2024 Olympics in Paris: Day 2 medal count - tally by country today, July 28
2024 Olympics: medal count by country
Paris 2024 medal table - top five:
1. Japan: Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 7
2. Australia: Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 6
3. United States: Gold 3 Silver 6 Bronze 3 Total 12 France: Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 7
4. France: Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 8
4. South Korea: Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 6
Check out some of our Olympics articles:
Lee Kiefer defends Olympic crown
Victory in two consecutive Games for Team USA's Lee Kiefer who took gold in the Individual Women's Foil - and event she won last time around in Tokyo.
Kano Koki puts Japan top of the leaderboard
Kano Koki's victory over Frrench fencer Yannick Borel in the men's individual Épée places Japan at the medal board summit. Four gold medals at the end of a highly successful weekend for Team Nippon!
It's Koki-san's second Olympic gold, he was part of Japan side that won the team event in Tokyo three years ago.
Huske pips Walsh in the 100m butterfly
Torri Huske beat world and Olympic record holder Gretchen Walsh in the women's 100m butterfly final as Team USA finished first and second with China's Yufei Zhang taking bronze.
Huske's time of 55:59 was just short of Walsh's Olympic record of 55.38 set in the heats.
Marchand sets new Olympic record!
Five-time world champion Léon Marchand secured a third gold medal for France, moving the hosts up into second on the leaderboard with three golds, two silver and two bronze medals.
Marchand finished ahead of Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita and Team USA's Carson Foster with a time of 4:02.95 - a new Olympic record in the Men's 400m Individual Medley.
Jess Fox adds more gongs to her Olympic collection
Jess Fox crossed the line first, clocking 96.08 in the women's canoe slalom to extend Australia's lead at the medals board summit.
She finally lands gold after coming close in the previous editions - coming away with silver in London and bronze in both Rio and Tokyo.
Japan add to their tally!
It's the incredibly impressive Coco who takes gold in the skateboarding women's street.
Bronze for Kazakhstan!
Very nice work from Gusman Kyrgyzbayev, who takes home a bronze medal in Judo.
Alcaraz’s spicy pre-Olympic training creates massive hype
As Nadal gets groovy on the clay against Fuscovics, here's his compatriot being just as funky in the pre-match warmup.
As mentioned earlier, we've got live action here on AS USA.
First up, it's the mighty Paul Rudder who's on hand to take you through the action as a strong US team take on a Serbia side looking for inspiration from NBA monster, Jokic.
Moving away ever-so-slightly from the medal count, here's a fun one on the tallest, shortest, youngest and oldest athletes in Paris to take part in the Games.
There's a Japanese, a Brazilian, a South Sudanese and a Greek. Can who guess who's who?
**hint** NBA fans may get one of them quite easily
And the USA take the silver...
Congratulations to Haley Batten, who has won her country a silver medal - her first since 2012!
More Olympic action coming up today:
On AS USA we've got you covered from head to toe with live Olympic sport.
You can follow Paul Rudder's live text commentary of the US as they take on Serbia in the Basketball before hopping over to Joe Brennan, who's got some women's football action between the USWNT and Germany in what is a real humdinger.
Bhaker makes Indian Olympic history
By the way, that bronze for Manu Bhaker is the first ever medal won by an Indian in Olympic shooting.
A reminder that she finished behind South Korean pair Oh Ye-jin and Kim Ye-ji in the women's 10m air pistol final.
If you'd like to learn more about Olympic gymnastics, we recommend you take a look at our what-to-know explainer of the event.
US gymnasts into women's team final
Simone Biles is one step closer to winning the fifth Olympic gold medal of her career, after the USA reached the women's team all-around final in artistic gymnastics.
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Oh what a performance!
South Korea's Oh Ye-jin waves from the podium after winning the women's 10m air pistol women's final with an Olympic-record score.
Shooting gold for South Korea's Oh
We have another gold medal to tell you about on day two!
South Korea now have their second gold of the 2024 Games, after Oh Ye-jin took victory in the women's 10m air pistol final. She scored 243.2, which is a new Olympic record.
Silver also went to a South Korean competitor, Kim Ye-ji, while India's Manu Bhaker completes the podium.
