THE UNITED STATES BEATS CHINA VIA TIEBREAK TO WIN THE GOLD MEDAL COUNT (Full Paris 2024 Olympics Recap)
OKAY, DEEP SIGH OF RELIEF…
It got dicey, and the Team USA Women's Basketball team almost blew it in what would've been a historic upset and collapse amidst a 60-game win streak, but they won Gold and vaulted us over China.
With a 40 Gold to 40 Gold tie (medal tables are actually unofficial kept by the IOC, fun fact), Team USA wins the Gold Medal count based on tiebreaker, which is Silver medals.
Here are some facts & figures about Team USA's Paris 2024 Olympics:
- Most TOTAL medals won by the USA in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1904
- Most TOTAL medals won by a country since USSR at Seoul 1988
- Second most TOTAL medals won by a country in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1908
- Team USA has won every TOTAL medal count since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
- Team USA has won every GOLD medal count since the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- The fourth time Team USA has won 40 Gold Medals in non-boycotted Olympics since 1970
A large part of the reason Team USA won the Gold Medal count was the Track & Field Team:
- Team USA's 34 TOTAL Track & Field medals are the most since Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
- Most in a non-boycotted Olympics since Los Angeles 1932 Olympics
- Most in a non-hosted & boycotted Olympics since Stockholm 1912 Olympics
- First ever Gold Medal sweep by Team USA in all 4 Hurdles events (110m, 110m, 400m 2x)
- Gabby Thomas the 5th American woman to win THREE Track Golds at an Olympics
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke 400m Hurdles World Record for 6th time
- Women's 4x400m Relay team broke 36-year-old American Record
- Missed 36-year-old World Record by .10 seconds
- Eight straight Gold Medals in the event by the Women
- Quincy Hall (16-years-old) youngest Male track athlete to win a Gold Medal
- Ryan Crouser first ever three-time & back-to-back-to-back Men's Shot Put Gold Medalist
- Jasmine Moore 2nd woman to medal in BOTH Long & Triple Jump at same Olympics
- Only 2nd Gold in Men's 1500m since London 1908 Olympics
- Best overall by any country (1-3-5) since Sweden (1-2-5) at London 1948 Olympics
- Best overall by Team USA (1-3-5) since St. Louis 1904 Olympics (1-2-3-4)
- Grant Fisher 1st USA runner to medal in BOTH 5000m & 10000m Olympic events
Honestly, I may be missing some stuff, and credit to the king of Olympics stats & facts Bill Mallon for some of these numbers that I wasn't able to pull myself. Shout out and non-humble pat on the back to myself for calling this historic Games for USA Track & Field in one of my Olympics preview blog.
Overall, it was a successful Games for the United States, and a fun one for viewers.
To recap, here are some of my favorite moments:
STEPH CURRY GOES NUCLEAR; USA WINS GOLD
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER'S EMOTIONAL GOLD MEDAL MOMENT
NOAH LYLES WINS GREATEST 100m RACE EVER
USA WOMEN'S RUGBY WALK-OFF BRONZE WINNER
SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE IS MOST DOMINANT ATHELTE AT OLYMPICS
COLE HOCKER'S INSANE 1500m COMEBACK GOLD
QUINCY HALL SOMEHOW FINDS A GOLD MEDAL GEAR IN COMEBACK
MASAI RUSSELL WINS HURDLES GOLD BY .01 SECONDS
WOMEN'S 4x400m IS ABSURDLY DOMINANT
MEN'S 4x400m TEAM WINS GOLD IN EPIC FASHION
RAI BENJAMIN BREAKS THROUGH IN HISTORIC 400m HURDLES SHOWDOWN
GABBY THOMAS IS TOO DAMN GOOD
GRANT HOLLOWAY GETS HIS REVENGE
LEE KIEFER, GREATEST USA FENCER OF ALL TIME
LEDECKY WINS 9th GOLD; BEHIND ONLY PHELPS
USA MEN'S HOOPS CRAZY 19-POINT COMEBACK VS. SERBIA
HUSKES DELIVERS USA INSANE MIXED RELAY SWIMMING GOLD & WORLD RECORD
SIMONE BILES AGAIN, AGAIN, AND AGAIN…
SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON'S COMEBACK FOR USA 4x100m GOLD
STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK'S CLARK KENT MOMENT CLINCHES BRONZE
MALLORY SWANSON CLINCHES GOLD FOR US SOCCER REDEMPTION
DRESSEL AND USA ON TOP IN MEN'S 4x100m AGAIN
(9 GOLDS BEHIND ONLY PHELPS)
TORI HUSKE CLINCHES: GOLD, DUEL VS. AUSSIES, ANOTHER WORLD RECORD
BOBBY FINKE'S INSANE 1500m WORLD RECORD SWIM
GRANT FISHER'S INSANE COMEBACK CLINCHES HISTORIC 2ND DISTANCE BRONZE
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL DOMINATES ITALY FOR BRONZE
USA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WIN 8TH STRAIGHT GOLD BY A HAIR
FIRST MEN'S WATER POLO MEDAL SINCE 2008, IN SHOOTOUT
VINCENT HANCOCK, GREATEST USA SHOOTER OF ALL TIME
RYAN CROUSER, GREATEST SHOT PUTTER OF ALL TIME
KRISTEN FAULKNER: INVESTMENT BANKER TO DOUBLE GOLD MEDALIST
WILD TRIATHLON RELAY COMEBACK FOR UNITED STATES
AMIT ELOR CANNOT BE BEAT FOR USA WRESTLING (41-1!)
LEON MARCHAND: THE NEXT MICHAEL PHELPS HAS ARRIVED
MONDO DUPLANTIS' ELECTRIC WORLD RECORD POLE VAULT
FEMKE BOL SHOCKS USA MIXED 4x400 RELAY TEAM
FAITH KIPYEGON FIRST EVER 3x OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST IN 1500m
JULIAN ALFRED DELIVERS FIRST EVER GOLD FOR SAINT LUCIA IN THE 100m
CHINA'S ZHANLE PAN SWIMS ABSURD WORLD RECORD FOR 100m GOLD
FOUR POINT PLAY SAVES FRANCE VS. JAPAN
FRANCE SWEEPS MEN'S BMX 1-2-3
WHATEVER THIS WAS
AND THIS STUD…
THE MINIONS STOLE THE MONA LISA IN OPENING CEREMONY
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I very well may have forgotten something, but hopefully this is a good recap to close the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris, France.
It's time for the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA to host the Olympic Games in four years, and this guy is apparently going to be part of the handover in the Closing Ceremony…
…can't wait.
GO USA.