Day 16

Gwen Jorgensen of the USA wins gold in the women's triathlon in 1 hour 56 minutes and 16 seconds. Nicola Spirig of Switzerland wins silver in 1 hour 56 minutes and 56 seconds. Vicky Holland of Great Britain wins bronze in 1 hour 57 minutes and 1 second.

The USA women's volleyball team wins bronze by beating the Netherlands, 3-1, 25-23, 25-27, 25-22, 25-19. China wins gold by beating Serbia 3-1, 19-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. Serbia wins silver.

The USA women's basketball team beat Spain to win gold 101-72. Spain wins silver. The USA led 49-32 at halftime. The USA was led by Lindsay Whalen and Diana Taurasi who had 17 points each to lead team USA. Serbia beat France 70-63 to win bronze. This is the 6th consecutive women's basketball gold medal for team USA.

J'den Cox of the USA wins bronze in the men's 86kg freestyle wrestling competition. Cox beat Reineris Salas Perez of Cuba 5-0.

USA men's 10M platform diver David Boudia advanced to the finals in 10th place with 458.35 points. Steele Johnson of the USA finished 13th(447.85 points) and did not advance to the finals.
Boudia wins bronze with 525.25 points in the men's 10M Platform diving competition finals. Chen Aisen of China wins gold with 585.30 points. German Sanchez of Mexico wins silver with 532.70 points.

Matthew Centrowitz of the USA wins gold in the men's 1500 in 3 minutes 50 seconds. Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria wins silver in 3 minutes 50.11 seconds. Nicholas Willis of New Zealand wins bronze in 3 minutes 50.24 seconds.

Kate Grace of the USA finished 8th in the women's 800 in 1 minute 59.57 seconds.

Chaunte Lowe, Inika McPherson and Vashti Cunningham, all of the USA, finished 4th, 10th and 13th respectively in the women's high jump.

Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo of the USA wins silver in the men's 5000 in 13 minutes 3.90 seconds.
Mo Farah of Great Britain wins gold in 13 minutes 3.30 seconds. Hagos Gebrhiwet of Eithiopia wins bronze in 13 minutes 4.35 seconds. Bernard Lagat of the USA finished 5th in 13 minutes 6.78 seconds.

The USA women's 4 by 400 relay team of Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Phyllis Francis and Allyson Felix win gold in 3 minutes 19.06 seconds. Jamaica wins silver in 3 minutes 20.34 seconds. Great Britain wins bronze in 3 minutes 25.88 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 400 relay team of Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts and Lashawn Merritt wins gold in 2 minutes 57.30 seconds. Jamaica wins silver in 2 minutes 58.18 seconds. The Bahamas wins bronze in 2 minutes 58.49 seconds.

The USA has won 31 track and field medals at Rio 2016!

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Medal Count after Day 16

USA 43 gold, 37 silver, 36 bronze - 116 total
China 26 gold, 18 silver, 26 bronze - 70 total
Great Britain 27 gold, 22 silver, 17 bronze - 66 total
Russia 17 gold, 17 silver, 19 bronze - 53 total
Germany 17 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze - 41 total
Japan 12 gold, 8 silver, 21 bronze - 41 total

Day 4

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The USA men's water polo team lost to Spain 10-9.

The USA women's basketball team beat Spain 103-63. The USA was led in points by Diana Taurasi with 13 points, Sylvia Fowles and Elena Delle Donne had 12 points each. The USA led Spain 54-37 at halftime.

Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin, both of the USA advance to the finals of the women's 200 freestyle,

Michael Phelps of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200 butterfly.

The USA beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson lost to Huber/Seidl of Austria, 21-18, 21-18.

The USA men's basketball team defeated Venezuela 113-69. Paul George led the USA in scoring with 20 points. Jimmy Butler had 17 points and Kevin Durant scored 16 points for team USA.

The USA women's volleyball team beat the Netherlands, 3-2, 18-25, 25-18,21-25, 25-20, 15-8.

