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 8

In men's Track and Field, Mason Finley and Andrew Evans, both of the USA, qualified for the finals of the men's discus.

Michelle Carter and Raven Saunders, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's shot put.

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

In Track and Field, in the women's 10000m final, American's Molly Huddle and Emily Infeld finished 6th and 11th respectively with times of 30 minutes 13.17 seconds for Huddle and 31 minutes 26.94 seconds. Almaz Ayana of Eithiopia set a new world record and winning gold in 29 minutes 17.45 seconds. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya wins silver in 29 minutes 32.53 seconds. Tirunesh Dibaba of Eithiopia wins bronze in 29 minutes 42.56 seconds.

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

Connor Jaeger and Jordan Wilimovsky, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 1500.

The USA advance to the finals of the women's swimming 4 by 100 medley relay.

The USA advance to the finals of the men's swimming 4 by 100 medley relay.

The USA women's soccer team lost to Sweden on penalty kicks 4-3. Sweden took a 1-0 then Alex Morgan tied it. The teams played 30 minutes of extra time but was forced to go to penalty kicks. Christen Press missed a key kick over the goal and then Sweden won it. The USA women's soccer team is now eliminated from the tournament. This loss is the first for USA women's soccer since 2000.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Italy 3-1, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20.

The USA men's Water Polo team lost to Montenegro 8-5.

The USA women's basketball team defeated Canada 81-51. The USA led at halftime 36-22. The USA was led in scoring by Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore who each had 12 points to lead team USA.

The USA men's basketball team beat Serbia 94-91. The USA was leading 50-41 at halftime. Leading scorers for the USA were Kyrie Irving with 15 points, Deandre Jordan had 13 points, Kevin Durant and Paul George each had 12 points.

Kim Rhode of the USA wins bronze in women's skeet shooting. Diana Bacosi of Italy wins gold. Chiara Cainero, also of Italy, wins silver.

Gil Roberts, Lashawn Merritt and David Verburg, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 400.

Shnannon Rowbury, Jenny Simpson and Brenda Martinez, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 1500.

Tori Bowie, Tianna Bartoletta and English Gardiner, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100.

Maya DiRado of the USA wins gold in the women's 200 backstroke in 2 minutes 5.99 seconds. Katinka Hosszu of Hungary wins silver in 2 minutes 6.05 seconds. Hilary Caldwell of Canada wins bronze in 2 minutes 7.54 seconds.

Michael Phelps, of the USA wins silver in the men's 100 butterfly in 51.14 seconds. Phelps shared the silver with Chad Leclos of South Africa and Lazlo Cseh of Hungary, Joseph Schooling of the Philippines wins gold in 50.39 seconds.

USA swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record of 8 minutes 4.79 seconds in the women's 800 freestyle. Jazmine Carlin of Great Britain wins silver in 8 minutes 16.17 seconds. Boglarka Kapas of Hungary wins bronze in 8 minutes 16.37 seconds. Katie Ledecky finishes Rio with 4 gold and 1 silver medal.

USA swimmers Anthony Ervin(21.40 seconds) and Nathan Adrian(21.49 seconds) win gold and bronze respectively in the men's 50 freestyle. Florent Manaudou of France wins bronze in 21.41 seconds.

Simone Manuel of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 50 freestyle. Abbey Weitzeil of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Michelle Carter of the USA wins gold in the women's shot put(67ft 8 1/4 in.) Valerie Adams of New Zealand wins silver. Anita Marton of Hungary wins bronze.

Jeff Henderson and Jarrion Lawson, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's long jump.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross beat Menegatti/Giombini of Italy, 21-10, 21-16.

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Medal Count after Day 8

USA 20 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze - 50 total
China 13 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze - 37 total
Japan 7 gold, 3 silver, 14 bronze - 24 total
Great Britain 7 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze - 22 total
Russia 5 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze - 22 total

Day 6

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson lost to Herrera/Gavira of Spain, 19-21, 21-16, 7-15. Gibb/Paterson are eliminated after going 1-2 in Pool F.

Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 100 freestyle

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

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

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 200IM.

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

The USA women's volleyball team defeated Serbia, 3-1, 25-17, 21-25,25-18, 25-19.

The USA women's basketball team beat Serbia 110-84. Diana Taurasi led team USA with 25 points. Breanna Stewart added 17 points and Tina Charles scored 15 points.

USA 3M Springboard Synchro divers Sam Dorman/Michael Hixon win silver with a total of 450.21 points. Jack Laugher/Chris Mears of Great Britain win gold with a total of 454.32 points. Yaun Cao/Qin Kai of China win bronze with a total of 443.70 points.

Sam Mikulak of the USA finished 7th with 89.631 points, and Chris Brooks, also of the USA finished 14th with 87.632 points in the men's gymnastics all around competition. Kohei Uchimora of Japan wins gold with a total of 92.365 points. Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine wins silver with 92.266 points. Max Whitlock of Great Britain wins bronze with 90.641 points.

The USA men's basketball team beat Australia 98-88. Australia was leading the USA at halftime 54-49. Carmelo Anthony led team USA with 31 points. Kyrie Erving added 19 and Kevin Durant scored 14 for team USA.

Kristin Armstrong of the USA wins gold in the women's cycling road time trial. Olga Zabellinskaya of Russia wins silver. Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands wins bronze.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross beat Forrer/Verge-Depre of Switzerland 21-13, 22-24, 15-12. This match was only the seconf time Walsh Jennings lost a set in Olympic play. She is 47-2 in Olympic sets.

Josh Prenot of the USA wins silver in the men's 200 breaststroke in 2 minutes 7.53 seconds. Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan wins gold in 2 minutes 7.46 seconds. Anton Chupkov wins bronze in 2 minutes 7.70 seconds.

Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100 freestyle.

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

Cammile Adams of the USA finished 4th and USA swimmer Haili Flickinger finished 7th in the women's 200 butterfly final.

Nathan Adrian of the USA wins bronze in the men's 100 freestyle in 47.85 seconds. Kyle Chalmers of Australia wins gold in 47.58 seconds. Pieter Timmers of Belgium wins silver in the men's 100 freestyle in 47.80 seconds.

USA swimmers Lilly King and Molly Hannis did not advance to the finals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 200IM. Phelps finished first, Lochte second.

The USA team of Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya DiRado and Katie Ledecky win gold in the women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay in 7 minutes 43,03 seconds. Australia wins silver in 7 minutes 44.87 seconds. Canada wins bronze in 7 minutes 45.39 seconds.

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Medal Count after Day 6

USA 11 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze - 32 total
China 10 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze - 23 total
Japan 6 gold, 1 silver, 11 bronze - 18 total
Russia 4 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze - 15 total
Great Britain 3 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze - 13 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 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