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    Who won the Olympics? Final medal count, standings, most gold winners by country for 2024 Paris Games

    By Bryan Murphy,

    5 hours ago

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    And just like that, the 2024 Olympics are about to sunset in Paris.

    There is just one day left in the Summer Olympics, as the quadrennial international competition is set to conclude with the last few medals to be handed out Sunday. The closing ceremony in Paris will officially bring an end to the festivities.

    The United States is no stranger to coming home with plenty of gold. Team USA finished with the most medals at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, winning 113 overall and 39 gold. How did they fare in 2024?

    Here's a look at the updated medal count standings at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

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    Who won the Olympics?

    After the women's basketball final on the last day of the 2024 Olympics, here is who is winning the total medal count:

    Country Medals Gold Silver Bronze
    USA 126 40 44 42
    China 91 40 27 24
    Great Britain 65 14 22 29

    At the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, the United States won the medal count with 113 medals three years ago, followed by China and host nation Japan.

    The U.S. has finished first in the medal count in each of the last three Summer Olympics and six of the last seven.

    Who has the most gold medals in 2024?

    Here's a look at the 10 countries with the most gold medals at the Paris Olympics:

    Country Gold medals Overall medals
    USA 40 126
    China 40 91
    Japan 20 45
    Australia 18 53
    France 16 64
    Netherlands 15 34
    Great Britain 14 65
    South Korea 13 32
    Italy 12 40
    Germany 10 33

    Olympic medal standings 2024

    Here's a look at the top 10 countries in the overall Olympic medal count:

    Country Medals Gold Silver Bronze
    USA 126 40 44 42
    China 91 40 27 24
    Great Britain 65 14 22 29
    France 64 16 26 22
    Australia 53 18 19 16
    Japan 45 20 12 13
    Italy 40 12 13 15
    Netherlands 34 15 7 12
    Germany 33 12 13 8
    South Korea 32 13 9 10

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    Olympic medal leaders by year

    The United States has finished atop the medal count in seven of the last 10 Summer Olympics. The last nation other than the U.S. to finish with the most medals was host country China in 2008.

    Here are the medal count leaders and their medal total from each of the last 10 Summer Olympics:

    Year Country Medals
    2024 United States 126
    2021 United States 113
    2016 United States 121
    2012 United States 104
    2008 China 100
    2004 United States 101
    2000 United States 93
    1996 United States 101
    1992 Unified Team* 112
    1988 Soviet Union 132
    1984 United States 174

    * - The Unified Team was made up of athletes from the fallen Soviet Union.

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