Paris, France - The US held off France to win an unprecedented eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold on Sunday and extend their run of victories at the tournament to 61 games.

A'ja Wilson scored a game-high 21 points for the Americans, who won the title for the 10th time overall and survived a buzzer-beating shot from France's Gabby Williams to win 67-66.

The hosts needed a three to force overtime in Paris, but Williams' foot was on the three-point line as she let go of the ball, so her shot counted for just two points in a dramatic finale.

"It's all a blur right now," said Wilson, who also registered 13 rebounds and four blocks.

"We were just resilient and when we needed to we just kept going."

Kelsey Plum and Kahleah Copper both scored 12 points off the bench for the US. Williams led France with 19.

An eighth straight triumph gave the US women the record for most consecutive gold medals in any team sport at the Olympics, breaking a tie with the US men, who won seven basketball titles in a row from 1936 to 1968.

"That was an absolutely incredible basketball game. Two teams that left it all out there," said US coach Cheryl Reeve. "Coming home with gold, I can't think of anything greater in life than what we just did together."

For the 42-year-old Diana Taurasi it was a record sixth Olympic gold, moving her one ahead of Sue Bird.

The US women got support from LeBron James, who sat courtside wearing his gold medal and was joined by team-mates Bam Adebayo and Derrick White, after they won the men's gold by beating France 98-87 in Saturday's final.

It was the first time in Games history that the men's and women's finals featured identical match-ups.

These were also the last medals given out at the 2024 Paris Olympics, tying Team USA with China on gold with 40 each, although the Americans dominated the medal count with 126 in total.