During the Tokyo Olympics 2020 Closing Ceremony on Sunday, August 8, the torch has been passed to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. The eighth straight gold medal for the US women’s basketball team happened, while the US women’s volleyball team grabbedtheir first gold in the Olympichistory of cycling, enabling them to overtake China at the buzzer for first place in the gold medal rankings.
The United States‘athletes competed in 35 sports at Tokyo 2020, seeking to improve their past recordat the Rio 2016 Olympics of 121 medals. Out of all them, 46 were gold, 37 were silver, and 38 were bronze medals.They have claimed the most Olympic medals in 15 of the 27 Summer Games since their inclusionin1896.
The US won 2,520 medals, including 1,022 gold, 793 silver, and 705 bronze, from the inaugural Olympic Games in 1986 in Athens prior to the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. As this year’sGames have reached theirend, the record has been extended up to 1,061 gold medals, 834 silver, and 738 bronze Olympicmedals.
How many medals did USA win in the Olympics?
Even though the United States trailed China throughout most of the Games, they finished with the largest number of total medals won of any country.The American athletes have collected 113 medals, including 39 gold medals, 41 silver, and 33 bronze. The USA managed to grab three triumphsduring the final day of theOlympics, in women’s basketball and volleyball, and cycling, where the American team won its first-ever gold medal.
As a result, the United States eclipsed China in mostgold medals at Tokyo 2020. The medal total is in favor of the American team for the seventh consecutive time. However, theirmedal total fell short of the expectations, and they failed to match or overcomethe number of 121 medals won at the 2016 Rio Olympics, including 46 gold medals.
For the first time in modern Olympic history, no USA man won an individual gold medal in track events. In addition, the women’s soccer were shocked by Canada in the Semi-Finals, and thus, the Stars and Stripes had to satisfy with winningthird place i.e the bronze medal. There is also thegymnastics star Simone Biles, who initially withdrew from most of the eventsshe was planned to participate into preserve her mental health, but thenshe returned only to claimbronzeon the balancing beam.
| Team | Number of gold medals |
Number of silvermedals |
Number of bronze medals |
Total number of medals |
| United States | 39 | 41 | 33 | 113 |