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Calculated Shard: 92 (from laksa161)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa092.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.si.com/college/unc/other-sports/2020-tokyo-olympics-medal-count-wrapup\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.si.com/college/unc/other-sports/2020-tokyo-olympics-medal-count-wrapup\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/unc\/other-sports\/2020-tokyo-olympics-medal-count-wrapup","crawl_time":1769810871,"first_indexed_time":1628721988,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,si!www,\/college\/unc\/other-sports\/2020-tokyo-olympics-medal-count-wrapup s443","src_root_hash":"2175948727125028692","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics: Medal Count Wrap-Up and the Gold Medal Race","meta_descriptions":["Team USA had a dramatic comeback to overtake China in the gold medal race in the Games of the XXXII Olympiad."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"The 2020 (2021) Summer Olympics in Tokyo are sadly over, but the good news is that, because of the COVID-19 delay, we get the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in just 176 days (Friday, February 4) and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are only three years away.\nP.S. If you’re wondering, “Hey, weren’t the Olympics just in Beijing pretty recently?”, you are correct. Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008. The difference is that those were the\nsummer\ngames and these will be of the\nwinter\nvariety, as mentioned above.\nWith the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in the rearview, it’s the perfect time to look back at the medal count and reflect on some historical facts and trends.\nBelow is the table for the final total medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 113 total medals.\nBelow is the table for the final\ngold\nmedal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 39 total medals.\nGOLD MEDAL COUNT RACE\nFor those who were tracking the medal table throughout the Games, you likely noticed that America sustained a rather comfortable lead in the overall medal count but trailed China in golds. During the last week, China’s gold medal lead stayed in the 5-7 range.\nI personally resigned myself to the fact that Team USA would win the total medal count but would lose the gold medal race. But the tide started to turn in the last two days, particularly as some of the team competitions began to wrap up.\nApril Ross and Alix Klineman won the women’s beach volleyball competition, giving Ross one medal of each color in her Olympic career. Next came Gable Steveson’s remarkable comeback, buzzer-beating win in the 125kg wrestling final, which ultimately paralleled what Team USA would do in the gold medal race down the stretch.\nEven if you don't understand wrestling or how it works, you should watch this ending:\nWHAT JUST HAPPENED! 🥇\n@GableSteveson\ngrabs the GOLD as time expires.\n#TokyoOlympics\npic.twitter.com\/yqMc3wbXsu\n— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics)\nAugust 6, 2021\nNelly Korda held on late to win the gold medal in women’s golf, the American men won the basketball gold, the women’s water polo team won gold, Team USA grabbed the top of the podium in the 4x400 relay for both men and women, and then the women’s basketball team matched what the men had already accomplished.\nFrom the time Korda wrapped up the golfing medal until the women’s basketball game ended, Team USA picked up six gold medals, while China added just two (men’s diving - 10m platform and women’s canoe double 500m). This surge was just enough to pull the Americans within one of China in the gold medal count – 37-38.\nThen something quite unexpected happened – USA’s Jennifer Valente won gold in cycling in an event called omnium. Valente wasn’t expected to medal, much less bring him gold. However, in so doing, she brought her team into a tie with China for most gold medals – 38-38.\nAt that point, the Games had just seven more gold medals to award. China was involved in one of those, a women’s boxing match, while American had three more opportunities (women’s volleyball and two men’s boxing matches). If Team USA could win two of those gold medals, they would seal the comeback.\nThe problem was that Team USA had never won gold in women’s volleyball and both boxing matches were against formidable opponents.\nDespite having never won Olympic gold though, the women’s volleyball team showed why they’re ranked No. 1 in the world in sweeping Brazil three sets to none. Updated gold medal count – USA: 39, China: 38.\nThe next gold medal opportunity was one of the USA boxing matches, an opportunity to clinch the gold medal victory. Unfortunately, Keyshawn Davis lost to Cuba’s Andy Cruz.\nNext came China’s boxing match; their last chance for a gold medal and last chance to tie the USA. Team Great Britain’s Lauren Price came away with a unanimous decision which sealed the gold medal count victory for Team USA.\nThe one-medal, come-from-behind victory for America in the gold medal race was the smallest margin of victory in over 100 years. In the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Team USA finished with 25 gold medals, edging out host country Sweden by one medal in the fifth Olympiad. The only other team the margin of victory was one gold medal was the first-ever Olympiad in Athens in 1896. Team USA once again edged out the host nation (Greece) by one medal, 11-10.\nHere’s a table showing the differential between the top two countries in the gold medal race in every Summer Olympic Games:\nThe victory in this category for America means that Team USA has hauled in the most gold medals in three straight Summer Olympics and six of the last seven. 2008 in Beijing was the lone outlier.\nAmerica has led the gold medal count in 18 of the 29 Summer Olympiads held (this is the 32nd Olympiad, but three didn’t take place due to World Wars I and II), the most of any country. The only other country to lead the gold medal count in multiple years is the Soviet Union.\nTOTAL MEDAL COUNT RACE\nWhen it comes to total medals, Team USA has historically been slightly even\nmore\ndominant than on the gold medal front. Of the 28 Summer Games that America has competed in (they boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games), they’ve literally never finished lower than third in total medals; and even that only happened once (Seoul, 1988). Astoundingly, that means that 27 of those 28 finishes have either been first or second place in the total medal count.\nNot only did America win the gold and total medal count, but also the silver and bronze. They hauled in 41 silver medals, followed by China’s 32 and ROC’s 20. In the bronze medal race, the US had 33 medals to ROC’s 23, followed by Great Britain and Australia who each had 22.\nAs you’ll see in the table below, Team USA has finished first in total medals in each of the past seven Summer Games, dating back to Atlanta in 1996.\nHOST COUNTRY MEDAL COUNT\nHost countries often fare better than usual in the medal count in the Games they host. This year was no exception.\nJapan had their most successful Olympic Games ever (Summer or Winter) in terms of medals won. They finished third overall in terms of gold medals won (27) and fifth overall in terms of total medals won (58).\nJapan’s previous high for total medals was 41, set at the 2016 Rio games. The previous high for gold medals was 16, set at the 2004 Athens games.\nLIST OF TEAM USA’S MEDALS | 2020 Tokyo Summer Games\nGold (39)\nWomen’s 3x3 Basketball\nSuni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics All-Around\nJade Carey – Women’s Gymnastics Floor Exercise\nMen’s Track 4x400m Relay\nWomen’s Track 4x400m Relay\nRyan Crouser – Men’s Shot Put\nSydney McLaughlin – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles\nAthing Mu – Women’s Track 800m\nValarie Allman – Women’s Discus Throw\nKatie Nageotte – Women’s Pole Vault\nMen’s Basketball\nWomen’s Basketball\nApril Ross \/ Alix Klineman – Women’s Beach Volleyball\nNevin Harrison – Women’s Canoe Single 200m\nJennifer Valente – Women’s Cycling Omnium\nLee Kieffer – Women’s Fencing Foil Individual\nXander Schauffele – Men’s Golf\nNelly Korda – Women’s Golf\nWilliam Shaner – Men’s Shooting 10m Air Rifle\nVincent Hancock – Men’s Shooting Skeet\nAmber English – Women’s Shooting Skeet\nCarissa Moore – Women’s Surfing\nCaeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Butterfly\nCaeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Freestyle\nCaeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 50m Freestyle\nRobert Finke – Men’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\nRobert Finke – Men’s Swimming 800m Freestyle\nChase Kalisz – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\nMen’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay\nMen’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay\nLydia Jacoby – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke\nKatie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\nKatie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 800m Freestyle\nAnastasija Zolotic – Women’s Taekwondo 57kg\nWomen’s Indoor Volleyball\nWomen’s Water Polo\nGable Steveson – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 125kg\nDavid Taylor III – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 86kg\nTamyra Mensah Stock – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 68kg\nSilver (41)\nWomen’s Gymnastics Team Event\nMykayla Skinner – Women’s Gymnastics Vault\nFred Kerley – Men’s Track 100m\nGrant Holloway – Men’s Track 110m Hurdles\nKenny Bednarek – Men’s Track 200m\nRai Benjamin – Men’s Track 400m Hurdles\nChristopher Nilsen – Men’s Pole Vault\nJoe Kovacs – Men’s Shot Put\nKeni Harrison – Women’s Track 100m Hurdles\nCourtney Frerichs – Women’s Track 3000m Steeplechase\nWomen’s Track 4x100m Relay\nDalilah Muhammad – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles\nBrittney Reese – Women’s Long Jump\nRaven Saunders – Women’s Shot Put\nBaseball\nSoftball\nDuke Ragan – Men’s Boxing Featherweight\nKeyshawn Davis – Men’s Boxing Lightweight\nRichard Torrez, Jr. – Men’s Boxing Super Heavyweight\nHannah Roberts – Women’s BMX Park\nMen’s Diving – Synchronized 3m Springboard\nWomen’s Diving – Synchronized 10m Platform\nEquestrian Dressage Team\nEquestrian Jumping Team\nKayle Browning – Women’s Shooting Trap\nShooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team\nNathaniel Coleman – Men’s Combined Sport Climbing\nRyan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke\nJay Litherland – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\nErica Sullivan – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\nLilly King – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke\nRegan Smith – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly\nAlex Walsh – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley\nWomen’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay\nWomen’s Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay\nKatie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 400m Freestyle\nEmma Weyant – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\nTriathlon Mixed Relay\nKatherine Elizabeth Nye – Women’s Weightlifting 76kg\nKyle Frederick Snyder – Men’s Wrestling Freestyle 97kg\nAdeline Maria Gray – Women’s Wrestling Freestyle 76kg\nBronze (33)\nSimone Biles – Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam\nSuni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics Uneven Bars\nNoah Lyles – Men’s Track 200m\nPaul Chelimo – Men’s Track 5000m\nGabby Thomas – Women’s Track 200m\nAllyson Felix – Women’s Track 400m\nRaevyn Rogers – Women’s Track 800m\nMolly Siedel – Women’s Marathon\nTrack 4x400 Mixed Relay\nOshae Jones – Women’s Boxing Welterweight\nWomen’s Cycling Track Team Pursuit\nKrysta Palmer – Women’s Diving 3m Springboard\nMen’s Fencing Foil Team\nWomen’s Soccer\nAriel Torres Gutierrez Men’s Karate Kata\nShooting Mixed Team Trap\nCory Juneau – Men’s Skateboarding Park\nJagger Eaton – Men’s Skateboarding Street\nRyan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 100m Backstroke\nKieran Smith – Men’s Swimming 400m Freestyle\nRegan Smith – Women’s Swimming 100m Backstroke\nLilly King – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke\nAnnie Lazor – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke\nHali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly\nHali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\nKate Douglass – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley\nWomen’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay\nKatie Zaferes – Women’s Individual Triathlon\nSara Elizabeth Robles – Women’s Weightlifting +87kg\nThomas Patrick Gilman – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 57kg\nKyle Douglas Dake – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 74kg\nSarah Ann Hildebrandt – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 50kg\nHelen Louise Maroulis – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 57kg\nSend\nIsaac Schade an email\nto talk more about this article.\nFollow us on Twitter:\n@SI_Heels\n|\n@isaacschade","attrs_markdown":"- [SI.COM](https:\/\/www.si.com\/)\n- [ON 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If you’re wondering, “Hey, weren’t the Olympics just in Beijing pretty recently?”, you are correct. Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008. The difference is that those were the *summer* games and these will be of the *winter* variety, as mentioned above.\n\nWith the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in the rearview, it’s the perfect time to look back at the medal count and reflect on some historical facts and trends.\n\nBelow is the table for the final total medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 113 total medals.\n\nBelow is the table for the final *gold* medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 39 total medals.\n\n## GOLD MEDAL COUNT RACE\nFor those who were tracking the medal table throughout the Games, you likely noticed that America sustained a rather comfortable lead in the overall medal count but trailed China in golds. During the last week, China’s gold medal lead stayed in the 5-7 range.\n\nI personally resigned myself to the fact that Team USA would win the total medal count but would lose the gold medal race. But the tide started to turn in the last two days, particularly as some of the team competitions began to wrap up.\n\nApril Ross and Alix Klineman won the women’s beach volleyball competition, giving Ross one medal of each color in her Olympic career. Next came Gable Steveson’s remarkable comeback, buzzer-beating win in the 125kg wrestling final, which ultimately paralleled what Team USA would do in the gold medal race down the stretch.\n\nEven if you don't understand wrestling or how it works, you should watch this ending:\n\n> WHAT JUST HAPPENED! 🥇[@GableSteveson](https:\/\/twitter.com\/GableSteveson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) grabs the GOLD as time expires. [\\#TokyoOlympics](https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com\/yqMc3wbXsu](https:\/\/t.co\/yqMc3wbXsu)\n> \n> — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) [August 6, 2021](https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1423612487811964928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)\n\nNelly Korda held on late to win the gold medal in women’s golf, the American men won the basketball gold, the women’s water polo team won gold, Team USA grabbed the top of the podium in the 4x400 relay for both men and women, and then the women’s basketball team matched what the men had already accomplished.\n\nFrom the time Korda wrapped up the golfing medal until the women’s basketball game ended, Team USA picked up six gold medals, while China added just two (men’s diving - 10m platform and women’s canoe double 500m). This surge was just enough to pull the Americans within one of China in the gold medal count – 37-38.\n\nThen something quite unexpected happened – USA’s Jennifer Valente won gold in cycling in an event called omnium. Valente wasn’t expected to medal, much less bring him gold. However, in so doing, she brought her team into a tie with China for most gold medals – 38-38.\n\nAt that point, the Games had just seven more gold medals to award. China was involved in one of those, a women’s boxing match, while American had three more opportunities (women’s volleyball and two men’s boxing matches). If Team USA could win two of those gold medals, they would seal the comeback.\n\nThe problem was that Team USA had never won gold in women’s volleyball and both boxing matches were against formidable opponents.\n\nDespite having never won Olympic gold though, the women’s volleyball team showed why they’re ranked No. 1 in the world in sweeping Brazil three sets to none. Updated gold medal count – USA: 39, China: 38.\n\nThe next gold medal opportunity was one of the USA boxing matches, an opportunity to clinch the gold medal victory. Unfortunately, Keyshawn Davis lost to Cuba’s Andy Cruz.\n\nNext came China’s boxing match; their last chance for a gold medal and last chance to tie the USA. Team Great Britain’s Lauren Price came away with a unanimous decision which sealed the gold medal count victory for Team USA.\n\nThe one-medal, come-from-behind victory for America in the gold medal race was the smallest margin of victory in over 100 years. In the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Team USA finished with 25 gold medals, edging out host country Sweden by one medal in the fifth Olympiad. The only other team the margin of victory was one gold medal was the first-ever Olympiad in Athens in 1896. Team USA once again edged out the host nation (Greece) by one medal, 11-10.\n\nHere’s a table showing the differential between the top two countries in the gold medal race in every Summer Olympic Games:\n\nThe victory in this category for America means that Team USA has hauled in the most gold medals in three straight Summer Olympics and six of the last seven. 2008 in Beijing was the lone outlier.\n\nAmerica has led the gold medal count in 18 of the 29 Summer Olympiads held (this is the 32nd Olympiad, but three didn’t take place due to World Wars I and II), the most of any country. The only other country to lead the gold medal count in multiple years is the Soviet Union.\n\n## TOTAL MEDAL COUNT RACE\nWhen it comes to total medals, Team USA has historically been slightly even *more* dominant than on the gold medal front. Of the 28 Summer Games that America has competed in (they boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games), they’ve literally never finished lower than third in total medals; and even that only happened once (Seoul, 1988). Astoundingly, that means that 27 of those 28 finishes have either been first or second place in the total medal count.