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USA vs China: 40 golds each

Eleven Summer Games, 1984–2024: a Chinese lead in Beijing, a one-gold gap in Tokyo and a 40–40 finish in Paris. Explore the native Line video and the exact 22 medal counts.
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Gold medals per Summer Games edition · 1984–2024 · 11 editions, 22 observations

Sources, method and credits

USOPC and Chinese Olympic Committee reporting, cross-checked with current Olympedia medal tables on 20 October 2026. Revised medal allocations; China is NOC CHN only. No cumulative sum. Tokyo 2020 took place in 2021. Animation interpolates editions; programme changes and the 1984 boycott limit comparisons across Games. Full method, sources and limits: /examples/olympic-gold-20261021/sources.html

Factual medal counts, independently selected and checked; source publications retain their rights. Country flags: public domain, Flagpedia terms. Background: NASA Earth Observatory / Michala Garrison / USGS Landsat, NASA informational media guidelines; no endorsement. No AI images.

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