Paris Olympics 2024 Medal Count Day 7: Updated medal tally as Team USA stands 4th in overall table as Regan Smith & Sagen Maddalena win silver medals

By Janhavi Shinde

Modified Aug 03, 2024 05:27 GMT

Team USA is currently standing in fourth place of the 2024 Paris Olympics medal tally. The American squad has earned nine gold, 18 silver, and 16 bronze medals so far at the Paris Games.

The Chinese squad is leading the medal tally after the conclusion on Day 7 of the competition with 31 medals, including 13 gold, 9 silver, and 9 bronze medals. The squad is followed by the French and Australian teams with 36 and 22 medals, respectively.

The American team has gathered the most number of medals in swimming events with the number reaching 21. Four of these 21 medals are gold, 11 are silver, and six are bronze medals. Swimming is followed by fencing and gymnastics with four medals in each discipline.

Day 7 witnessed the U.S. squad clinch their first medal in shooting. On Day 7, Team USA collected three silver and three bronze medals. The medal count for each sport for the USA with the conclusion of Day 7 is given below:

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	4	11	6	21
Fencing	2	1	1	4
Gymnastics	2	0	2	4
Rowing	1	0	0	1
Cycling	0	2	1	3
Skateboarding	0	1	1	2
Diving	0	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Archery	0	0	1	1
Canoeing	0	0	1	1
Rugby Sevens	0	0	1	1
Sailing	0	0	1	1
Total	9	18	16	43

Medals clinched by Team USA on Day 7 of the 2024 Paris Olympics

Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison from the USA celebrate bronze in the mixed team archery at the award ceremony at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. (Photo via Getty Images)

Sagen Maddalena secured the first shooting medal for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Day 7. After registering for an Olympic Record in the qualification round with 593 points, she went on to bag a silver medal in the final after scoring a total of 463.0 points. She was surpassed by Chiara Leone, who posted 464.4 points.

Regan Smith continued her silver medal streak at the Paris Olympics with a medal in the women's 200m backstroke on Day 7 by clocking 2:04.26, finishing behind Kaylee McKeown, who recorded an Olympic record with 2:03.73. Previously, Smith clinched two silver medals in the 100m backstroke and 200m butterfly events.

McLain Ward, Karl Cook, and Laura Kraut earned the USA's first equestrian medal, a silver medal in the team jumping event. They were dominated by the Great Britain squad, including Scott Brash, Harry Charles and Ben Maher.

Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold secured a bronze medal in the archery mixed-team event after defeating India's Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara. They secured the victory after dominating in three out of four sets.

Grant Fisher secured the first medal for Team USA in athletics at Paris Olympics, bagging a bronze medal in the men's 10,000m. Ian Barrows and Hans Henken took home a bronze medal in the 49er sailing event.