Day 2 - July 27, 2024

Americans Kassidy Cook/Sarah Bacon win silver in women's 3M Springboard Synchro diving with 314.64 points. Yani Chang/Yiwen Chen of China wins gold with 337.68 points. Yasmin Harper/Scarlett Mew Jensen of Great Britain wins bronze with 302.28 points.

The USA men's gymnastics team qualified for the team final by finishing 5th in qualification. Fred Richard and Paul Juda will compete in the men's All Around.

USA swimmers Tori Huske and Gretchen Walsh advance to the semifinals of the women's 100 Butterfly.

Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 400 Freestyle Finals.

Nic Fink and Charlie Swanson, both of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100 Breaststroke.

Aaron Schackell, of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 Freestyle finals.

The USA  4 by 100 women's Freestyle Relay team of  Abbey Weitzeil, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly and Kate Douglass advanced to the finals.

The USA 4 by 100 men's Freestyle relay team of Ryan Held, Matt King, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel advanced to the finals.

The USA Beach Volleyball team of Miles Partain/Andy Benesh lost to Noslen Diaz Amaro/Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner 0-2, 18-21, 18-21.

Chloe Dygert of the USA wins bronze in women's Road Cycling Individual Time Trial in 41:10.70. Grace Brown of Australia wins gold in 39:38.24 and Anna Henderson of Great Britain wins silver in 41:09.83.

The USA women's Water Polo Team beat Greece 15-6. Jenna Flynn had 4 goals to lead team USA while Maggie Steffens, Tara Prentice and Jovana Sekulic each scored 2 goals.

The USA men's soccer team beat New Zealand 4-1. USA goals were scored by Walker Zimmerman, Gianluca Busio, Paxten Aaronson and Djordje Mihailovic.

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

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins bronze (4:00,86) in women's 400 Freestyle. Ariarne Titmus of Australia wins gold in 3:57.49 and Summer McIntosh of Canada wins silver in 3:58.37

The USA men's volleyball team beat Argentina 3-0, 25-20, 25-19, 25-16,

The USA  4 by 100 women's Freestyle Relay team of  Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske and Simone Manuel win silver (3:30.20). Australia wins gold in 3:28.92 and China wins bronze in 3:30.30.

The USA 4 by 100 men's Freestyle Relay team of Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel win gold in 3:09.28. Australia wins silver in 3:10.35 and Italy wins bronze in 3:10.70.

The USA Beach volleyball team of Tarym Kloth/Kristen Nuss beat Heather Bansley/Sophie Bukovec of Canada 2-0, 21-17, 21-14. 

Medal Count as of 6pm Eastern time - July 27

Australia - 3 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze - 5 total

USA  -       1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze - 5 total

France -     1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze - 4 total

China -      2 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

Korea -      1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

Italy -        0 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 3 total

Day 2 - July 23- late, July 24 & part of July 25

The USA women's water polo team defeated Japan 25-4. Maggie Steffens and Stephanie Haralabidis led USA with 5 goals each and Maddie Musselman and Aria Fischer each had 4 goals.

The USA women's softball team beat Mexico 2-0. Cat Osterman picked up her 2nd win. Monica Abbott picked up the save.

The USA women's soccer team defeated New Zealand 6-1 in Group G.  The USA had 4 offsides calls in the first half. Goals were scored by Rose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan, Christen Press, Alex Morgan and 2 goals were scored by New Zealand (own goal)  by Abby Erceg and CJ Bott. The USA next match is against Australia on July 27.

The USA men's volleyball team beat France in the preliminary round(Pool B) 3-0, 25-18, 25-18, 25-22. 

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Nick Lucena/Phil Dalhausser lost to Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands 0-2, 17-21. 18-21.

In men's gymnastics, the USA finished 4th and did qualify for the team event finals with 256.761 points. Japan was first with 262.251 points. China finished second with 262.061 points and ROC finished 3rd with 261.945 points. Yul Moldauer qualified for the event finals on the Floor Exercise. Brody Malone qualified for the event finals on the Horizontal Bar, Sam Mikulak qualified for the event finals on the Parallel Bars, Alec Yoder qualified for the event finals on the Pommel Horse,  Brody Malone and Sam Mikulak both qualified for the All Around competition.

In women's swimming, Americans Emma Weyant and Haili Flickinger both qualify for the 400IM finals. Also the USA has qualified for the finals of the 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay.  Americans Torri Huske and Claire Curzan both qualified for the semifinals of the 100 Butterfly. 

