Day 2 - July 27, 2024

Americans Kassidy Cook/Sarah Bacon win silver in women's 3M Springboard Synchro diving with 314.64 points. Yani Chang/Yiwen Chen of China wins gold with 337.68 points. Yasmin Harper/Scarlett Mew Jensen of Great Britain wins bronze with 302.28 points.

The USA men's gymnastics team qualified for the team final by finishing 5th in qualification. Fred Richard and Paul Juda will compete in the men's All Around.

USA swimmers Tori Huske and Gretchen Walsh advance to the semifinals of the women's 100 Butterfly.

Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 400 Freestyle Finals.

Nic Fink and Charlie Swanson, both of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100 Breaststroke.

Aaron Schackell, of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 Freestyle finals.

The USA  4 by 100 women's Freestyle Relay team of  Abbey Weitzeil, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly and Kate Douglass advanced to the finals.

The USA 4 by 100 men's Freestyle relay team of Ryan Held, Matt King, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel advanced to the finals.

The USA Beach Volleyball team of Miles Partain/Andy Benesh lost to Noslen Diaz Amaro/Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner 0-2, 18-21, 18-21.

Chloe Dygert of the USA wins bronze in women's Road Cycling Individual Time Trial in 41:10.70. Grace Brown of Australia wins gold in 39:38.24 and Anna Henderson of Great Britain wins silver in 41:09.83.

The USA women's Water Polo Team beat Greece 15-6. Jenna Flynn had 4 goals to lead team USA while Maggie Steffens, Tara Prentice and Jovana Sekulic each scored 2 goals.

The USA men's soccer team beat New Zealand 4-1. USA goals were scored by Walker Zimmerman, Gianluca Busio, Paxten Aaronson and Djordje Mihailovic.

Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100 Butterfly.

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins bronze (4:00,86) in women's 400 Freestyle. Ariarne Titmus of Australia wins gold in 3:57.49 and Summer McIntosh of Canada wins silver in 3:58.37

The USA men's volleyball team beat Argentina 3-0, 25-20, 25-19, 25-16,

The USA  4 by 100 women's Freestyle Relay team of  Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske and Simone Manuel win silver (3:30.20). Australia wins gold in 3:28.92 and China wins bronze in 3:30.30.

The USA 4 by 100 men's Freestyle Relay team of Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel win gold in 3:09.28. Australia wins silver in 3:10.35 and Italy wins bronze in 3:10.70.

The USA Beach volleyball team of Tarym Kloth/Kristen Nuss beat Heather Bansley/Sophie Bukovec of Canada 2-0, 21-17, 21-14. 

Medal Count as of 6pm Eastern time - July 27

Australia - 3 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze - 5 total

USA  -       1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze - 5 total

France -     1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze - 4 total

China -      2 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

Korea -      1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

Italy -        0 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 3 total

Day 9 - Mid day Japan time July 31 to mid day Japan time August 1

The USA women's volleyball team lost to ROC 3-0, 20-25, 12-25, 19-25. USA volleyball star Jordan Thompson left the match in the first set with an ankle injury. The USA is 3-1 in pool play. The USA has advanced to the quarterfinals and will next play Italy. 

The USA men's water polo team lost to Hungary 10-8. Alex Bowen and Ben Hallock had 2 goals each to lead team USA. the USA is 2-2 in pool play. 

Krysta Palmer (5th- 316.65 points) and Hailey Hernandez (10th- 291.60 points), both of the USA, advance to the 3M springboard finals.

The USA men's basketball team beat the Czech Republic 119-84. The USA led 47-43 at halftime and in the second half cruised to the win. Jayson Tatum led team USA with 27 points. Kevin Durant added 23 points and Zach Lavine scored 13 points for team USA.

Americans Brian Burrows and Madelyn Bernau win bronze in mixed team trap shooting final range. Spain wins gold and San Marino wins silver.

The USA triathlon mixed relay team of Katie Zaferes, Kevin McDowell, Taylor Knibb and Morgan Pearson wins silver in 1 hour 23 minutes and 55 seconds. Great Britain wins gold in 1 hour 23 minutes and 41 seconds and France wins bronze in 1 hour 24 minutes and 4 seconds.

In track and field, Juvaughn Harrison of the USA advanced to the men's long jump finals. American Marquis Dendy did not qualify for the finals.

Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria was ruled ineligible to continue in the women's 100 semifinals. Okagbare was disqualified from further Tokyo Olympics 100M running because of a positive human growth hormone test on July 19. Okagbare will no longer be able to compete at the Tokyo games.

American Teahna Daniels advanced to the women's 100 finals. 

Fred Kerley, Ronnie Baker and Trayvon Bromell, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 100 semifinals.

Athing Mu and Raevyn Rogers, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 800 finals. American Ajee Wilson did not advance to the finals.

The USA mixed 4 by 400 relay team of Trevor Stewart, Kendall Ellis, Kaylin Whitney and Vernon Norwood win bronze in 3 minutes 10.22 seconds. Poland wins gold in 3 minutes 9.87 seconds and the Dominican Republic wins silver in 3 minutes 10.21 seconds.

Teahna Daniels of the USA finished 7th(11.02 seconds) in the women's 100M dash. Elaine Thompson Herah of Jamaica wins gold in an Olympic record 10.61 seconds. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce of Jamaica wins silver in 10.74 seconds and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica wins bronze in 10.76 seconds.

The USA baseball team beat South Korea 4-2. Nick Martinez got the win, David Robertson got the save. 

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes lost to Wilkerson/Bansley of Canada 2-1, 24-22, 18-21, 13-15 in the round of 16.. There was a controversial challenge call by the referee near the end of the second set. First the challenge was won by the USA, then it was changed to Canada winning the challenge on an in out call. First it was ruled in, then out with 2 challenges resulting in 2 different outcomes. Sponcil/Claes are eliminated. 

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (21.07 seconds- Olympic Record) in the 50M freestyle. Floresnt Manaudou of France wins silver in 21.55 seconds and Bruno Fratus of Brazil wins bronze in 21.57 seconds.

Robert Finke of the USA wins gold (14 minutes 39.65 seconds) in the men's 1500 freestyle. Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine wins silver in 14 minutes 40.66 seconds. Florian Wellbrock of Germany wins bronze in 14 minutes 40.91 seconds.

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske and Abbey Wetzeil win silver (3 minutes 51.73 seconds). Australia wins gold in 3 minutes 51.60 seconds and Canada wins bronze in 3 minutes 52.60 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel and Zack Apple win gold (3 minutes 26.78 seconds - world record). Great Britain wins silver in 3 minutes 27.51 seconds and Italy wins bronze in 3 minutes 29.17 seconds.

In track and field, Emma Coburn, Courtney Frerichs and Valerie Constien, all of the USA, advance to the women's 3000M steeplechase finals.

Britney Reese and Tara Davis, both of the USA, advance to the women's long jump finals.

Brooke Andersen, Gwen Berry and Deanna Price, all of the USA, advance to the women's hammer throw finals.

Raven Saunders of the USA wins silver ( 64 Ft 9 in) in the women's shot put. Lijiao Gong of China wins gold with a throw of 67 Ft 5 in and Valerie Adams of New Zealand wins bronze with a throw of 64 Ft 4 in.

Michael Cherry and Michael Norman, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 semifinals.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time July 31

USA                 19 gold, 20 silver, 13 bronze - 52 total

China               22 gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze - 47 total

ROC                11 gold, 15 silver, 11 bronze - 37 total

Great Britain     9  gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze - 31 total

Japan                17 gold,   5 silver,   8 bronze - 30 total

Australia          13 gold,   3 silver,  14 bronze - 30 total

Day 8 - Mid day Japan time July 30 to mid day Japan time July 31

The USA men's volleyball team lost to Brazil 3-1, 32-30, 23-25, 21-25, 20-25. The USA's next match is Argentina.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Tri Bourne lost to Cherif/Ahmed of Qatar 2-0, 18-21, 17-21. Gibb Bourne go 2-1 in Pool C and advance to the knockout round.

Hailey Fernandez (7th-309.55 points) and Krysta Palmer (15th-279.10 points) qualify for the 3M springboard semifinals. Top 18 divers qualify for semifinals.

The USA women's basketball team beat Japan 86-69. Japan had a 30-28 lead after 1 quarter but the USA had the lead at halftime 49-40. A'ja Wilson had 20 points and Brittney Griner/Breanna Stewart had 15 points each to lead team USA,

The USA women's soccer team beat the Netherlands 2-2 (4-2 on penalty kicks) to advance to the semifinals against Canada. Sam Mewis scored the first goal and Lynn Williams scored the second goal for the USA. The USA led 1-0 then it was tied, then the USA took a 2-1 lead at halftime before the Netherlands tied it at 2 each. 2 scoreless periods of 15 minutes each led to the penalty kicks phase.  Goalie Alyssa Naeher saved the first Netherlands penalty kick for the USA and Rose Lavelle made the first penalty kick to put the USA up 1-0 and penalty kicks by Alex Morgan, Christen Press and Megan Rapinoe gave the USA 4 good penalty kicks while USA goalie Alyssa Naeher made another key save to give the USA the 4-2 penalty kick win.

