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    Team USA: Medals, Results, and Top Moments at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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    Tokyo 2020 was a monumental Olympic Games for the United States in 2021.

    In a final-day sprint to the finish, Team USA overtook China to finish with the most gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics with 39.

    The United States had to wait until its penultimate gold-medal match to surpass China, but after a win in the women’s volleyball final, Team USA clinched the gold-medal count for the third-straight Summer Olympics. 

    Team USA’s 39 gold medals don’t quite match its last two Olympic performances where it won 46 gold medals in Rio de Janeiro and London, respectively. But it was enough to finish just one ahead of China’s 38 in Tokyo. 

    The U.S. also clinched the overall count in Tokyo with 113 medals, its second-biggest haul dating back to the 1988 Games after winning 121 in Rio. Team USA has not lost the overall medal count since the 1992 Games in Barcelona, where the Unified Team consisting of former Soviet republics won 112 medals. 

    In Tokyo, China finished second in the overall count with 88 medals while Japan came in third with 58, including 27 gold medals. The United States closed out the 2020 Olympics with 41 silver and 33 bronze medals. 

    The Closing Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics kicked off on Friday night local time, as organizers, athletes, and delegations bid farewell to a Games that was delayed for a year by COVID-19 and marked by several challenges — but that also delivered unforgettable sporting moments.

    The ceremony began as Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach arrived and the flag of Japan was carried into Tokyo Olympic Stadium by medal-winning athletes.

    Team USA’s Top Moments

    The flags of the 206 participating countries and delegations then paraded into the stadium, with javelin thrower Kara Winger, a four-time Olympian, the flag bearer for the U.S. contingents.

    An extra year of waiting was rewarded with Olympic memories that will surely endure lifetimes.

    Spectators watching from home all around the world saw tears of joys, glimpses of pain, rallies of resilience, and history being rewritten over, and over again by the athletes heralding from America.

    Simone Biles reminded everyone what it means to prioritize your own mental health, and how to be the best supporter as your teammates step up when you know you can’t.

    Allyson Felix, a 35-year-old mother, overtook Carl Lewis to become the most decorated American track and field athlete of all time.

    Kevin DurantSue Bird, and Diana Taurasi showed us the true meaning of dominance in the sport. The veterans, when called upon again, took to the floor in the same fashion they have always done and walked away as champions.

    It was not all plain sailing for Team USA with the track teams failing to meet expectations and the USWNT only taking bronze in football, and it was not until the final day that they overtook China for most golds at the Games.

    That said, it was still a hugely successful 16 days, and compiling a list of highlights is no easy task. Here are just some of the top moments brought to you by Team USA from Tokyo 2020.

    You can also find a full list of all the medals won by the U.S. below.

    Gold medalists:

    1. Lee Kiefer, fencing, women’s foil individual
    2. William Shaner, shooting, 10m air rifle men
    3. Vincent Hancock, shooting, skeet men
    4. Amber English, shooting, skeet women
    5. Carissa Moore, surfing, women
    6. Caeleb Dressel, swimming, men’s 100m freestyle
    7. United States, swimming, men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
    8. Chase Kalisz, swimming, men’s 400m individual medley
    9. Robert Finke, swimming, men’s 800m freestyle
    10. Lydia Jacoby, swimming, women’s 100m breaststroke
    11. Katie Ledecky, swimming, women’s 1500m freestyle
    12. Anastasija Zolotic, taekwondo, women’s -57kg
    13. United States, basketball 3×3, women
    14. Sunisa Lee, artistic gymnastics, women’s all-around
    15. Caeleb Dressel, swimming, men’s 100m butterfly
    16. Ketie Ledecky, swimming, women’s 800m freestyle
    17. Xander Schauffele, gold, men’s individual stroke play
    18. Robert Finke, swimming, men’s 1500 freestyle
    19. United States, swimming, men’s 4x100m medley relay
    20. Caeleb Dressel, swimming, men’s 50m freestyle
    21. Valarie Allman, athletics, women’s discus throw
    22. Jade Carey, artistic gymnastics, women’s floor exercise
    23. Athing Mu, athletics, women’s 800m
    24. Tamyra Stock Mensah, wrestling, women’s freestyle 68kg
    25. Sydney McLaughlin, athletics, women’s 400m hurdles
    26. Ryan Crouser, athletics, men’s shot put
    27. Katie Nageotte, athletics, women’s pole vault
    28. Nevin Harrison, canoe, women’s canoe single 200m
    29. David Morris Taylor III, wrestling, men’s freestyle 86kg
    30. April/Alix, beach volleyball, women
    31. Gable Dan Stevenson, wrestling, men’s freestyle 125kg
    32. United States, athletics, men’s 4x400m relay
    33. United States, athletics, women’s 4x400m relay
    34. United States, basketball, men
    35. United States, basketball, women
    36. Jennifer Valente, cycling track, women’s omnium
    37. United States, volleyball, women
    38. Nelly Korda, gold, women’s individual stroke play
    39. United States, water polo, women

