the overall medal count by a wide margin -- 35 to be exact -- with a final tally of 126. The United States also has the outright lead in silver and and bronze with 44 and 42 in each category, respectively. Overall, China is second with 91 medals, with Great Britain (65), France (63) and Australia (53) rounding out the top five.

The United States entered these Games with the most medals ever won in the Summer Olympics. The U.S. also holds the record for most gold medals won in a single games with 83 captured in 1984, one of the country's host years that took place as the Soviet Union led a 12-nation boycott of the Los Angeles Games. Such lofty totals will obviously not happen in 2024, although America was able to build upon its showing of 113 medals at the Tokyo Games of three years ago. The U.S. won one more gold than it did in the Tokyo Games three years ago, and America has gone plus-three in its silver tally, up from 41, and far surpassed the previous number of bronze medals won, posting a plus-nine, up from 33.

Check out the 2024 Paris Olympics medal count below. It will be updated regularly as events conclude through the conclusion of the Summer Olympics on Aug. 11.

2024 Paris Olympics medal count

COUNTRYGOLDSILVERBRONZETOTAL
USA
USA United States
404442126
CHN
CHN China
40272491
JPN
JPN Japan
20121345
AUS
AUS Australia
18191653
FRA
FRA France
16262264
NED
NED Netherlands
1571234
GBR
GBR Great Britain
14222965
KOR
KOR South Korea
1391032
ITA
ITA Italy
12131540
GER
GER Germany
1213833
NZL
NZL New Zealand
107320
CAN
CAN Canada
971127
UZB
UZB Uzbekistan
82313
HUN
HUN Hungary
67619
ESP
ESP Spain
54918
SWE
SWE Sweden
44311
KEN
KEN Kenya
42511
NOR
NOR Norway
4138
EIR
EIR Ireland
4037
BRA
BRA Brazil
371020
IRI
IRI Iran
36312
UKR
UKR Ukraine
35412
ROM
ROM Romania
3429
GEO
GEO Georgia
3317
BEL
BEL Belgium
31610
BUL
BUL Bulgaria
3137
SRB
SRB Serbia
3115
CZE
CZE Czechia
3025
DEN
DEN Denmark
2259
AZE
AZE Azerbaijan
2237
CRO
CRO Croatia
2237
CUB
CUB Cuba
2169
BRN
BRN Bahrain
2114
SLO
SLO Slovenia
2103
TPE
TPE Chinese Taipei
2057
AUT
AUT Austria
2035
HKG
HKG Hong Kong
2024
PHI
PHI Philippines
2024
ALG
ALG Algeria
2013
INA
INA Indonesia
2013
ISR
ISR Israel
1517
POL
POL Poland
14510
KAZ
KAZ Kazakhstan
1337
JAM
JAM Jamaica
1326
RSA
RSA South Africa
1326
THA
THA Thailand
1326
ETH
ETH Ethiopia
1304
SUI
SUI Switzerland
1258
ECU
ECU Ecuador
1225
POR
POR Portugal
1214
GRE
GRE Greece
1168
ARG
ARG Argentina
1113
EGY
EGY Egypt
1113
TUN
TUN Tunisia
1113
BOT
BOT Botswana
1102
CHI
CHI Chile
1102
LCA
LCA St Lucia
1102
UGA
UGA Uganda
1102
DOM
DOM Dominican Republic
1023
GUA
GUA Guatemala
1012
MAR
MAR Morocco
1012
DMA
DMA Dominica
1001
PAK
PAK Pakistan
1001
TKE
TKE Turkiye
0358
MEX
MEX Mexico
0325
ARM
ARM Armenia
0314
COL
COL Colombia
0303
KGZ
KGZ Kyrgyzstan
0246
PRK
PRK North Korea
0246
LTU
LTU Lithuania
0224
IND
IND India
0156
MDA
MDA Moldova
0134
KOS
KOS Kosovo
0112
CYP
CYP Cyprus
0101
FIJ
FIJ Fiji
0101
JOR
JOR Jordan
0101
MGL
MGL Mongolia
0101
PAN
PAN Panama
0101
TJK
TJK Tajikistan
0033
ALB
ALB Albania
0022
GRN
GRN Grenada
0022
MAS
MAS Malaysia
0022
PUR
PUR Puerto Rico
0022
CIV
CIV Ivory Coast
0011
CPV
CPV Cape Verde
0011
EOR
EOR Refugee Olympic Team
0011
PER
PER Peru
0011
QAT
QAT Qatar
0011
SGP
SGP Singapore
0011
SVK
SVK Slovakia
0011
ZAM
ZAM Zambia
0011