Opening day of the 2024 Paris Olympics saw the USA athletes deliver impressive performances across multiple sports, including Swimming, Cycling, Diving, and more. So far, the nation has won five medals, including one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals, courtesy of stunning performances from the men's and women's 4x100m freestyle teams, Katie Ledecky, Sarah Bacon, Kassidy Cook, and Chloé Dygert.
Team USA will look to continue their dominance at the Paris Olympics with an even stronger show on Day 1 of the quadrennial games as they will be in action in multiple events, including Swimming, Fencing, Archery, Canoe Slalom, Cycling Mountain Bike, and Skateboarding among others.
Making her Olympics debut, Gretchen Walsh will be aiming for her first Olympic gold as she will feature in the finals of the women’s 100m butterfly on July 28 after clocking an Olympic record in the semi-finals with a time of 55.38s. A few other athletes to watch out for on Sunday at the Paris Olympics are Torri Huske, Lee Kiefer, Carson Foster, Casey Kaufhold, and Nic Fink.
Medal Events for Team USA on Day 1 of the 2024 Paris Olympics
All times mentioned below are in Eastern Time
Archery (Casey Kaufhold, Catalina Gnoriega, Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez)
03:30 - USA Women’s Team vs Chinese Taipei (Round of 16)
08:15 onwards - Women’s Team Quarter-final*
09:47 onwards - Women’s Team Semi-final*
10:48 onwards - Women’s Team Bronze Medal Match*
11:11 onwards - Women’s Team Gold Medal Match*
Canoe Slalom (Evy Leibfarth)
09:30 - Women’s Kayak Single Semifinal
11:45 - Women’s Kayak Single Final*
Cycling Mountain Bike (Savilia Blunk, Haley Batten)
08:10 - Women’s Cross Country
Fencing (Lee Kiefer, Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lauren Scruggs)
04:25 - Women’s Foil Individual Table of 32
08:05 - Women’s Foil Individual Table of 16*
09:55 - Women’s Foil Individual Table of 8*
13:00 - Women’s Foil Individual Semifinals*
14:50 - Women’s Foil Individual Bronze Medal Bout*
15:45 - Women’s Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout*
Judo (Angelica Delgado)
04:00 - Women’s 52kg Elimination Round of 32
Followed by Women’s 52kg Elimination Round of 16*
Followed by Women’s 52kg Quarterfinal*
10:00 onwards- Women’s 52kg Repechage*
Followed by Women’s 52kg Semifinal*
Followed by Women’s 52kg Bronze medal contests*
Followed by Women’s 52kg Gold medal*
Skateboarding (Paige Heyn, Poe Pinson, Mariah Duran)
06:00 - Women’s Street Prelims
11:00 - Women’s Street Finals*
Swimming (Carson Foster, Chase Kalisz, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Nic Fink)
05:15 - Men’s 400m individual medley heats
14:30 - Men’s 400m individual medley final*
14:40 - Women’s 100m butterfly final
15:44 - Men’s 100m breaststroke final
(* refers to athlete's participation is subject to qualification for the events)