Day 16 - Mid Day Japan Time August 7 to Mid Day Japan time August 8

The USA men's basketball team wins gold by beating France 87-82. France wins silver. The USA led 44-39 at halftime. The USA shot 46 percent for the game. The USA was led in scoring by Kevin Durant with 29 points followed by Jayson Tatum with 19 points, and Damian Lillard/Jrue Holiday had 11 points each for team USA.  Australia wins bronze by beating Slovenia 107-93. 

Americans Jordan Windle (407.90 points) and Brandon Loschiavo (383.65 points) finish 9th and 11th respectively, in the men's platform diving finals. Yuan Cao of China wins gold with 582.35 points. Jian Yang of China wins silver with 580.40 points and Tom Daley of Great Britain wins bronze with 548.25 points. 

The USA women's water polo team wins gold by beating Spain 14-5. Spain wins silver. Maddie Musselman led team USA with 3 goals, followed by Aria Fischer, Alys Williams and Kaleigh Gilchrist with 2 goals each.  Hungary beats ROC 11-9 for bronze.

The USA baseball team won silver while losing to Japan 2-0. Japan wins gold. Nick Martinez of the USA was the losing pitcher. The Dominican Republic wins bronze by beating Korea 10-6. 

Emily Sisson (31 minutes  9.58 seconds), Karissa Schweizer (31 minutes 19.96 seconds) and Alicia Monson (31 minutes 21.36 second), all of the USA, finish 10th, 12th and 13th respectively in the women's 10000M finals. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands wins gold in 29 minutes 55.32 seconds, Kalkidan Gezahegne of Bahrain wins silver in 29 minutes 56.18 seconds and Letesenbet Giday of Ethiopia wins bronze in 30 minutes 1.72 seconds.

American Vashti Cunningham finished tied for 6th (6 Ft. 5 in) in the women's high jump final.

American Cole Hocker (3 minutes 31.40 seconds) finished 6th in the men's 1500 finals. Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway wins gold in 3 minutes 28.32 seconds, Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya wins silver in 3 minutes 29.01 seconds and Josh Kerr of Great Britain wins bronze in 3 minutes 29.05 seconds.

The USA women's 4 by 400 relay team of Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu wins gold in 3 minutes 16.85 seconds, Poland wins silver in 3 minutes 20.53 seconds and Jamaica wins bronze in 3 minutes 21.24 seconds.

Allyson Felix becomes the most decorated female in USA history with 11 medals and the most decorated USA track and field athlete ever man or woman passing Carl Lewis.

The USA men's 4 by 400 relay team of Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin wins gold in 2 minutes 55.70 seconds, The Netherlands wins silver in 2 minutes 57.18 seconds and Botswana wins bronze in 2 minutes 57,27 seconds.

The USA equestrian team of Laura Kraut, Jessica Springsteen and McLain Ward wins silver in the jumping team finals  jump off. Sweden wins gold and Belgium wins bronze.

Nelly Korda of the USA wins gold (shooting a 267) in women's gold Individual stroke play. Mone Inami of Japan shoots a 268 and wins a play off to win silver and Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins bronze also shooting a 268 but losing the playoff to Japan. 

American Kyle Snyder wins silver by losing to Abdulrashid Sadulaev (gold) of ROC 6-3 in the men's freestyle wrestling 97kg final.

Sarah Hildebrandt wins bronze by beating Oksana Livach of Ukraine 12-1 in the women's freestyle 50kg wrestling bronze medal match. 

American Galen Rupp finished 8th in the men's marathon in 2 hours 11 minutes and 41 seconds.

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Medal Count as of 9:30pm Eastern Time August 7

USA                 36 gold, 39 silver, 33 bronze - 108 total

China               38 gold, 31 silver, 18 bronze - 87 total

ROC                20 gold, 26 silver, 23 bronze - 69 total

Great Britain   20 gold, 21 silver, 22 bronze - 63 total

Japan               27 gold, 12 silver, 17 bronze - 56 total

Day 17- Closing Ceremony

Jake Varner of the USA wins gold in men's freestyle wrestling 211.5 lbs.
Valerii Andritsev of Ukraine wins silver. George Gogshelidze of Georgia and Khetag Gazyumov of Azerbaijan tied for bronze.

The USA men's basketball team wins gold by beating Spain 107-100. The USA led 59-58 at halftime and 83-82 at the beginning of the 4th quarter. The USA was led by Kevin Durant with 30 points. Lebron James had 19 points and Kobe Bryant had 17 points for the USA. Pau Gasol led Spain with 24 points. Spain wins silver. Russia beat Argentina 81-77 for bronze.

The closing ceremony consisted of several British musicians from the 1960's to the present. The bands/groups/musicians were Madness, a video of Freddie Mercury of Queen, a video of John Lennon singing Imagine, George Michael sung Freedom '90, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Mike Rutherford, Pink Floyd, Russell Brand, Kaiser Chiefs, Kate Bush, Muse, Fatboy Slim, Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz, Beady Eye, the Spice Girls, Eric Idle, Take That and The Who.

There is a change in the final medal count after the gold medal winner in the women's shot put, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, of Belarus was disqualified for doping and stripped of her medal. This gave Russian Evgeniia Kolodko the silver instead of the bronze and Lijiao Gong of China who was originally 4th, gets the bronze. Valerie Adams of New Zealand wins gold instead of silver.

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Final Medal Count

USA 46 gold 29 silver 29 bronze - 104 total
China 38 gold 27 silver 23 bronze - 88 total
Russia 24 gold 26 silver 32 bronze - 82 total
Great Britain 29 gold 17 silver 19 bronze - 65 total
Germany 11 gold 19 silver 14 bronze - 44 total