The USA men's gymnastics team finished 5th with a total of 268.560 points. Japan wins gold with 274.094 points. Russia wins silver with 271.453 points. China wins bronze with a total of 271.122 points. Sam Mikulak high score was a 15.700 on the Parallel bars and 15.366 on the vault. Mikulak scored 15.000 on high bar, 14.866 on the floor exercise and a 14.733 on the pommel horse. Chris Brooks scored 15.108 points on the high bar, 15.100 on the parallel bars and 14.666 on the rings. Jake Dalton scored a 15.466 on the vault and 15.325 on the floor exercise. Danell Leyva scored a 15.533 on the parallel bars and a 14.333 on the high bar. Leyva fell off of the high bar. Leyva scored a 14.333 on pommel horse. Alex Naddour scored a 15.033 on the vault, 14.966 on the rings, 14.633 on the pommel horse and 13.566 on the floor exercise.

USA men's 10M Synchro divers David Boudia/ Steele Johnson wins silver with a total of 457,11 points. Aisen Chen/Yue Lin of China wins gold with a total of 496.98 points Eom Daley/David Goodfellow of Great Britain wins bronze with a total of 444.45 points.

Katie Ledecky of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 200 freestyle. USA swimmer Missy Franklin did not qualify.

Conor Dwyer of the USA wins bronze in the men's 200 freestyle in 1 minute 45.23 seconds. Sun Yang of China wins gold with a time of 1 minute 44.65 seconds. Chad LeClos of South Africa wins silver with a time of 1 minute 45.20 seconds.

Kathleen Baker of the USA wins silver in the women's 200 backstroke with a time 58.75 seconds. Katinka Hosszu of Hungary wins gold with a time of 58.45 seconds. Kylie Massie of Canada wins bronze with a time of 58.76 seconds. Tying for bronze is Fu Yuanhui of China.

USA swimmer Ryan Murphy wins gold in the men's 100 backstroke with a time of 51.97 seconds. David Plummer also of the USA wins bronze with a time of 52.40 seconds. Xu Jaiyu of China wins silver with a time of 52.31 seconds.

USA swimmers Lilly King(1 minute 4.93 seconds) and Katie Meili(1 minute 5.59 seconds) wins gold and bronze respectively in the women's 100 breaststroke. Yulia Efimova of Russia wins silver in a time of 1 minute 5.50 seconds.

Michael Phelps of the USA advances to the finals of the men's 200 butterfly.

Maya DiRado and Melanie Margalis, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 200IM.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross beat Wang/Yue of china 21-16, 21-9.

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Medal Count after Day 4

USA 5 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze - 19 total
China 5 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze - 13 total
Japan 3 gold, 0 silver, 7 bronze - 10 total
Russia 2 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze - 10 total
Italy 3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze - 9 total

Day 16

The USA women's volleyball team wins silver by losing to Brazil 3-1, 25-11, 17-25, 20-25 and 17-25. Brazil wins gold. Japan wins bronze.

No Americans medaled in the men's 5000M. Bernard Lagat of the USA finished 4th. Mo Farah of Great Britain wins gold.

No Americans medaled in the women's 800M. Alysia Montano of the USA finished 4th.

Brigetta Barrett of the USA wins silver in the women's high jump. Anna Chicherova of Russia wins gold. Svetlana Shkolina of Russia wins bronze.

The USA women's 4 by 400M relay team consisting of Dee Dee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCrorory and Sanya Richards Ross wins gold with a time of 3 minutes 16.87 seconds. Russia wins silver with a time of 3 minutes 20.23 seconds. Jamaica wins bronze with a time of 3 minutes 20.95 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 100M relay team consisting of Trell Kimmons, Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin and Ryan Bailey wins silver with a American record of 37.04 seconds. Jamaica wins gold with a world record time of 36.84 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago wins bronze with a time of 38.12 seconds. Canada was originally 3rd but was disqualified.

David Boudia of the USA wins gold in the 10M platform diving competition with a total of 568.65 points. Qiu Bo of China wins silver with a total of 566.85 points. Tom Daley of Great Britain wins bronze with a total of 556.95 points.

The USA women's basketball team wins gold by beating France 86-50. France wins silver. Australia wins bronze by beating Russia. The USA was leading 37-25 at halftime. Candace Parker led team USA with 21 points.

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Medal Count after Day 16

USA 44 gold 29 silver 29 bronze - 102 total
China 38 gold 27 silver 22 bronze - 87 total
Russia 21 gold 25 silver 32 bronze - 78 total
Great Britain 28 gold 15 silver 19 bronze - 62 total
Germany 11 gold 19 silver 14 bronze - 44 total