Caroline Marks wins surfing gold, Gabby Thomas breezes in 200m final
A huge day for US women in Paris featured gold medals for Caroline Marks in surfing, Gabby Thomas in the 200m and 20-year-old Amit Elor in wrestling.
There are only a few days left in the 2024 Paris Olympics, which means the race to win the most medals in the Summer Games is nearing the finish line.
There will be 17 events handing out gold on Thursday, with bronze medal competitions also taking place. One of the headliners for the day is the men’s 400-meter final, which will feature three Americans, including the No. 1-ranked runner in the event in Quincy Hall. He’ll face the No. 2-ranked racer in Matthew Hudson-Smith of Great Britain in what should be an exhilarating event.
The United States will look to strengthen its lead in the medal count after it overtook China for the most gold medals in this year’s Games. Here’s what to know about the medal count for Day 12 of the 2024 Paris Olympics:
What is the medal count at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
Here’s the overall medal count as Wednesday’s action begins. The U.S. remains on top with 86 total medals and leads in gold medals with 24. Here are the top 10 countries overall:
- 1. USA — 86 (24 gold, 31 silver, 31 bronze)
- 2. China — 59 (22 gold, 21 silver, 16 bronze)
- 3. France — 48 (13 gold, 16 silver, 19 bronze)
- 4. Great Britain — 46 (12 gold, 15 silver, 19 bronze)
- 5. Australia — 35 (14 gold, 12 silver, 9 bronze)
- 6. Japan — 29 (11 gold, 6 silver, 12 bronze)
- T7. South Korea — 26 (11 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze)
- T7. Italy — 26 (9 gold, 10 silver, 7 bronze)
- 9. Netherlands — 19 (8 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze)
- 10. Canada — 18 (6 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze)
To see the full list, click here.
What Olympic medals are up for grabs Wednesday?
All times Eastern.
- Marathon
- 1:30 a.m.: race walk mixed relay final
- Sport climbing
- 6:55 a.m.: women’s speed finalÂ
- Weightlifting
- 9 a.m.: men’s 61kg
- 1:30 p.m.: women’s 49kg
- Skateboarding
- 11:30 a.m.: men’s park finalÂ
- Cycling track
- 12:25 p.m.: men’s team pursuit bronzeÂ
- 12:33 p.m.: men’s team pursuit goldÂ
- 12:57 p.m.: women’s team pursuit goldÂ
- Track & field
- 1 p.m.: women’s pole vault finalÂ
- 2:25 p.m.: men’s discus finalÂ
- 3:20 p.m.: men’s 400m final
- 3:40 p.m.: men’s 3,000m steeplechase final
- Artistic swimming
- 1:30 p.m.: team acrobatic routine
- Wrestling
- 1:30 p.m.: MGR 77kg bronze medal match
- 1:55 p.m.: MGR 77kg final
- 2:05 p.m.: MGR 97kg bronze medal match
- 2:30 p.m.: MGR 97kg final
- 2:50 p.m.: WFS 50kg bronze medal match
- 3:15 p.m.: WFS 50kg final
- Taekwondo
- 2:19 p.m.: women – 49kg bronze medal contests
- 2:35 p.m.: men – 58kg bronze medal contests
- 2:51 p.m.: women – 49kg bronze medal contests
- 3:07 p.m.: men – 58kg bronze medal contests
- 3:23 p.m.: women – 49kg gold medal contestÂ
- 3:39 p.m.: men – 59kg gold medal contest
- Boxing
- 3:30 p.m.: women’s 71kg, semifinal
- 3:46 p.m.: women’s 71kg, semifinal
- 4:02 p.m.: men’s 50kg, semifinal
- 4:18 p.m.: men’s 50kg, semifinal
- 4:34 p.m.: men’s 66kg, semifinal
- 4:51 p.m.: men’s 66kg, semifinal