American women dominated the Summer Olympics, securing more than half of Team USA’s medals.
The U.S. earned a total of 126 medals, the highest of any nation, with women contributing an impressive 67 of them.
One of these medals is still under review: Olympic officials have requested gymnast Jordan Chiles to return her bronze medal from the floor exercise final following a score reversal, though the U.S. is currently appealing the decision.
Despite this controversy, the success of American women in Paris has been extraordinary. If they competed as their own country, they would rank third in the overall medal count—just behind the full U.S. team with 126 medals and China with 91, but ahead of Great Britain’s 65.
In terms of gold medals, the U.S. and China each won 40. Remarkably, U.S. women were responsible for 26 of these golds.
This achievement is one of many historic milestones for American women at what organizers have celebrated as the first gender-equal Olympics.
U.S. women claimed the country’s first-ever rugby sevens medal, a bronze, and the U.S. women’s soccer team secured their fifth Olympic gold in less than three decades (and their first since 2012). The U.S. women’s basketball team capped the games by defeating France on their home court, earning their eighth consecutive gold medal.
Swimmer Torri Huske led all Team USA athletes with five medals. Swimmers Gretchen Walsh, Katie Ledecky, and Regan Smith, along with gymnast Simone Biles, each took home four medals.
Ledecky extended her legacy as the most decorated U.S. female Olympian, winning her ninth Olympic medal—and 14th overall.
Biles won four medals in Paris, bringing her total to 11, making her the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast in history. She played a key role in leading Team USA to gold in the women’s all-around gymnastics final, marking a much-anticipated comeback.
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