The Women’s Medal Tally on Day 3 of the 2024 Paris Olympics

How are countries faring at the 2024 Paris Olympics when it comes to women winning medals?

While you’re likely well familiar with the standard ‘Medal Tally’ comparing countries during the Olympics according to medals won, Women’s Agenda is offering something different: a tally calculating medals won by women.

At the end of Day Three in Paris, Australia is leading the Women’s Medal Tally, with all five gold medals on the general tally won by women. The next best is South Korea, followed by the United States, China and Japan.

With this tally, we’re not only learning more about the unique stories of women winning medals, including so far women from Ukraine and Kosovo, but we also hope to highlight differences in how countries are faring when it comes to the general medal count and the women’s medal county

The tally is updated daily, and features permanently here with a preview above.

Women winning medals on Day 3

Day 3 of the Paris Olympics included medal events in shooting, equestrian, judo, swimming and fencing.

SHOOTING 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final

In the 10m shooting event, teenager Ban Hyojin from South Korea won gold by just one-tenth of a point. The 16-year-old came in just ahead of fellow teenager, Huang Yuting, just 17 from China.

Hyojin told reporters that being so young, she felt “a lot of pressure coming to France without my family and being alone … But after the match I saw my fellow countrypeople cheering for me and I felt like ‘finally’.”

Hyojin is now the youngest-ever female Olympic champion in shooting.

Audrey Goniat from Switzerland took bronze in the event.

EQUESTRIAN Eventing Jumping Team and Individual Jumping

Great Britain took gold in the team event, the only team on the podium to include a woman, Laura Collett. Collett also took bronze in the individual jumping event.

JUDO Women’s -57kg

Christa Deguchi from Canada won gold in women’s judo final match on Day Three, marking the first time Canada has won gold in the competition.

South Korea’s Huh Mimi took silver in the event, and Haruka Funakubo from Japan won bronze.

SWIMMING 400m Individual Medley Relay

The 400m event marked Summer McIntosh’s first Olympic gold medal, with the young Canadian swimmer expected to claim many more victories in the future.

Having competed in Tokyo at the age of just 14, McIntosh is still just 17.

The silver medal was won by Katie Grimes from USA, with bronze going to her teammate Emma Weyant.

SWIMMING 200m freestyle

Australian Mollie O’Callaghan took gold in the women’s 200m freestyle final, touching the wall ahead of friend and arch-rival Ariarne Titmus, with Siobhan Haughey from Hong Kong taking gold.

O’Callaghan spoke to reporters about the pressure she’d put on herself for the race.

“My expectations are very high. That was an amazing race. I’m always wanting that little bit more. I just had to go with coach Dean Boxall and trust him knowing what to do and what’s best.”

FENCING Women’s Sabre

An all-French final in the fencing saw Manon Apithy-Brunet taking gold and Sara Balzer winning silver.

Olga Kharlan of Ukraine won the bronze medal, the first Ukrainian athlete to win a medal at these games.

Kharlan dedicated her win in the bronze medal match to Ukraine’s defenders and athletes who have died fighting Russia’s invasion.  

“I don’t know what I did,” Kharlan told Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne after the match. “It just cannot be conveyed. I dedicate this to all of Ukraine, friends, this is to you. I dedicate this to our defenders. I dedicate this to those athletes who cannot come here because Russia killed them.”