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.