\n\nNot only did America win the gold and total medal count, but also the silver and bronze. They hauled in 41 silver medals, followed by China’s 32 and ROC’s 20. In the bronze medal race, the US had 33 medals to ROC’s 23, followed by Great Britain and Australia who each had 22.\n\nAs you’ll see in the table below, Team USA has finished first in total medals in each of the past seven Summer Games, dating back to Atlanta in 1996.\n\n#### HOST COUNTRY MEDAL COUNT\nHost countries often fare better than usual in the medal count in the Games they host. This year was no exception.\n\nJapan had their most successful Olympic Games ever (Summer or Winter) in terms of medals won. They finished third overall in terms of gold medals won (27) and fifth overall in terms of total medals won (58).\n\nJapan’s previous high for total medals was 41, set at the 2016 Rio games. The previous high for gold medals was 16, set at the 2004 Athens games.\n\n## LIST OF TEAM USA’S MEDALS \\| 2020 Tokyo Summer Games\n#### Gold (39)\n1. Women’s 3x3 Basketball\n2. Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics All-Around\n3. Jade Carey – Women’s Gymnastics Floor Exercise\n4. Men’s Track 4x400m Relay\n5. Women’s Track 4x400m Relay\n6. Ryan Crouser – Men’s Shot Put\n7. Sydney McLaughlin – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles\n8. Athing Mu – Women’s Track 800m\n9. Valarie Allman – Women’s Discus Throw\n10. Katie Nageotte – Women’s Pole Vault\n11. Men’s Basketball\n12. Women’s Basketball\n13. April Ross \/ Alix Klineman – Women’s Beach Volleyball\n14. Nevin Harrison – Women’s Canoe Single 200m\n15. Jennifer Valente – Women’s Cycling Omnium\n16. Lee Kieffer – Women’s Fencing Foil Individual\n17. Xander Schauffele – Men’s Golf\n18. Nelly Korda – Women’s Golf\n19. William Shaner – Men’s Shooting 10m Air Rifle\n20. Vincent Hancock – Men’s Shooting Skeet\n21. Amber English – Women’s Shooting Skeet\n22. Carissa Moore – Women’s Surfing\n23. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Butterfly\n24. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Freestyle\n25. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 50m Freestyle\n26. Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\n27. Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 800m Freestyle\n28. Chase Kalisz – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\n29. Men’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay\n30. Men’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay\n31. Lydia Jacoby – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke\n32. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\n33. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 800m Freestyle\n34. Anastasija Zolotic – Women’s Taekwondo 57kg\n35. Women’s Indoor Volleyball\n36. Women’s Water Polo\n37. Gable Steveson – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 125kg\n38. David Taylor III – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 86kg\n39. Tamyra Mensah Stock – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 68kg\n#### Silver (41)\n1. Women’s Gymnastics Team Event\n2. Mykayla Skinner – Women’s Gymnastics Vault\n3. Fred Kerley – Men’s Track 100m\n4. Grant Holloway – Men’s Track 110m Hurdles\n5. Kenny Bednarek – Men’s Track 200m\n6. Rai Benjamin – Men’s Track 400m Hurdles\n7. Christopher Nilsen – Men’s Pole Vault\n8. Joe Kovacs – Men’s Shot Put\n9. Keni Harrison – Women’s Track 100m Hurdles\n10. Courtney Frerichs – Women’s Track 3000m Steeplechase\n11. Women’s Track 4x100m Relay\n12. Dalilah Muhammad – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles\n13. Brittney Reese – Women’s Long Jump\n14. Raven Saunders – Women’s Shot Put\n15. Baseball\n16. Softball\n17. Duke Ragan – Men’s Boxing Featherweight\n18. Keyshawn Davis – Men’s Boxing Lightweight\n19. Richard Torrez, Jr. – Men’s Boxing Super Heavyweight\n20. Hannah Roberts – Women’s BMX Park\n21. Men’s Diving – Synchronized 3m Springboard\n22. Women’s Diving – Synchronized 10m Platform\n23. Equestrian Dressage Team\n24. Equestrian Jumping Team\n25. Kayle Browning – Women’s Shooting Trap\n26. Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team\n27. Nathaniel Coleman – Men’s Combined Sport Climbing\n28. Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke\n29. Jay Litherland – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\n30. Erica Sullivan – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\n31. Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke\n32. Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly\n33. Alex Walsh – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley\n34. Women’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay\n35. Women’s Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay\n36. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 400m Freestyle\n37. Emma Weyant – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\n38. Triathlon Mixed Relay\n39. Katherine Elizabeth Nye – Women’s Weightlifting 76kg\n40. Kyle Frederick Snyder – Men’s Wrestling Freestyle 97kg\n41. Adeline Maria Gray – Women’s Wrestling Freestyle 76kg\n#### Bronze (33)\n1. Simone Biles – Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam\n2. Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics Uneven Bars\n3. Noah Lyles – Men’s Track 200m\n4. Paul Chelimo – Men’s Track 5000m\n5. Gabby Thomas – Women’s Track 200m\n6. Allyson Felix – Women’s Track 400m\n7. Raevyn Rogers – Women’s Track 800m\n8. Molly Siedel – Women’s Marathon\n9. Track 4x400 Mixed Relay\n10. Oshae Jones – Women’s Boxing Welterweight\n11. Women’s Cycling Track Team Pursuit\n12. Krysta Palmer – Women’s Diving 3m Springboard\n13. Men’s Fencing Foil Team\n14. Women’s Soccer\n15. Ariel Torres Gutierrez Men’s Karate Kata\n16. Shooting Mixed Team Trap\n17. Cory Juneau – Men’s Skateboarding Park\n18. Jagger Eaton – Men’s Skateboarding Street\n19. Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 100m Backstroke\n20. Kieran Smith – Men’s Swimming 400m Freestyle\n21. Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 100m Backstroke\n22. Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke\n23. Annie Lazor – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke\n24. Hali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly\n25. Hali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\n26. Kate Douglass – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley\n27. Women’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay\n28. Katie Zaferes – Women’s Individual Triathlon\n29. Sara Elizabeth Robles – Women’s Weightlifting +87kg\n30. Thomas Patrick Gilman – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 57kg\n31. Kyle Douglas Dake – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 74kg\n32. Sarah Ann Hildebrandt – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 50kg\n33. 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The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates, licensees and related brands. All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER.","attrs_readable_markdown":"The 2020 (2021) Summer Olympics in Tokyo are sadly over, but the good news is that, because of the COVID-19 delay, we get the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in just 176 days (Friday, February 4) and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are only three years away.\n\nP.S. If you’re wondering, “Hey, weren’t the Olympics just in Beijing pretty recently?”, you are correct. Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008. The difference is that those were the *summer* games and these will be of the *winter* variety, as mentioned above.\n\nWith the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in the rearview, it’s the perfect time to look back at the medal count and reflect on some historical facts and trends.\n\nBelow is the table for the final total medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 113 total medals.\n\nBelow is the table for the final *gold* medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 39 total medals.\n\n## GOLD MEDAL COUNT RACE\nFor those who were tracking the medal table throughout the Games, you likely noticed that America sustained a rather comfortable lead in the overall medal count but trailed China in golds. During the last week, China’s gold medal lead stayed in the 5-7 range.\n\nI personally resigned myself to the fact that Team USA would win the total medal count but would lose the gold medal race. But the tide started to turn in the last two days, particularly as some of the team competitions began to wrap up.\n\nApril Ross and Alix Klineman won the women’s beach volleyball competition, giving Ross one medal of each color in her Olympic career. Next came Gable Steveson’s remarkable comeback, buzzer-beating win in the 125kg wrestling final, which ultimately paralleled what Team USA would do in the gold medal race down the stretch.\n\nEven if you don't understand wrestling or how it works, you should watch this ending:\n\n> WHAT JUST HAPPENED! 