Who is winning the Olympics? Updated 2024 medal standings, most gold medal winners by country

Dan Treacy

Who is winning the Olympics? Updated 2024 medal standings, most gold medal winners by country image

The Olympics are coming to the United States in four years, and the U.S. knows it can build momentum toward 2028 with another strong showing on the national stage in Paris.

The United States again comfortably finished with the most medals at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, winning 113 overall and 39 gold, but the gap narrowed from 2016 when the U.S. won by a margin of 51 medals. China finished 34 medals behind the USA in Tokyo, and plenty of nations are looking to narrow the gap even further in Paris.

Medals will be awarded each day from July 27 to Aug. 11 in Paris. There were 1,080 medals won in Tokyo three years ago, with 93 countries earning at least one medal and 65 nations winning at least one gold medal. The chase for gold is in motion once again.

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

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Who is winning the Olympics?

Track the three countries with the most Olympic medals below:

CountryMedalsGoldSilverBronze
USA126404442
China91402724
Great Britain65142229

The United States won the medal count with 113 medals in Tokyo three years ago, followed by China and host nation Japan. The U.S. has finished atop 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 is a look at who finished with the most gold medals in Paris. 

CountryGold medalsOverall medals
USA40126
China4091
Japan2045
Australia1853
France1664
Netherlands1534
Great Britain1465
South Korea1332
Italy1240
Germany1233

Olympic medal standings 2024

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

CountryMedalsGoldSilverBronze
USA126404442
China91402724
Great Britain65142229
France64162622
Australia53181916
Japan45201213
Italy40121315
Netherlands3415712
Germany3312138
South Korea3213910

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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:

YearCountryMedals
2021United States113
2016United States121
2012United States104
2008China100
2004United States101
2000United States93
1996United States101
1992Unified Team*112
1988Soviet Union132
1984United States174

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

Dan Treacy

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Dan Treacy is a content producer for Sporting News, joining in 2022 after graduating from Boston University. He founded @allsportsnews on Instagram in 2012 and has written for Lineups and Yardbarker.