The USA baseball team beat Israel 8-1. Joe Ryan got the win.

In track and field, Elise Cranny and Karissa Schweizer, both of the USA, advance to the women's 5000M finals.

Ketorah Orji of the USA advanced to the women's triple jump finals.

Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey, both of the USA, advanced to the women's shot put finals.

The USA 4 by 400 mixed relay team of Elija Godwin, Lynna Irby, Taylor Manson and Bryce Deadmon advance to the finals.

Grant Fisher of the USA finished 5th in the men's 10000M final.

In men's swimming, Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrews, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the 50 freestyle.

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

Robert Finke of the USA advanced to the men's 1500 freestyle finals. 

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Rhyan White, Lilly King, Claire Curzan and Erika Brown advanced to the finals.

The USA men's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Joe Armstrong, Andrew Wilson, Tom Shields and Blake Pieroni advanced to the finals.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (49.45 seconds - world record) in the men's 100 butterfly. Kristof Milak of Hungary wins silver in 49.68 seconds and Noe Ponti of Switzerland wins bronze in 50.74 seconds.

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins gold (8 minutes 12.57 seconds) in the women's 800 freestyle. Ariane Titmus of Australia wins silver in 8 minutes 13.83 seconds and Simona Quadarella of Italy wins bronze in 8 minutes 18.35 seconds.

Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrew, both of the USA, advance to the men's 50 freestyle finals.

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the women's 50 freestyle finals.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes beat Ana Patricia/Rebecca of Brazil 2-1, 17-21, 21-19, 15-11. Sponcil/Claes advance to the knockout round after going 3-0 in pool D.

In track and field, Anna Cockrell, Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 400 hurdles semifinals.

In track and field, Isiah Jewett, Clayton Murphy and Bryce Hoppel, all of the USA advanced to the men's 800 semifinals.

Gabriele Cunningham, Keni Harrison and Christina Clemons (Manning), all of the USA, advance to the women's 100 hurdles semifinals.

Valarie Allman of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's discus.

Chris Nilsen and KC Lightfoot, both of the USA, advance to the men's pole vault finals.

USA gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from 2 of the 4 women's gymnastics event finals on Sunday August 1. Biles withdrew from the vault and uneven bars. MyKayla Sknner will replace Biles on vault. No American gymnast will replace Biles on uneven bars. 

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Medal Count as of 11:55pm Eastern Time July 30

USA               16 gold, 17 silver, 11 bronze - 44 total

China             19 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze - 41 total

ROC              10 gold, 14 silver, 10 bronze - 34 total

Japan             17 gold,   4 silver,   7 bronze - 28 total

Australia        10 gold,  3 silver,  13 bronze - 26 total

Great Britain   8 gold,   9 silver,   9 bronze - 26 total

Day 6 - Mid day Japan time July 28 to mid day Japan time July 29

 

The USA men's volleyball team beat Tunisia 3-1, 25-14, 23-25, 25-14, 25-23.

Simone Biles has withdrawn from the women's All Around Competition on Thursday July 29. Biles still has not said whether she will compete in the event finals next week. Jade Carey will replace Simone Biles in the women's All Around Competition.

The USA men's basketball team defeated Iran 120-66. The USA led 60-30 at halftime. The USA shot 55% from the field. The USA was led in scoring by Damian Lillard with 21 points followed by Davin Booker with 16 points. Jayson Tatum had 14 points, Zach Levine had 10 points and Kevin Durant and Khris Middleton had 10 points each. 

The USA women's water polo team lost to Hungary 10-9. Maddie Musselman scored 3 goals to lead team USA.

Andrew Cabobianco/Michael Hixon of the USA win silver in men's 3M Springboard Synchro with 444.36 points. Zongyuan Wang/Siyi Xie of China win gold with 467.82 points. Patrick Hausding/Lars Rudiger of Germany win bronze with 404.73 points.

