2024 Olympics live updates: Results tracker, Team USA schedule, United States medal count from Paris (2024)

🥉 Sport Climbing: Sam Watson earns bronze, sets world record in men's speed final

Texas-born teenager Sam Watson became an Olympic medalist and a world record-holder on Thursday morning when he earned bronze after winning the third-place race in the men's speed final at the Le Bourget Climbing Venue. Watson, 18, covered the 15-meter distance in 4.74 seconds to defeat Iran's Reza Alipour Shenazandifard. Watson had set the previous record of 4.79 seconds in April.

Track and Field: Richardson, Thomas help U.S. into women's 4x100-meter final

The star-studded U.S. team of Sha'carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry and Gabrielle Thomas passed its first test in the women's 4x100-meter relay by advancing out of qualifying with a heat-winning time of 41.94 seconds. The time was the best of 16 teams competing Thursday morning and advances the Americans into Friday's final. Richardson and Jefferson won silver and bronze in the women's 100 meters while Terry took fifth, and Thomas won gold in the women's 200.

Men's Basketball: Power rankings ahead of semifinals

Team USA is on a quest at the 2024 Paris Olympics to earn a fifth straight gold medal, and while it will be heavily favored in every match going forward, that doesn't mean the rest of the teams can't offer a tough challenge for the red, white and blue. France is coming off an upset of Canada, while Germany and Serbia are also in the hunt.

Here's how all the remaining teams stack up ahead of Thursday's semifinals:

Men's Beach Volleyball: Miles Partain, Andrew Benesh lose as USA marks wrong type of first

Team USA's men's beach volleyball pairing of Miles Partain and Andrew Benesh fell to Qatar in the quarterfinals, 21-14, 21-16, meaning the Americans will not receive any hardware in this sport for the first time.

The team of Partain and Benesh was the last chance, men's or women's, for the United States to medal in a sport it has found the podium at least once since its 1992 debut. The other men's team in Paris, Chase Budinger and Miles Evans, lost in the Round of 16. On the women's side, Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng lost in the quarterfinals, and Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss lost in the Round of 16.

🥇 Women's Wrestling: Sarah Hildebrandt becomes second U.S. champion with gold in 50-kilogram final

Sarah Hildebrandt became the second American woman to win wrestling gold in two days, defeating Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, 3-0, in the 50-kilogram freestyle final. It was a two-medal improvement for Hildebrandt, a 30-year-old from Indiana, who won bronze at the Tokyo Games three years ago. The win in Paris came barely 24 hours after 20-year-old Amit Elor won gold in the 68-kilogram class. It's the first time two U.S. women have won wrestling gold at the same Olympics.

🥈 Men's Track & Field: Kenneth Rooks surges to silver in 3,000m steeplechase

Kenneth Rooks waited and waited and waited and then made his move. In the end it wasn't quite enough for gold, but it was enough for a mighty impressive silver in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase. After spending the first half of the race at or near the back of the pack, Rooks took the lead on the final lap, stunning the rest of the field. Reigning Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco chased Rooks down and passed him on the final straightaway, but Rooks was able to hold off Kenya's Abraham Kibiwot for silver, running nine seconds faster than his previous personal best.

🥉 Weightlifting: Hampton Morris earns bronze in 61-kilogram class

Twenty-year-old Hampton Morris earned a bronze medal in his first Olympic weightlifting appearance, placing third in the men's 61-kilogram class. Morris lifted a combined 298 kilograms in the snatch (126 kilograms) and the clean & jerk (176 kilograms) to take behind China's Fabin Li (310) and Thailand's Theerapong Silachai (303).

🥈 Women's Track & Field: Katie Moon medals at second straight Games with silver in pole vault

Katie Moon reached the medals podium for the second straight Olympics in the women's pole vault, clearing 4.85 meters to claim a silver behind Australia's Nina Kennedy. Moon, who cleared 4.90 to win gold at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, passed on her attempt at 4.90 meters to raise the Paris bar to 4.95 meters but was unable to clear it. That gave the gold to Kennedy, who'd had a successful vault at 4.90 meters. Canada's Alysha Newman earned bronze.

