The country has so far won 104 medals. The prize is awarded only to those who win gold medals, which number 30.
One of the questions that arise around the Olympics is how much money athletes receive for winning medals for their countries. Paris 2024at least 33 nations will pay those who get the gold, including The United States has won the most medals in the competition.
So far, the North American country is the one that has the most medals won with a total of 104: 30 gold, 38 silver and 36 bronze. In the golden ones, it surpasses it China who got 32, but they have a total of 77.
Paris 2024: How much will the US pay for gold medals?
According to Forbes, he United States Olympic Committee will reward its athletes with a bonus of US$37,000 to those who win the gold medal. In this way, taking into account that some of the athletes They won more than one badge, adding to each member of those who achieved by teamswill have to spend a sum of US$2,035,000 to pay the full prize.
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In any case, it is not a very high amount, since it can be compared with Hong Kongone of the countries that pays the most for winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games. The same, grants US$768,000 to each of its athletes for obtaining the gold badge, as happened in the case of Vivian Kong and Cheung Ka Long.
The athletes who won gold medals for the USA in Paris 2024
The United States ranks as the second country with the most gold medals in the 2024 Olympic Games after the consecration of the following athletes in the different disciplines:
Athletics
- Noah Lyles: Men’s 100m.
- Quincy Hall: Men’s 400m.
- Cole Hocker: Men’s 1500m.
- Grant Holloway: men’s 110m hurdles.
- Ryan Crouser: Men’s Shot Put.
- Gabrielle Thomas: Women’s 200m.
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone: women’s 400m hurdles.
- Tara Davis-Woodhall: Women’s long jump.
- Valarie Allman: Women’s Discus Throw.
Track cycling
- By team (Olivia Cumminis; Emily Ehrlich; Kristen Faulkner; Jennifer Valente; Lily Williams and Chloe Dygert): women’s team pursuit.
Road cycling
- Kristen Faulkner: Women’s road race.
Fencing
- Lee Kiefer: Women’s Singles.
- For women’s team (Kiefer Lee, Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lauren Scruggs and Maia Wientraub).
Artistic Gymnastics
- Women’s team (Simone Biles; Jordan Chiles; Suni Lee and Jade Carey).
- Simone Biles: Women’s all-around competition.
- Simone Biles: vault.
Golf
- Scottie Scheffler: men’s individual stroke play.
Struggle
- Sarah Ann Hildebrandt: wrestling, women’s 50 kg.
- Amit Elor: 68 kg female.
Swimming
- Katie Ledecky: Women’s 800m Freestyle.
- Katie Ledecky: Women’s 1500m Freestyle.
- Kate Douglass: women’s 200m breaststroke.
- Torri Huske: women’s 100m butterfly.
- By team (Abbey Weitzeil; Simone Manuel; Erika Connolly; Kate Douglass; Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh): women’s 4x100m medley relay.
- Bobby Finke: Men’s 1500m Freestyle.
- By team (Jack Alexy; Chris Guiliano: Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel): Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
- Team (Ryan Murphy; Nic Fink; Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske): 4x100m mixed medley relay
Rowing
- By team (Nick Mead; Justin Best; Michael Grady; Liam Corrigan): men’s coxless four.
Surfing
- Caroline Marks: female.
Shot
- Vincent Hancock: Men’s Olympic skeet shooting.
Source: Ambito
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