Day 14

Chaunte Lowe, Inika Mcpherson and Vashti Cunningham, all of the USA, advance to the women's high jump finals.

Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's shot put.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team was originally disqualified after Allyson Felix was impeded by the elbow of a Brazillian. Felix then dropped the baton but the USA did finish and filed a protest. The protest was allowed and the USA will run a solo heat to qualify for the finals on Friday.

The USA men's 4 by 100 relay team advanced to the finals in 37.65 seconds.

Kerron Clement of the USA wins gold in the men's 400 hurdles in 47.73 seconds. Boniface Mucheru Tumuti of Kenya wins silver in 47.78 seconds. Yashmani Copello of Turkey wins bronze in 47.92 seconds.

The USA women's volleyball team lost to Serbia 3-2, 25-20, 17-25, 21-25, 25-16, 13-15. The USA women's team will play for the bronze medal.

Jessica Parratto and Katrina Young, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 10M platform diving competition. In the finals Jessica Parratto finished 10th with 334.60 points.

Helen Maroulis of the USA wins gold in the women's 53kg freestyle wrestling competition with a win against Saori Yoshida of Japan 3-1. Its the first gold medal for a USA woman in the Olympic games.

The USA women's basketball team beat France 86-67 to advance to the gold medal game against Spain on Saturday. The USA overcame a slow start to lead 40-36 a halftime. Diana Taurasi led team USA with 18 points. Maya Moore had 15 points for team USA.

Ryan Crouser(73 ft 10 3/4 in) and Joe Kovacs(71 ft 5 1/2in), both of the USA, wins gold and silver respectively in the men's shot put. Tomas Walsh of New Zealand wins bronze with a throw of 70 ft 1 in. Ryan Crouser sets an Olympic record.

Kate Grace of the USA advanced to the women's 800 finals. Ajee Wilson of the USA did not advance to the finals.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team ran a solo heat and finished in 41,77 seconds. The USA displaced China who was 8th. Brazil was disqualified for impeding Allyson Felix. The USA advances to the finals.

Ben Blankenship and Matthew Centrowitz, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 1500.

Ashton Eaton of the USA wins gold in the decathlon with 8893 points, which is an Olympic record. Kevin Mayer of France wins silver with 8834 points. Damian Warner of Canada wins bronze with 8666 points.

Dalilah Muhammad(53.13 seconds) and Ashley Spencer(53.72 seconds), both of the USA win gold and bronze respectively in the women's 400 hurdles. Sara Peterson of Denmark wins silver in 53.55 seconds. This was the first Olympic medal ever for the USA in this event.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins gold in the men's 200 in 19.78 seconds. Andre De Grasse of Canada wins silver in 20.02 seconds. Christope Lemaitre of France wins bronze in 20.12 seconds. Lashawn Merritt of the USA finished 6th in 20.19 seconds.

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Medal Count after Day 14

USA 35 gold, 33 silver, 32 bronze - 100 total
China 20 gold, 16 silver, 22 bronze - 58 total
Great Britain 22 gold, 21 silver, 13 bronze - 56 total
Russia 12 gold, 15 silver, 17 bronze - 44 total
Japan 12 gold, 6 silver, 18 bronze - 36 total