Day 14 Mid Day Japan time August 5 to Mid Day Japan time August 6

The USA men's basketball team beat Australia 97-78 to advance to the gold medal match against France. Australia led the USA 45-42 at halftime. The USA was led in scoring by Kevin Durant with 23 points. Devin Booker added 20 points and Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton each had 11 points for team USA.

American Delaney Schnell finished 5th (340.40 points) at the women's 10M platform diving finals. Hongchan Quan of China wins gold with an Olympic Record 466.20 points that included 2 perfect 10 dives. Quan is 14 years old. Yuxi Chen of China wins silver with 425.40 points and Melissa Wu of Australia wins bronze with 371.40 points.

The USA women's soccer team wins bronze by beating Australia 4-3. The USA was ahead at halftime 3-1. Megan Rapinoe scored 2 goals (8th minute and 21st minute) and Carli Lloyd scored 2  goals (51st minute and 45th +1 minute) for team USA. Canada wins gold by beating Sweden 1-1 (3-2 on penalty kicks). Sweden wins silver.

Americans Garrett Scantling finished 4th in the men's decathlon with 8611 points. Zack Ziemek finished 6th with 8435 points and Steve Bastien finished 10th with 8236 points. Damian Warner of Canada wins gold with 9018 points, Kevin Mayer of France wins silver with 8726 points and Ash Moloney of Australia wins bronze with 8649 points.

Americans Kendell Williams finished 5th in the women's heptathlon with 6508 points, Annie Kunz finished 6th with 6420 points and Erica Bougard finished 9th with 6379 points. Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium wins gold with 6791 points. Anouk Vetter of the Netherlands wins silver with 6689 points and Emma Oosterwegel of the Netherlands wins bronze with 6590 points.

The USA baseball team beat Korea 7-2 to advance to the gold medal game against Japan. Ryan Ryder gets the win.

The USA women's water polo team beat ROC 15-11 to advance to the gold medal match vs Spain. Maddie Musselman had 5 goals to lead team USA and Maggie Steffens added 3 goals.

Katie Nageotte of the USA wins gold (16ft 3/4 in) in the women's pole vault. Anzhelika Sidorova of ROC wins silver by vaulting 15 Ft. 9 in. and Holly Bradshaw of Great Britain wins bronze with a vault of 15 Ft. 9 in. 

The USA women's 4 by 400 relay team of Kaylin Whitney Wadeline Jonathas, Kendall Ellis and Lynna Irby advanced to the finals.

Cole Hocker of the USA advanced to the men's 1500 finals.  American Matthew Centrowitz finished 9th in the other 1500 semifinals and did not advance to the finals.

Michael Cherry (44.21 seconds) and Michael Norman (44.31 seconds), both of the USA, finished 4th and 5th respectively, in the men's 400 finals. Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas wins gold in 43.85 seconds, Anthony Zambrano of Columbia wins silver in 44.08 seconds and Kirani James of Grenada wins bronze in 44.19 seconds.

American Cory Juneau wins bronze with a score of 84.13 in the skateboarding park final. Keegan Palmer of Australia wins gold with a score of 95.83 and Pedro Barros of Brazil wins silver with a 86.14 score.

American Nathaniel Coleman wins silver in sports climbing-men's combined. Alberto Lopez Gines of Spain wins gold and Jakob Schubert of Austria wins bronze.

American Thomas Gilman wins bronze by beating Reza Atrinagharchi of Iran 9-1 in freestyle wrestling 57kg bronze medal match

American David Taylor wins gold by beating Hassan Yazdanicharati of Iran 4-3 in men's freestyle wrestling 86kg class. Yazdanicharati wins silver.

American Helen Maroulis wins bronze by beating Khongorzul Boldsaikhan of Mongolia 11-0 in women's freestyle wrestling 57kg bronze medal match.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Alix Klineman/April Ross wins gold by beating Artacho/Clancy of Australia 2-0, 21-15, 21-16. Artacho/Clancy wins silver. Verge-Depre/Heidrich of Switzerland beat Graudina/Kravcenoka of Latvia 2-0, 21-19, 21-15 to win bronze.