Who won Team USA's only gold so far?
ICYMI, Team USA secured their sole gold in Paris thus far in the swimming yesterday, thanks to victory in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay. The US took the gold medal ahead of Australia and Italy.
Team USA currently finds itself third in the medal table, having won one gold, two silvers and two bronzes.
Bidding to top the medal count for the seventh time in the last eight Summer Games, the Americans lead the all-time Summer Olympics medal table. But which sports have witnessed the most US medals?
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Gold medalist Yu Xie poses on the podium after winning the men's 10m air rifle final during at Chateauroux Shooting Centre
As we wait for more medals to be won today, you may be interested to find out more about another, lesser-known prize that's up for grabs at the Paris Summer Games.
In addition to medals, athletes are also competing for a certificate known as the 'Olympic diploma'.
Learn more about the certificate in this short explainer article.
All of the medals to be handed out at the 2024 will contain a small piece of history intrinsically connected to the French capital. How much pure gold is there in a winner’s medal and how much do they cost to make?
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Federico Maldini (left), Yu Xie (centre) and Paolo Monna pose with their pistols after finishing second, first and third, respectively, in the men's 10m air pistol final.
Australia still top of medal table
Having won their third gold of the 2024 Olympics, China have drawn level with Australia's haul so far.
The Australians remain top of the medal table, though, as they have two silvers to China's none.
Another gold for China
We have the first medal winners of day two! In shooting, China’s Yu Xie has earned his country its third gold of the Paris Games, after taking victory in the men’s 10m air pistol final.
The podium is completed by two Italians: Federico Maldini has taken silver, with Paolo Monna winning bronze.
Italy now have five medals at Paris 2024 - but are yet to claim their first gold.
Australia's trio of wins saw them leapfrog China at the top of the medal, after the Chinese had established themselves as the early frontrunners by claiming the first two golds of the games.
In shooting, Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the first gold medal at Paris 2024 when they were victorious in the final of the mixed team 10m air rifle event.
Soon afterwards, divers Yani Chang and Yiwen Chen won the women’s synchronised 3m springboard final.
Australia top medal table on day one
Australia lead the medal count after day one, having picked up three gold medals.
Two came in swimming: Ariarne Titmus took gold in the women’s 400m freestyle, and there was also Australian glory in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Titmus retained the title she won at Tokyo 2020, while the relay win was Australia's fourth in a row in the event!
In road cycling, meanwhile, Grace Brown was victorious.
Aside from the medal events taking place today, there will of course be plenty of other action at Paris 2024.
Indeed, a total of 25 sports will witness competition. Should you be eager for the full lowdown on what's happening on day two, let me point you in the direction of our full Olympics schedule.
Full list of today's Olympic medal events
Archery
Women’s Team Bronze Medal Match: 10:48 a.m; Women’s Team Gold Medal Match: 11:11 a.m.
Canoe Slalom
Women’s Kayak Single Final: 11:45 a.m.
Cycling Mountain Bike
Women’s Cross Country: 8:10 a.m.
Fencing
Women’s Foil Individual Bronze Medal Bout: 2:50 p.m; Men’s Épée Individual Bronze Medal Bout: 3:20 p.m; Women’s Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout: 3:45 p.m.; Men’s Épée Individual Gold Medal Bout: 4:15 p.m.
Judo
Men -66 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A: 11:18 a.m.; Men -66 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B: 11:28 a.m.; Men -66 kg Final: 11:38 a.m.; Women -52 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A: 11:49 a.m.; Women -52 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B: 11:59 a.m.; Women -52 kg Final: 12:09 p.m.
Shooting
10m Air Pistol Men’s Final: 3:30 a.m.; 10m Air Pistol Women’s Final: 6 a.m.
Skateboarding
Women’s Street Final: 11 a.m.
Swimming
Men’s 400m Individual Medley Final: 2:30 p.m.; Women’s 100m Butterfly Final: 2:45 p.m.; Men’s 100m Breaststroke Final: 3:54 p.m.
Olympics live medal count: welcome to day two!
Good morning! Another 13 gold medals are up for grabs in France today, as the 2024 Olympics head into day two.
Medals are to be won across eight sports throughout the day.