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 14

The USA women's volleyball team advances to the gold medal match against Brazil by beating Korea 3-0, 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22.

Alysia Montano of the USA advances to the finals of the women's 800M.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team advances to the finals.

The USA women's water polo team wins gold beating Spain 8-5. Spain wins silver and Australia wins bronze.

The USA women's soccer team wins gold by beating Japan 2-1. Carli Lloyd scored both goals for the USA. Canada wins bronze.

Kenya's David Rudisha set a world record in the men's 800M with a time of 1 minute 40.91 seconds while winning gold.

No American medaled in the men's 200M. Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins gold with a time of 19.32 seconds. Yohan Blake of Jamaica wins silver with a time of 19.44 seconds and Warren Weir also of Jamaica wins bronze with a time of 19.84 seconds. Wallace Spearmon of the USA finished 4th with a time of 19.90 seconds.

Christian Taylor and Will Claye, both of the USA, wins gold and silver respectively in the men's triple jump. Fabrizio Donato of Italy wins bronze.

Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee win gold and silver respectively in the Decathlon. Eaton had 8839 points. Hardee had 8671 points. Leonel Suarez of Cuba wins bronze with a total of 8523 points.

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Medal standings after Day 14

USA 39 gold 25 silver 26 bronze - 90 total
China 37 gold 24 silver 19 bronze - 80 total
Russia 12 gold 21 silver 23 bronze - 56 total
Great Britain 25 gold 13 silver 14 bronze - 52 total
Germany 10 gold 16 silver 11 bronze - 37 total

Day 2

American Taylor Phinney finshed 4th in the men's cycling road race.

In men's swimming, in the 400IM, Americans Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte advance to tonights final. Phelps finished 8th on time.

In women's swimming, in the 100 fly, both Americans Dana Vollmer and Claire Donahue advance to the semifinals and finals.

American swimmers Peter Vanderkaay and Conor Dwyer advanced to the finals of the men's 400 free.

In the women's 400IM, Americans Caitlin Leverenz and Elizabeth Beisel advance to the finals.

Americans Brendan Hansen and Eric Shanteau advance to the semifinals of the men's 100 breastroke. Brendan Hansen advanced to the finals.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team advanced to the finals.

In women's basketball, the USA beat Croatia 81-56. The USA lead at halftime 31-28 and outscored Croatia 28-9 in the 4th quarter.

USA women's soccer beat Columbia 3-0. Goals were scored by Megan Rapinoe, Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd.

The USA women's volleyball team beat S. Korea 3-1, 25-19, 25-17, 20-25, 25-21.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal beat Chiya/Goldschmidt of South Africa 21-10 and 21-11.

In women's beach volleyball, the American team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings defeated Cook/Henchley of Australia 21-18 and 21-19.

In men's swimming, Ryan Lochte of the USA wins gold in the men's 400IM beating Michael Phelps who does not medal. Phelps finished 4th. Thiago Pereira of Brazil wins silver and Kosoke Hagino of Japan wins bronze.

American swimmer Elizabeth Beisel wins silver in the women's 400IM. Ye Shiwen of China wins gold. Li Xuanxu of China wins bronze.

In women's swimming, the USA(Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Lia Neal and Allison Schmitt) win bronze in the 4 by 100 free relay. Australia wins gold and the Netherlands win silver.

In the men's 400 free, Peter Vanderkaay of the USA wins bronze. Sun Yang of China wins gold. Park Tae Hwan wins silver.

The USA men's gymnastics team qualified for the team finals on Monday evening.

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Medal standings after Day 2

China 4 gold 0 silver 2 bronze - 6 total
Italy 2 gold 2 silver 1 bronze - 5 total
USA 1 gold 2 silver 2 bronze - 5 total
S.Korea 1 gold 1 silver 1 bronze - 3 total
Brazil 1 gold 1 silver 1 bronze - 3 total
Japan 0 gold 2 silver 1 bronze - 3 total

Women's USA soccer -

The USA women's soccer team beat France 4-2. The USA trailed 2-0 and then scored 4 unanswered goals. Goals were scored by Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan(2) and Carli Lloyd.