DALLAS — Texans racked up Olympic medals in Paris this summer -- and many of them even reached the gold standard in their sport.
In all, 41 athletes represented the Lone Star State on Team USA in the 2024 summer games (including players like Scottie Scheffler, who took home the gold in golf), giving Texas the third-highest representation out of any state in the union, behind only California (120) and Florida (42).
The number of Texans donning the red, white and blue in France one further grows when you expand it to include athletes with Texas ties (like Hailey Van Lith, a student-athlete at TCU who just won bronze for the U.S. in Women's 3x3 Basketball) and Texans competing for other countries (such as Julien Alfred, who ran at UT-Austin and beat out Dallas' Sha-Carri Richardson in the 100-meter dash to win her home country of St. Lucia its the first-ever Olympic gold).
So: If you were to combine the efforts of all the Olympians that Texas can arguably claim, how does the state stack up against other competing nations in terms of medals won in Paris?
Let's just say our representatives are doing Texas proud.
In terms of total medals, Texas would rank seventh internationally in the games -- just one medal behind Japan at sixth, but four ahead of Italy in eighth.
When it comes to just gold medals, Texas performs even better: The state would have tied with Australia for fourth place in those world rankings.
In the end, Texas's total gold medal count was almost half the amount that Team USA won.
There a reason they say you shouldn't mess with Texas. Clearly, that logic applies to international sporting competitions, too.
Here's a breakdown on Texas' remarkable success at these Paris summer games.
How many medals did Texans win in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
1. USA: 126 total (40 gold, 44 silver, 42 bronze)
2. China: 91 total (40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze)
3. Great Britain: 65 total (14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze)
4. France: 64 total (16 gold, 26 silver, 22 bronze)
5. Australia: 53 total (18 gold, 19 silver, 16 bronze)
6. Japan: 45 total (20 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze)
7. Texas: 44 total (18 gold, 15 silver, 11 bronze)
8. Italy: 40 total (12 gold, 13 silver, 15 bronze)
9. Netherlands: 34 total (15 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze)
10. Germany: 33 total (12 gold, 13 silver, 8 bronze)
How many gold medals did athletes from Texas win in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
1 (tie). USA: 40 gold
1 (tie). China: 40 gold
3. Japan 20 gold
4 (tie). Australia: 18 gold
4 (tie). Texas: 18 gold
6. France: 16 gold
7. Netherlands: 15 gold
8. Great Britain: 14 gold
9. South Korea: 13 gold
10. Germany: 12 gold
Which Texas-tied Olympians won gold medals in Paris?
- Scottie Scheffler - Golf - USA
- Simone Biles (x3) - Gymnastics - USA
- Jordan Chiles - Gymnastics - USA
- Hezly Rivera - Gymnastics - USA
- Kevin Durant - Men's Basketball - USA
- Vincent Hancock - Skeet - USA
- Hubert Kos - Swimming - Hungary
- Nic Fink - Swimming - USA
- Julien Alfred - Track & Field - Saint Lucia
- Tara Davis-Woodhall - Track & Field - USA
- Valerie Allman - Track & Field - USA
- Ryan Crouser - Track & Field - USA
- Gabrielle Thomas (x3) - Track & Field - USA
- Sha'Carri Richardson - Track & Field - USA
- Shamier Little - Track & Field - USA
- Bryce Deadmon - Track & Field - USA
- Brittney Griner - Women's Basketball - USA
- Jaedyn Shaw - Women's Soccer - USA
Which Texas-tied Olympians won silver medals in Paris?
- Natalia Vega - Artistic Swimming - USA
- Kassidy Cook - Diving - USA
- Vincent Hancock - Skeet - USA
- Conner Prince - Skeet - USA
- Austen Jewell Smith - Skeet - USA
- Nic Fink (x2) - Swimming - USA
- Simone Manuel (x2) - Swimming - USA
- Carson Foster - Swimming - USA
- Luke Hobson - Swimming - USA
- Drew Kibler - Swimming - USA
- Erin Gemmell - Swimming - USA
- Sha'Carri Richardson - Track & Field - USA
- Bryce Deadmon - Track & Field - USA
- Shamier Little - Track & Field - USA
- Leo Neugebauer - Track & Field - Germany
- Julien Alfred - Track & Field - Saint Lucia
- Avery Skinner - Volleyball - USA
- Chiaka Ogbogu - Volleyball - USA
Which Texas-tied Olympians won bronze medals in Paris?
- Hailey Van Lith - 3x3 Basketball - USA
- Sam Watson - Sport Climbing - USA
- Asher Hong - Gymnastics - USA
- Austen Jewell Smith - Skeet - USA
- Carson Foster - Swimming - USA
- Luke Hobson - Swimming - USA
- Caspar Corbeau - Swimming - Netherlands
- Jasmine Moore (x2) - Track & Field - USA
- Fred Kerley - Track & Field - USA