Day 16

Gwen Jorgensen of the USA wins gold in the women's triathlon in 1 hour 56 minutes and 16 seconds. Nicola Spirig of Switzerland wins silver in 1 hour 56 minutes and 56 seconds. Vicky Holland of Great Britain wins bronze in 1 hour 57 minutes and 1 second.

The USA women's volleyball team wins bronze by beating the Netherlands, 3-1, 25-23, 25-27, 25-22, 25-19. China wins gold by beating Serbia 3-1, 19-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. Serbia wins silver.

The USA women's basketball team beat Spain to win gold 101-72. Spain wins silver. The USA led 49-32 at halftime. The USA was led by Lindsay Whalen and Diana Taurasi who had 17 points each to lead team USA. Serbia beat France 70-63 to win bronze. This is the 6th consecutive women's basketball gold medal for team USA.

J'den Cox of the USA wins bronze in the men's 86kg freestyle wrestling competition. Cox beat Reineris Salas Perez of Cuba 5-0.

USA men's 10M platform diver David Boudia advanced to the finals in 10th place with 458.35 points. Steele Johnson of the USA finished 13th(447.85 points) and did not advance to the finals.
Boudia wins bronze with 525.25 points in the men's 10M Platform diving competition finals. Chen Aisen of China wins gold with 585.30 points. German Sanchez of Mexico wins silver with 532.70 points.

Matthew Centrowitz of the USA wins gold in the men's 1500 in 3 minutes 50 seconds. Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria wins silver in 3 minutes 50.11 seconds. Nicholas Willis of New Zealand wins bronze in 3 minutes 50.24 seconds.

Kate Grace of the USA finished 8th in the women's 800 in 1 minute 59.57 seconds.

Chaunte Lowe, Inika McPherson and Vashti Cunningham, all of the USA, finished 4th, 10th and 13th respectively in the women's high jump.

Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo of the USA wins silver in the men's 5000 in 13 minutes 3.90 seconds.
Mo Farah of Great Britain wins gold in 13 minutes 3.30 seconds. Hagos Gebrhiwet of Eithiopia wins bronze in 13 minutes 4.35 seconds. Bernard Lagat of the USA finished 5th in 13 minutes 6.78 seconds.

The USA women's 4 by 400 relay team of Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Phyllis Francis and Allyson Felix win gold in 3 minutes 19.06 seconds. Jamaica wins silver in 3 minutes 20.34 seconds. Great Britain wins bronze in 3 minutes 25.88 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 400 relay team of Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts and Lashawn Merritt wins gold in 2 minutes 57.30 seconds. Jamaica wins silver in 2 minutes 58.18 seconds. The Bahamas wins bronze in 2 minutes 58.49 seconds.

The USA has won 31 track and field medals at Rio 2016!

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Medal Count after Day 16

USA 43 gold, 37 silver, 36 bronze - 116 total
China 26 gold, 18 silver, 26 bronze - 70 total
Great Britain 27 gold, 22 silver, 17 bronze - 66 total
Russia 17 gold, 17 silver, 19 bronze - 53 total
Germany 17 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze - 41 total
Japan 12 gold, 8 silver, 21 bronze - 41 total

Day 15

David Boudia and Nick McCrory both of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 10M diving competition.

American Jordan Burroughs wins gold in men's freestyle wrestling 163lbs beating Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi of Iran 3-0. Goudarzi wins silver.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Spain 8-7 in the 5-8 classification.

The USA women's 4 by 400M relay team advanced to the finals.

The USA men's 4 by 100M relay team advanced to the finals.

The USA women's 4 by 100M relay team consisting of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter wins gold with a world record time of 40.82 seconds. Jamaica wins silver with a time of 41.41 seconds. Ukraine wins bronze with a time of 42.04 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 400M relay team consisting of Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony Mcquay and Angelo Taylor wins silver with a time of 2 minutes 57.05 seconds. The Bahamas wins gold with a time of 2 minutes 56.72 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago wins bronze with a time of 2 minutes 59.40 seconds.

No American's medaled in the women's 1500M, men's pole vault and women's 5000M.

The USA men's basketball team advanced to the gold medal game against Spain by beating Argentina 109-83. The USA was leading 47-40 at halftime. Kevin Durant led team USA with 19 points and Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony had 18 points each.

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Medal Count after Day 15

USA 41 gold 26 silver 27 bronze - 94 total
China 37 gold 25 silver 19 bronze - 81 total
Russia 15 gold 21 silver 27 bronze - 63 total
Great Britain 25 gold 15 silver 17 bronze - 57 total
Germany 10 gold 18 silver 14 bronze - 42 total