Rewatch moments from the US gold-medal wins of the 2024 Olympics

The United States traditionally is the gold standard at the Olympic Games.

Entering the 2024 Games, the U.S. had the most total medals, including the most gold. Those numbers are increasing daily at the 2024 Paris Olympics as members of Team USA reach the top of the podium.

Here's a look back at each of those gold-medal wins for Team USA in Paris.

Jennifer Valente — Cycling, women's omnium

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Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes — Track & Field, women's 4x400m relay

Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin — Track & Field, men's 4x400m relay

Masia Russell — Track & Field, women's 100m hurdles

Rai Benjamin — Track & Field, men's 400m hurdles

Rai Benjamin took the lead halfway through the 400m race and ran with it, winning gold with a season-best score of 46.46 seconds. Norway's Karsten Warholm came in second (47.06) and Brazil's Alison dos Santos in third (47.26).

Olivia Reeves — Weightlifting, women's 71kg

At only 21 years old, Olivia Reeves won Team USA's second-ever gold in women's weightlifting and broke the Olympic record in the snatch at 117kg. The last American female weightlifting gold was won by Tara Nott-Cunningham in 2000. Colombia's Mari Leivis Sánchez earned silver, and Ecuador's Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes took bronze.

Melissa Jefferson, Sha'Carri Richardson, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas — Track & Field, women's 4x100m relay

Sha'Carri Richardson led Team USA to victory in the womens' 4x100m relay, overcoming a German runner in the anchor leg. Richardson, Melissa Jefferson, TeeTee Terry and Gabby Thomas finished with a time of 41.78 seconds. Great Britain came in second at 41.85 seconds, with Germany third at 41.97 seconds.

Grant Holloway — Track & Field, men's 110m hurdles

Grant Holloway stormed across the finish line in his signature event, the 110m hurdles, winning his first Olympic gold in 12.99 seconds. Team USA's Daniel Roberts came in second (13.09), with Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell finishing third, less than three thousandths of a second behind Roberts.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone — Track & Field, women's 400m hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominated the 400m, notching a back-to-back Olympic gold and breaking the world record for a sixth time. McLaughlin-Levrone set a time of 50.37, with American Anna Cockrell winning silver at 51.87 and the Netherlands' Femke Bol in third at 52.15.

Tara Davis-Woodhall — Track & Field, women's long jump

Tara Davis-Woodhall leaped her way to gold — her first Olympic medal — landing a distance of 7.10m in the women's long jump. Reigning champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany took silver with a jump measuring 6.98m. Team USA's Jasmine Moore earned bronze at 6.96m.

Sarah Hildebrandt — Wrestling, women's freestyle 50kg

Sarah Hildebrandt upgraded her Tokyo bronze in the women's freestyle 50kg event in Paris, earning her first Olympic gold medal. She defeated Cuba's Yusneylys Guzmán Lopez 3-0. Hildebrandt was initially slated to wrestle India's Vinesh Phogat, who beat Guzmán Lopez 5-0 in the semifinals, but Phogat was disqualified ahead of the finals for weighing 100 grams above the 50kg limit.

Quincy Hall — Track & Field, men's 400m

With mere tenths of a second to go, Quincy Hall sprinted to the front of the pack in the final stretch of the men's 400m. He ran a personal best of 43.40 seconds, with Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith finishing in second at 43.44 seconds and Zambia's Muzala Samukonga in third at 43.74 seconds.

Chloe Dygert, Kristen Faulkner, Lily Williams, Jennifer Valente — Cycling Track, women's team pursuit

The women's pursuit team raced past New Zealand on the velodrome to win gold. Chloe Dygert, Kristen Faulkner, Lily Williams and Jennifer Valente put up a time of 4:04.306, days after Faulkner — who initially did not even qualify for the Olympics — took gold in road cycling and became the first American to win a road race medal in 40 years. Great Britain placed third.

Amit Elor — Wresting, women's freestyle 68kg

At only 20 years old, Elor became America's youngest Olympic wrestling champion. She clinically dispatched her opponents — 10-2, 8-0, 10-0 — and wrestled to victory against Kyrgystan's Meerim Zhumanazarova in the final, winning 3-0.