The women's  USA 3 on 3 basketball beat France 18-16 in the semifinals to advance to the gold medal game against ROC. Kelsey Plum and Allisha Gray had 6 points each to lead team USA. 

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 freestyle.

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

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

Michael Andrew and Chase Kalisz, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200IM.

The USA women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Anabella Sims, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin and Brooke Forde advanced to the finals.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team defeated ROC 18-15 to win gold. ROC wins silver. Stefanie Dolson scored 7 points and Kelsey Plum scored 5 points to lead team USA. China beat France 16-14 to win bronze.

Brody Malone finished 10th (84.865 points) and Sam Mikulak finished 12th  (83.164 points), both of the USA, in the men's All Around Gymnastics competition. Daiki Hashimoto of Japan wins gold with 88.465 points. Xiao Ruoteng  of China wins silver with 88.065 points and Nikita Nagornyy of ROC wins bronze with 88.031 points.

Brody Malone scored a 14.100 on Pommel Horse, 13.833 on Rings, 14.366 on Vault, 13.466 on Parallel Bars, 14.400 on High Bar and 14.300 on Floor Exercise.

Sam Mikulak scored a 14.533 on Pommel Horse, 13.533 on Rings, 14.533 on Vault, 14.966 on Parallel Bars, 13.633 on High Bar and 12.933 on Floor Exercise.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes beat Makokha/Khadambi of Kenya 2-0, 21-8, 21-6.

Bobby Finke of the USA wins gold in the men's 800 freestyle in 7 minutes 41.87 seconds. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy wins silver in 7 minutes 42.11 seconds. Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine wins bronze in 7 minutes 42.33 seconds.

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 100 freestyle.

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

Regan Smith( 2 minutes 5.30 seconds) and Hali Flickinger (2 minutes 5.65 seconds), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in the women's 200 butterfly. Yufei Zhang of China wins gold in 2 minutes 3.86 seconds, an Olympic record.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (47.02 seconds) in the men's 100 freestyle, an Olympic record. Kyle Chalmers of Australia wins silver in 47.08 seconds. Kliment Kolesnikov of ROC wins bronze in 47.44 seconds. 

Lilly King and Annie Lazor, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

The USA women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin and Katie Ledecky win silver in 7 minutes 40.73 seconds. China wins gold and sets a world record in 7 minutes 40.33 seconds. Australia wins bronze in 7 minutes 41.29 seconds.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena beat Capogrosso/Azaad of Argentina 2-1, 21-19, 18-21, 15-6. Dalhausser/Lucena finish pool D 2-1 and will advance to the knockout round.

USA Pole Vaulter Sam Kendricks has tested positive for COVID 19 and will not be able to compete in Tokyo. 

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Medal Count as of 11:55pm Eastern Time July 28

USA              13 gold, 13 silver, 10 bronze - 36 total

China            14 gold,  6 silver,    9 bronze - 29 total

ROC               7 gold,  11 silver,  7 bronze - 25 total

Japan             13 gold,  4 silver,   5 bronze - 22 total

Australia         7 gold,  2 silver,  10 bronze - 19 total

Day 3 - July 25 Mid-day Japan time to Mid-day Japan time July 26

The USA women's volleyball team defeated Argentina 3-0, 25-20, 25-19, 25-20. 

Regan Smith and Rhyan White, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 backstroke.

Townley Haas and Kieran Smith, both of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200 freestyle.

Lydia Jacoby and Lilly King, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 breaststroke.

Joe Armstrong and Ryan Murphy, both of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100 backstroke.

Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 400 freestyle.

The USA 4 by 100 freestyle relay team of Brooks Curry, Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker and Zach Apple advanced to the finals.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Tri Bourne defeated Carambula/Rossi of Italy 2-0, 21-18 and 21-19.

France beat the USA in men's basketball 83-76. The USA led 45-37 at halftime. The USA was led by Jrue Holiday with 18 points followed by Bam Adebayo with 12 points and Damian Lilliard had 11 points. 

Jagger Eaton wins bronze in men's skateboarding street final. Yuto Horigome of Japan wins gold and Kelvin Hoefler of Brazil wins silver.

William Shaner of the USA wins gold in the men's 10m air rifle competition. Lihao Sheng of China wins silver and Haoran Yang of China wins bronze.

Lee Kiefer of the USA wins gold in the women's Fencing Individual Foil, beating Inna Deriglazova of ROC 15-13.

Anastasija Zolotic wins gold in Taekwondo defeating Tatiana Minina of ROC.

