Does the United States always win the medal count? Here's a look at every Summer Olympics final medal count in history

PARIS, France — As the Olympic Games ended and the medal count was finalized, the United States emerged victorious, dominating the competition in the pool, on the track and in the arena.

Team USA has dozens of medals more than second-place China. 

Here is a look at the medal count for the Paris Olympic games, as of Aug. 10 (total, gold, silver, bronze).

• United States – 126 (40,44,42)
• People’s Republic of China (China) – 91 (40,27,24)
• Great Britain – 65 (14,22,29)
• France – 64 (16,26,22)  
• Australia – 53 (18,19,16)

You may be wondering, is the United States always this dominant? Recent history shows, yes, Team USA has been the best nation in the medal count by a significant margin. But does the USA always win the medal count? In the last seven Summer Olympics, yes. But the United States has been a fixture of the top medal count throughout the Games history, dating back to 1896. 

The United States also had the most dominant Olympics medal count totals of all time more than a century ago (but there is much more to this story than meets the eye).

Here are some fun facts from the list below:

• The United States has won the Olympic medal count 16 times
• The United States has won the Olympic medal count in seven straight Olympic games
• The United States has hosted the Summer Olympic Games four times. Los Angeles 2028 will be the fifth time in the U.S. and the city’s third. Paris and London are the only other cities in history to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times

Here is a look at the final medal count for every Summer Olympic Games (total, gold, silver, bronze):

• United States – 113 (39,41,33)
• People’s Republic of China (China) – 89 (38,32,19)
• ROC (Russia) – 71 (20,28,23)

• United States – 121 (46,37,38)
• People’s Republic of China (China) – 70 (26,18,26)
• Great Britain – 67 (27,23,17)

• United States – 104 (48,26,30)
• People’s Republic of China (China) – 92 (39,31,22)
• Great Britain – 65 (29,18,18)

• United States – 112 (36,39,37)
• People’s Republic of China (China) – 100 (48,22,30)
• Russian Federation (Russia) – 60 (24,13,23)

• United States – 101 (36,39,26)
• Russian Federation (Russia) – 90 (28,26,36)
• People’s Republic of China (China) – 63 (32,17,14)

• United States – 93 (37,24,32)
• Russian Federation (Russia) – 89 (32,28,29)
• People’s Republic of China (China) – 58 (28,16,14)

• United States – 101 (44,32,25)
• Germany – 65 (20,18,27)
• Russian Federation (Russia) – 63 (26,21,16)

• Unified Team (a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics) – 112 (45,38,29)
• United States – 108 (37,34,37)
• Germany – 82 (33,21,28)

• USSR (Russia) – 132 (55,31,46)
• German Democratic Republic (Germany) – 102 (37,35,30)
• United States – 94 (36,31,27)

Los Angeles 1984* (Boycotted by 14 Eastern Bloc countries, including USSR and East Germany)

• United States – 174 (83,61,30)
• Federal Republic of Germany – 59 (17,19,23)
• Romania – 53 (20,16,17)

Moscow 1980* (United States boycotted this Olympic Games)

• USSR (Russia) – 195 (80,69,46)
• German Democratic Republic (Germany) – 126 (47,37,42)
• Bulgaria – 41 (8,16,17)

• USSR (Russia) – 125 (49,41,35)
• United States – 94 (34,35,25)
• German Democratic Republic (Germany) – 90 (40,25,25)

• USSR (Russia) – 99 (50,27,22)
• United States – 94 (33,31,30)
• German Democratic Republic (Germany) – 66 (20,23,23)

• United States – 107 (45,28,34) 
• USSR (Russia) – 91 (29,32,30)
• Hungary – 32 (10,10,12)

• USSR (Russia) – 96 (30,31,35)
• United States – 90 (36,26,28)
• Germany – 50 (10,22,18)

• USSR (Russia) – 103 (43,29,31)
• Unites States – 71 (34,21,16)
• Germany – 42 (12,19,11)

• USSR (Russia) – 98 (37,29,32)
• United States – 74 (32,25,17)
• Australia – 35 (13,8,14)

• United States – 76 (40,19,17)
• USSR (Russia) – 71 (22,30,19)
• Hungary – 42 (16,10,16)

• United States – 84 (38,27,19)
• Sweden – 46 (17,11,18)
• France – 32 (11,6,15)

• Germany – 101 (38,31,32)
• United States – 57 (24,21,12)
• Italy – 27 (9,13,5)

• United States – 110 (44,36,30)
• Italy – 36 (12,12,12)
• Finland – 25 (5,8,12)

• United States – 56 (22,18,16)
• Germany – 39 (11,9,19)
• Finland – 25 (8,8,9)

• United States – 99 (45,27,27)
• France – 41 (14,15,12)
• Finland – 37 (14,13,10)

• United States – 95 (41,27,27)
• Sweden – 64 (19,20,25)
• Great Britain – 43 (14,16,13)

• Sweden – 65 (23,25,17)
• United States – 64 (26,19,19)
• Great Britain – 41 (10,15,16)

• Great Britain – 146 (56,51,39)
• United States – 47 (23,12,12)
• Sweden – 25 (8,6,11)

• United States – 231 (76,78,77)
• Germany – 15 (4,5,6)
• Canada – 6 (4,1,1)

• France – 102 (27,38,37)
• United States – 48 (19,14,15)
• Great Britain – 32 (15,8,9)

• Greece – 47 (10,18,19)
• United States – 20 (11,7,2)
• Germany – 13 (6,5,2)