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Medal Count as of 11;55pm Eastern Time August 5

USA                 30 gold, 35 silver, 27 bronze - 92 total

China               34 gold, 24 silver, 16 bronze - 74 total

ROC                16 gold, 22 silver, 20 bronze - 58 total

Great Britain   16 gold, 18 silver, 18 bronze - 52 total

Japan               22 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze - 46 total

Day 13

Bernard Lagat and Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 5000. Hassan Mead of the USA did not advance to the final.

Ajee Wilson and Kate Grace, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 800. Chrishuna Williams of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Evan Jager of the USA wins silver in the men's 3000 steeplechase in 8 minutes 4.28 seconds. Conseslus Kipruto wins gold in 8 minutes 3.28 seconds. Mahiedine Mekhissi of France wins bronze in 8 minutes 11.52 seconds.

The USA men's volleyball team beat Poland 3-0, 25-23, 25-23, 25-20, to move on to the semifinals.

Jessica Parratto 3rd (346.80)and Katrina Young 12th (313.85), both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 10M platform diving competition.

The USA men's basketball team beat Argentina after a slow start 105-78. The USA led Argentina 56-40 at halftime after trailing early in the first quarter 19-9. Kevin Durant led team USA with 27 points while Paul George had 17. The USA advances to the semifinals.

Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin, all of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 100 hurdles.

Lashawn Merritt of the USA advances to the men's 200 finals. Justin Gatlin and Ameer Webb, both of the USA, do not advance to the finals.

Tianna Bartoletta (23 ft 61/4 in) of the USA wins gold in the women's long jump. Brittney Reese(23 ft 5 1/2 in) of the USA wins silver. Ivana Spanovic(23 ft 2 3/4 in) of Serbia wins bronze.

Ashton Eaton of the USA leads the decathlon after 5 events with 4621 points.

Tori Bowie of the USA wins bronze in the women's 200 in 22.15 seconds. Elaine Thompson of Jamaica wins gold in 21.78 seconds. Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands wins silver in 21.88 seconds.

The USA sweeps the medals in the women's 100 hurdles. Brianna Rollins wins gold in 12.48 seconds. Nia Ali wins silver in 12.59 seconds. Kristi Castlin wins bronze in 12.61 seconds.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross win bronze by beating Larissa/Talita of Brazil 17-21, 21-17, 15-9. Ludwig/Walkenhorst of Germany wins gold by beating Agatha/Barbara of Brazil 21-18, 21-14. Brazil wins silver.

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Medal Count after Day 13

USA 30 gold, 32 silver, 31 bronze - 93 total
China 19 gold, 15 silver, 20 bronze - 54 total
Great Britain 19 gold, 19 silver, 12 bronze - 50 total
Russia 12 gold, 14 silver, 15 bronze - 41 total
Japan 10 gold, 5 silver, 18 bronze - 33 total

Day 6

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson lost to Herrera/Gavira of Spain, 19-21, 21-16, 7-15. Gibb/Paterson are eliminated after going 1-2 in Pool F.

Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 100 freestyle

Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 200 backstroke.

Lilly King and Molly Hannis, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 200IM.

The USA advanced to the finals of the women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay.

The USA women's volleyball team defeated Serbia, 3-1, 25-17, 21-25,25-18, 25-19.

The USA women's basketball team beat Serbia 110-84. Diana Taurasi led team USA with 25 points. Breanna Stewart added 17 points and Tina Charles scored 15 points.

USA 3M Springboard Synchro divers Sam Dorman/Michael Hixon win silver with a total of 450.21 points. Jack Laugher/Chris Mears of Great Britain win gold with a total of 454.32 points. Yaun Cao/Qin Kai of China win bronze with a total of 443.70 points.

Sam Mikulak of the USA finished 7th with 89.631 points, and Chris Brooks, also of the USA finished 14th with 87.632 points in the men's gymnastics all around competition. Kohei Uchimora of Japan wins gold with a total of 92.365 points. Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine wins silver with 92.266 points. Max Whitlock of Great Britain wins bronze with 90.641 points.

The USA men's basketball team beat Australia 98-88. Australia was leading the USA at halftime 54-49. Carmelo Anthony led team USA with 31 points. Kyrie Erving added 19 and Kevin Durant scored 14 for team USA.

Kristin Armstrong of the USA wins gold in the women's cycling road time trial. Olga Zabellinskaya of Russia wins silver. Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands wins bronze.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross beat Forrer/Verge-Depre of Switzerland 21-13, 22-24, 15-12. This match was only the seconf time Walsh Jennings lost a set in Olympic play. She is 47-2 in Olympic sets.

