The Summer Olympics are a time when Americans gather round to watch sports that they might not ordinarily follow, leading to new stars and plenty of extra Virginia sports betting opportunities.
But the first thing many American viewers want to know is: How many US Olympics medals has the team won?
BetVirginia.com tracked the medals won by Team USA at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This chart includes gold, silver, and bronze, along with medals won by notable individual athletes. We updated this throughout Paris Summer Games and here is the final tally:
Team USA 2024 Olympic Medal Tracker
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
40 | 44 | 42 |
The 2024 Paris Olympics ended on Aug. 11. A few sports had such busy schedules that competition began before the Opening Ceremonies, which were on July 26.
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How Many Olympic Medals Has Team USA Won?
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1,145 | 879 | 780 |
Total: 2,764 | ||
Team USA is the all-time leader among nations for total medals and gold medals won in Summer Olympics competition.
Entering the 2024 Summer Games, the all-time US Olympic medals count was 1,065 gold, 835 silver, 738 bronze for a total haul of 2,638 medals in the Summer Games. That’s according to the official count at Olympics.com, dating from the first modern Games in 1896 at Athens, Greece. The chart above is updated to include medal events at the Paris Games.
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Individual Athlete Medal Tracker
Athlete | Sport | 2024 Paris Olympic Medals |
Simone Biles | Gymnastics | 4 |
Caeleb Dressel | Swimming | 3 |
Katie Ledecky | Swimming | 4 |
Noah Lyles | Track and Field | 2 |
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | Track and Field | 2 |
One of the biggest names on Team USA is track and field star Noah Lyles. The sprinter graduated from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia (now called Alexandria City High School).
Lyles, 26, won the gold medal in the 100 meters to be crowned "World's Fastest Man" in a thrilling finale on Aug. 4 and collected a bronze in the 200, his favorite event. Lyles said that he had tested positive for COVID-19 before the 200 but ran the race anyway.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the 400-meter hurdles on Aug. 8, successfully defending her title from the Tokyo Games. McLaughlin-Levrone won with authority, setting a world record in 50.37 seconds to take the gold, 1.5 seconds ahead of fellow American Anna Cockrell. She also was part of the winning 4x400 relay, running the second leg as the Americans repeated as champions in that event.
Gymnast Simone Biles was part of the gold-medal winning women's Team USA effort on July 30 then added two individual gold medals in Paris, in the all-around and the vault. A silver on Aug. 5 on the floor gave her four medals in Paris, cementing her case to be called the greatest female gymnast ever. At 27, these could be her final Olympics ... but maybe not.
With so much talent in a variety of sports, the United States entered the Games as a -600 favorite at Caesars Virginia Sportsbook to earn the most gold medals this summer. Team USA tied China for the most gold medals with 40 each.
Swimmers Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel were among the headliners for Team USA in the Olympic pool. Ledecky continued to absolutely own women’s distance swimming, repeating as gold medalist in the 800-meter freestyle and 1500 free. A silver medal as part of the U.S. 4x200 free relay team gives her 14 career Olympic medals. That's the most for any American woman in any sport. Nine of her career Olympic medals are gold.
Dressel is also now an eight-time gold medalist, including five victories at the Tokyo Games: The 50 and 100 free, 100 butterfly, 4x100 free relay and 4x100 medley relay. In Paris he was part of the winning 4x100 free relay team (and got another gold for swimming in the prelims of the mixed 4x100 medley relay) but did not win any individual medals.
We hope our 2024 Olympics betting guide at BetVirgina.com was helpful. You'll have to wait until the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles to bet on Olympic swimming, gymnastics, track and much more. However, the Olympic action does not stop there because the 2026 Winter Games will be in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. So if you fancy wagering on hockey, figure skating and skiing, those Olympics are just around the corner.
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Previous Team USA Summer Olympic Performances
- Paris 2024: 40 gold, 44 silver, 42 bronze = 126 total
- Tokyo 2020: 39 gold, 41 silver, 33 bronze = 113 total
- Rio 2016: 46 gold, 37 silver, 38 bronze = 121 total
- London 2012: 48 gold, 26 silver, 30 bronze = 104 total
- Beijing 2008: 36 gold, 39 silver, 37 bronze = 112 total
- Athens 2004: 36 gold, 39 silver, 26 bronze = 101 total
- Sydney 2000: 37 gold, 24 silver, 32 bronze = 93 total
- Atlanta 1996: 44 gold, 32 silver, 25 bronze = 101 total
- Barcelona 1992: 37 gold, 34 silver, 37 bronze = 108 total
- Seoul 1988: 36 gold, 31 silver, 27 bronze = 94 total
- Los Angeles 1984: 83 gold, 61 silver, 30 bronze = 174 total
- Moscow 1980: Boycott
- Montreal 1976: 34 gold, 35 silver, 25 bronze = 94 total
- Munich 1972: 33 gold, 31 silver, 30 bronze = 94 total
- Mexico City 1968: 45 gold, 28 silver, 34 bronze = 107 total
- Tokyo 1964: 36 gold, 26 silver, 28 bronze = 90 total
- Rome 1960: 34 gold, 21 silver, 16 bronze = 71 total
- Melbourne 1956: 32 gold, 25 silver, 17 bronze = 74 total
- Helsinki 1952: 40 gold, 19 silver, 17 bronze = 76 total
- London 1948: 38 gold, 27 silver, 19 bronze = 84 total
- Berlin 1936: 24 gold, 21 silver, 12 bronze = 57 total
- Los Angeles 1932: 44 gold, 36 silver, 30 bronze = 110 total
- Amsterdam 1928: 22 gold, 18 silver, 16 bronze = 56 total
- Paris 1924: 45 gold, 27 silver, 27 bronze = 99 total
- Antwerp 1920: 41 gold, 27 silver, 27 bronze = 95 total
- Stockholm 1912: 26 gold, 19 silver, 19 bronze = 64 total
- London 1908: 23 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze = 47 total
- St. Louis 1904: 76 gold, 78 silver, 77 bronze = 231 total
- Paris 1900: 19 gold, 14 silver, 15 bronze = 48 total
- Athens 1896: 11 gold, 7 silver, 2 bronze = 20 total
