Paris 2024 Olympics Medal Count Day 1: Updated Gold, Bronze & Silver Medal Tally for USA

By Janhavi Shinde

Modified Jul 28, 2024 03:46 GMT

As the greatest sporting event of the year commenced, it also kicked off the Paris 2024 Olympics medal count for Team USA, after the squad showed their prowess across multiple events. So far the American team has collected five Olympic medals. These medals were earned in various events, including swimming, diving, and cycling.

A humongous squad of 592 athletes, including 278 men and 314 women are representing the USA in Paris, contributing to the Paris 2024 Olympics medal count. Day 1 of the events following the opening ceremony witnessed the exceptional performance of Team USA in swimming.

Three of the five medals were bagged in swimming, leaving one each medal in diving and cycling. The medal tally so far includes a gold and two silver and two bronze. Let's take a look at the Paris 2024 Olympics medal count by Team USA so far according to the events.

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	1	1	1	3
Diving	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	1	2	2	5

Team USA's Paris 2024 Olympics medal count in swimming events on Day 1

Silver Medalists, Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske and Simone Manuel of Team United States pose with their medals after the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in France. (Photo by Getty Images)

Team USA raised the Paris 2024 Olympics medal count in swimming to three on Day 1. Caeleb Dressel, Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong, and Chris Guiliano clinched the gold medal in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay event at the Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024, to defend their title. The USA squad recorded an impressive time of 3:09.28 to defeat the Australian and Italian squads with 3:10.35 and 3:10.70, respectively.

Furthermore, the American female swimmers put on a stunning show in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay event, securing second place behind Australia. While Australia clocked 3:28.92, Team USA recorded 3:30.20. The Chinese squad followed them with 3:30.30.

Katie Ledecky won her first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 400m freestyle event. She settled for bronze after completing the race behind Ariarne Titmus and Summer McIntosh. While Titmus and McIntosh clocked 3:57.49 and 3:58.37, Ledecky posted 4:00.86.

Apart from swimming, Team USA earned its first medal in diving and cycling

Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook pose for a photo at the USA House Paris in France. (Photo by Getty Images)

Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook secured the first 2020 Paris Olympics medal for Team USA. The duo secured a silver medal in the women's synchronized 3m springboard diving event. While the Chinese duo of Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen led the event with 337.68 points, Bacon and Cook collected 314.64 points.

Chloe Dygert bagged a bronze medal in the women's time trial event, clocking 41:10.70. She followed Australia's Grace Brown and Great Britain's Anna Henderson, who posted 39:38.24 and 41:09.83, respectively.