In men's swimming, Americans Michael Andrew and Andrew Wilson both qualified for the semifinals of the men's 100 breaststroke. Kieran Smith and Jake Mitchell, both of the USA, qualified for the 400 freestyle finals.

The USA beach volleyball team of April Ross/Alix Klineman beat Xue/Wang of China 2-0, 21-17, 21-19.

Chase Kalisz(4 minutes 9.42 seconds) and Jay Litherland (4 minutes 10. 28 seconds), both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the men's 400IM. Brendon Smith of Australia wins bronze with a time of 4 minutes 10.38 seconds.

Torri Huske of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 100 butterfly.

Kieran Smith of the USA wins bronze in the men's 400 freestyle in a time of 3 minutes 43.94 seconds. Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia wins gold in a time of 3 minutes 43.36 seconds. Jack McLoughin of Australia wins silver with a time of 3 minutes 43.52 seconds.

Emma Weyant (4 minutes 32.76 seconds) and Haili Flickinger (4 minutes 34.90 seconds) win silver and bronze respectively. Ohashi Yui of Japan wins gold in 4 minutes 32.08 seconds.

Michael Andrew and Andrew Wilson, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 100 breaststroke.

The USA 4 by 100 freestyle relay team of Erika Brown, Abbey Weitzeil, Natalie Hinds and Simone Manuel win bronze in a time of 3 minutes 32.81 seconds. Australia wins gold and Canada wins silver.

The USA softball team beat Australia 2-1. Monica Abbott got the win. The USA will face Japan next on  Monday, July 26. 

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Medal Count as of July 24 at 11:30 pm eastern time(Includes some events on July 23, 24 and 25)

USA           1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze - 6 total

China         3 gold, 0 silver, 2 bronze - 5 total

Japan          2 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze - 3 total

Australia    1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

ROC          1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

Korea         1 gold, 0 silver, 2 bronze - 3 total

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 7

Nathan Adrian and Anthony Ervin, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 50 freestyle.

Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 800 freestyle. Ledecky set a new Olympic record with a time of 8 minutes 12.86 seconds.

Michael Phelps and Tom Shields, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 100 butterfly.

Missy Frankin and Maya DiRado, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the semifinals of the women's 200 backstroke.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat lost to Birlova/Ukolova of Russia 18-21, 26-24, 13-15.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena beat Nicolai/Lupo in a great match, 21-13, 17-21, 24-22.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the women's all-around gymnastics competition. Aliya Mustafina of Russia wins bronze.
Simone Biles scored 15.866 on the vault, 14.966 on the uneven bars, 15.433 on the balance beam and 15.933 on the floor exercise for a total of 62.198 points.
Aly Raisman scored a 15.633 on the vault, 14.166 on the uneven bars, 14.866 on the balance beam and 15.433 on the floor exercise for a total of 60.098 points.
Aliya Mustafina scored a 15.200 on the vault, 15.666 on the uneven bars, 13.866 on the balance beam and 13.933 on the floor exercise for a total of 58.665 points.

Kayla Harrison of the USA wins gold in women's judo 78kg, beating Audrey Tcheumeo of France 100- 0S2.

Anthony Ervin and Nathan Adrian, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 50 freestyle.

No Americans were in the Finals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

Missy Franklin and Maya DiRado, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 backstroke.

USA swimmer Ryan Murphy wins gold in the men's 200 backstroke in 1 minute 53.62 seconds. Mitch Larkin of Great Britain wins silver in 1 minute 53.96 seconds. Evgeny Rylov of Russia wins bronze in 1 minute 53.97 seconds.

Michael Phelps of the USA wins gold in the men's 200IM in 1 minute 54.66 seconds. Kosuke Hagino of Japan wins silver in 1 minute 56.61 seconds. Shun Wang of China wins bronze in 1 minute 57.05 seconds. American Ryan Lochte finished 5th in 1 minute 57.47 seconds.

Simone Manuel of the USA wins gold in the women's 100 freestyle in 52.70 seconds. Penny Oleksiak of Canada also wins gold in a identical time of 52.70 seconds. Sara Sjostrom of Sweden wins silver in 52.99 seconds.

Michael Phelps and Tom Shields, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 100 butterfly.

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Medal Count after Day 7

USA 16 gold, 12 silver, 10 bronze - 38 total
China 11 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze - 30 total
Japan 7 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze - 22 total
Russia 4 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze - 19 total
Great Britain 4 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze - 16 total