Day 8

In men's Track and Field, Mason Finley and Andrew Evans, both of the USA, qualified for the finals of the men's discus.

Michelle Carter and Raven Saunders, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's shot put.

Boris Berian and Clayton Murphy, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 800.

In Track and Field, in the women's 10000m final, American's Molly Huddle and Emily Infeld finished 6th and 11th respectively with times of 30 minutes 13.17 seconds for Huddle and 31 minutes 26.94 seconds. Almaz Ayana of Eithiopia set a new world record and winning gold in 29 minutes 17.45 seconds. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya wins silver in 29 minutes 32.53 seconds. Tirunesh Dibaba of Eithiopia wins bronze in 29 minutes 42.56 seconds.

Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 50 freestyle.

Connor Jaeger and Jordan Wilimovsky, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 1500.

The USA advance to the finals of the women's swimming 4 by 100 medley relay.

The USA advance to the finals of the men's swimming 4 by 100 medley relay.

The USA women's soccer team lost to Sweden on penalty kicks 4-3. Sweden took a 1-0 then Alex Morgan tied it. The teams played 30 minutes of extra time but was forced to go to penalty kicks. Christen Press missed a key kick over the goal and then Sweden won it. The USA women's soccer team is now eliminated from the tournament. This loss is the first for USA women's soccer since 2000.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Italy 3-1, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20.

The USA men's Water Polo team lost to Montenegro 8-5.

The USA women's basketball team defeated Canada 81-51. The USA led at halftime 36-22. The USA was led in scoring by Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore who each had 12 points to lead team USA.

The USA men's basketball team beat Serbia 94-91. The USA was leading 50-41 at halftime. Leading scorers for the USA were Kyrie Irving with 15 points, Deandre Jordan had 13 points, Kevin Durant and Paul George each had 12 points.

Kim Rhode of the USA wins bronze in women's skeet shooting. Diana Bacosi of Italy wins gold. Chiara Cainero, also of Italy, wins silver.

Gil Roberts, Lashawn Merritt and David Verburg, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 400.

Shnannon Rowbury, Jenny Simpson and Brenda Martinez, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 1500.

Tori Bowie, Tianna Bartoletta and English Gardiner, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100.

Maya DiRado of the USA wins gold in the women's 200 backstroke in 2 minutes 5.99 seconds. Katinka Hosszu of Hungary wins silver in 2 minutes 6.05 seconds. Hilary Caldwell of Canada wins bronze in 2 minutes 7.54 seconds.

Michael Phelps, of the USA wins silver in the men's 100 butterfly in 51.14 seconds. Phelps shared the silver with Chad Leclos of South Africa and Lazlo Cseh of Hungary, Joseph Schooling of the Philippines wins gold in 50.39 seconds.

USA swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record of 8 minutes 4.79 seconds in the women's 800 freestyle. Jazmine Carlin of Great Britain wins silver in 8 minutes 16.17 seconds. Boglarka Kapas of Hungary wins bronze in 8 minutes 16.37 seconds. Katie Ledecky finishes Rio with 4 gold and 1 silver medal.

USA swimmers Anthony Ervin(21.40 seconds) and Nathan Adrian(21.49 seconds) win gold and bronze respectively in the men's 50 freestyle. Florent Manaudou of France wins bronze in 21.41 seconds.

Simone Manuel of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 50 freestyle. Abbey Weitzeil of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Michelle Carter of the USA wins gold in the women's shot put(67ft 8 1/4 in.) Valerie Adams of New Zealand wins silver. Anita Marton of Hungary wins bronze.

Jeff Henderson and Jarrion Lawson, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's long jump.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross beat Menegatti/Giombini of Italy, 21-10, 21-16.

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Medal Count after Day 8

USA 20 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze - 50 total
China 13 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze - 37 total
Japan 7 gold, 3 silver, 14 bronze - 24 total
Great Britain 7 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze - 22 total
Russia 5 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze - 22 total