Day 9

Allyson Felix, Phyllis Francis and Natasha Hastings, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 400.

Marvin Bracey, Justin Gatlin, and Trayvon Brommell, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100.

Emma Coburn, Colleen Quigley and Courtney Frerichs, all of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 3000 Steeplechase.

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

Mason Finley of the USA finished 11th in the men's discus.

The USA women's water polo team defeated Hungary 11-6.

The USA wins gold in the rowing women's eight competition.

USA diver Abby Johnston advanced to the finals of the women's 3M Springboard diving competition with 324.75 points. Cassidy Cook of the USA, did not make the finals. Cook finished 13th with 304.35 points.

The USA men's volleyball team beat France, 3-1, 25-22, 25-22, 14-25, 25-22.

Sam Kendricks of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's pole vault.

LaShawn Merritt of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 400.

Jeff Henderson of the USA wins gold in the men's long jump. Luvo Manyonga of South Africa wins silver. Greg Rutherford of Great Britain wins bronze.

Tori Bowie and English Gardner, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 100.

In the men's 10,000M, Galen Rupp of the USA, finished 5th in 27 minutes 8.92 seconds. Mo Farah of Great Britain wins gold in 27 minutes 5.17 seconds. Paul Kipngetich of Kenya wins silver in 27 minutes 5.64 seconds. Tamirat Tola of Eithiopia wins bronze in 27 minutes 6.26 seconds.

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

Tori Bowie of the USA wins silver in the women's 100 in 10.83 seconds. Elaine Thompson of Jamaica wins gold in 10.71 seconds, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica wins bronze in 10.86 seconds. English Gardner of the USA finished 7th in 10.94 seconds.

Barbara Nwaba of the USA finished 12th in the women's heptathlon with 6309 points. Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium wins gold with 6810 points, Jessica Ennis Hill of Great Britain wins silver with 6775 points. Brianne Theisen-Eaton wins bronze with 6653 points.

In women's swimming, in the 50 freestyle, Simone Manuel of the USA wins silver in 24.09 seconds. Pernille Blume of Denmark wins gold in 24.07 seconds. Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus wins bronze in 24.11 seconds.

In men's swimming, in the 1500, USA swimmer Connor Jaeger wins silver in 14 minutes 39.48 seconds. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy wins gold in 14 minutes 34.57 seconds. Gabriele of Italy wins bronze in 14 minutes 40.86 seconds.

The USA(Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Simone Manuel) wins gold in 3 minutes 53.13 seconds, in the women's 4 by 100 swimming medley relay. Australia wins silver in 3 minutes 55 seconds.
Denmark wins bronze in 3 minutes 55.01 seconds.

The USA(Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian) wins gold in 3 minutes 27.95 seconds in the men's 4 by 100 swimming medley relay. Great Britain wins silver in 3 minutes 29.24 seconds. Australia wins bronze in 3 minutes 29.93 seconds.

The USA won 33 swimming medals total. The USA won 16 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena beat Huber/Seidl of Austria 21-14, 21-15.

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Medal Count after Day 9

USA 24 gold, 18 silver, 18 bronze - 60 total
China 13 gold, 11 silver, 17 bronze - 41 total
Great Britain 10 gold, 13 silver, 7 bronze - 30 total
Japan 7 gold, 3 silver, 14 bronze - 24 total
Russia 6 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze - 23 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

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 9

Bryshon Nellum and Tony McQuay of the USA advance to the semifinals of the men's 400M. LaShawn Merritt did not finish due to bad hamstring.

Jenn Suhr and Becky Holliday, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's pole vault.

Emma Coburn and Bridget Franek, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's steeplechase.

Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100M.

Christina Loukas and Cassidy Krug, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 3m diving springboard.

The USA men's basketball team beat Lithuana 99-94. Carmelo Anthony and Lebron James each had 20 points.

Serena Williams of the USA wins gold in the women's singles tennis finals beating Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-0, 6-1.

Mike and Bob Bryan of the USA wins gold in men's doubles tennis beating Michael Llodra/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-4, 7-6.

The USA men's volleyball team lost to Russia 3-2, 29-27, 25-19, 24-26, 16-25 and 8-15.

In women's swimming, in the 4 by 100 medley relay, the USA team of Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer and Allison Schmitt wins gold. Australia wins silver and Japan wins bronze.

In men's swimming, in the 4 by 100 medley relay, the USA team of Matt Grevers, Brandan Hansen, Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian win gold. Japan wins silver and Australia wins bronze.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Serbia 11-6.

Kerron Clement, Angelo Taylor and Michael Tinsley, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 400 hurdles.

Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix and Tianna Madison, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 100M finals.

Sanya Richards Ross, Francena McCorory and Dee Dee Trotter, all of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 400M.

Will Claye of the USA wins bronze in the men's long jump. Greg Rutherford of Great Britain wins gold and Mitchell Watt of Australia wins silver.

Galen Rupp of the USA wins silver in the men's 10,000M. Mo Farah of Great Britain wins gold and Tariku Bekele of Eithopia wins bronze.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings beat Van Iersel/Keizer of the Netherlands, 2-0, 21-13 and 21-12.

