The 2021 Tokyo Olympics have concluded -- and so has the gold medal hunt!
From swimming to sprinting, basketball to badminton, the Summer Games are home to some of the fiercest and most-watchable competition in all types of sports, and the best athletes in the world were ready to go in Tokyo, looking to prove their mettle with some take-home medals.
Team USA has led the final medal count in every Summer Olympics since 1996, and the American athletes excelled once again in Tokyo. Swimming star Katie Ledecky ruled the pool in the distance freestyle events, running stars like Sydney McLaughlin and Athing Mu were on track for new running records, and Team USA's talented basketball teams set out to reclaim Olympic glory on both the men's and women's side.
There were even new sports and events in competition this year, with the introduction of surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing and karate to the Olympic program, as well as added mixed team events in swimming, track and field, archery and more.
Check out the final medal count leaderboard below, and relive some of the biggest moments of the Games, as ET spotlights each of Team USA's gold medalists.
FINAL MEDAL COUNT LEADERS (updated Aug. 8 at 2:00 p.m. PT):
- United States of America - 113 total (39 gold / 41 silver / 33 bronze)
- People's Republic of China - 88 total (38 gold / 32 silver / 18 bronze)
- ROC - 71 total (20 gold / 28 silver / 23 bronze)
- Great Britain - 65 total (22 gold / 21 silver / 22 bronze)
- Japan - 58 total (27 gold / 14 silver / 17 bronze)
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics run from July 21 to Aug. 8, and will be broadcast on NBC, NBCOlympics.com, on the NBC Sports app, and on Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service. In the meantime, stay tuned to ETonline.com for complete Olympics coverage.