The United States is running away from the competition in the overall medal count, but Team USA is in a closely contested battle with China to top the Olympic gold medal count at the 2024 Paris Games.
Dozens of medals across 17 different sports are up for grabs on Friday, including the highly coveted 4×100-meter relay races. The women’s relay team, made up of 100m silver medalist Sha’Carri Richardson, 200m gold medalist Gabrielle Thomas, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry, cruised to gold over Great Britain and Germany.
The U.S. men’s 4×100-meter relay team, however, was not so lucky. The team — Christian Coleman, Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King and Fred Kerley — bungled the handoff between Coleman and Bednarek. The U.S. men were subsequently disqualified for running out of the handoff zone after crossing the finish line in seventh place.
The 4x100m relay team was without Noah Lyles, who said Thursday would “be the end of my 2024 Olympics” after he revealed he was battling COVID-19 during his bronze medal finish in the 200-meter dash.
What is the medal count at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
The U.S. leads the overall medal count by a wide margin with 111 — 33 gold, 39 silver and 39 bronze. However, the U.S. is tied with China in the gold medal count. Here is the top 10 by total:
- 1. USA — 111 (33 gold, 39 silver, 39 bronze)
- 2. China — 83 (33 gold, 27 silver, 23 bronze)
- 3. Great Britain — 57 (14 gold, 20 silver, 23 bronze)
- 4. France — 56 (14 gold, 20 silver, 22 bronze)
- 5. Australia — 48 (18 gold, 16 silver, 14 bronze)
- 6. Japan — 37 (16 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze)
- 7. Italy — 36 (11 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze)
- T8. Netherlands — 29 (13 gold, 6 silver, 10 bronze)
- T8. Germany — 29 (12 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze)
- 10. South Korea — 28 (13 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze)
What Olympic medals are up for grabs Friday?
Here are all the Olympic medal events scheduled for Friday, in addition to what time the action starts. All times are Eastern:
- Table Tennis
- 4 a.m.: men’s team bronze medal match
- 9 a.m.: men’s team gold medal match
- Sailing
- 6:13 a.m.: men’s kite final – race 2
- After Race 2: men’s kite final – Race 3
- After Race 3: men’s kite final – Race 4
- After Race 4: men’s kite final – Race 5
- After Race 5: men’s kite final – Race 6
- Sport Climbing
- 6:35 a.m.: men’s boulder & lead, final lead
- Canoe Sprint
- 6:50 a.m.: women’s canoes double 500m Final A
- 7:10 a.m.: women’s kayak double 500m Final A
- 7:30 a.m.: men’s kayak double 500m Final A
- 7:50 a.m.: men’s canoe single 1000m Final A
- Hockey
- 8 a.m.: women’s bronze medals match
- 2 p.m.: women’s gold medal match
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- 8:30 a.m.: individual all-around final
- Diving
- 9 a.m.: women’s 3m springboard final
- Soccer
- 9 a.m.: women’s bronze medal match
- Noon: men’s gold medal match
- Weightlifting
- 9 a.m.: men’s 89kg
- 1:30 p.m.: women’s 71kg
- Volleyball
- 10 a.m.: men’s bronze medal match
- Cycling Track
- 12:09 p.m.: women’s madison, final
- 1:02 p.m.: men’s sprint, finals – race 2
- 1:38 p.m.: men’s sprint, finals – decider
- Wrestling
- 1:15 p.m.: men’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal match
- 1:25 p.m.: men’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal match
- 1:35 p.m.: men’s freestyle 57k final
- 1:45 p.m.: men’s freestyle 86kg bronze medal match
- 1:55 p.m.: men’s freestyle 86kg bronze medal match
- 2:05 p.m.: men’s freestyle 86kg final
- 2:15 p.m.: women’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal match
- 1:25 p.m.: women’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal match
- 1:35 p.m.: women’s freestyle 57kg final
- Athletics
- 1:30 p.m.: women’s 4x100m relay final
- 1:37 p.m.: women’s shot put final
- 1:47 p.m.: men’s 4x100m relay final
- 2 p.m.: women’s 400m final
- 2:13 p.m.: men’s triple jump final
- 2:25 p.m.: women’s heptathlon 800m
- 2:57 p.m.: women’s 10,000m final
- 3:45 p.m.: men’s 400m hurdles final
- 1:30 a.m.: men’s marathon
- Taekwondo
- 2:19 p.m.: women’s 67kg bronze medal contest
- 2:49 p.m.: women’s 67kg bronze medal contests
- 2:34 p.m.: men’s 80kg bronze medal contests
- 3:04 p.m.: men’s 80kg bronze medal contests
- 3:19 p.m.: women’s 67kg gold medal contest
- 3:37 p.m.: men’s 80kg gold medal contest
- Beach Volleyball
- 3 p.m.: women’s bronze medal match
- 4:30 p.m.: women’s gold medal match
- Breaking
- 3:19 p.m.: B-girls bronze medal battles
- 3:29 p.m.: B-girls gold medal battle
- Boxing
- 3:30 p.m.: men’s 71kg – final
- 3:47 p.m.: women’s 50kg – final
- 4:34 p.m.: men’s 92kg – final
- 4:51 p.m.: women’s 66kg – final
