The United States is running away from the competition in the overall medal count, but Team USA is in a closely contested battle with China to top the Olympic gold medal count at the 2024 Paris Games.
Dozens of medals across 17 different sports are up for grabs on Friday, including the highly coveted 4×100-meter relay races, where both the U.S. men’s and women’s teams are top contenders for gold. The women’s team is expected to include 100m silver medalist Sha’Carri Richardson, 200m gold medalist Gabrielle Thomas, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry.
The U.S. men’s 4×100-meter relay team will be without Noah Lyles, who said Thursday would ‘be the end of my 2024 Olympics’ after he revealed he was battling COVID-19 during his bronze medal finish in the 200-meter dash.
Here’s a look at all the Olympic medals up for grabs on Friday:
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What is the medal count at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
The U.S. leads the overall medal count by a wide margin with 103 — 30 gold, 38 silver and 35 bronze. However, U.S. has a narrow lead over China (29) in the gold medal count. Here is the top 10 by total:
1. USA — 103 (30 gold, 38 silver, 35 bronze)
2. China — 74 (30 gold, 25 silver, 19 bronze)
3. France — 55 (14 gold, 19 silver, 22 bronze)
4. Great Britain — 52 (14 gold, 17 silver, 21 bronze)
5. Australia — 45 (18 gold, 14 silver, 13 bronze)
6. Japan — 34 (13 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze)
7. Italy — 30 (10 gold, 11 silver, 9 bronze)
8. South Korea — 28 (13 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze)
9. Netherlands — 25 (11 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze)
10. Germany — 24 (9 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze)
What Olympic medals are up for grabs Friday?
Here are all the Olympic medal events scheduled for Friday, in addition to what time the action starts. All times are Eastern:
Table Tennis
4 a.m.: men’s team bronze medal match
9 a.m.: men’s team gold medal match
Sailing
6:13 a.m.: men’s kite final – race 2
After Race 2: men’s kite final – Race 3
After Race 3: men’s kite final – Race 4
After Race 4: men’s kite final – Race 5
After Race 5: men’s kite final – Race 6
Sport Climbing
6:35 a.m.: men’s boulder & lead, final lead
Canoe Sprint
6:50 a.m.: women’s canoes double 500m Final A
7:10 a.m.: women’s kayak double 500m Final A
7:30 a.m.: men’s kayak double 500m Final A
7:50 a.m.: men’s canoe single 1000m Final A
Hockey
8 a.m.: women’s bronze medals match
2 p.m.: women’s gold medal match
Rhythmic gymnastics
8:30 a.m.: individual all-around final
Diving
9 a.m.: women’s 3m springboard final
Soccer
9 a.m.: women’s bronze medal match
Noon: men’s gold medal match
Weightlifting
9 a.m.: men’s 89kg
1:30 p.m.: women’s 71kg
Volleyball
10 a.m.: men’s bronze medal match
Cycling Track
12:09 p.m.: women’s madison, final
1:02 p.m.: men’s sprint, finals – race 2
1:38 p.m.: men’s sprint, finals – decider
Wrestling
1:15 p.m.: men’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal match
1:25 p.m.: men’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal match
1:35 p.m.: men’s freestyle 57k final
1:45 p.m.: men’s freestyle 86kg bronze medal match
1:55 p.m.: men’s freestyle 86kg bronze medal match
2:05 p.m.: men’s freestyle 86kg final
2:15 p.m.: women’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal match
1:25 p.m.: women’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal match
1:35 p.m.: women’s freestyle 57kg final
Athletics
1:30 p.m.: women’s 4x100m relay final
1:37 p.m.: women’s shot put final
1:47 p.m.: men’s 4x100m relay final
2 p.m.: women’s 400m final
2:13 p.m.: men’s triple jump final
2:25 p.m.: women’s heptathlon 800m
2:57 p.m.: women’s 10,000m final
3:45 p.m.: men’s 400m hurdles final
1:30 a.m.: men’s marathon
Taekwondo
2:19 p.m.: women’s 67kg bronze medal contest
2:49 p.m.: women’s 67kg bronze medal contests
2:34 p.m.: men’s 80kg bronze medal contests
3:04 p.m.: men’s 80kg bronze medal contests
3:19 p.m.: women’s 67kg gold medal contest
3:37 p.m.: men’s 80kg gold medal contest
Beach Volleyball
3 p.m.: women’s bronze medal match
4:30 p.m.: women’s gold medal match
Breaking
3:19 p.m.: B-girls bronze medal battles
3:29 p.m.: B-girls gold medal battle
Boxing
3:30 p.m.: men’s 71kg – final
3:47 p.m.: women’s 50kg – final
4:34 p.m.: men’s 92kg – final
4:51 p.m.: women’s 66kg – final