medal count

Nearly a third of summer Olympic medal records are held by Americans. See how we stack up to the competition in each sport.

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Team USA secured the most total medals won in Tokyo, with 113 overall — 25 more than second-place China after 16 days of competition. On the last day of the competition, Team USA took the lead in total number of gold medals, too, by winning the 39th overall gold thanks to the women’s volleyball team. Li Quan of China had…

In an Olympics full of fun celebrations, India’s Neeraj Chopra stole the spotlight Saturday night in Tokyo when he tossed his javelin into the sky and looked away before seeing how far his throw went. Chopra didn’t need to see his javelin land before extending his arms into the air in a moment of elation. He knew the toss,...

The Games have been played, medals have been awarded and history has been made. The Tokyo Olympics, a two-week global competition played under unprecedented circumstances and limitations during the COVID-19 pandemic, have been completed.    Over the past 17 days, Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel dominated in the water, Suni Lee and Mykayla Skinner stepped up to the mat for...

The Australian men’s basketball team is bringing home a medal for the first time in its history. The Boomers beat Slovenia 107-93 in the bronze medal game of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday morning. Patty Mills led the charge for Australia with 42 points and nine assists. Teammate Joe Ingles also contributed 16 points and nine rebounds in the win….

Baseball’s return at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was a triumphant one for the host nation. Japan took home gold with a 2-0 win over Team USA at the Yokohama Stadium on Saturday. The victory capped off an undefeated tournament run and gave the country its first Olympic gold medal in the sport. The U.S., meanwhile, picked up its second...

Simone Biles has long been considered one of the greatest gymnasts ever, and now she has the medals to back that up

Rock climbing is rarely atop the list of mainstream sports when people talk about the Olympics. That could start to change this summer when Brooke Raboutou takes center stage for her first Olympic appearance as the sport makes its Olympic debut. The 20-year-old Raboutou has grown a massive following on social media, with nearly 200,000 Instagram followers. Raboutou was the…

The United States shut out the Dominican Republic 3-0 in the quarterfinal win to advance to the volleyball semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics.

The U.S. men’s water polo team couldn’t dig their way out of a rut in the quarterfinals against Spain on Wednesday, falling by a score of 8-12.

Team USA defeated Japan to win a bronze in the men’s team foil competition.

Here’s how to watch all the medal events on Day 9 of the Tokyo Olympics.

After starting Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics with no medals for the first time since 1972, the United States steadily climbed the medal leaderboard and cemented its place atop the medal throne in both overall medal count and gold medals. Team USA has held the lead at the 2020 Tokyo Games in overall medals since Day 4 and finished…