Day 8 - August 2, 2024

American Sagen Maddalena wins silver in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions final. Ciara Leone of Switzerland wins gold and Qiongyue Zhang of China wins bronze.

Harrison Williams (10.62), Heath Baldwin(10.91) and Zach Ziemek, (10.60) all of the USA, scored 947, 881 and 952 points respectively in the men's decathlon 100.

Vashti Cunningham of the USA jumped 1.92 to advance the women's high jump finals.

Harrison Williams (7.42),  Zach Ziemek (6.86)Heath Baldwin (7.38) , all of the USA, scored 915, 781 and 905 points respectively in the men's decathlon long jump.

In men's swimming, American Caeleb Dressel (50.83) advanced to the 100 butterfly semifinals.

In women's swimming, Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh, both of the USA, advanced to the 200IM semifinals.

Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 800 freestyle final.

The USA 4 by 100 mixed relay team (swimming) of Regan Smith, Charlie Swanson, Caeleb Dressel and Abbey Weitzeil advanced to the final.

Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 800 freestyle final.

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Regan Smith, Charlie Swanson, Caeleb Dressel and Abbey Wetzeil advanced to the final.

Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker and Hobbs Kessler, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 1500 semifinals.

American Rudy Winkler advanced to the men's hammer throw finals. 

Sha'carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry, all of the USA advanced to the women's 100 semifinals.

Americans Harrison Williams  scored 830 points, Zach Ziemek scored 792 points and Heath Baldwin scored 758 points in the men's decathlon shot put.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team beat France 14-13. Dearica Hamby, Cierra Burdick and Hailey van Lith each scored 4 points to lead team USA.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Miles Evans/Chase Budinger lost to Palblo Herrera Allepuz/Adrian Gavira Collado of Spain, 2-0, 18-21, 11-21.

The USA men's soccer team lost to Morocco 4-0 in the quarterfinals. The USA is eliminated.

The USA mixed archery team wins bronze by beating India 6-2.

The USA (Ian Barrows- Hans Henken) win bronze in men's sailing skiff medal race. Botin/Trittel of Spain wins gold and McKenzie/McHardie of New Zealand wins silver.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team beat Canada 18-17. Rhyne Howard scored 7 points to lead Team USA. 

The USA equestrian team wins silver in 229.90 with 4 penalties. Great Britain wins gold in 237.47 with 2 penalties and France wins bronze in 238.12 with 7 penalties. 

Americans Heath Baldwin scored 963 points, Zach Ziemek and Harrison Williams each scored 767 points in the men's decathlon long jump.

Elise Cranny, Karissa Schweizer and Whittni Morgan, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 5000 finals.

Jasmine Moore, and Keturah Orji, both of the USA, advanced to the women's triple jump final.

The USA women's water polo team beat France 17-5. Maddie Musselman scored 4 goals to lead team USA.

The USA men's 3 on 3 basketball team beat France 21-19. Canyon Barry had 16 points top lead team USA.

American Valarie Allman advanced to the women's discus throw final.

The USA mixed relay team of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown set a new world record (3:07.41) in advancing to the final. 

Juliette Whittaker and Nia Akins, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 800 semifinals. American Allie Wilson will compete in the repechage round.

Ryan Crouser, Payton Otterdahl and Joe Kovacs, all of the USA, advanced to the men's shot put final.

American Regan Smith wins silver (2:04.26) in the women's 200 backstroke. Kaylee McKeown of Australia wins gold in an Olympic record 2:03.73 and Kylie Masse of Canada wins bronze in 2:05.57.

Americans Harrison Williams scored 973 points, Heath Baldwin scored 859 points and Zach Ziemek scored 779 points in the men's decathlon 400.

The USA men's volleyball team beat Japan 3-1, 25-16, 25-18, 18-25, 25-19.

American Grant Fisher wins bronze (26:43.46) in the men's 10000. Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda wins gold in 26:43.14 and Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia wins silver in 26:43.44.

Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass, both of the USA, advance to the women's 200 IM final.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sara Hughes/Kelly Cheng beat Svenja Mueller/Cinja Tillmann of Germany 2-0, 21-18, 21-18.

The USA men's 3 on 3 basketball team beat China 21-17. Canyon Barry had 14 points to lead team USA.

Medal Count as of 8:30pm Eastern time

USA                 9 gold, 18 silver, 16 bronze - 43 total

France            11 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze - 36 total

China             13 gold,   9 silver,   9 bronze - 31 total

Great Britain   9 gold,  10 silver,  8 bronze - 27 total

Australia        11 gold,   6 silver,  5 bronze - 22 total

Day 7 - August 1, 2024

The USA men's water polo team lost to Greece 13-11. Alex Bowen and  Max Irving led the USA in scoring with 2 goals each.

The USA men's four rowing team of Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan wins gold (5:49.03). New Zealand wins silver in 5:49.88 and Great Britain wins bronze in 5:52.42. 

Regan Smith and Phoebe Bacon, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 200 backstroke semifinals.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA advanced to the men's 50 freestyle semifinals.

Carson Foster and Shaine Casas, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 200IM semifinals.

The women's USA 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Anna Peploski, Erin Gemmel, Simone Manuel, and Alex Shackell advanced to the final.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Australia 17-15. Rhyne Howard led the USA in scoring with 8 points.

The USA women's foil fencing team of Lee Keifer, Lauren Scruggs, Jacqueline Dubrovich and Maia Mei Weintraub wins gold by beating Italy 45-39. 

The USA beach volleyball team of Andy Benesh/Miles Partain beat George Souto Maior Wanderly/Andre Loyola Stein of Brazil 2-1, 21-17, 14-21, 15-8. 

Simone Biles (59.131( and Sinisa Lee (56.465), both of the USA, win gold and bronze respectfully in women's gymnastics All Around final. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil wins silver with a score of 57.932. Simone Biles scored a 15.766 on vault, 13.733 on uneven bars, 14.566 on balance beam and 15.066 on floor exercise. Sunisa Lee scored a 13.933 on vault, 14.866 on uneven bars, 14.000 on balance beam, and 13.666 on floor exercise.

The USA men's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Lithuania 20-18. Canyon Barry led team USA in scoring with 9 points.

American Regan Smith wins silver (2:03.84) in the women's 200 butterfly. Summer McIntosh of Canada wins gold in an Olympic record 2:03.03 and Yufei Zhang of China wins bronze in 2:05.09.

American Caeleb Dressel advanced to the men's 50 freestyle finals.

The USA women's basketball team beat Belgium 87-74. The USA led 46-38 at halftime. Breanna Stewart had 26 points to lead team USA. A'ja Wilson scored 23 points.

American Kate Douglass wins gold (2:19.24) in the women's 200 breaststroke. Tatjana Smith of South Africa wins silver in 2:19.60 and Tes Schouten of the Netherlands wins bronze in 2:21.05.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team beat Spain 17-11. Hailey van Lith and Rhyne Howard each scored 5 points to lead team USA.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss beat Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia pf China 2-1, 15-21, 21-16, 15-12. This match was interrupted by lightning before it was resumed.

The women's USA 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Claire Weinstein, Paige Madden, Katie Ledecky and Erin Gemmell win silver ((7:40.86).  Australia wins gold in an Olympic record 7:38.08 and China wins bronze in 7:42.34.

The USA 3 by 3 basketball team lost to Latvia 21-19. Canyon Barry scored 10 points to lead team USA.

Medal Count as of 8 pm Eastern Time

USA                9 gold, 15 silver, 13 bronze - 37 total

France             8 gold, 11 silver,   8 bronze - 27 total

China             11 gold,  7 silver,   6 bronze - 24 total

Great Britain   6 gold,  7 silver,   7 bronze - 20 total

Australia         8 gold,  6 silver,   4 bronze - 18 total

Day 5 - July 30, 2024

Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 100 freestyle semifinals.

American Katie Ledecky advanced to the women's 1500 freestyle finals.

Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 freestyle.