🥇 Women's Cycling: U.S. tops New Zealand to win team pursuit gold

The United States defeated New Zealand by a shade more than six-tenths of a second in the final race to win gold in the women's team pursuit finals on Wednesday at the National Velodrome. The team of Kristen Faulkner, Jennifer Valente, Lily Williams and Chloe Dygert defeated Great Britain to reach the finals, then finished in 4:04.306 seconds to beat New Zealand's 4:04.927.

It was Faulkner's second gold of the Games after winning the women's road race.

🥇 Men's Track & Field: Quincy Hall makes huge comeback to win gold at 400m

Coming around the bend, it looked like Quincy Hall's 400-meter final was going off the rails, the dreams of an Olympic medal evaporating. Then he pulled off one of the most stunning rallies of these Games, passing the three competitors in front of him on the straightaway to win gold with a personal-best 43.40. It's the fifth-fastest time ever in the event, thanks to a kick for the ages.

🥈 Artistic Swimming: U.S. returns to medals podium, gets silver in team acrobatic routine finals

The United States returned to the medals podium in the team acrobatic routine finals for the first time in 20 years, claiming silver behind China with a score of 914.3421 points. The Americans won bronze at the Athens Games in 2004and had won gold eight years earlier at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. The gold was China's first after three straight silvers.

The U.S. team included Anita Alvarez, Jaime Czarnowski, Megumi Field, Keana Hunter, Audrey Kwon, Jacklyn Luu, Daniella Ramirez, Ruby Remati and Calista Liu.

Men's Track & Field: Noah Lyles, Kenneth Bednarek, Erriyon Knighton advance to 200m final

Noah Lyles has secured his spot in the 200-meter final with a semifinal time of 20.08 seconds, the third-best overall time. Lyles is seeking to join the short list of sprinters who emerge from a single Olympics with the coveted double, gold in both the 100 and 200. Lyles is the reigning three-time world champion in the 200 at the world athletic championships.

Fellow American Kenneth Bednarek was one spot above Lyle with a time of 20.00 seconds. He took the silver medal in the Tokyo Games, three years ago. Lyles took bronze.

Joining them will be another American in Erriyon Knighton, 17, who finished the semifinals fifth overall at 20.09 seconds. He proved his potential in Tokyo as the youngest male to represent the United States in track & field since 1964. He made the finals, but missed the podium with a fourth-place finish.

The men's 200-meter final is set for Thursday at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Men's Water Polo: United States tops Australia in shootout to reach semifinals

The United States has clinched their spot in the men's water polo semifinals. The Americans defeated Australia, 11-10, in a shootout to advance to the semifinals of the event. The United States found themselves trailing 7-6 in the final minute of regulation before Alex Bowen scored a power-play goal with just 32 seconds remaining to force a penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, the Americans scored on four of their five attempts with Marko Vavic scoring the final goal to lift them to victory.

Now the United States will face off against Serbia on Friday at 8:35 a.m. ET. Serbia edged Greece, 12-11, on Wednesday to clinch its spot in the semifinals.

Men's Track & Field: Grant Holloway, Daniel Roberts, Freddie Crittenden advance to 110m hurdles final

Grant Holloway punched his ticket after a finish of 12.98 seconds, the best time of the semifinals. He earned the sliver medal in Tokyo and is a three-time world champion, so he will be the overwhelming favorite for gold in Paris.

Right behind him was Orlando Bennett from Jamaica, who set a personal best of 13.09 seconds. Daniel Roberts, who won bronze in the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, finished third with a time of 13.10 seconds. Meanwhile, Freddie Crittended -- who won the 2022 NCAA championship -- made it through at 13.23 seconds.

The final is set to to take place Thursday at 3:45 p.m. ET.

Women's Golf: Americans start slow through 18 holes

Celine Boutier has opened up a significant five-stroke lead through 18 holes in her native France, but there are a trio of Americans who can still get themselves in contention for a medal at the Olympics. No one is closer than Lilia Vu, who sits at 2 under after the first round of play. United States stars Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang both shot even-par 72s to sit seven back of the lead and two off the podium, but with 54 holes remaining, they have plenty of time to make up ground.

