Olympic 2024 Medal Count: Final Tally, Winners from Day 1 Early Events

The first medals of the 2024 Summer Olympics were handed out Saturday, with one country earning the first two golds of this year's event.

Athletes from the People's Republic of China dominated in diving and shooting, capturing medals their country is all too familiar with in recent Olympics.

Who were the competitors who captured the top prize in their respective sports, who finished in second and third place, respectively, and what drama awaited fans in one particular event?

Find out with this recap of the early portion of Saturday's Olympic action.

Day 1 Early Medal Count

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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 27: Gold Medalists, Yani Chang and Yiwen Chen of Team People's Republic of China pose with their medals after the Medal Ceremony after winning gold in the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Aquatics Centre on July 27, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

The early Day 1 medal count is as follows:

1. People's Republic of China: Gold (2), Silver (0), Bronze (0)
2. Australia: Gold (1), Silver (0), Bronze (0)
3. Great Britain: Gold (0), Silver (1), Bronze (1)
4. United States: Gold (0), Silver (1), Bronze (1)
5. Republic of Korea: Gold (0), Silver (1), Bronze (0)
6. Kazakhstan: Gold (0), Silver (0), Bronze (1)

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The updated medal count can be found here.

Medal Winners

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Australia's Grace Brown cycles to cross the finish line of the women's road cycling individual time trial during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Results from Saturday's early action include:

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Diving

Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard

Gold: Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen (China)

Silver: Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon (United States)

Bronze: Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper (United Kingdom)

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Shooting

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team

Gold: Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao (China)

Silver: Keum Jihyeon and Park Hajun (Korea)

Bronze: Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev (Kazakhstan)

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Cycling

Women's Individual Time Trial

Gold: Grace Brown (Australia)

Silver: Anna Henderson (United Kingdom)

Bronze: Chloe Dygert (United States)

China Takes Early Lead in Medal Count

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CHATEAUROUX, FRANCE - JULY 27: Gold medalists Yuting Huang and Lihao Sheng of Team People's Republic of Chin pose on the podium during the Shooting medal ceremony after the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 27, 2024 in Chateauroux, France. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

China struck gold early and first at these Olympics, with Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao emerging victoriously in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event Saturday.

The duo bested Korea's Keum Jihyeon and Park Hajun, jumping out to a lead it never relinquished en route to its win.

It is the second Olympics in a row in which China won the gold medal in the event, establishing the country as the team to beat for the foreseeable future.

It was the first of two gold medals captured by the republic as Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen captured the top prize in the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard competition. The tandem outscored the American duo of Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon.

Yani and Yiwen, winners of the last three synchro titles, defeated the Americans by 23.04 points (337.68 to 314.64).

It was the battle for third place in the synchronized diving event that provided the games their first real drama of the 2024 summer games. Australian Anabelle Smith slipped off the board during her and partner Maddison Keeney's final attempt, costing them third place and bumping them off the podium.

The disappointing conclusion to the twosome's Olympic journey allowed Great Britain's Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen to take home the bronze medal.