Carmelita Jeter of the USA wins silver in the women's 100M in 10.78 seconds. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce of Jamaica wins gold in 10.75 seconds and Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica wins bronze in 10.81 seconds.

The USA men's beach volleyball of team of Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal beat Semenov/Prokopiev of Russia 2-0, 21-14 and 22-20.

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Medal totals after Day 9

USA 26 gold 13 silver 15 bronze - 54 total
China 25 gold 16 silver 12 bronze - 53 total
Great Britain 14 gold 7 silver 8 bronze - 29 total
Russia 3 gold 15 silver 10 bronze - 28 total
Japan 2 gold 10 silver 12 bronze - 24 total

Day 6

In women's swimming, in the 100 freestyle, Jessica Hardy and Missy Franklin of the USA qualified for the semifinals. Both Advanced to the finals. Missy Franklin finished 5th and Jessica Hardy 8th in the finals held on August 2.

In men's swimming, in the 200 backstroke, Tyler Clary and Ryan Lochte, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals. Both advance to the finals.

In the women's 200 breaststroke, Rebecca Soni and Micah Lawrence, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals. Both advance to the finals.

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, both of the USA, qualified for the semifinals of the men's 200IM. Both advanced to the finals.

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

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal defeated Samoilovs/Sorokins of Latvia 21-10 and 21-16. Gibb/Rosenthal win pool D.

Danell Leyva of the USA wins bronze in the men's gymnastics all around. Kohei Uchimura of Japan wins gold and Marcel Nguyen of Germany wins silver.

In men's 3m springboard synchro diving, Troy Dumais/Kristian Ipsen of the USA win bronze. Luo Yutong/Qin Kai of China wins gold. Llya Zakarov/Evgeny Kuznetsov of Russia wins silver.

Kristin Armstrong of the USA wins gold in the women's cycling Individual time trials.
Judith Arndt of Germany wins silver and Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia wins bronze.

Nathan Adrian of the USA wins gold in the men's swimming 100 freestyle. James Magnussen of Australia wins silver and Brent Hayden of Canada wins the bronze.

The USA team of Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland and Allison Schmitt wins gold in the women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay. Australia wins silver while France wins bronze.

The USA women's volleyball team beat China 3-0, 26-24, 25-16 and 31-29.

The USA women's basketball team beat Turkey 89-58.

The USA women's water polo team tied Spain 9-9.

In women's beach volleyball, The USA team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings beat Doris Schwaiger/Sephanie Schwaiger of Austria 17-21, 21-8 and 15-10. May-Treanor/Walsh-Jennings lost their first set ever in Olympic play.

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Medal Count after Day 6

China 17 gold 9 silver 4 bronze - 30 total
USA 12 gold 8 silver 9 bronze - 29 total
Japan 2 gold 4 silver 11 bronze - 17 total
France 5 gold 3 silver 5 bronze - 13 total
Germany 3 gold 8 silver 2 bronze - 13 total

Day 3

The USA men's basketball team beat France 98-71. Kevin Durant had 22 points to lead Team USA.

USA men's volleyball team defeated Serbia 3-0, 25-17, 25-22 and 25-21.

In men's swimming, Americans Nick Thoman and Matt Grevers qualify for the semifinals in the 100 backstroke. Both qualify for the finals.

Allison Schmitt of the USA qualified for the women's swimming 400 free finals.

In men's swimming, in the 4 by 100 freestyle relay, the USA qualifies for the finals.

In women's synchro 3 meter diving, the USA team of Abby Johnston and Kelci Bryant win silver. Wu Minxia and He Zi of China win gold. Emilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel of Canada win bronze.

In women's gymnastics, Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas of the USA qualified for the all around. Jordyn Wieber of the USA did not qualify.

In women's swimming, the USA's Dana Vollmer wins gold in the 100 butterfly final. Lu Ying of China wins silver. Alicia Coutts of Australia wins bronze.

In men's swimming, Ryan Lochte of the USA advanced to the finals of the 200 freestyle.

Brendan Hansen wins bronze for the USA in the men's 100 breaststroke final. Cameron Van Der Bergh of South Africa wins gold. Christian Sprenger of Australia wins silver.

Allison Schmitt of the USA wins silver in the women's 400 freestyle. Camille Muffat of France wins gold. Rebecca Adlington of Great Britian wins bronze.

In the women's 100 backstroke, Missy Franklin of the USA advances to the finals.

The USA men's 4 by 100 freestyle relay team of Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte win silver. France wins gold and Russia wins bronze.

In the women's 100 breaststroke, Rebecca Soni and Breeja Larson, both of the USA, advanced to the finals.

In women's beach volleyball, the USA team of Jennifer Kessy and April Ross defeated Gallay/Zonta of Agrentina 21-11 and 21-18.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser beat Asahi/Shiratori of Japan 21-15 and 21-16.

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Medal Count after Day 3

China 6 gold 4 silver 2 bronze - 12 total
USA 3 gold 5 silver 3 bronze - 11 total
Italy 2 gold 3 silver 2 bronze - 7 total
S.Korea 2 gold 1 silver 2 bronze - 5 total
Japan 0 gold 2 silver 3 bronze - 5 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