Olympic medal count: How Team USA did on Day 5 as France surges, China adds golds

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When it comes to the medal count, the United States is the favorite to win the most medals. China is unlikely to overtake the U.S. in the overall medal haul, but has a chance to win more gold medals than the Americans.

So which country is leading in medals as of the fifth day of competition? Here is a look at the Olympic medal count (and keep reading for some Team USA highlights from Day 5).

Here is the full leaderboard, last updated July 28 at 5 p.m.

The U.S. entered Day 5 of the Paris Games with the most swimming medals at 15, leading second-place Australia by seven. The Aussies, however, own the most golds with four, while the U.S. won its third swimming gold Wednesday. Italy has two.

Once again women led the way for Team USA, as they were responsible for all four medals won on Wednesday. Women have won 19 of the 30 U.S. medals thus far.

France and China scored more gold medals on Wednesday, leading all countries in golds won. France led all countries with eight medals awarded on the day.

Here's a breakdown of what events Team USA has won medals in and the athletes involved:

	DATE	SPORT	EVENT	ATHLETE(S)
🥇GOLD (5)
	July 31	Swimming	Women 1500m freestyle	Katie Ledecky
	July 30	Gymnastics	Women Team	Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Suni Lee
	July 28	Fencing	Women individual foil	Lee Kiefer
	July 28	Swimming	Women 100m butterfly	Torri Huske
	July 27	Swimming	Men 4x100m freestyle	Jack Alexj, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Matt King
🥈SILVER (13)
	July 31	Swimming	Women 100m freestyle	Torri Huske
	July 31	Cycling	Women BMX freestyle	Perris Benegas
	July 30	Swimming	Men 800m freestyle	Bobby Finke
	July 30	Swimming	Men 4x200m freestyle relay	Luke Hobson, Carson Foster, Drew Kibler and Kieran Smith
	July 30	Swimming	Women 100m backstroke	Regan Smith
	July 29	Swimming	Women 400m individual medley	Katie Grimes
	July 29	Skateboarding	Men street	Jagger Eaton
	July 28	Swimming	Men 100m breaststroke	Nic Fink
	July 28	Fencing	Women individual foil	Lauren Scruggs
	July 28	Swimming	Women 100m butterfly	Gretchen Walsh
	July 28	Cycling	Women mountain bike	Haley Batten
	July 27	Swimming	Women 4x100m freestyle	Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh. Torri Huske, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly, Abbey Weitzel
	July 27	Diving	Women springboard 3m synchronized	Sarah Bacon & Kassidy Cook
🥉BRONZE (12)
	July 31	Canoeing	Women canoe slalom	Evy Leibfarth
	July 30	Swimming	Women 100m backstroke	Katharine Berkoff
	July 30	Rugby	Women
	July 29	Fencing	Men individual foil	Nick Itkin
	July 29	Swimming	Men 100 backstroke	Ryan Murphy
	July 29	Swimming	Men 200m freestyle	Luke Hobson
	July 29	Swimming	Women 400m individual medley	Emma Weyant
	July 29	Gymnastics	Men Team	Richard Frederick, Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Brody Malone and Stephen Nedoroscik
	July 29	Skateboarding	Men street	Nyjah Huston
	July 28	Swimming	Men 400m individual medley	Carson Foster
	July 27	Swimming	Women 400m freestyle	Katie Ledecky
	July 27	Cycling	Women individual time trial	Chloe Dygert

The last Summer Olympics in which the United States did not top the gold medal table was in 2008 in Beijing. Countries always get a medal bump being the host nation, and France is expected to almost triple the number of gold medals it won in Tokyo.

Team USA Highlights: Day 5

HISTORIC DAY FOR KATIE LEDECKY

Star U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky captured her eighth gold medal with a victory in the 1500m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, tying the Olympic record for most in the history of women's swimming held by Jenny Thompson.

In addition to her latest victory, Ledecky also won gold in the 800m free in 2012; the 200m free, 400m free, 800m free and 4x200m free in 2016; and the 800m free and 1500m free in 2020. The 27-year-old Maryland native is set to compete in three more events at the Paris Olympics.

Ledecky has 12 total Olympic medals, which is one behind the record for most all time in women's swimming, a mark shared by Thompson, Dana Torres and Natalie Coughlin.

Teammate Torri Huske took silver in the women's 100m freestyle.

The Team USA women certainly fared better in the pool on Wednesday than the men did. Chris Guiliano and New Jersey's Jack Alexy competing in the men's 100m freestyle, but neither finished near the podium. The U.S. also had Josh Matheny competing in the men's 200m breaststroke, but he finished seventh.

Looking ahead to Thursday, there are more chances for U.S. women to claim medals. New York's Kate Douglass

FIRST BMX MEDALS AWARDED

Perris Benegas claimed silver in Wednesday's women's freestyle BMX competition.

Benegas was fourth after the first run with a score of 83.40, but she improved on her second and final run with a 90.70. That put her just behind China's Yawen Deng, who won gold with a 92.60 in her second run. Australia's Natalya Diehm won bronze with a 88.80 on her first run.

Team USA star Hannah Roberts, a five-time world champion, failed to medal after topping the qualifying runs. She scored a 70.00 on her first run after falling while attempting a front flip. On her second run, Roberts stumbled at the beginning and abandoned her attempt.

Stephen Wade of the Associated Press contributed to this report.