Who’s Winning The Tokyo Olympics? Latest Medal Count For USA, China, Russia, Most Golds

With less than a week remaining at the Tokyo Olympics, the United States is running out of time to extend its streak of most gold medals. The U.S. ranks first in overall medals, but trails China in golds at the Summer Games.

Through Day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics, the U.S. leads the overall medal count with 72 total. China is on the Americans' heels with 69 total medals. The Russian Olympic Committee ranks third with 52 medals, followed by Great Britain’s 43 total medals.

Host-nation Japan ranks fifth with 36 medals as it hosts the Olympics.

China has significantly more first-place finishes than the U.S., leading the way with 32 gold medals. The U.S. has 24 golds, followed by Japan’s 19 gold medals.

Australia is fourth with 14 gold medals. Russian Olympic Committee athletes and Great Britain are tied with 13 golds apiece.

The USA’s 27 silver medals and 21 bronze medals rank first among all the participating nations in Tokyo. The Russian Olympic Committee and China both have won 21 silvers.

It will be a major upset if the U.S. doesn’t catch China in the race for the most gold medals. The U.S. entered the Olympics as odds-on -700 favorites to lead the Games in golds. Now, China has -290 odds to finish with the most golds, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

The U.S. has +200 odds to surpass China in gold medals. The United States is an odds-on favorite to win gold medals for men’s and women’s basketball, women’s golf and women’s water polo.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Americans' 46 gold medals were well ahead of Great Britain’s 27 and China’s 26 golds. The race was closer at the 2012 London Games, where the U.S. had 46 golds to China’s 38. China won 15 more gold medals than the U.S. in 2008.

The U.S had 121 total medals in 2016. China was a distant second with 70 medals.