USA women's 3M Synchro divers Alison Gibson/Krysta Palmer finished 8th.

The USA women's gymnastics team finished 2nd with 170.629 points and will qualify for the women's team final. ROC was 1st with 171.629 points. China was 3rd with 166.863 points and France was 4th with 164.561 points. Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee both qualify for women's All Around competition.  Simone Biles qualifies in all 4 apparatus finals while Sunisa Lee qualified for the finals on the Balance Beam and Uneven bars. Jade Carey qualified for finals on Floor Exercise and Vault. 

The USA women's Beach Volleyball team of Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil beat Tina Graudina/ Anastasija Kravcenoka of Latvia 2-1, 21-13, 16-21, 15-11.

The USA women's softball team beat Japan 2-1.  Monica Abbott got the win. USA  came from behind as they were losing 1-0 to Japan and scored a run in each in the 6th and 7th innings. Kelsey Stewart hit a walk off home run for the win.

Kieran Smith of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 200 freestyle.

Lydia Jacoby and Lilly King, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100 breaststroke.

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins silver in the women's 400 freestyle in 3 minutes 57.36 seconds. Ariarne Titmus of Australia wins gold in 3 minutes 56.69 seconds and Bingjie Li of China wins bronze in 4 minutes 1.08 seconds.

Ryan Murphy of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 100 backstroke.

Rhyan White and Regan Smith, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 100 backstroke.

The USA men's 4 by 100 relay team of Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker and Zach Apple wins gold in 3 minutes 8.97 seconds. Italy wins silver in 3 minutes 10.11 seconds and Australia wins bronze in 3 minutes 10.22 seconds.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time - July 25

China       6 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze - 13 total

USA         5 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze - 12 total

ROC        1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze - 7 total

Italy         1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze - 7 total

Japan       5 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze - 6 total 

Day 3

In women's beach volleyball, the USA team of Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat lost to Kolosinska/Brzostek of Poland 21-13, 13-21, 7-15.

Olivia Smoliga and Kathleen Baker, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 100 backstroke.

Conor Dwyer and Townley Haas, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200 freestyle.

Lilly King and Katie Meili, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 breaststroke.

Ryan Murphy and David Plummer, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100 backstroke.

Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 400 freestyle.

The USA advanced to the finals of the men's 4 by 100 freestyle relay.

The USA women's basketball team beat Senegal 121-56. It was the largest margin of victory for the USA in the Olympic history. Breanna Stewart, Sylvia Fowles and Diana Taurasi each had 15 points to lead team USA.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena beat Naceur/Belhaj of Tunisia 21-7, 21-12.

The USA men's volleyball team lost to Canada, 3-0, 23-25, 17-25, 23-25.

USA men's fencer Alexander Massialas wins silver in the men's Individual foil.

Corey Cogdell of the USA wins bronze in women's trap shooting.

Dana Vollmer of the USA wins bronze in the women's 100 butterfly in 56.63 seconds. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden wins gold in 55.48 seconds. Penny Oleksiak of Canada wins silver in 56.46 seconds.

Conor Dwyer and Townley Haas, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 200 freestyle.

Lilly King and Katie Meili, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100
breaststroke.

USA swimmer Cody Miller wins bronze in the men's 100 breaststroke in 58.87 seconds. Adam Peaty of Great Britain wins gold in 57.13 seconds. Cameron Van Der Burgh of South Africa wins silver in 58.69 seconds.

Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith, both of the USA, win gold and bronze respectively in the women's 400 freestyle. Jasmin Carlin of Canada wins silver. Katie Ledecky sets a new world record in 3 minutes 46.56 seconds.

Ryan Murphy and David Plummer, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 100 backstroke.

Olivia Smoliga and Kathleen Baker, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 100 backstroke.

The USA(Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian) win gold in the men's 4 by 100 freestyle relay in 3 minutes 9.92 seconds. France wins silver in 3 minutes 10.53 seconds. Australia wins bronze in 3 minutes 11.37 seconds.

The USA women's gymnastics team qualified for Tuesday's finals with a combined score of 185.238. China was second with a score of 175.279. Simone Biles and Aly Raisman qualify for All Around finals.

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Medal Count after Day 2

USA 3 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze - 12 total
China 3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze - 8 total
Italy 2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze - 7 total
Japan 1 gold, 0 silver, 6 bronze - 7 total
Australia 3 gold, 0 silver, 3 bronze - 6 total