The USA men's volleyball team beat Germany 3-2, 25-21, 25-17, 17-25, 20-25, 15-11.

Matt Fallon and Josh Matheny, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 200 breaststroke semifinals.

The USA 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Drew Kibler, Brooks Curry, Blake Pieroni and Chris Guiliano advanced to the finals.

The men's beach volleyball team of Miles Partain/Andy Benesh beat Mohammed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui of Morocco 2-0, 21-12, 28-26.

The USA women's rugby seven team lost to New Zealand 24-12 in the semifinals. Kristi Kirshe and Alev Kelter had 5 poinch each to lead team USA.

The USA men's water polo team beat Romania 14-8. Hannes Daube and Alex Bowen had 3 goals each to lead team USA,

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Germany 17-13. Hailey van Lith had 6 points to lead team USA.

The USA women's gymnastics team wins gold with a score of 171.296 in the women's team final. Italy wins silver with a score of 165.494 and Brazil wins bronze with a score of 164.497. Simone Biles scored a 14.900 on vault, 14.400 on uneven bars, 14.366 on balance beam and 14.666 on floor exercise. Jordan Chiles scored a 14.400 on vault, 14.366 on uneven bars, 12.733 on balance beam and 13.966 on floor exercise. Suni Lee scored a 14.566 on uneven bars, 14.600 on balance beam and 13.533 on floor exercise. Jade Carey scored a 14.800 on vault.

The USA men's soccer team beat Guinea 3-0. Goals were scored by Kevin Paredes (2)  and Djorde Mihailovic.

The USA women's rugby sevens team wins bronze by beating Australia 14-12. New Zealand wins gold and Canada wins silver. Alev Kelter and Alex Sedrick scored 7 points each to lead team USA.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Miles Evans/Chase Budinger lost to Stefan Boermans/Yorick de Groot of the Netherlands 2-0, 13-21, 15-21. 

Regan Smith (57.66) and Katharine Berkoff (57.98), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in the women's 100 backstroke. Kaylee McKeown of Australia wins gold in an Olympic record 57.33.

American Bobby Finke wins silver (7:38.75) in the men's 800 freestyle. Daniel Wiffen of Ireland wins gold in an Olympic record 7:38.19 and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy wins bronze in 7:39.38.

Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 100 freestyle finals.

American Josh Matheny advanced to the men's 200 breaststroke finals.

The USA men's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Luke Hobson, Carson Foster, Drew Kibler and Kieran Smith win silver in 7:00.78. Great Britain wins gold in 6:59.43 and Australia wins bronze in 7:01.98.

The USA men's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Serbia 22-14. Kareem Maddox led team USA with 6 points.

Medal Count as of 8:30pm Eastern time

USA                4 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze - 26 total

France             5 gold   9 silver,   4 bronze - 18 total

China              6 gold,  6 silver,   2 bronze - 14 total

Japan              7 gold,  2 silver,   4 bronze - 13 total

Great Britain  4 gold,  5 silver,   3 bronze - 12 total

Day 9 - Mid day Japan time July 31 to mid day Japan time August 1

The USA women's volleyball team lost to ROC 3-0, 20-25, 12-25, 19-25. USA volleyball star Jordan Thompson left the match in the first set with an ankle injury. The USA is 3-1 in pool play. The USA has advanced to the quarterfinals and will next play Italy. 

The USA men's water polo team lost to Hungary 10-8. Alex Bowen and Ben Hallock had 2 goals each to lead team USA. the USA is 2-2 in pool play. 

Krysta Palmer (5th- 316.65 points) and Hailey Hernandez (10th- 291.60 points), both of the USA, advance to the 3M springboard finals.

The USA men's basketball team beat the Czech Republic 119-84. The USA led 47-43 at halftime and in the second half cruised to the win. Jayson Tatum led team USA with 27 points. Kevin Durant added 23 points and Zach Lavine scored 13 points for team USA.

Americans Brian Burrows and Madelyn Bernau win bronze in mixed team trap shooting final range. Spain wins gold and San Marino wins silver.

