Texas’ Olympic medal count: If Texas were a country, how would its Paris medal haul stack up with the rest of the world?

DALLAS — Texans have been racking up Olympic medals in Paris this summer — and many have reached the gold standard. 

The number of Texans donning the red, white and blue in France 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 3×3 Basketball, and Julien Alfred, who ran at UT-Austin and beat out Dallas’ Sha-Carri Richardson in the 100-metere 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? 

Let’s just say our representatives are doing Texas proud. 

In terms of total medals, Texas would rank 6th internationally at this point in the games — three medals behind Australia, and three ahead of South Korea, Japan and Italy each.

When it comes to just gold medals, Texas would currently be tied with Japan for 7th place on the world rankings. 

Listen, y’all: There a reason they say you shouldn’t mess with Texas. And, clearly, that logic applies to sports, too.

Here’s a breakdown on Texas’ remarkable success at these Paris summer games.

1. USA: 78 total (20 gold, 30 silver, 28 bronze)
2. China: 53 total (21 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze)
3. France: 46 total (12 gold, 16 silver, 18 bronze)
4. Great Britain: 42 total (12 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze)
5. Australia: 32 total (13 gold, 11 silver, 8 bronze)
6. Texas: 29 total (10 gold, 11 silver, 8 bronze)
7 (tie). South Korea: 26 total (11 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze)
7 (tie). Japan: 26 total (10 gold, 5 silver, 11 bronze)
7 (tie). Italy: 26 total (9 gold, 10 silver, 7 bronze)
10 (tie). Netherlands: 17 total (7 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze)
10 (tie). Canada: 17 total (5 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze)

1. China: 21 gold
2. USA: 20 gold
3. Australia: 13 gold
4. France: 12 gold
5. Great Britain: 12 gold
6. South Korea: 11 gold
7 (tie). Texas: 10 gold
7 (tie). Japan: 10 gold
9. Italy: 9 gold
10 (tie). Netherlands: 7 gold
10 (tie) Germany: 7 gold

• Simone Biles (x3) – Gymnastics – USA
• Scottie Scheffler – Golf – USA
• Hezly Rivera – Gymnastics – USA
• Vincent Hancock – Skeet – USA
• Hubert Kos – Swimming – Hungary
• Nic Fink – Swimming – USA
• Julien Alfred – Track & Field – Saint Lucia
• Valerie Allman – Track & Field – USA
• Ryan Crouser – Track & Field – USA

• Kassidy Cook – Diving – USA
• Vincent Hancock – Skeet – USA
• Conner Prince – Skeet – USA
• Austen 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
• Leo Neugebauer – Track & Field – Germany

• Hailey Van Lith – 3×3 Basketball – USA
• Asher Hong – Gymnastics – USA
• Austen Smith – Skeet – USA
• Carson Foster – Swimming – USA
• Luke Hobson – Swimming – USA
• Caspar Corbeau – Swimming – Netherlands
• Jasmine Moore – Track & Field – USA
• Fred Kerley – Track & Field – USA