Gabby Thomas — Track & Field, women's 200m

Gabby Thomas dominated the women's 200 meter final, upgrading her 2020 Tokyo bronze to a gold with a time of 21.83. Thomas was the prohibitive favorite after Jamaican rival Shericka Jackson withdrew from the race. The newly crowned 100m Olympic champion Julien Alfred came in second with a time of 22.08, and Team USA's Brittany Brown earned bronze (22.20).

Cole Hocker — Track & Field, men's 1500m

In an upset, Cole Hocker outran Britain's Josh Kerr and Norway's Jakob Ingebrigsten in the 1500m track meet. Hocker set a new Olympic record of 3:27.65. Kerr came in second (3:27.79), and Ingebrigsten finished fourth (3:28.24) behind American Yared Nuguse (3:27.80).

Caroline Marks — Surfing, women's shortboard

Caroline Marks surfed to victory in Tahiti, winning gold — her first Olympic medal after finishing in fourth place at the Tokyo Games. Marks secured a score of 10.50 over Brazilian Tatiana Weston-Webb, who took silver with a 10.33.

Valarie Allman — Track & Field, women's discus throw

Valarie Allman successfully defended her title as reigning champion of women's discus at the Olympics. The Delaware native's fourth throw, measuring at 69.70 meters, won her the gold medal. China's Feng Bin and Croatia's Sandra Elkasević each landed a throw of 67.51 meters, placing second and third, respectively.

Noah Lyles — Track & Field, men's 100m

Noah Lyles is now a gold-medal winner and the world's fastest man. He earned the hardware and the title by winning the men's 100m in a photo finish with a time of 9.79 seconds. The time was a new personal best to just barely edge Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by just five-thousandths of a second. Lyles is looking to become the first man to win gold in the 100m and 200m at the same Olympic Games since Usain Bolt.

Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske — Swimming, women's 4x100m medley

The U.S. women's 4x100m medley relay team of Torri Huske, Gretchen Walsh, Regan Smith and Lilly King set a world record in 3:43.69 — and maintained world domination in swimming over rival Australia. The U.S. set the mark with a time of 3:49.63, easily defeating Australia, which finished second in 3:53.11. The win in the final swimming event of the Games gave the American swimming teams eight total golds in Paris, one more than Australia. 

Bobby Finke — Swimming, men's 1500m freestyle

It was another gold medal and a new world record for Bobby Finke. The 24-year-old Floridian won his second-straight gold in the men's 1,500m freestyle, doing so in a record time of 14:30.67. That topped the previous mark of 14:31.02 set in 2012 by China's Sun Yang.

Kristen Faulkner — Cycling Road, women's

Kristen Faulkner became the first American rider in 40 years to win a medal in the women's cycling road race. The 31-year-old Alaska native completed the 158-kilometer (98-mile) route in a time of 3:49:23, finishing 58 seconds clear of her nearest competitor. Faulkner is the first American to win a road race medal of any color since the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Scottie Scheffler — Golf, men's

Scottie Scheffler has now won a green jacket and a gold medal this year. The 2024 Masters champion won the men's individual stroke play golf tournament after shooting a -9 under final round of 62. He had nine birdies in the final round, setting an Olympic record for 72 holes at 19-under 265.

Ryan Crouser — Track & Field, men's shot put

It was an unprecedented threepeat for Ryan Crouser. He became the first Olympian to win a third-consecutive gold medal in men's shot put, making history with a 22.90m throw. The 31-year-old previously won gold at the 2016 Rio Games with an Olympic record throw of 22.52m. He broke that record at the Tokyo Olympics with a 23.30m throw.

Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske — Swimming, mixed 4x100 medley relay

The United States 4x100m medley relay team won gold in record time. The winning time of 3:37.43 broke the world record of 3:37.58 set three years prior by Britain in the event’s Olympic debut. Ryan Murphy swam a 52.08-second time in backstroke, Nic Fink came in at 58.29 seconds in breaststroke, Gretchen Walsh took 55.18 seconds in butterfly and Torri Huske sealed gold with a 51.88-second time in freestyle.