    Silver medallists:

    1. United States, diving, women’s synchronised 10m platform
    2. Jay Litherland, swimming, men’s 400m individual medley
    3. Kathleen Ledecky, swimming, women’s 400m freestyle
    4. Emma Weyant, swimming, women’s 400m individual medley
    5. United States, artistic gymnastics, women’s team
    6. United States, softball
    7. United States, equestrian, dressage team
    8. United States, shooting, 10m air rifle mixed team
    9. United States, diving, men’s synchronised 3m springboard
    10. Erica Sutherland, swimming, women’s 1500 freestyle
    11. Alex Walsh, swimming, women’s 200m individual medley
    12. Kayle Browning, shooting, trap women
    13. Regan Smith, swimming, women’s 200m butterfly
    14. United States, swimming, women’s 4x200m freestyle relay
    15. Ryan Murphy, swimming, 200m backstroke
    16. Lilly King, swimming, women’s 200m breaststroke
    17. United States, triathlon, mixed relay
    18. MyKayla Skinner, artistic gymnastics, women’s vault
    19. Fred Kerley, athletics, men’s 100m
    20. Kendra Harrison, athletics, women’s 100m hurdles
    21. Raven Saunders, athletics, women’s shot put
    22. Hannah Roberts, BMX freestyle, women’s park
    23. United States, swimming, women’s 4x100m medley relay
    24. Katherin Nye, weightlifting, women’s 76kg
    25. Kendra Harrison, athletic, women’s 100m hurdles
    26. Rai Benjamin, athletics, men’s 400m hurdles
    27. Christopher Nilsen, athletics, men’s pole vault
    28. Brittney Reese, athletics, women’s long jump
    29. Adeline Gray, wrestling, women’s freestyle 76kg
    30. Kenneth Bednarek, athletics, men’s 200m
    31. Grant Holloway, athletics, men’s 110m hurdles
    32. Joe Kovacs, athletics, men’s shot put
    33. Courtney Frerichs, athletics, women’s 3000m steeplechase
    34. Duke Ragan, boxing, men’s feather (52-57kg)
    35. Nathaniel Coleman, sport climbing, men’s combined
    36. United States, athletics, women’s 4×100, relay
    37. United States, baseball
    38. Keyshawn Davis, boxing, men’s lightweight
    39. Richard Torrez Jr. boxing, men’s super heavyweight
    40. Kyle Snyder, wrestling, men’s freestyle 97kg
    41. United States, equestrian, jumping team

    Bronze medalists:

    1. Jagger Eaton, skateboarding, men’s street
    2. Ryan Murphy, swimming, men’s 100m backstroke
    3. Kieran Smith, swimming, men’s 400m freestyle
    4. Regan Smith, swimming, women’s 100m backstroke
    5. Lilly King, swimming, women’s 100m breaststroke
    6. Kate Douglass, swimming, women’s 200m individual medley
    7. United States, swimming, women’s 4×100, freestyle relay
    8. Hali Flickinger, swimming, women’s 400m individual medley
    9. Katie Zaferes, triathlon, women’s individual
    10. Hali Flickinger, swimming, women’s 200m butterfly
    11. Annie Lazor, swimming, women’s 200m breaststroke
    12. United States, athletics, 4×400 mixed relay
    13. United States, shooting, trap mixed team
    14. Sunisa Lee, artistic gymnastics, women’s uneven bars
    15. Krysta Palmer, diving, women’s 3m springboard
    16. United States, fencing, men’s team foil
    17. Simone Biles, artistic gymnastics, women’s balance beam
    18. Gabby Thomas, athletics, women’s 200m
    19. Raevyn Rogers, athletics, women’s 800m
    20. Sarah Robles, weightlifting, women’s +87kg
    21. Oshae Jones, boxing, women’s welterweight
    22. Noah Lyles, athletics, men’s 200m
    23. United States, cycling track, women’s team pursuit
    24. United States, football, women
    25. Cory Juneau, skateboarding, men’s park
    26. Patrick Gilman, wrestling, men’s freestyle 57kg
    27. Helen Louis Maroulis, wrestling, women’s freestyle 57kg
    28. Paul Chelimo, athletics, men’s 5000m
    29. Allyson Felix, athletics, women’s 400m
    30. Molly Seidel, athletics, women’s marathon
    31. Ariel Torres Gutierrez, karate, men’s kata
    32. Kyle Douglas Dake, wrestling, men’s freestyle 74kg
    33. Sarah Ann Hilderbrandt, wrestling, women’s freestyle 50kg

    Source: Olympics.

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