Team USA Shatters Decades-Long Record with Most Medals in a Single Saturday

If it seemed like Team USA won a lot of medals on Saturday, that’s because they did!

PARIS, France — The United States expanded its lead in the overall medal count on Saturday at the Paris Olympics with numerous podium appearances.

Team USA won 17 medals on Saturday, marking its highest single-day Olympic medal haul since Oct. 1, 1988, during the Seoul Olympics, according to the team.

Out of the 27 medal events held on Saturday, the United States clinched at least one medal in 12 of them.

As of the end of competition on Saturday, the U.S. leads with 61 total medals, followed by France with 41 and China with 37.

However, the U.S. trails China in the gold medal tally, with Americans having won 14 gold medals so far and Chinese Olympians securing 16.

Here’s a list of Team USA medal winners on Saturday:

Gymnastics

Women’s vault: Gold medal for Simone Biles and silver medal for Jade Carey

Men’s pommel horse: Bronze medal for Stephen Nedoroscik

Rowing

Men’s Eight: Bronze medal for the U.S. team

Swimming

Mixed 4×100 medley relay: Gold medal for U.S. team and world record

Women’s 200M individual medley: Silver medal for American Kate Douglass

Women’s 800M freestyle: Gold medal for Katie Ledecky and bronze medal for Paige Madden

Tennis

Men’s doubles: Silver for Americans Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram, and bronze for Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul

Track and Field

Men’s shotput: Gold for Ryan Crouser and silver for Joe Kovacs

Mixed 4x400M relay: Silver for United States team

Women’s 100M: Silver for Sha’Carri Richardson and bronze for Melissa Jefferson

Women’s triple jump: Bronze for Jasmine Moore

Shooting

Men’s skeet: Gold medal for Vincent Hancock