🥇[@GableSteveson](https:\/\/twitter.com\/GableSteveson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) grabs the GOLD as time expires. [\\#TokyoOlympics](https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com\/yqMc3wbXsu](https:\/\/t.co\/yqMc3wbXsu)\n> \n> — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) [August 6, 2021](https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1423612487811964928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)\n\nNelly Korda held on late to win the gold medal in women’s golf, the American men won the basketball gold, the women’s water polo team won gold, Team USA grabbed the top of the podium in the 4x400 relay for both men and women, and then the women’s basketball team matched what the men had already accomplished.\n\nFrom the time Korda wrapped up the golfing medal until the women’s basketball game ended, Team USA picked up six gold medals, while China added just two (men’s diving - 10m platform and women’s canoe double 500m). This surge was just enough to pull the Americans within one of China in the gold medal count – 37-38.\n\nThen something quite unexpected happened – USA’s Jennifer Valente won gold in cycling in an event called omnium. Valente wasn’t expected to medal, much less bring him gold. However, in so doing, she brought her team into a tie with China for most gold medals – 38-38.\n\nAt that point, the Games had just seven more gold medals to award. China was involved in one of those, a women’s boxing match, while American had three more opportunities (women’s volleyball and two men’s boxing matches). If Team USA could win two of those gold medals, they would seal the comeback.\n\nThe problem was that Team USA had never won gold in women’s volleyball and both boxing matches were against formidable opponents.\n\nDespite having never won Olympic gold though, the women’s volleyball team showed why they’re ranked No. 1 in the world in sweeping Brazil three sets to none. Updated gold medal count – USA: 39, China: 38.\n\nThe next gold medal opportunity was one of the USA boxing matches, an opportunity to clinch the gold medal victory. Unfortunately, Keyshawn Davis lost to Cuba’s Andy Cruz.\n\nNext came China’s boxing match; their last chance for a gold medal and last chance to tie the USA. Team Great Britain’s Lauren Price came away with a unanimous decision which sealed the gold medal count victory for Team USA.\n\nThe one-medal, come-from-behind victory for America in the gold medal race was the smallest margin of victory in over 100 years. In the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Team USA finished with 25 gold medals, edging out host country Sweden by one medal in the fifth Olympiad. The only other team the margin of victory was one gold medal was the first-ever Olympiad in Athens in 1896. Team USA once again edged out the host nation (Greece) by one medal, 11-10.\n\nHere’s a table showing the differential between the top two countries in the gold medal race in every Summer Olympic Games:\n\nThe victory in this category for America means that Team USA has hauled in the most gold medals in three straight Summer Olympics and six of the last seven. 2008 in Beijing was the lone outlier.\n\nAmerica has led the gold medal count in 18 of the 29 Summer Olympiads held (this is the 32nd Olympiad, but three didn’t take place due to World Wars I and II), the most of any country. The only other country to lead the gold medal count in multiple years is the Soviet Union.\n\n## TOTAL MEDAL COUNT RACE\nWhen it comes to total medals, Team USA has historically been slightly even *more* dominant than on the gold medal front. Of the 28 Summer Games that America has competed in (they boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games), they’ve literally never finished lower than third in total medals; and even that only happened once (Seoul, 1988). Astoundingly, that means that 27 of those 28 finishes have either been first or second place in the total medal count.\n\nNot only did America win the gold and total medal count, but also the silver and bronze. They hauled in 41 silver medals, followed by China’s 32 and ROC’s 20. In the bronze medal race, the US had 33 medals to ROC’s 23, followed by Great Britain and Australia who each had 22.\n\nAs you’ll see in the table below, Team USA has finished first in total medals in each of the past seven Summer Games, dating back to Atlanta in 1996.\n\n#### HOST COUNTRY MEDAL COUNT\nHost countries often fare better than usual in the medal count in the Games they host. This year was no exception.\n\nJapan had their most successful Olympic Games ever (Summer or Winter) in terms of medals won. They finished third overall in terms of gold medals won (27) and fifth overall in terms of total medals won (58).\n\nJapan’s previous high for total medals was 41, set at the 2016 Rio games. The previous high for gold medals was 16, set at the 2004 Athens games.\n\n## LIST OF TEAM USA’S MEDALS \\| 2020 Tokyo Summer Games\n#### Gold (39)\n1. Women’s 3x3 Basketball\n2. Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics All-Around\n3. Jade Carey – Women’s Gymnastics Floor Exercise\n4. Men’s Track 4x400m Relay\n5. Women’s Track 4x400m Relay\n6. Ryan Crouser – Men’s Shot Put\n7. Sydney McLaughlin – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles\n8. Athing Mu – Women’s Track 800m\n9. Valarie Allman – Women’s Discus Throw\n10. Katie Nageotte – Women’s Pole Vault\n11. Men’s Basketball\n12. Women’s Basketball\n13. April Ross \/ Alix Klineman – Women’s Beach Volleyball\n14. Nevin Harrison – Women’s Canoe Single 200m\n15. Jennifer Valente – Women’s Cycling Omnium\n16. Lee Kieffer – Women’s Fencing Foil Individual\n17. Xander Schauffele – Men’s Golf\n18. Nelly Korda – Women’s Golf\n19. William Shaner – Men’s Shooting 10m Air Rifle\n20. Vincent Hancock – Men’s Shooting Skeet\n21. Amber English – Women’s Shooting Skeet\n22. Carissa Moore – Women’s Surfing\n23. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Butterfly\n24. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Freestyle\n25. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 50m Freestyle\n26. Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\n27. Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 800m Freestyle\n28. Chase Kalisz – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\n29. Men’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay\n30. Men’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay\n31. Lydia Jacoby – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke\n32. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\n33. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 800m Freestyle\n34. Anastasija Zolotic – Women’s Taekwondo 57kg\n35. Women’s Indoor Volleyball\n36. Women’s Water Polo\n37. Gable Steveson – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 125kg\n38. David Taylor III – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 86kg\n39. Tamyra Mensah Stock – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 68kg\n#### Silver (41)\n1. Women’s Gymnastics Team Event\n2. Mykayla Skinner – Women’s Gymnastics Vault\n3. Fred Kerley – Men’s Track 100m\n4. Grant Holloway – Men’s Track 110m Hurdles\n5. Kenny Bednarek – Men’s Track 200m\n6. Rai Benjamin – Men’s Track 400m Hurdles\n7. Christopher Nilsen – Men’s Pole Vault\n8. Joe Kovacs – Men’s Shot Put\n9. Keni Harrison – Women’s Track 100m Hurdles\n10. Courtney Frerichs – Women’s Track 3000m Steeplechase\n11. Women’s Track 4x100m Relay\n12. Dalilah Muhammad – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles\n13. Brittney Reese – Women’s Long Jump\n14. Raven Saunders – Women’s Shot Put\n15. Baseball\n16. Softball\n17. Duke Ragan – Men’s Boxing Featherweight\n18. Keyshawn Davis – Men’s Boxing Lightweight\n19. Richard Torrez, Jr. – Men’s Boxing Super Heavyweight\n20. Hannah Roberts – Women’s BMX Park\n21. Men’s Diving – Synchronized 3m Springboard\n22. Women’s Diving – Synchronized 10m Platform\n23. Equestrian Dressage Team\n24. Equestrian Jumping Team\n25. Kayle Browning – Women’s Shooting Trap\n26. Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team\n27. Nathaniel Coleman – Men’s Combined Sport Climbing\n28. Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke\n29. Jay Litherland – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\n30. Erica Sullivan – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle\n31. Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke\n32. Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly\n33. Alex Walsh – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley\n34. Women’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay\n35. Women’s Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay\n36. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 400m Freestyle\n37. Emma Weyant – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley\n38. Triathlon Mixed Relay\n39. Katherine Elizabeth Nye – Women’s Weightlifting 76kg\n40. Kyle Frederick Snyder – Men’s Wrestling Freestyle 97kg\n41. Adeline Maria Gray – Women’s Wrestling Freestyle 76kg\n#### Bronze (33)\n1. Simone Biles – Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam\n2. Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics Uneven Bars\n3. Noah Lyles – Men’s Track 200m\n4. Paul Chelimo – Men’s Track 5000m\n5. Gabby Thomas – Women’s Track 200m\n6. Allyson Felix – Women’s Track 400m\n7. Raevyn Rogers – Women’s Track 800m\n8. Molly Siedel – Women’s Marathon\n9. Track 4x400 Mixed Relay\n10. Oshae Jones – Women’s Boxing Welterweight\n11. Women’s Cycling Track Team Pursuit\n12. Krysta Palmer – Women’s Diving 3m Springboard\n13. Men’s Fencing Foil Team\n14. Women’s Soccer\n15. Ariel Torres Gutierrez Men’s Karate Kata\n16. Shooting Mixed Team Trap\n17. Cory Juneau – Men’s Skateboarding Park\n18. Jagger Eaton – Men’s Skateboarding Street\n19. Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 100m Backstroke\n20. Kieran Smith – Men’s Swimming 400m Freestyle\n21. 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Boilerpipe Text	The 2020 (2021) Summer Olympics in Tokyo are sadly over, but the good news is that, because of the COVID-19 delay, we get the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in just 176 days (Friday, February 4) and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are only three years away. P.S. If you’re wondering, “Hey, weren’t the Olympics just in Beijing pretty recently?”, you are correct. Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008. The difference is that those were the summer games and these will be of the winter variety, as mentioned above. With the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in the rearview, it’s the perfect time to look back at the medal count and reflect on some historical facts and trends. Below is the table for the final total medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 113 total medals. Below is the table for the final gold medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 39 total medals. GOLD MEDAL COUNT RACE For those who were tracking the medal table throughout the Games, you likely noticed that America sustained a rather comfortable lead in the overall medal count but trailed China in golds. During the last week, China’s gold medal lead stayed in the 5-7 range. I personally resigned myself to the fact that Team USA would win the total medal count but would lose the gold medal race. But the tide started to turn in the last two days, particularly as some of the team competitions began to wrap up. April Ross and Alix Klineman won the women’s beach volleyball competition, giving Ross one medal of each color in her Olympic career. Next came Gable Steveson’s remarkable comeback, buzzer-beating win in the 125kg wrestling final, which ultimately paralleled what Team USA would do in the gold medal race down the stretch. Even if you don't understand wrestling or how it works, you should watch this ending: WHAT JUST HAPPENED! 🥇 @GableSteveson grabs the GOLD as time expires. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/yqMc3wbXsu — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 6, 2021 Nelly Korda held on late to win the gold medal in women’s golf, the American men won the basketball gold, the women’s water polo team won gold, Team USA grabbed the top of the podium in the 4x400 relay for both men and women, and then the women’s basketball team matched what the men had already accomplished. From the time Korda wrapped up the golfing medal until the women’s basketball game ended, Team USA picked up six gold medals, while China added just two (men’s diving - 10m platform and women’s canoe double 500m). This surge was just enough to pull the Americans within one of China in the gold medal count – 37-38. Then something quite unexpected happened – USA’s Jennifer Valente won gold in cycling in an event called omnium. Valente wasn’t expected to medal, much less bring him gold. However, in so doing, she brought her team into a tie with China for most gold medals – 38-38. At that point, the Games had just seven more gold medals to award. China was involved in one of those, a women’s boxing match, while American had three more opportunities (women’s volleyball and two men’s boxing matches). If Team USA could win two of those gold medals, they would seal the comeback. The problem was that Team USA had never won gold in women’s volleyball and both boxing matches were against formidable opponents. Despite having never won Olympic gold though, the women’s volleyball team showed why they’re ranked No. 1 in the world in sweeping Brazil three sets to none. Updated gold medal count – USA: 39, China: 38. The next gold medal opportunity was one of the USA boxing matches, an opportunity to clinch the gold medal victory. Unfortunately, Keyshawn Davis lost to Cuba’s Andy Cruz. Next came China’s boxing match; their last chance for a gold medal and last chance to tie the USA. Team Great Britain’s Lauren Price came away with a unanimous decision which sealed the gold medal count victory for Team USA. The one-medal, come-from-behind victory for America in the gold medal race was the smallest margin of victory in over 100 years. In the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Team USA finished with 25 gold medals, edging out host country Sweden by one medal in the fifth Olympiad. The only other team the margin of victory was one gold medal was the first-ever Olympiad in Athens in 1896. Team USA once again edged out the host nation (Greece) by one medal, 11-10. Here’s a table showing the differential between the top two countries in the gold medal race in every Summer Olympic Games: The victory in this category for America means that Team USA has hauled in the most gold medals in three straight Summer Olympics and six of the last seven. 2008 in Beijing was the lone outlier. America has led the gold medal count in 18 of the 29 Summer Olympiads held (this is the 32nd Olympiad, but three didn’t take place due to World Wars I and II), the most of any country. The only other country to lead the gold medal count in multiple years is the Soviet Union. TOTAL MEDAL COUNT RACE When it comes to total medals, Team USA has historically been slightly even more dominant than on the gold medal front. Of the 28 Summer Games that America has competed in (they boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games), they’ve literally never finished lower than third in total medals; and even that only happened once (Seoul, 1988). Astoundingly, that means that 27 of those 28 finishes have either been first or second place in the total medal count. Not only did America win the gold and total medal count, but also the silver and bronze. They hauled in 41 silver medals, followed by China’s 32 and ROC’s 20. In the bronze medal race, the US had 33 medals to ROC’s 23, followed by Great Britain and Australia who each had 22. As you’ll see in the table below, Team USA has finished first in total medals in each of the past seven Summer Games, dating back to Atlanta in 1996. HOST COUNTRY MEDAL COUNT Host countries often fare better than usual in the medal count in the Games they host. This year was no exception. Japan had their most successful Olympic Games ever (Summer or Winter) in terms of medals won. They finished third overall in terms of gold medals won (27) and fifth overall in terms of total medals won (58). Japan’s previous high for total medals was 41, set at the 2016 Rio games. The previous high for gold medals was 16, set at the 2004 Athens games. LIST OF TEAM USA’S MEDALS \| 2020 Tokyo Summer Games Gold (39) Women’s 3x3 Basketball Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics All-Around Jade Carey – Women’s Gymnastics Floor Exercise Men’s Track 4x400m Relay Women’s Track 4x400m Relay Ryan Crouser – Men’s Shot Put Sydney McLaughlin – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles Athing Mu – Women’s Track 800m Valarie Allman – Women’s Discus Throw Katie Nageotte – Women’s Pole Vault Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball April Ross / Alix Klineman – Women’s Beach Volleyball Nevin Harrison – Women’s Canoe Single 200m Jennifer Valente – Women’s Cycling Omnium Lee Kieffer – Women’s Fencing Foil Individual Xander Schauffele – Men’s Golf Nelly Korda – Women’s Golf William Shaner – Men’s Shooting 10m Air Rifle Vincent Hancock – Men’s Shooting Skeet Amber English – Women’s Shooting Skeet Carissa Moore – Women’s Surfing Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Butterfly Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Freestyle Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 50m Freestyle Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 800m Freestyle Chase Kalisz – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley Men’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay Men’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay Lydia Jacoby – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 800m Freestyle Anastasija Zolotic – Women’s Taekwondo 57kg Women’s Indoor Volleyball Women’s Water Polo Gable Steveson – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 125kg David Taylor III – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 86kg Tamyra Mensah Stock – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 68kg Silver (41) Women’s Gymnastics Team Event Mykayla Skinner – Women’s Gymnastics Vault Fred Kerley – Men’s Track 100m Grant Holloway – Men’s Track 110m Hurdles Kenny Bednarek – Men’s Track 200m Rai Benjamin – Men’s Track 400m Hurdles Christopher Nilsen – Men’s Pole Vault Joe Kovacs – Men’s Shot Put Keni Harrison – Women’s Track 100m Hurdles Courtney Frerichs – Women’s Track 3000m Steeplechase Women’s Track 4x100m Relay Dalilah Muhammad – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles Brittney Reese – Women’s Long Jump Raven Saunders – Women’s Shot Put Baseball Softball Duke Ragan – Men’s Boxing Featherweight Keyshawn Davis – Men’s Boxing Lightweight Richard Torrez, Jr. – Men’s Boxing Super