United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics

The United States of America (USA) was represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. This was from July 26 to August 11, 2024. U.S. athletes have been in every modern Summer Olympic Games except for in 1980 edition in Moscow. In 1980, America was part of a 66-nation boycott. They were protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The United States marched into the Place du Trocadéro stadium for the parade of nations second-to-last. They were before the French team. They were second-to-last because Los Angeles is hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics. H.E.R. and Tom Cruise, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre from Long Beach, was performed during the closing ceremony.

LeBron James and Coco Gauff were the opening ceremony flag-bearers for the United States. James also had 2 Olympic gold medals. James was the 1st male basketball player to be the flag bearers. Gauff was 20 years old and was the youngest American athlete and the first tennis player to be a flag-bearer. The closing ceremony flag-bearers were Nick Mead and Katie Ledecky. Mead was part of the U.S. men's four rowing team. This team won America's first gold medal in that event since 1960. Ledecky had won 9 Olympic medals.

The United States competed in all sports except handball. They had more female than male athletes for the 4th time in the Summer Olympics (278 men and 314 women).

The team won the Olympics for the 4th time in a row and 19th overall time. They had 40 gold, 44 silver, and 42 bronze medals. They had the same number of gold medal as China (40). However, the U.S. won because they had more silver medals (44–27 in silver). This was the first time in the Summer Olympics that the top 2 countries had the same number of gold medals. Americans also won 126 total medals overall. China only won 91.

## Medalists
These U.S. people won medals at this game. The people that won medals are bolded in later sections.

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 Athletes who participated in the heats only.

## Competitors
On July 10, 2024, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee said that there were 592 athletes (314 women and 278 men) that would be in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

This is the list of number of competitors in each sport.

## Team leaders
Rocky Harris was the *chef de mission* of the 2024 U.S. Olympic team. Team USA House was at the Palais Brongniart.

## Archery
Four American archers were in the recurve event. They were chosen from their results at 3 different events. These were the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany; 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile; and 2024 Pan American Championships in Medellín, Colombia.

The team had the medalists Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold.

## Artistic swimming
The United States had a team of 8 artistic swimmers. They competed in the open team and women's duet events. They were able to compete because they were a top 5 nation at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

## Athletics (track and field)
U.S. track and field athletes qualified to be an Olympian if they had a fast time or high score. They could also compete if they had a high world ranking. The men's head coach was Stanley Redwine. The women's head coach was LaTanya Sheffield.

Athletes also had to do well in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials on June 21–30, 2024, in Eugene, Oregon. On July 9, 2024, USA Track & Field announced the 120 athletes (59 men and 61 women) that would go to the Olympics.

16-year-old Quincy Wilson was part of the 4x400-meter relay team. He became the youngest male U.S. track athlete in history.

**Track and road events**
**Men**

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**Women**

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## Basketball
### 5×5 basketball
**Summary**

### 3×3 basketball
**Summary**

## Boxing
The U.S. had 8 boxers in the tournament. A boxer could qualify by going to the 2023 Pan American Games, or at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. American athletes would compete in 8 of the 13 weight classes.

**Men**

**Women**

## Breaking
The United States had 4 breakdancers in the Paris Olympics. Sunny Choi (Sunny) joined the team in the B-Girl category from winning the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.Jeffrey Louis (Jeffro) and Logan Elanna Edra (Logistx) joined the team from the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.

## Canoeing
### Slalom
The United States had 2 boats in the slalom competition from the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.

Evy Leibfarth was the first American woman to be in 3 paddling events in the Olympics.

**Kayak cross**

### Sprint
U.S. canoeists had one boat in 3 events. They qualified from the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, and the 2024 Pan American Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers in Sarasota. On March 22, 2024, 2020 Nevin Harrison became the first American to qualify for the Paris Games in any canoe or kayak event.

Qualification Legend: **FA** - Qualify to final (medal); **FB** - Qualify to final B (non-medal); **SF** - Qualify to semifinal; **QF** - Qualify to quarterfinal

## Cycling
### Road
The United States had a team of 6 road cyclists from the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
 
**Men**

**Women**

### Track
The United States had 6 track athletes from the 2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking.

**Pursuit**

Qualification legend: **Q** - Qualify to semifinal for gold medal; **q** - Qualify to classification semifinal; **FA** - Gold medal final; **FB** - Bronze medal final; **FC** - Fifth place final; **FD** - Seventh place final

**Omnium**

**Madison**

### Mountain biking
U.S. mountain bikers had 4 athletes.

### BMX
**Freestyle**
The United States had 4 athletes. American athletes could be in this event if they were in the top six at the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.

**Race**

## Diving
**Men**

**Women**

## Equestrian
### Dressage
Qualification Legend: **Q** = Qualified for the final based on position in group; **q** = Qualified for the final based on overall position

### Eventing
### Jumping
## Fencing
**Men**

**Women**

## Field hockey
**Summary**

## Football (soccer)
**Summary**

## Golf
**Men**

**Women**

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
**Men**
**Team**

**Individual finals**

**Women**
**Team**

**Individual finals**

### Rhythmic
### Trampoline
## Judo
## Modern pentathlon
## Rowing
**Men**

**Women**

Qualification Legend: **FA**=Final A (medal); **FB**=Final B (non-medal); **FC**=Final C (non-medal); **FD**=Final D (non-medal); **FE**=Final E (non-medal); **FF**=Final F (non-medal); **SA/B**=Semifinals A/B; **SC/D**=Semifinals C/D; **SE/F**=Semifinals E/F; **QF**=Quarterfinals; **R**=Repechage

## Rugby sevens
**Summary**

## Sailing
**Elimination races**

Qualification legend: **QF** - Qualify to quarterfinal; **SF** - Qualify to semifinal; **F** - Qualify to final

**Medal races**

Key: **M** - Medal race; EL - Eliminated, did not advance into the medal race

## Shooting
**Men**

**Women**

**Mixed**

Key: **G** - Qualify to gold medal match; **B** - Qualify to bronze medal match

## Skateboarding
**Men**

**Women**

## Sport climbing
The U.S. had 8 climbers. Colin Duffy and Emma Hunt qualified for the team after winning silver medals at the 2023 World Championships in Bern, Switzerland. Piper Kelly, Samuel Watson, Natalia Grossman, and Jesse Grupper qualified for the team by winning gold medals at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Brooke Raboutou and Zach Hammer qualified for the games by having a high rank in the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.

**Boulder & lead combined**

**Speed**

## Surfing
Qualification legend: **R3** - Qualifies to elimination rounds; **R2** - Qualifies to repechage round

## Swimming
**Men**

**Women**

**Mixed**

 Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

## Table tennis
## Taekwondo
## Tennis
**Men**

**Women**

**Mixed**

## Triathlon
**Individual**

**Relay**

## Volleyball
### Beach
### Indoor
**Summary**

## Water polo 
**Summary**

## Weightlifting
## Wrestling
**Men**

**Women**

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## References
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