How many gold medals does USA have? Complete list of 2021 Olympic medalists so far from United States

By | August 3, 2021

Team USA is used to winning gold medals at the Olympic Games, especially during the summer.

In the history of the Summer Games, no country has medaled more than the United States. Before the 2021 Olympics, Team USA had 2,523 Summer Olympic medals to its name. Of those 2,523, 1,022 are gold. That’s better than 40 percent of Team USA’s medals.

In each of the last two Olympic Games, Team USA has earned 46 gold medals. Their high-water mark of 81 came during the 1984 Olympics which were held in Los Angeles. And since 1948, the United States has never failed to win at least 32 gold medals.

How is Team USA doing in the gold medal department during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics? Here’s a look at every single gold medal they’ve won as they look to dominate on the world stage once again.

MORE: Complete Team USA medal count for 2021 Olympics

How many gold medals does USA have?

  • USA gold medal count: 24

The United States has won 24 gold medals at the 2021 Olympics, which is second among all countries in Tokyo through Aug. 3 events.

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Who has won Olympic gold for Team USA?

Here’s a full list of the athletes who have won gold for Team USA thus far during the 2021 Olympics.

Sport Athlete(s) Event
Athletics Valarie Allman Women’s discus throw
Athletics Athing Mu Women’s 800m
Basketball Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young Women’s 3×3
Fencing Lee Kiefer Women’s foil final
Golf Xander Schauffele Men’s stroke play
Gymnastics Sunisa Lee Women’s all-around
Gymnastics Jade Carey Women’s floor exercise
Shooting Vincent Hancock Men’s skeet shooting
Shooting Amber English Women’s skeet shooting
Shooting William Shaner Men’s 10m air rifle
Surfing Carissa Moore Women’s shortboard
Swimming Chase Kalisz Men’s 400m individual medley
Swimming Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker, Zach Apple Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
Swimming Lydia Jacoby Women’s 100m breaststroke
Swimming Katie Ledecky Women’s 1500m freestyle
Swimming Bobby Finke Men’s 800m freestyle
Swimming Caeleb Dressel Men’s 100m freestyle
Swimming Katie Ledecky Women’s 800m freestyle
Swimming Caeleb Dressel Men’s 100m butterfly
Swimming Caeleb Dressel Men’s 50m freestyle
Swimming Bobby Finke Men’s 800m freestyle
Swimming Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple Men’s 4×100 medley relay
Taekwondo Anastasija Zolotic Women’s taekwondo final
Wrestling Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah Women’s freestyle 68kg

2021 USA Olympic medal results by sport

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery
Artistic swimming
Athletics 2 6 3 11
Badminton
Baseball
Softball 1 1
Basketball
Basketball 3-on-3 1 1
Beach volleyball
Canoe slalom
Canoe sprint
Cycling: BMX Racing/Freestyle 1 1
Cycling Road 1 1
Diving 2 1 3
Equestrian 1 1
Fencing 1 1 2
Football (soccer)
Golf 1 1
Gymnastics 2 2 2 6
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Karate
Marathon swimming
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting 3 2 1 6
Skateboarding 1 1
Sport climbing
Surfing 1 1
Swimming 11 10 9 30
Table tennis
Taekwondo 1 1
Tennis
Trampoline gymnastics
Triathlon 1 1 2
Volleyball
Water polo
Weight lifting 1 1 2
Wrestling 1 1 2
Total 24 28 21 73

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