The United States pipped China for the top spot in the medal table on Sunday as Paris prepared to bring the curtain down on one of the most successful Olympic Games in history.
In a thrilling finale that capped 17 days of spellbinding action, the United States women’s basketball team squeezed past France 67-66 to clinch the last gold of the Games.
The win — the eighth consecutive Olympic women’s basketball won by the USA — ensured the Americans finished level with China on 40 golds each as the games drew to a close.
The USA however finished on top of the overall medal table with a total of 126 medals, with China in second place on 91.
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With the last of the medals handed out, attention turned to Sunday’s closing ceremony spectacular at the Stade de France, where Hollywood star Tom Cruise is widely rumoured to feature as the countdown to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics gets under way.
Paris Olympics medal table
Gold Silver Bronze Total
USA 40 44 42 126
China 40 27 24 91
Japan 20 12 13 45
Australia 18 19 16 53
France 16 26 22 64
Netherlands 15 7 12 34
Great Britain 14 22 29 65
South Korea 13 9 10 32
Italy 12 13 15 40
Germany 12 13 8 33
New Zealand 10 7 3 20
Canada 9 7 11 27
Uzbekistan 8 2 3 13
Hungary 6 7 6 19
Spain 5 4 9 18
Sweden 4 4 3 11
Kenya 4 2 5 11
Norway 4 1 3 8
Ireland 4 0 3 7
Brazil 3 7 10 20
Iran 3 6 3 12
Ukraine 3 5 4 12
Romania 3 4 2 9
Georgia 3 3 1 7
Belgium 3 1 6 10
Bulgaria 3 1 3 7
Serbia 3 1 1 5
Czech Republic 3 0 2 5
Denmark 2 2 5 9
Azerbaijan 2 2 3 7
Croatia 2 2 3 7
Cuba 2 1 6 9
Bahrain 2 1 1 4
Slovenia 2 1 0 3
Taiwan 2 0 5 7
Austria 2 0 3 5
Hong Kong 2 0 2 4
Philippines 2 0 2 4
Algeria 2 0 1 3
Indonesia 2 0 1 3
Israel 1 5 1 7
Poland 1 4 5 10
Kazakhstan 1 3 3 7
Jamaica 1 3 2 6
South Africa 1 3 2 6
Thailand 1 3 2 6
Ethiopia 1 3 0 4
Switzerland 1 2 5 8
Ecuador 1 2 2 5
Portugal 1 2 1 4
Greece 1 1 6 8
Argentina 1 1 1 3
Egypt 1 1 1 3
Tunisia 1 1 1 3
Botswana 1 1 0 2
Chile 1 1 0 2
Saint Lucia 1 1 0 2
Uganda 1 1 0 2
Dominican Republic 1 0 2 3
Guatemala 1 0 1 2
Morocco 1 0 1 2
Dominica 1 0 0 1
Pakistan 1 0 0 1
Turkey 0 3 5 8
Mexico 0 3 2 5
Armenia 0 3 1 4
Colombia 0 3 1 4
Kyrgyzstan 0 2 4 6
North Korea 0 2 4 6
Lithuania 0 2 2 4
India 0 1 5 6
Moldova 0 1 3 4
Kosovo 0 1 1 2
Cyprus 0 1 0 1
Fiji 0 1 0 1
Jordan 0 1 0 1
Mongolia 0 1 0 1
Panama 0 1 0 1
Tajikistan 0 0 3 3
Albania 0 0 2 2
Grenada 0 0 2 2
Malaysia 0 0 2 2
Puerto Rico 0 0 2 2
Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1
Cape Verde 0 0 1 1
Refugee Olympic Team 0 0 1 1
Peru 0 0 1 1
Qatar 0 0 1 1
Singapore 0 0 1 1
Slovakia 0 0 1 1
Zambia 0 0 1 1