Katie Ledecky — Swimming, women's 800m freestyle

The Katie Ledecky 800m dynasty continues. The Team USA star captured her fourth-straight Olympic title in the women's 800m freestyle event, winning in a time of 8:11.04. With nine total gold medals, including three in Paris, Ledecky is now tied with swimmer Mark Spitz, track star Carl Lewis, Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina and Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi for second-most in Olympic history behind Michael Phelps (23).

Simone Biles — Gymnastics, women's vault

Simone Biles' Olympic medal count has reached double digits. The most decorated American gymnast of all time added to her total and her legacy by winning gold in women's vault. On her first vault, she performed her new signature skill, the Yurchenko double pike and scored a 15.700. She earned a 14.900 on her second vault for a total score of 15.300. That was more than enough for her 10th Olympic medal, which includes seven golds, one silver, and two bronze.

Vincent Hancock — Shooting, men's skeet

The master defeated the student. Vincent Hancock won his fourth Olympic gold medal in men's skeet by defeating Conner Prince, a first-time U.S. Olympian who Hancock coaches. Hancock hit 58 out of 60 shots to Prince's 57, including each of his last 26 targets. Hancock also won skeet gold at the Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2021 and is the only skeet shooter to take the Olympic gold more than once.

Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Jacqueline Dubrovich — Fencing, women's team foil

Team USA earned its first-ever team gold in Olympic fencing, besting Italy in a 45-39 final. In the women's individual foil Tuesday, Lee Kiefer placed first and Lauren Scruggs second. This is the first time the U.S. has won two fencing golds at the same Olympics.

Kate Douglass — Swimming, women's 200m breaststroke

Kate Douglass secured her first Olympic gold, setting an American record for the 200m breaststroke (2:19:24) and beating out South Africa’s Tatjana Smith, the 2020 champion. This marks Douglass’ third Olympic medal in the Paris Games. 

Simone Biles — Gymnastics, women's individual all-around

Simone Biles' incomparable performance earned her a second Olympic all-around gold, making it the sixth straight Olympics where the U.S. has claimed the title. Biles is now the oldest women's gymnastics champion since 1952, and the first to win two all-around golds. Sunisa Lee, who won the individual all-around at the 2020 Tokyo Games, placed third. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade placed second.

Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady, Liam Corrigan — Rowing, men's four

Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan powered the U.S. to gold in the men's four with a time of 5:49.03. It marks the first U.S. medal in the event since 2012 and its first gold in the event since the 1960 Rome Olympics.

Katie Ledecky — Swimming, women's 1500m freestyle

Katie Ledecky led right from the start, setting an Olympic record time of 15 minutes, 30.02 seconds in swimming's longest event. With this win, she claims her seventh Olympic gold and 12th medal overall, tying with Americans Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin and Jenny Thompson for the most medals ever by a female swimmer.

Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Hezly Rivera — Gymnastics, women's artistic team all-around

Simone Biles led Team USA to its fourth team gold medal in what she called the "redemption tour." The team achieved a score of 171.296 overall, beating out Italy (165.494) and Brazil (164.497). Biles is now the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history with eight medals.

Lee Kiefer — Fencing, women's individual foil

Lee Kiefer won a second straight gold medal in foil, successfully defending her title from the Tokyo Olympics. She defeated U.S. teammate Lauren Scruggs 15-6 in the final for what was the United States' fifth ever gold medal in an individual fencing event.

Torri Huske — Swimming, women's 100m butterfly

It was a photo finish between two Team USA swimmers, as Torri Huske edged Gretchen Walsh finished 1-2 in the 100m butterfly final on Day 2 of the Paris Olympics. Huske touched the wall at 55.59 seconds, just .04 seconds ahead of her teammate, to capture her first gold medal.

Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Chris Guiliano — Swimming, men's 4x100m freestyle relay

Caeleb Dressel anchored the men's 4x100m freestyle relay team, touching the wall to capture the United States' first gold medal of the Paris Olympics. It was Dressel's eighth Olympic gold medal, but it was Hunter Armstrong who put the U.S. in a golden position for victory after swimming a sensational third leg in 46.75 seconds. The U.S. finished with a time of 3:09.28 to top Australia (3:10.35.).