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

Day 10

Venus and Serena Williams of the USA win gold beating Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka of Russia 6-4, 6-4.

Lisa Raymond/Mike Bryan of the USA win bronze in the bronze medal mixed doubles match beating Sabine Lisicki/Christpher Kas of Germany 6-3, 4-6 and 10-4.

The USA women's basketball team beat China 114-66.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings advance to the semifinals by beating Cicolari/Menegati of Italy 21-13 and 21-13.

In women's gymnastics, McKayla Maroney of the USA wins silver on the vault with a score of 15.083. Sandra Izbasa of Romania wins gold with a score of 15.191. Maria Paseka of Russia wins bronze with a score of 15.050.

The USA women's water polo team beat Italy 9-6.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Turkey 3-0, 27-25, 25-16 and 25-19.

T'erea Brown, Lashinda Demus and Georganne Moline, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 400M hurdles.

In the men's 400M, no one from the USA made it to the finals.

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

Leo Manzano and Matt Centrowitz, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 1500M.

Sanya Richards Ross of the USA wins gold in the women's 400M. Dee Dee Trotter of the USA wins bronze. Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain wins silver.

Justin Gatlin of the USA wins bronze in the men's 100M with a time of 9.79 seconds. Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins gold with a time of 9.63 seconds. Yohan Blake of Jamaica wins silver with a time of 9.75 seconds. Tyson Gay of the USA finshed 4th with a time of 9.80 seconds. It was the fastest 100M final in history.

The USA beach volleyball team of Jennifer Kessy/April Ross advance to the semifinals beating Slukova/Kolocova of CZE 25-23 and 21-18.

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Medal count after Day 10

China 30 gold 17 silver 14 bronze - 61 total
USA 28 gold 14 silver 18 bronze - 60 total
Great Britain 16 gold 11 silver 10 bronze - 37 total
Russia 4 gold 16 silver 15 bronze - 35 total
Japan 2 gold 12 silver 13 bronze - 27 total