The U.S. women's basketball team is one win away from its eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal. France stands in the Americans' way.
Team USA will face off against the host country in the gold medal match on Sunday at Bercy Arena. The U.S. women's basketball team has not lost an Olympic game since 1992. The U.S. women's volleyball team is also going for gold, their second straight, in a gold medal match against Italy. Meanwhile, the U.S. men's water polo team will try to capture bronze in a matchup against Hungary.
What is the medal count at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
The U.S. leads the overall medal count with 122 — 38 gold, 42 silver and 42 bronze. Team USA trails in the gold medal count with China leading with 39. Here is the top 10 by total medals entering Sunday:
- 1. USA — 122 (38 gold, 42 silver, 42 bronze)
- 2. China — 90 (39 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze)
- 3. Great Britain — 63 (14 gold, 22 silver, 27 bronze)
- 4. France — 62 (16 gold, 24 silver, 22 bronze)
- 5. Australia — 50 (18 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze)
- 6. Japan — 43 (18 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze)
- 7. Italy — 39 (11 gold, 13 silver, 15 bronze)
- 8. Netherlands — 32 (13 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze)
- 9. Germany — 31 (12 gold, 11 silver, 8 bronze)
- 10. South Korea — 30 (13 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze)
What Olympic medals are up for grabs Sunday?
Here are all the Olympic medal events scheduled for Sunday, in addition to what time the action starts.
(All times are Eastern)
- Marathon
- 2 a.m.: women
- Handball
- 3 a.m.: men’s bronze medal match
- 7:30 a.m.: men’s gold medal match
- Water polo
- 4:35 a.m.: men’s bronze medal match
- 8 a.m.: men’s gold medal match
- Basketball
- 5:30 a.m.: women’s bronze medal game
- 9:30 a.m.: women’s gold medal game
- Weightlifting
- 5:30 a.m.: women’s +81kg
- Wrestling
- 6 a.m.: MFS 65kg bronze medal match
- 6:25 a.m.: MFS 65kg final
- 6:35 a.m.: MFS 97kg bronze medal match
- 7 a.m.: MFS 97kg final
- 7:20 a.m.: WFS 76kg bronze medal match
- 7:45 a.m.: WFS 76kg final
- Modern pentathlon
- 6:40 a.m.: women’s final laser run
- Volleyball
- 7 a.m.: women’s gold medal match
- Cycling track
- 7:15 a.m.: women’s sprint, finals
- 7:32 a.m.: men’s keirin for gold
- 7:44 a.m.: women’s sprint, finals
- 7:56 a.m.: women’s omnium, points race 4/4
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