The USA triathlon mixed relay team of Katie Zaferes, Kevin McDowell, Taylor Knibb and Morgan Pearson wins silver in 1 hour 23 minutes and 55 seconds. Great Britain wins gold in 1 hour 23 minutes and 41 seconds and France wins bronze in 1 hour 24 minutes and 4 seconds.

In track and field, Juvaughn Harrison of the USA advanced to the men's long jump finals. American Marquis Dendy did not qualify for the finals.

Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria was ruled ineligible to continue in the women's 100 semifinals. Okagbare was disqualified from further Tokyo Olympics 100M running because of a positive human growth hormone test on July 19. Okagbare will no longer be able to compete at the Tokyo games.

American Teahna Daniels advanced to the women's 100 finals. 

Fred Kerley, Ronnie Baker and Trayvon Bromell, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 100 semifinals.

Athing Mu and Raevyn Rogers, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 800 finals. American Ajee Wilson did not advance to the finals.

The USA mixed 4 by 400 relay team of Trevor Stewart, Kendall Ellis, Kaylin Whitney and Vernon Norwood win bronze in 3 minutes 10.22 seconds. Poland wins gold in 3 minutes 9.87 seconds and the Dominican Republic wins silver in 3 minutes 10.21 seconds.

Teahna Daniels of the USA finished 7th(11.02 seconds) in the women's 100M dash. Elaine Thompson Herah of Jamaica wins gold in an Olympic record 10.61 seconds. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce of Jamaica wins silver in 10.74 seconds and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica wins bronze in 10.76 seconds.

The USA baseball team beat South Korea 4-2. Nick Martinez got the win, David Robertson got the save. 

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes lost to Wilkerson/Bansley of Canada 2-1, 24-22, 18-21, 13-15 in the round of 16.. There was a controversial challenge call by the referee near the end of the second set. First the challenge was won by the USA, then it was changed to Canada winning the challenge on an in out call. First it was ruled in, then out with 2 challenges resulting in 2 different outcomes. Sponcil/Claes are eliminated. 

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (21.07 seconds- Olympic Record) in the 50M freestyle. Floresnt Manaudou of France wins silver in 21.55 seconds and Bruno Fratus of Brazil wins bronze in 21.57 seconds.

Robert Finke of the USA wins gold (14 minutes 39.65 seconds) in the men's 1500 freestyle. Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine wins silver in 14 minutes 40.66 seconds. Florian Wellbrock of Germany wins bronze in 14 minutes 40.91 seconds.

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske and Abbey Wetzeil win silver (3 minutes 51.73 seconds). Australia wins gold in 3 minutes 51.60 seconds and Canada wins bronze in 3 minutes 52.60 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel and Zack Apple win gold (3 minutes 26.78 seconds - world record). Great Britain wins silver in 3 minutes 27.51 seconds and Italy wins bronze in 3 minutes 29.17 seconds.

In track and field, Emma Coburn, Courtney Frerichs and Valerie Constien, all of the USA, advance to the women's 3000M steeplechase finals.

Britney Reese and Tara Davis, both of the USA, advance to the women's long jump finals.

Brooke Andersen, Gwen Berry and Deanna Price, all of the USA, advance to the women's hammer throw finals.

Raven Saunders of the USA wins silver ( 64 Ft 9 in) in the women's shot put. Lijiao Gong of China wins gold with a throw of 67 Ft 5 in and Valerie Adams of New Zealand wins bronze with a throw of 64 Ft 4 in.

Michael Cherry and Michael Norman, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 semifinals.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time July 31

USA                 19 gold, 20 silver, 13 bronze - 52 total

China               22 gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze - 47 total

ROC                11 gold, 15 silver, 11 bronze - 37 total

Great Britain     9  gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze - 31 total

Japan                17 gold,   5 silver,   8 bronze - 30 total

Australia          13 gold,   3 silver,  14 bronze - 30 total

Day 6 - Mid day Japan time July 28 to mid day Japan time July 29

 

The USA men's volleyball team beat Tunisia 3-1, 25-14, 23-25, 25-14, 25-23.