Men's Volleyball: U.S. falls short of gold medal game amid late Poland rally

The Americans had the gold medal game in their sights Wednesday sitting just five points away from toppling a short-handed Poland team that was reeling in the fourth set. Instead, the United States was outscored 7-2 to lose that set before the Polish prevailed 15-13 in the deciding fifth set sending the U.S. into the bronze medal game. Though the Americans fought off four match points prior to their elimination, it was not enough for them to save their hopes of a competing for gold.

The United States has not claimed a gold since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but it will have a chance to win bronze for the first time since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

🥈 Men's Park Skateboarding: United States' Tom Schaar earns a silver medal

The United States made their way onto the podium on the skateboarding circuit. American skateboarder Tom Schaar captured a silver medal in the event's final with a top run of 92.23. Schaar, who is ranked as the No. 4 skateboard in the world, was competing in his first Olympics. Australia's Keegan Palmer won a gold medal in the event with a top run of 93.11 after reaching the top of the podium in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in men's park. In addition, United States skateboard Tate Carew finished in fifth place with his best score being 91.17.

Men's Basketball: Durant hits Olympic scoring milestone

Kevin Durant won gold for Team USA in 2012, 2016 and 2021, and now, he is two wins away from his fourth Olympic gold medal. If Team USA finishes the job, Durant will become the first male Olympian to earn four gold medals in basketball.

Fittingly, he is now also the leading scorer (489 career points) in Team USA Olympic history. Watch the dunk against Brazil that put him atop the list of American all-time leading scorers -- both men's and women's.

Men's Basketball: Team USA crushes Brazil

The USA men's basketball team had no trouble with Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday. The Americans trounced Brazil, 122-87, to advance to the semifinals, where they will face Serbia on Thursday. Every single Team USA player scored in the 35-point win to start the knockout stage, and Devin Booker had a team-high 18 points. Here's more about the win.

Women's Beach Volleyball: United States' Sara Hughes, Kelly Cheng fall to Switzerland in quarterfinals

The United States' beach volleyball duo of Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng saw their Olympics run come to an end Tuesday, falling 2-0 (21-18, 21-19) to Tanja Hueberli and Nina Brunner of Switzerland. The Swiss duo had an advantage on the serve, and Brunner was absolutely everywhere defensively.

With Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss falling in the Round of 16, these Olympics will be the first time since 2000 that U.S. women's beach volleyball fails to medal.

🥉Men's Boxing: Omari Jones bows out in semifinal, earns bronze medal

Omari Jones' impressive Olympic run came to an end on Tuesday when he lost to Uzbekistan's Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev in the welterweight semifinals. Jones walks away from a deep run at 71 kilograms with a bronze medal. Jones put on a solid effort, taking two of the five official scorecards in coming up short by split decision. Jones' performance gives Team USA's boxing squad a medal in an otherwise underwhelming Olympics for the team. He was the only member of the four-member Team USA squad to earn a medal this year.

⚽ Women's Soccer: USA through, will battle for gold on Saturday

The United States women's national team played in another match that went to extra time, and just like against Japan in the quarterfinals, the Americans got a crucial goal to win 1-0, advancing to Saturday's gold medal game. The U.S. got the lone goal from Sophia Smith, who brilliantly finished a fine ball from Mallory Swanson. But it didn't end there as goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher was forced into an incredibly fortunate foot save in the dying moments to preserve the win. The U.S. will now take on either Brazil or Spain in the final, with all signs pointing to the former. Brazil is leading Spain 3-0 in the 70th minute of the other semifinal.

🥇 Wrestling: Amit Elor wins gold in women's 68-kilogram freestyle final

Twenty-year-old Amit Elor, the daughter of Israeli immigrants, became a gold medalist for the U.S. after completing a dominant Olympic run with a 3-0 defeat of Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Zhumanazarova in the women's freestyle final in the 68-kilogram weight class.

Elor won all four of her matches in Paris by a combined score of 31-2.

A teenage world champion at 72 kilograms in 2022 and 2023, Elor had to cut weight for the Games in Paris because her signature weight class is not part of the Olympic competition.

🥇🥉Track & Field: Gabby Thomas dominates for gold in women's 200 meters, Brittany Brown grabs bronze

Gabby Thomas dominated the women's 200 metersand took gold with a time of 21.83 seconds. This is the first time in 12 years the Americans finished atop of the podium in this event.

Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred, who edged Sha'Carri Richardson to win the 100m gold a few days earlier, earned the silver medal at 22.08 seconds. Meanwhile, the United States got another sprinter in the podium via Brittany Brown, who finished in 22.20 seconds.

🥈 Track & Field: Annette Echinunwoke becomes first U.S. medalist in women's hammer throw

First-time Olympian Annette Echinunwoke became the first U.S. woman to medal in the hammer throw when she earned a silver in Tuesday's final. Her top throw of 75.48 meters, a season best, was good for second behind Canada's Camryn Rogers, who topped out at 76.97 meters. China's Jie Zhao won the bronze with a 74.27 meters.

Echinunwoke, whose parents were born in Nigeria, planned to represent that country in the 2020 Games but she and nine of her would-be Olympic teammate were banned after a testing protocol error by the African Federation of Nigeria.

🥇🥉Track & Field: Cole Hocker wins gold, Yared Nuguse wins bronze in men's 1500m

United States' Cole Hocker caught Great Britain's Josh Kerr by surprise right before reaching the finish line as he came from the inside and took gold with an Olympic record time of 3:27.65.

Kerr still took home silver with a time of 3:27.79. Meanwhile, USA's Yared Nuguse looked like he might miss the podium, but he overpowered Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen from the outside to get bronze while setting a new personal best of 3:27.80. Nuguse had qualified for the Tokyo Games three years ago, but was not able to participate due to an injury. He more than redeemed himself on Tuesday.

Hocker and Nuguese became the first two Americans to medal in the men's 1500m since the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.

Track & Field: Quincy Hall, Norman Michael, Christopher Bailey qualify for men's 400m final

Quincy Hall arrived to Paris as one of the top runners to watch in this race as he earned the bronze medal in the 400-meter individual event at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. He finished third best overall in today's semifinals with a time of 43.95 seconds, behind Grenada's Kirani James (43.78) and Zambia's Muzala Samukonga (43.81).

Michael Norman qualified after finishing fifth overall at 44.26 seconds. Right behind him was Christopher Bailey, who did not finish top two in his heat but his time of 44.31 seconds was personal record and good enough for one of the eight spots in the final.

The men's 400m final is set to take place Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 3:20 p.m. ET.

Men's Basketball: Get to know Team USA's opponent

Team USA men's basketball has never lost in the quarterfinals at the Olympics. The Americans will try to keep their unblemished quarterfinal record intact on Tuesday against Brazil. LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Co. cruised through the group stage with a 3-0 record. Now it's win-go-home time with a spot in the final four on the line. Here's what to know about Team USA vs. Brazil, which tips off at 3:30 p.m. ET in Paris.

Women's Volleyball: United States dominates Poland to clinch spot in semifinals

The United States women's volleyball team continues to look for their second consecutive gold medal in the Summer Games. The Americans topped Poland 25-22, 25-14, 25-20 in straight sets to clinch their spot in the Olympic semifinals.

The United States came out of the gate strong as they scored 10 of the first 15 points. However, Poland did rally late in the opening set to get within two points, but the Americans ultimately took the first set 25-22. In the second set, the United States were firmly in control throughout the duration of the frame.

After the United States took the first two sets, they faced a little bit of adversity in the third set. Poland took a 7-1 lead out of the gate before the United States came back to tie the frame at 13-13. The Americans ended up outscoring Poland 12-7 to take the final set of the match.

Andrea Dews tallied 13 points in the match, while Avery Skinner and Kathyrn Plummer added 12 points apiece to pace the United States.

The United States won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, while winning a bronze medal in 2016 and a silver medal in 2012. In fact, the team has medaled in each of the last four Summer Games. With the victory, the United States will now face top-seeded Brazil in the semifinals on Thursday.

Track &Field: Davis-Woodhall qualifies first, leads U.S. trio into women's long jump finals

Tara Davis-Woodhall had a competition-best 6.90-meter qualification jump that got her into Thursday's final in the women's long jump competition. Davis-Woodhall, who was sixth in the event at the 2020 Tokyo Games, led a trio of Americans through Tuesday's qualifying round. Jasmine Moore, who won gold for the U.S. in the triple jump in Paris, advanced with a long jump of 6.66 meters and was joined by teammate Monae' Nichols, whose 6.64 also qualified.