Day 15

The USA men's volleyball team lost in the semifinals to Italy 3-2, 28-30, 28-26, 25-9, 22-25, 9-15. The USA will play for a bronze medal against Russia.

The USA women's water polo team beat Italy 12-5 to win gold. Italy wins silver. Russia beat Hungary 19-18 for bronze. The USA is the first water polo team to win 2 consecutive gold medals in the Olympics.

The USA men's basketball team beat Spain 82-76 in the semifinals to move on to the gold medal game vs Serbia. The USA led 45-39 at halftime. The USA was led by Klay Thompson with 22 points. Kevin Durant added 14 points for the USA.

David Boudia of the USA advances to the semifinals of the men's 10M platform diving competition with 496.55 points.

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

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

Shelby Houlihan of the USA finished 11th in the women's 5000 in 15 minutes 8.89 seconds. Abbey D Agostino of the USA was allowed to advance to this final but did not compete due to injury.

Sandi Morris of the USA wins silver in the women's pole vault. Ekaterini Stefanidi of Greece wins gold. Eliza McCartney of New Zealand wins bronze. Jenn Suhr of the USA finished 7th.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team of Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner and Tori Bowie win gold in 41.01 seconds. Jamaica wins silver in 41.36 seconds. Great Britain wins bronze in 41.77 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 100 relay team of Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Trayvon Brommell finished 3rd in 37.62 seconds but then was later disqualified for passing outside of the lane. Jamaica wins gold in 37.27 seconds. Japan wins silver in 37.60 seconds. Canada wins bronze in 37.64 seconds.

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Medal Count after Day 15

USA 38 gold, 35 silver, 32 bronze - 105 total
China 22 gold, 18 silver, 25 bronze - 65 total
Great Britain 24 gold, 22 silver, 14 bronze - 60 total
Russia 13 gold, 16 silver, 19 bronze - 48 total
Japan 12 gold, 8 silver, 21 bronze - 41 total

Day 13

Bernard Lagat and Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 5000. Hassan Mead of the USA did not advance to the final.

Ajee Wilson and Kate Grace, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 800. Chrishuna Williams of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Evan Jager of the USA wins silver in the men's 3000 steeplechase in 8 minutes 4.28 seconds. Conseslus Kipruto wins gold in 8 minutes 3.28 seconds. Mahiedine Mekhissi of France wins bronze in 8 minutes 11.52 seconds.

The USA men's volleyball team beat Poland 3-0, 25-23, 25-23, 25-20, to move on to the semifinals.

Jessica Parratto 3rd (346.80)and Katrina Young 12th (313.85), both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 10M platform diving competition.

The USA men's basketball team beat Argentina after a slow start 105-78. The USA led Argentina 56-40 at halftime after trailing early in the first quarter 19-9. Kevin Durant led team USA with 27 points while Paul George had 17. The USA advances to the semifinals.

Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin, all of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 100 hurdles.

Lashawn Merritt of the USA advances to the men's 200 finals. Justin Gatlin and Ameer Webb, both of the USA, do not advance to the finals.

Tianna Bartoletta (23 ft 61/4 in) of the USA wins gold in the women's long jump. Brittney Reese(23 ft 5 1/2 in) of the USA wins silver. Ivana Spanovic(23 ft 2 3/4 in) of Serbia wins bronze.

Ashton Eaton of the USA leads the decathlon after 5 events with 4621 points.

Tori Bowie of the USA wins bronze in the women's 200 in 22.15 seconds. Elaine Thompson of Jamaica wins gold in 21.78 seconds. Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands wins silver in 21.88 seconds.

The USA sweeps the medals in the women's 100 hurdles. Brianna Rollins wins gold in 12.48 seconds. Nia Ali wins silver in 12.59 seconds. Kristi Castlin wins bronze in 12.61 seconds.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross win bronze by beating Larissa/Talita of Brazil 17-21, 21-17, 15-9. Ludwig/Walkenhorst of Germany wins gold by beating Agatha/Barbara of Brazil 21-18, 21-14. Brazil wins silver.

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Medal Count after Day 13

USA 30 gold, 32 silver, 31 bronze - 93 total
China 19 gold, 15 silver, 20 bronze - 54 total
Great Britain 19 gold, 19 silver, 12 bronze - 50 total
Russia 12 gold, 14 silver, 15 bronze - 41 total
Japan 10 gold, 5 silver, 18 bronze - 33 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