Simone Biles has withdrawn from the women's All Around Competition on Thursday July 29. Biles still has not said whether she will compete in the event finals next week. Jade Carey will replace Simone Biles in the women's All Around Competition.

The USA men's basketball team defeated Iran 120-66. The USA led 60-30 at halftime. The USA shot 55% from the field. The USA was led in scoring by Damian Lillard with 21 points followed by Davin Booker with 16 points. Jayson Tatum had 14 points, Zach Levine had 10 points and Kevin Durant and Khris Middleton had 10 points each. 

The USA women's water polo team lost to Hungary 10-9. Maddie Musselman scored 3 goals to lead team USA.

Andrew Cabobianco/Michael Hixon of the USA win silver in men's 3M Springboard Synchro with 444.36 points. Zongyuan Wang/Siyi Xie of China win gold with 467.82 points. Patrick Hausding/Lars Rudiger of Germany win bronze with 404.73 points.

The women's  USA 3 on 3 basketball beat France 18-16 in the semifinals to advance to the gold medal game against ROC. Kelsey Plum and Allisha Gray had 6 points each to lead team USA. 

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 freestyle.

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

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

Michael Andrew and Chase Kalisz, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200IM.

The USA women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Anabella Sims, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin and Brooke Forde advanced to the finals.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team defeated ROC 18-15 to win gold. ROC wins silver. Stefanie Dolson scored 7 points and Kelsey Plum scored 5 points to lead team USA. China beat France 16-14 to win bronze.

Brody Malone finished 10th (84.865 points) and Sam Mikulak finished 12th  (83.164 points), both of the USA, in the men's All Around Gymnastics competition. Daiki Hashimoto of Japan wins gold with 88.465 points. Xiao Ruoteng  of China wins silver with 88.065 points and Nikita Nagornyy of ROC wins bronze with 88.031 points.

Brody Malone scored a 14.100 on Pommel Horse, 13.833 on Rings, 14.366 on Vault, 13.466 on Parallel Bars, 14.400 on High Bar and 14.300 on Floor Exercise.

Sam Mikulak scored a 14.533 on Pommel Horse, 13.533 on Rings, 14.533 on Vault, 14.966 on Parallel Bars, 13.633 on High Bar and 12.933 on Floor Exercise.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes beat Makokha/Khadambi of Kenya 2-0, 21-8, 21-6.

Bobby Finke of the USA wins gold in the men's 800 freestyle in 7 minutes 41.87 seconds. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy wins silver in 7 minutes 42.11 seconds. Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine wins bronze in 7 minutes 42.33 seconds.

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 100 freestyle.

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

Regan Smith( 2 minutes 5.30 seconds) and Hali Flickinger (2 minutes 5.65 seconds), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in the women's 200 butterfly. Yufei Zhang of China wins gold in 2 minutes 3.86 seconds, an Olympic record.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (47.02 seconds) in the men's 100 freestyle, an Olympic record. Kyle Chalmers of Australia wins silver in 47.08 seconds. Kliment Kolesnikov of ROC wins bronze in 47.44 seconds. 

Lilly King and Annie Lazor, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

The USA women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin and Katie Ledecky win silver in 7 minutes 40.73 seconds. China wins gold and sets a world record in 7 minutes 40.33 seconds. Australia wins bronze in 7 minutes 41.29 seconds.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena beat Capogrosso/Azaad of Argentina 2-1, 21-19, 18-21, 15-6. Dalhausser/Lucena finish pool D 2-1 and will advance to the knockout round.

USA Pole Vaulter Sam Kendricks has tested positive for COVID 19 and will not be able to compete in Tokyo. 

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Medal Count as of 11:55pm Eastern Time July 28

USA              13 gold, 13 silver, 10 bronze - 36 total

China            14 gold,  6 silver,    9 bronze - 29 total

ROC               7 gold,  11 silver,  7 bronze - 25 total

Japan             13 gold,  4 silver,   5 bronze - 22 total

Australia         7 gold,  2 silver,  10 bronze - 19 total