Heavyweight Hannah Roberts – Women’s BMX Park Men’s Diving – Synchronized 3m Springboard Women’s Diving – Synchronized 10m Platform Equestrian Dressage Team Equestrian Jumping Team Kayle Browning – Women’s Shooting Trap Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Nathaniel Coleman – Men’s Combined Sport Climbing Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke Jay Litherland – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley Erica Sullivan – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly Alex Walsh – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley Women’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay Women’s Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 400m Freestyle Emma Weyant – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley Triathlon Mixed Relay Katherine Elizabeth Nye – Women’s Weightlifting 76kg Kyle Frederick Snyder – Men’s Wrestling Freestyle 97kg Adeline Maria Gray – Women’s Wrestling Freestyle 76kg Bronze (33) Simone Biles – Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics Uneven Bars Noah Lyles – Men’s Track 200m Paul Chelimo – Men’s Track 5000m Gabby Thomas – Women’s Track 200m Allyson Felix – Women’s Track 400m Raevyn Rogers – Women’s Track 800m Molly Siedel – Women’s Marathon Track 4x400 Mixed Relay Oshae Jones – Women’s Boxing Welterweight Women’s Cycling Track Team Pursuit Krysta Palmer – Women’s Diving 3m Springboard Men’s Fencing Foil Team Women’s Soccer Ariel Torres Gutierrez Men’s Karate Kata Shooting Mixed Team Trap Cory Juneau – Men’s Skateboarding Park Jagger Eaton – Men’s Skateboarding Street Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 100m Backstroke Kieran Smith – Men’s Swimming 400m Freestyle Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 100m Backstroke Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke Annie Lazor – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke Hali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly Hali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley Kate Douglass – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley Women’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay Katie Zaferes – Women’s Individual Triathlon Sara Elizabeth Robles – Women’s Weightlifting +87kg Thomas Patrick Gilman – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 57kg Kyle Douglas Dake – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 74kg Sarah Ann Hildebrandt – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 50kg Helen Louise Maroulis – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 57kg Send Isaac Schade an email to talk more about this article. 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[Isaac Schade](https://www.si.com/college/unc/author/isaac-schade)\\| Aug 11, 2021 ![Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics: Medal Count Wrap-Up and the Gold Medal Race](https://www.si.com/.image/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/MTgzMDc5MTUwOTgxMjI3OTM5/usatsi_16502485.jpg) Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics: Medal Count Wrap-Up and the Gold Medal Race [Add us on ![Google Discover](https://assets.minutemediacdn.com/platform/google_discover_icon.svg)](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=si.com) *** The 2020 (2021) Summer Olympics in Tokyo are sadly over, but the good news is that, because of the COVID-19 delay, we get the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in just 176 days (Friday, February 4) and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are only three years away. P.S. If you’re wondering, “Hey, weren’t the Olympics just in Beijing pretty recently?”, you are correct. Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008. The difference is that those were the summer games and these will be of the winter variety, as mentioned above. With the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in the rearview, it’s the perfect time to look back at the medal count and reflect on some historical facts and trends. Below is the table for the final total medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 113 total medals. Below is the table for the final gold medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 39 total medals. ## GOLD MEDAL COUNT RACE For those who were tracking the medal table throughout the Games, you likely noticed that America sustained a rather comfortable lead in the overall medal count but trailed China in golds. During the last week, China’s gold medal lead stayed in the 5-7 range. I personally resigned myself to the fact that Team USA would win the total medal count but would lose the gold medal race. But the tide started to turn in the last two days, particularly as some of the team competitions began to wrap up. April Ross and Alix Klineman won the women’s beach volleyball competition, giving Ross one medal of each color in her Olympic career. Next came Gable Steveson’s remarkable comeback, buzzer-beating win in the 125kg wrestling final, which ultimately paralleled what Team USA would do in the gold medal race down the stretch. Even if you don't understand wrestling or how it works, you should watch this ending: > WHAT JUST HAPPENED! 🥇[@GableSteveson](https://twitter.com/GableSteveson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) grabs the GOLD as time expires. [\#TokyoOlympics](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/yqMc3wbXsu](https://t.co/yqMc3wbXsu) > > — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) [August 6, 2021](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1423612487811964928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Nelly Korda held on late to win the gold medal in women’s golf, the American men won the basketball gold, the women’s water polo team won gold, Team USA grabbed the top of the podium in the 4x400 relay for both men and women, and then the women’s basketball team matched what the men had already accomplished. From the time Korda wrapped up the golfing medal until the women’s basketball game ended, Team USA picked up six gold medals, while China added just two (men’s diving - 10m platform and women’s canoe double 500m). This surge was just enough to pull the Americans within one of China in the gold medal count – 37-38. Then something quite unexpected happened – USA’s Jennifer Valente won gold in cycling in an event called omnium. Valente wasn’t expected to medal, much less bring him gold. However, in so doing, she brought her team into a tie with China for most gold medals – 38-38. At that point, the Games had just seven more gold medals to award. China was involved in one of those, a women’s boxing match, while American had three more opportunities (women’s volleyball and two men’s boxing matches). If Team USA could win two of those gold medals, they would seal the comeback. The problem was that Team USA had never won gold in women’s volleyball and both boxing matches were against formidable opponents. Despite having never won Olympic gold though, the women’s volleyball team showed why they’re ranked No. 1 in the world in sweeping Brazil three sets to none. Updated gold medal count – USA: 39, China: 38. The next gold medal opportunity was one of the USA boxing matches, an opportunity to clinch the gold medal victory. Unfortunately, Keyshawn Davis lost to Cuba’s Andy Cruz. Next came China’s boxing match; their last chance for a gold medal and last chance to tie the USA. Team Great Britain’s Lauren Price came away with a unanimous decision which sealed the gold medal count victory for Team USA. The one-medal, come-from-behind victory for America in the gold medal race was the smallest margin of victory in over 100 years. In the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Team USA finished with 25 gold medals, edging out host country Sweden by one medal in the fifth Olympiad. The only other team the margin of victory was one gold medal was the first-ever Olympiad in Athens in 1896. Team USA once again edged out the host nation (Greece) by one medal, 11-10. Here’s a table showing the differential between the top two countries in the gold medal race in every Summer Olympic Games: The victory in this category for America means that Team USA has hauled in the most gold medals in three straight Summer Olympics and six of the last seven. 2008 in Beijing was the lone outlier. America has led the gold medal count in 18 of the 29 Summer Olympiads held (this is the 32nd Olympiad, but three didn’t take place due to World Wars I and II), the most of any country. The only other country to lead the gold medal count in multiple years is the Soviet Union. ## TOTAL MEDAL COUNT RACE When it comes to total medals, Team USA has historically been slightly even more dominant than on the gold medal front. Of the 28 Summer Games that America has competed in (they boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games), they’ve literally never finished lower than third in total medals; and even that only happened once (Seoul, 1988). Astoundingly, that means that 27 of those 28 finishes have either been first or second place in the total medal count. Not only did America win the gold and total medal count, but also the silver and bronze. They hauled in 41 silver medals, followed by China’s 32 and ROC’s 20. In the bronze medal race, the US had 33 medals to ROC’s 23, followed by Great Britain and Australia who each had 22. As you’ll see in the table below, Team USA has finished first in total medals in each of the past seven Summer Games, dating back to Atlanta in 1996. #### HOST COUNTRY MEDAL COUNT Host countries often fare better than usual in the medal count in the Games they host. This year was no exception. Japan had their most successful Olympic Games ever (Summer or Winter) in terms of medals won. They finished third overall in terms of gold medals won (27) and fifth overall in terms of total medals won (58). Japan’s previous high for total medals was 41, set at the 2016 Rio games. The previous high for gold medals was 16, set at the 2004 Athens games. ## LIST OF TEAM USA’S MEDALS \\| 2020 Tokyo Summer Games #### Gold (39) 1. Women’s 3x3 Basketball 2. Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics All-Around 3. Jade Carey – Women’s Gymnastics Floor Exercise 4. Men’s Track 4x400m Relay 5. Women’s Track 4x400m Relay 6. Ryan Crouser – Men’s Shot Put 7. Sydney McLaughlin – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles 8. Athing Mu – Women’s Track 800m 9. Valarie Allman – Women’s Discus Throw 10. Katie Nageotte – Women’s Pole Vault 11. Men’s Basketball 12. Women’s Basketball 13. April Ross / Alix Klineman – Women’s Beach Volleyball 14. Nevin Harrison – Women’s Canoe Single 200m 15. Jennifer Valente – Women’s Cycling Omnium 16. Lee Kieffer – Women’s Fencing Foil Individual 17. Xander Schauffele – Men’s Golf 18. Nelly Korda – Women’s Golf 19. William Shaner – Men’s Shooting 10m Air Rifle 20. Vincent Hancock – Men’s Shooting Skeet 21. Amber English – Women’s Shooting Skeet 22. Carissa Moore – Women’s Surfing 23. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Butterfly 24. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Freestyle 25. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 50m Freestyle 26. Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle 27. Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 800m Freestyle 28. Chase Kalisz – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley 29. Men’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay 30. Men’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay 31. Lydia Jacoby – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke 32. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle 33. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 800m Freestyle 34. Anastasija Zolotic – Women’s Taekwondo 57kg 35. Women’s Indoor Volleyball 36. Women’s Water Polo 37. Gable Steveson – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 125kg 38. David Taylor III – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 86kg 39. Tamyra Mensah Stock – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 68kg #### Silver (41) 1. Women’s Gymnastics Team Event 2. Mykayla Skinner – Women’s Gymnastics Vault 3. Fred Kerley – Men’s Track 100m 4. Grant Holloway – Men’s Track 110m Hurdles 5. Kenny Bednarek – Men’s Track 200m 6. Rai Benjamin – Men’s Track 400m Hurdles 7. Christopher Nilsen – Men’s Pole Vault 8. Joe Kovacs – Men’s Shot Put 9. Keni Harrison – Women’s Track 100m Hurdles 10. Courtney Frerichs – Women’s Track 3000m Steeplechase 11. Women’s Track 4x100m Relay 12. Dalilah Muhammad – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles 13. Brittney Reese – Women’s Long Jump 14. Raven Saunders – Women’s Shot Put 15. Baseball 16. Softball 17. Duke Ragan – Men’s Boxing Featherweight 18. Keyshawn Davis – Men’s Boxing Lightweight 19. Richard Torrez, Jr. – Men’s Boxing Super Heavyweight 20. Hannah Roberts – Women’s BMX Park 21. Men’s Diving – Synchronized 3m Springboard 22. Women’s Diving – Synchronized 10m Platform 23. Equestrian Dressage Team 24. Equestrian Jumping Team 25. Kayle Browning – Women’s Shooting Trap 26. Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team 27. Nathaniel Coleman – Men’s Combined Sport Climbing 28. Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke 29. Jay Litherland – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley 30. Erica Sullivan – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle 31. Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke 32. Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly 33. Alex Walsh – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley 34. Women’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay 35. Women’s Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay 36. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 400m Freestyle 37. Emma Weyant – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley 38. Triathlon Mixed Relay 39. Katherine Elizabeth Nye – Women’s Weightlifting 76kg 40. Kyle Frederick Snyder – Men’s Wrestling Freestyle 97kg 41. Adeline Maria Gray – Women’s Wrestling Freestyle 76kg #### Bronze (33) 1. Simone Biles – Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam 2. Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics Uneven Bars 3. Noah Lyles – Men’s Track 200m 4. Paul Chelimo – Men’s Track 5000m 5. Gabby Thomas – Women’s Track 200m 6. Allyson Felix – Women’s Track 400m 7. Raevyn Rogers – Women’s Track 800m 8. Molly Siedel – Women’s Marathon 9. Track 4x400 Mixed Relay 10. Oshae Jones – Women’s Boxing Welterweight 11. Women’s Cycling Track Team Pursuit 12. Krysta Palmer – Women’s Diving 3m Springboard 13. Men’s Fencing Foil Team 14. Women’s Soccer 15. Ariel Torres Gutierrez Men’s Karate Kata 16. Shooting Mixed Team Trap 17. Cory Juneau – Men’s Skateboarding Park 18. Jagger Eaton – Men’s Skateboarding Street 19. Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 100m Backstroke 20. Kieran Smith – Men’s Swimming 400m Freestyle 21. Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 100m Backstroke 22. Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke 23. Annie Lazor – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke 24. Hali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly 25. Hali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley 26. Kate Douglass – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley 27. Women’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay 28. Katie Zaferes – Women’s Individual Triathlon 29. 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Readable Markdown	The 2020 (2021) Summer Olympics in Tokyo are sadly over, but the good news is that, because of the COVID-19 delay, we get the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in just 176 days (Friday, February 4) and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are only three years away. P.S. If you’re wondering, “Hey, weren’t the Olympics just in Beijing pretty recently?”, you are correct. Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008. The difference is that those were the summer games and these will be of the winter variety, as mentioned above. With the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in the rearview, it’s the perfect time to look back at the medal count and reflect on some historical facts and trends. Below is the table for the final total medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 113 total medals. Below is the table for the final gold medal count (top ten countries), which USA led in with 39 total medals. ## GOLD MEDAL COUNT RACE For those who were tracking the medal table throughout the Games, you likely noticed that America sustained a rather comfortable lead in the overall medal count but trailed China in golds. During the last week, China’s gold medal lead stayed in the 5-7 range. I personally resigned myself to the fact that Team USA would win the total medal count but would lose the gold medal race. But the tide started to turn in the last two days, particularly as some of the team competitions began to wrap up. April Ross and Alix Klineman won the women’s beach volleyball competition, giving Ross one medal of each color in her Olympic career. Next came Gable Steveson’s remarkable comeback, buzzer-beating win in the 125kg wrestling final, which ultimately paralleled what Team USA would do in the gold medal race down the stretch. Even if you don't understand wrestling or how it works, you should watch this ending: > WHAT JUST HAPPENED! 