Josh Prenot of the USA wins silver in the men's 200 breaststroke in 2 minutes 7.53 seconds. Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan wins gold in 2 minutes 7.46 seconds. Anton Chupkov wins bronze in 2 minutes 7.70 seconds.

Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100 freestyle.

Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 200 backstroke.

Cammile Adams of the USA finished 4th and USA swimmer Haili Flickinger finished 7th in the women's 200 butterfly final.

Nathan Adrian of the USA wins bronze in the men's 100 freestyle in 47.85 seconds. Kyle Chalmers of Australia wins gold in 47.58 seconds. Pieter Timmers of Belgium wins silver in the men's 100 freestyle in 47.80 seconds.

USA swimmers Lilly King and Molly Hannis did not advance to the finals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 200IM. Phelps finished first, Lochte second.

The USA team of Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya DiRado and Katie Ledecky win gold in the women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay in 7 minutes 43,03 seconds. Australia wins silver in 7 minutes 44.87 seconds. Canada wins bronze in 7 minutes 45.39 seconds.

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Medal Count after Day 6

USA 11 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze - 32 total
China 10 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze - 23 total
Japan 6 gold, 1 silver, 11 bronze - 18 total
Russia 4 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze - 15 total
Great Britain 3 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze - 13 total

Day 2

USA woman's shooter Ginny Thrasher wins gold in 10M air rifle.

In women's swimming, Elizabeth Beisel and Maya DiRado, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the 400IM.

Dana Vollmer and Kelsi Worrell, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 100 butterfly.

Conor Dwyer of the USA advances to the finals of the men's 400IM.

USA swimmers Kevin Cordes and Cody Miller advance to the semifinals of the men's 100 breaststroke.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Croatia 7-5.

In men's beach volleyball, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson of the USA beat Jefferson/Cherif of Qatar 21-16, 21-16.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Puerto Rico 3-0, 25-17, 25-22, 25-17.

The USA women's soccer team beat France 1-0. Only goal scored by Carli Lloyd.

The USA men's basketball team beat China 119-62. The USA was leading 59-30 at halftime. Kevin Durant led team USA with 25 points.

Chase Kalisz of the USA wins silver(4 minutes 6.75 seconds) in the men's 400IM. Kosuke Hagino of Japan wins gold in 4 minutes 6.05 seconds, Daiya Seto of Japan wins bronze in 4 minutes 9.71 seconds.

Dana Vollmer of the USA advanced to the final of the women's 100 butterfly.

No Americans medaled in the men's 400 freestyle.

Maya DiRado of the USA wins silver(4 minutes 31.15 seconds) in the women's 400IM. Katinka Hosszu of Hungary wins gold in 4 minutes 26.36 seconds). Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain wins bronze in 4 minutes 32.39 seconds.

Kevin Cordes and Cody Miller, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the 100 breaststroke.

The USA wins silver in the women's 4 by 100 freestyle relay with a time of 3 minutes 31.89 seconds. Australia wins gold in 3 minutes 30.65 seconds. Canada wins bronze in 3 minutes 32.89 seconds.

The USA men's gymnastics team finished second in qualification for the team event on Monday evening with 270.405 points. China was first with 270.461 points. Russia was third with 269.612 points. Sam Mikulak and Chris Brooks will compete in the all around competition for the USA.

In women's beach volleyball, Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross of the USA beat Artacho/Laird of Australia 21-14, 21-13.

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Medal count after Day 1

USA 1 gold, 4 silver, 0 bronze - 5 total
Japan 1 gold, 0 silver, 4 bronze - 5 total
China 0 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze - 5 total
Australia 2 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total
Hungary 2 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze - 2 total

Day 13

Brad Walker of the USA advances to the finals of the men's pole vault.

All 3 Americans, Lopez Lomong, Bernard Lagat and Galen Rupp advances to the finals of the men's 5000M.

All 3 Americans, Alysia Montano, Alice Schmidt and Geena Gall advances to the semifinals of the women's 800M.

Jason Richardson and Aries Merritt, both of the USA, advances to the finals of the men's 110 hurdles.

