Chase Kalisz (swimming) bested teammate Jay Litherland, who won silver, in the 400m Individual Medley for Team USA’s first gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Vincent Hancock, a veteran in the Men’s Skeet event, added his third gold medal to his collection when he scored 59 points in the final — an Olympic record.
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Lee Kiefer, a four-time NCAA fencing champion, defeated Inna Deriglazova of the Russian Olympic Committee for her first gold medal in the Individual Women’s Foil event.
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Katie Ledecky (swimming) snatched her first gold medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she became the first person to win the 1500m Freestyle in the event’s debut at the summer games.
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Will Shaner (shooting) set a pair of milestones when he claimed his gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle event. Shaner scored 251.6 in his debut, setting an Olympic record.
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The United States women’s 3×3 basketball team consisting of Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young defeated the Russian Olympic Committee 18-15 for the Gold Medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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17-year-old Lydia Jacoby (swimming) sealed one of the most surprising upsets at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning her first gold medal in the 100m Breaststroke event with a time of 1:04:94.
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Anastasija Zolotic (taekwondo) defeated Tatiana Minina to claim her first gold medal at 18 years old in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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With one gold medal under his belt, Caeleb Dressel (swimming) again struck gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 100m Freestyle event.
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Carissa Moore (surfing) dominated with a score of 14.93 in the gold medal match of the Women’s Surfing Shortboard event at the Tokyo Olympics.
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The team of Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker, Zach Apple (swimming) won gold in the 100m Freestyle Relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Amber English (shooting) stood atop of the podium in the women’s skeet final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, setting an Olympic record of 56 points — a one-point difference over Italy’s Diana Bacosi.
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Bobby Finke (swimming) earned his gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when he surged from fourth place into first place with under 50m left in the 800m race.
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Suni Lee (gymnastics) became the fifth consecutive American to capture the gold medal in the all-around event. She’d already won silver at the Tokyo Olympics during the Team Final.
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Caeleb Dressel (swimming) continued his gold rush at the Tokyo Olympics, setting a world-record time of 49.45 seconds in the 100m butterfly. The win marked Dressel’s third medal of the summer games.
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Katie Ledecky ended her Olympic campaign atop of the podium in the 800m freestyle event. She leaves Tokyo with four medals — two silver, two gold.
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Caeleb Dressel, Team USA’s breakout star at the Tokyo Olympics, poses with France’s Florent Manaudou (left) and Brazil’s Bruno Fratus (right) after winning his fourth gold medal during the 50m freestyle.
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Bobby Finke (swimming) won the 1500m freestyle to claim his second gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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From left: Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel and Zach Apple cap off the final swimming event at the Tokyo Olympics with gold in record fashion (3:26.78). Dressel leaves the summer games with five gold medals.
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Xander Schauffele holds his gold medal in the men’s golf at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Jade Carey poses after winning the gold medal for the vault during the artistic gymnastics final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Valarie Allman holds her gold medal on the podium for the women’s discus throw at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Athing Mu snapped the United States’ 53-year drought in the 800m event, winning gold in 1:55.21.
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Tamyra Mensah-Stock defeated Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu in the Women’s freestyle 68kg final. Mensah-Stock is the first black female to win Olympic gold for wrestling.
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Sydney McLaughlin set a new world record time as she captured the 400m hurdles gold medal in 51.46 seconds, narrowly beating Team USA’s reigning champion Dalilah Muhammad by .12 seconds.
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Nevin Harrison, at 19 years old, became the first woman to win the gold medal in the single 200m canoe sprint.
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Ryan Crouser defended his Shot Put crown in Tokyo, winning gold in consecutive Olympics appearances. Crouser set an Olympic record as he threw 23.30 meters.
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David Taylor, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion, defeated Iran’s Hassan Yazdani in the Men’s Freestyle 86kg final.
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Katie Nageotte secured gold at the Tokyo Olympics, where she scored a 4.90 in the women’s pole vault final.
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April Ross (left) and Alix Klineman swept their match against Australia in the Women’s beach volleyball final — their first gold medal at the Olympics.
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Gable Steveson (wrestling) won his gold medal in the freestyle 125kg class courtesy of a last-second takedown of Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili.
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The United States men’s basketball team defeated France 87-82, capturing its 16th ever gold medal at the Olympics.
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Nelly Korda, winner of the 2021 Women’s PGA Championship, shot -18 en route to her gold medal victory at the Tokyo Olympics.
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The United States women’s water polo team won its third consecutive Olympic gold medal, dominating Spain 14-5 in the Gold Medal Match.
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From left: Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu stand atop of the podium at the Tokyo Olympics, capturing gold in the 4×400 relay. Felix becomes the most decorated American in track history with her second medal of the 2020 summer games.
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Jennifer Valente tallied 124 points and earned a gold medal in the women’s Omnium event.
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Bryce Deadmon, Michael Cherry, Michael Norman and Rai Benjamin led the United States to a 2:55.70 finish in the men’s 4×400 relay final.
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Brittney Griner led with 30 points as Team USA basketball defeated Japan 90-75 for its seventh consecutive gold medal at the Olympics.
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The United States women’s volleyball team defeated Brazil 3-0 to capture its first ever Olympic gold medal.
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