Olympics Update: America’s standing after the first week

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Dylan Lassiter

After a week of the Olympics in Tokyo, it’s worth reflecting on where Team USA currently stands in comparison to other Olympic teams. The top three medal earners at the moment are China, Japan, and the US, respectively. However, the US leads with 41 total medals.

The following shows each of the three’s current medals in order:

  • China: 18 Gold, 9 Silver, 11 Bronze. Total: 38
  • Japan: 17 Gold, 4 Silver, 7 Bronze. Total: 28
  • U.S.: 14 Gold, 16 Silver, 11 Bronze. Total: 41

American Medals

Here is a list of the medals earned by Team USA this week. Americans are dominating the pools of Tokyo, and are doing solid at the shooting ranges as well.

Basketball

Women’s 3×3 Basketball: Gold

Gymnastics

Women’s All-around Artistic Gymnastics (Suni Lee): Gold

Women’s Team Artistic Gymnastics: Silver

Baseball/Softball

Softball: Silver

Diving

Men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard: Silver

Women’s Synchronized 10m Platform: Silver

Equestrian

Dressage Team: Silver

Fencing

Women’s Foil Individual (Lee Kiefer): Gold

Shooting

10m Air Rifle Men (William Shaner): Gold

Skeet Men (Vincent Hancock): Gold

Skeet Women (Amber English): Gold

Trap Women (Kayle Browning): Silver

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team: Silver

Skateboarding

Men’s Street Skating (Jagger Eaton): Bronze

Surfing

Surfing Women (Carissa Moore): Gold

Swimming

Men’s 100m Freestyle (Caeleb Dressel): Gold

Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: Gold

Men’s 400m Individual Medley (Chase Kalisz): Gold

Men’s 800m Freestyle (Robert Finke): Gold

Women’s 100m Breaststroke (Lydia Jacoby): Gold

Women’s 1500m Freestyle (Katie Ledecky): Gold

Men’s 200m Backstroke (Ryan Murphy): Silver

Men’s 400m Individual Medley (Jay Litherland): Silver

Women’s 1500m Freestyle (Erica Sullivan): Silver

Women’s 200m Breaststroke (Lilly King): Silver

Women’s 200m Butterfly (Regan Smith): Silver

Women’s 200m Individual Medley (Alex Walsh): Silver

Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Silver

Women’s 400m Freestyle (Katie Ledecky): Silver

Women’s 400m Individual Medley (Emma Weyant): Silver

Men’s 100m Backstroke (Ryan Murphy): Bronze

Men’s 400m Freestyle (Kieran Smith): Bronze

Women’s 100m Backstroke (Regan Smith): Bronze

Women’s 100m Breaststroke (Lilly King): Bronze

Women’s 200m Breaststroke (Annie Lazor): Bronze

Women’s 200m Butterfly (Hali Flickinger): Bronze

Women’s 200m Individual Medley (Kate Douglass): Bronze

Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: Bronze

Women’s 400m Individual Medley (Hali Flickinger): Bronze

Taekwondo

Women -57kg (Anastasija Zolotic): Gold

Triathlon

Women’s Individual (Katie Zaferes): Bronze

Paralympics

While there is one week left in the Olympics, the Paralympics are set to begin on August 24th. Team USA is sure to make waves during the Paralympics as well.

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