Morgan Uceny and Shannon Rowbury, both of the USA, advances to the finals of the women's 1500M.

The USA men's volleyball team was eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing to Italy 3-0, 26-28, 20-25 and 20-25.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Serbia 8-2.

Wallace Spearmon, Jr. of the USA advances to the finals of the men's 200M.

Americans Brittney Reese and Janay Deloach win gold and bronze respectively in the women's long jump. Elena Sokolova of Russia wins silver.

Lashinda Demus of the USA wins silver in the women's 400M hurdles final. Natalya Antyukh of Russia wins gold. Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic wins bronze.

Allyson Felix (21.88) and Carmelita Jeter(22.14) both of the USA win gold and bronze respectively in the women's 200M final. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce of Jamaica(22.09) wins silver.

Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson, both of the USA, wins gold and silver respectively in the men's 110M hurdles final. Hansle Parchment of Jamaica wins bronze.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings win gold beating the USA team of Jennifer Kessy/April Ross 21-16 and 21-16. Kessy/Ross win silver. Larissa/Juliana of Brazil win bronze.

The USA men's basketball team advances to the semifinals by beating Australia 119-86. Kobe Bryant led team USA with 20 points while Deron Williams had 18.

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Medal Count after Day 13

USA 34 gold 22 silver 25 bronze - 81 total
China 36 gold 22 silver 19 bronze - 77 total
Russia 11 gold 19 silver 22 bronze - 52 total
Great Britain 22 gold 13 silver 13 bronze - 48 total
Germany 7 gold 15 silver 10 bronze - 32 total

Day 12

Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson and Jeff Porter, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 110 hurdles.

Americans Will Claye and Christian Taylor advance to the finals of the men's triple jump.

In the women's 5000M, Julie Culley and Molly Huddle, both of the USA, advance to the finals.

In the men's 200M, all 3 Americans, Isiah Young, Maurice Mitchell and Wallace Spearmon, JR. advance to the semifinals.

The USA women's basketball team beat Canada 91-48. Diana Taurasi lead team USA with 15 points.

Aly Raisman of the USA wins bronze on the Balance Beam with a score of 15.066. Deng Linlin of China wins gold with a score of 15.600. Sui Lu of China wins silver with a score of 15.500. Gabby Douglas of the USA finished 7th with a score of 13.633.

Aly Raisman of the USA wins gold in the Floor Exercise with a score of 15.600.
Catalina Ponor of Romania wins silver with a score of 15.200. Aliya Mustafina of Russia wins bronze with a score of 14.900. Jordyn Wieber finished 7th with a score of 14.500.

The USA women's water polo team advances to the gold medal game beating Australia in overtime 11-9.

The USA beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh-Jennings advance to the gold medal match by beating Xue/Zhang of China 22-20 and 22-20.

The USA women's volleyball team advances to the semifinals by beating the Dominican Republic 3-0, 25-14,25-21 and 25-22.

Dawn Harper, Kellie Wells and Lolo Jones, all of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100M hurdles.

Nick Symmonds and Duane Solomon, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 800M.

In the women's 200M semifinals, all 3 americans, Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards Ross advance to the finals.

Erik Kynard of the USA wins silver in the men's high jump. Ivan Ukhov of Russia wins gold and three athletes tied for bronze, Essa Mutaz Barshim of Quatar, Derek Drouin of Canada and Robert Grabarz of Great Britain.

Americans Brittney Reese and Janay Deloach advance to the finals of the women's long jump.

Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells of the USA wins silver and bronze respectively in the women's 100M hurdles. Sally Pearson of Australia wins gold. Lolo Jones of the USA finished 4th.

Leo Manzano of the USA wins silver in the men's 1500M. Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria wins gold. Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco wins bronze. Matt Centrowitz of the USA finished 4th.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Jennifer Kessy/April Ross advance to the gold medal match against Americans May-Treanor/Walsh-Jennings by upsetting top seeded Larissa/Juliana of Brazil 15-21, 21-19 and 15-12.

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Medal Count after Day 12

China 34 gold 21 silver 18 bronze - 73 total
USA 30 gold 19 silver 21 bronze - 70 total
Great Britain 22 gold 13 silver 13 bronze - 48 total
Russia 10 gold 18 silver 20 bronze - 48 total
Japan 2 gold 13 silver 14 bronze - 29 total