🥇[@GableSteveson](https://twitter.com/GableSteveson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) grabs the GOLD as time expires. [\#TokyoOlympics](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/yqMc3wbXsu](https://t.co/yqMc3wbXsu) > > — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) [August 6, 2021](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1423612487811964928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Nelly Korda held on late to win the gold medal in women’s golf, the American men won the basketball gold, the women’s water polo team won gold, Team USA grabbed the top of the podium in the 4x400 relay for both men and women, and then the women’s basketball team matched what the men had already accomplished. From the time Korda wrapped up the golfing medal until the women’s basketball game ended, Team USA picked up six gold medals, while China added just two (men’s diving - 10m platform and women’s canoe double 500m). This surge was just enough to pull the Americans within one of China in the gold medal count – 37-38. Then something quite unexpected happened – USA’s Jennifer Valente won gold in cycling in an event called omnium. Valente wasn’t expected to medal, much less bring him gold. However, in so doing, she brought her team into a tie with China for most gold medals – 38-38. At that point, the Games had just seven more gold medals to award. China was involved in one of those, a women’s boxing match, while American had three more opportunities (women’s volleyball and two men’s boxing matches). If Team USA could win two of those gold medals, they would seal the comeback. The problem was that Team USA had never won gold in women’s volleyball and both boxing matches were against formidable opponents. Despite having never won Olympic gold though, the women’s volleyball team showed why they’re ranked No. 1 in the world in sweeping Brazil three sets to none. Updated gold medal count – USA: 39, China: 38. The next gold medal opportunity was one of the USA boxing matches, an opportunity to clinch the gold medal victory. Unfortunately, Keyshawn Davis lost to Cuba’s Andy Cruz. Next came China’s boxing match; their last chance for a gold medal and last chance to tie the USA. Team Great Britain’s Lauren Price came away with a unanimous decision which sealed the gold medal count victory for Team USA. The one-medal, come-from-behind victory for America in the gold medal race was the smallest margin of victory in over 100 years. In the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Team USA finished with 25 gold medals, edging out host country Sweden by one medal in the fifth Olympiad. The only other team the margin of victory was one gold medal was the first-ever Olympiad in Athens in 1896. Team USA once again edged out the host nation (Greece) by one medal, 11-10. Here’s a table showing the differential between the top two countries in the gold medal race in every Summer Olympic Games: The victory in this category for America means that Team USA has hauled in the most gold medals in three straight Summer Olympics and six of the last seven. 2008 in Beijing was the lone outlier. America has led the gold medal count in 18 of the 29 Summer Olympiads held (this is the 32nd Olympiad, but three didn’t take place due to World Wars I and II), the most of any country. The only other country to lead the gold medal count in multiple years is the Soviet Union. ## TOTAL MEDAL COUNT RACE When it comes to total medals, Team USA has historically been slightly even more dominant than on the gold medal front. Of the 28 Summer Games that America has competed in (they boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games), they’ve literally never finished lower than third in total medals; and even that only happened once (Seoul, 1988). Astoundingly, that means that 27 of those 28 finishes have either been first or second place in the total medal count. Not only did America win the gold and total medal count, but also the silver and bronze. They hauled in 41 silver medals, followed by China’s 32 and ROC’s 20. In the bronze medal race, the US had 33 medals to ROC’s 23, followed by Great Britain and Australia who each had 22. As you’ll see in the table below, Team USA has finished first in total medals in each of the past seven Summer Games, dating back to Atlanta in 1996. #### HOST COUNTRY MEDAL COUNT Host countries often fare better than usual in the medal count in the Games they host. This year was no exception. Japan had their most successful Olympic Games ever (Summer or Winter) in terms of medals won. They finished third overall in terms of gold medals won (27) and fifth overall in terms of total medals won (58). Japan’s previous high for total medals was 41, set at the 2016 Rio games. The previous high for gold medals was 16, set at the 2004 Athens games. ## LIST OF TEAM USA’S MEDALS \\| 2020 Tokyo Summer Games #### Gold (39) 1. Women’s 3x3 Basketball 2. Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics All-Around 3. Jade Carey – Women’s Gymnastics Floor Exercise 4. Men’s Track 4x400m Relay 5. Women’s Track 4x400m Relay 6. Ryan Crouser – Men’s Shot Put 7. Sydney McLaughlin – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles 8. Athing Mu – Women’s Track 800m 9. Valarie Allman – Women’s Discus Throw 10. Katie Nageotte – Women’s Pole Vault 11. Men’s Basketball 12. Women’s Basketball 13. April Ross / Alix Klineman – Women’s Beach Volleyball 14. Nevin Harrison – Women’s Canoe Single 200m 15. Jennifer Valente – Women’s Cycling Omnium 16. Lee Kieffer – Women’s Fencing Foil Individual 17. Xander Schauffele – Men’s Golf 18. Nelly Korda – Women’s Golf 19. William Shaner – Men’s Shooting 10m Air Rifle 20. Vincent Hancock – Men’s Shooting Skeet 21. Amber English – Women’s Shooting Skeet 22. Carissa Moore – Women’s Surfing 23. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Butterfly 24. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 100m Freestyle 25. Caeleb Dressel – Men’s Swimming 50m Freestyle 26. Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle 27. Robert Finke – Men’s Swimming 800m Freestyle 28. Chase Kalisz – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley 29. Men’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay 30. Men’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay 31. Lydia Jacoby – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke 32. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle 33. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 800m Freestyle 34. Anastasija Zolotic – Women’s Taekwondo 57kg 35. Women’s Indoor Volleyball 36. Women’s Water Polo 37. Gable Steveson – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 125kg 38. David Taylor III – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 86kg 39. Tamyra Mensah Stock – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 68kg #### Silver (41) 1. Women’s Gymnastics Team Event 2. Mykayla Skinner – Women’s Gymnastics Vault 3. Fred Kerley – Men’s Track 100m 4. Grant Holloway – Men’s Track 110m Hurdles 5. Kenny Bednarek – Men’s Track 200m 6. Rai Benjamin – Men’s Track 400m Hurdles 7. Christopher Nilsen – Men’s Pole Vault 8. Joe Kovacs – Men’s Shot Put 9. Keni Harrison – Women’s Track 100m Hurdles 10. Courtney Frerichs – Women’s Track 3000m Steeplechase 11. Women’s Track 4x100m Relay 12. Dalilah Muhammad – Women’s Track 400m Hurdles 13. Brittney Reese – Women’s Long Jump 14. Raven Saunders – Women’s Shot Put 15. Baseball 16. Softball 17. Duke Ragan – Men’s Boxing Featherweight 18. Keyshawn Davis – Men’s Boxing Lightweight 19. Richard Torrez, Jr. – Men’s Boxing Super Heavyweight 20. Hannah Roberts – Women’s BMX Park 21. Men’s Diving – Synchronized 3m Springboard 22. Women’s Diving – Synchronized 10m Platform 23. Equestrian Dressage Team 24. Equestrian Jumping Team 25. Kayle Browning – Women’s Shooting Trap 26. Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team 27. Nathaniel Coleman – Men’s Combined Sport Climbing 28. Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke 29. Jay Litherland – Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley 30. Erica Sullivan – Women’s Swimming 1500m Freestyle 31. Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke 32. Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly 33. Alex Walsh – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley 34. Women’s Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay 35. Women’s Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay 36. Katie Ledecky – Women’s Swimming 400m Freestyle 37. Emma Weyant – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley 38. Triathlon Mixed Relay 39. Katherine Elizabeth Nye – Women’s Weightlifting 76kg 40. Kyle Frederick Snyder – Men’s Wrestling Freestyle 97kg 41. Adeline Maria Gray – Women’s Wrestling Freestyle 76kg #### Bronze (33) 1. Simone Biles – Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam 2. Suni Lee – Women’s Gymnastics Uneven Bars 3. Noah Lyles – Men’s Track 200m 4. Paul Chelimo – Men’s Track 5000m 5. Gabby Thomas – Women’s Track 200m 6. Allyson Felix – Women’s Track 400m 7. Raevyn Rogers – Women’s Track 800m 8. Molly Siedel – Women’s Marathon 9. Track 4x400 Mixed Relay 10. Oshae Jones – Women’s Boxing Welterweight 11. Women’s Cycling Track Team Pursuit 12. Krysta Palmer – Women’s Diving 3m Springboard 13. Men’s Fencing Foil Team 14. Women’s Soccer 15. Ariel Torres Gutierrez Men’s Karate Kata 16. Shooting Mixed Team Trap 17. Cory Juneau – Men’s Skateboarding Park 18. Jagger Eaton – Men’s Skateboarding Street 19. Ryan Murphy – Men’s Swimming 100m Backstroke 20. Kieran Smith – Men’s Swimming 400m Freestyle 21. Regan Smith – Women’s Swimming 100m Backstroke 22. Lilly King – Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke 23. Annie Lazor – Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke 24. Hali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 200m Butterfly 25. Hali Flickinger – Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley 26. Kate Douglass – Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley 27. Women’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay 28. Katie Zaferes – Women’s Individual Triathlon 29. Sara Elizabeth Robles – Women’s Weightlifting +87kg 30. Thomas Patrick Gilman – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 57kg 31. Kyle Douglas Dake – Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 74kg 32. Sarah Ann Hildebrandt – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 50kg 33. Helen Louise Maroulis – Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 57kg Send *[Isaac Schade an email](mailto:isaacschade@gmail.com)* to talk more about this article. 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