Day 14

The USA women's volleyball team advances to the gold medal match against Brazil by beating Korea 3-0, 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22.

Alysia Montano of the USA advances to the finals of the women's 800M.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team advances to the finals.

The USA women's water polo team wins gold beating Spain 8-5. Spain wins silver and Australia wins bronze.

The USA women's soccer team wins gold by beating Japan 2-1. Carli Lloyd scored both goals for the USA. Canada wins bronze.

Kenya's David Rudisha set a world record in the men's 800M with a time of 1 minute 40.91 seconds while winning gold.

No American medaled in the men's 200M. Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins gold with a time of 19.32 seconds. Yohan Blake of Jamaica wins silver with a time of 19.44 seconds and Warren Weir also of Jamaica wins bronze with a time of 19.84 seconds. Wallace Spearmon of the USA finished 4th with a time of 19.90 seconds.

Christian Taylor and Will Claye, both of the USA, wins gold and silver respectively in the men's triple jump. Fabrizio Donato of Italy wins bronze.

Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee win gold and silver respectively in the Decathlon. Eaton had 8839 points. Hardee had 8671 points. Leonel Suarez of Cuba wins bronze with a total of 8523 points.

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Medal standings after Day 14

USA 39 gold 25 silver 26 bronze - 90 total
China 37 gold 24 silver 19 bronze - 80 total
Russia 12 gold 21 silver 23 bronze - 56 total
Great Britain 25 gold 13 silver 14 bronze - 52 total
Germany 10 gold 16 silver 11 bronze - 37 total

Day 12

Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson and Jeff Porter, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 110 hurdles.

Americans Will Claye and Christian Taylor advance to the finals of the men's triple jump.

In the women's 5000M, Julie Culley and Molly Huddle, both of the USA, advance to the finals.

In the men's 200M, all 3 Americans, Isiah Young, Maurice Mitchell and Wallace Spearmon, JR. advance to the semifinals.

The USA women's basketball team beat Canada 91-48. Diana Taurasi lead team USA with 15 points.

Aly Raisman of the USA wins bronze on the Balance Beam with a score of 15.066. Deng Linlin of China wins gold with a score of 15.600. Sui Lu of China wins silver with a score of 15.500. Gabby Douglas of the USA finished 7th with a score of 13.633.

Aly Raisman of the USA wins gold in the Floor Exercise with a score of 15.600.
Catalina Ponor of Romania wins silver with a score of 15.200. Aliya Mustafina of Russia wins bronze with a score of 14.900. Jordyn Wieber finished 7th with a score of 14.500.

The USA women's water polo team advances to the gold medal game beating Australia in overtime 11-9.

The USA beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh-Jennings advance to the gold medal match by beating Xue/Zhang of China 22-20 and 22-20.

The USA women's volleyball team advances to the semifinals by beating the Dominican Republic 3-0, 25-14,25-21 and 25-22.

Dawn Harper, Kellie Wells and Lolo Jones, all of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100M hurdles.

Nick Symmonds and Duane Solomon, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 800M.

In the women's 200M semifinals, all 3 americans, Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards Ross advance to the finals.

Erik Kynard of the USA wins silver in the men's high jump. Ivan Ukhov of Russia wins gold and three athletes tied for bronze, Essa Mutaz Barshim of Quatar, Derek Drouin of Canada and Robert Grabarz of Great Britain.

Americans Brittney Reese and Janay Deloach advance to the finals of the women's long jump.

Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells of the USA wins silver and bronze respectively in the women's 100M hurdles. Sally Pearson of Australia wins gold. Lolo Jones of the USA finished 4th.

Leo Manzano of the USA wins silver in the men's 1500M. Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria wins gold. Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco wins bronze. Matt Centrowitz of the USA finished 4th.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Jennifer Kessy/April Ross advance to the gold medal match against Americans May-Treanor/Walsh-Jennings by upsetting top seeded Larissa/Juliana of Brazil 15-21, 21-19 and 15-12.

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Medal Count after Day 12

China 34 gold 21 silver 18 bronze - 73 total
USA 30 gold 19 silver 21 bronze - 70 total
Great Britain 22 gold 13 silver 13 bronze - 48 total
Russia 10 gold 18 silver 20 bronze - 48 total
Japan 2 gold 13 silver 14 bronze - 29 total

Day 11

Kellie Wells, Dawn Harper and Lolo Jones, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals in the women's 100M hurdles.

Nick Symmonds and Duane Soloman, both of the USA, advance to the men's 800M.

Shannon Rowbury, Jenny Simpson and Morgan Uceny, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 1500M.

Gabby Douglas of the USA finished 8th(last) in the women's gymnastics uneven bars with a score of 14.900.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Hungary 11-6.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal lose to Plavins/Smedins of Latvia 21-19, 18-21 and 11-15. Gibb/Rosenthal are eliminated.

The USA men's volleyball team beat Tunisia 3-0, 25-15, 25-19 and 25-19. Clay Stanley, Reid Priddy and David Lee sat out.

The USA women's soccer team advanced to the finals beating Canada 4-3 in extra time.
Goals were scored by Megan Rapinoe(2), Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan. Alex Morgan scored in the 123rd minute by heading the ball into the goal. The USA plays Japan for gold on August 9.

Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter and Sanya Richards Ross, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200M.

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

Michael Tinsley of the USA wins silver in the men's 400 hurdles. Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic wins gold. Javier Culson of Puerto Rico wins bronze. Angelo Taylor of the USA finished 5th.

Jenn Suhr of the USA wins gold in the women's pole vault. Silva Yarisley of Cuba wins silver. Elena Isinbaeva of Russia wins bronze.

The USA men's basketball team beat Argentina 126-97. The USA led 60-59 at halftime and outscored Argentina 42-17 in the third quarter. Kevin Durant had 28 points and Lebron James had 18 for the USA. The USA finished pool play 5-0.

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Medal Count after Day 11

China 31 gold 19 silver 14 bronze - 64 total
USA 29 gold 15 silver 19 bronze - 63 total
Russia 7 gold 17 silver 18 bronze - 42 total
Great Britain 18 gold 11 silver 11 bronze - 40 total
Japan 2 gold 12 silver 14 bronze - 28 total

Day 8

In women's swimming, in the 50 freestyle, Jessica Hardy of the USA advanced to the semifinals and finals. She finished 7th in the finals.

In men's swimming, in the 1500 freestyle, Connor Jaeger advanced to the finals. He finished 6th in the finals.

The USA advanced to the finals of the women's 4 by 100 medley relay.

The USA advanced to the finals of the men's 4 by 100 medley relay.

Missy Franklin and Elizabeth Beisel, both of the USA, win gold and bronze respectively in the women's 200 backstroke. Anastasia Zueva of Russia wins silver.

Michael Phelps of the USA wins gold in the men's 100 butterfly. Chad Le Clos of South Africa wins silver and Evgeny Korotyshkin of Russia wins bronze.

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins gold in the women's 800 freestyle. Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain wins silver. Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain wins bronze.

Cullen Jones of the USA wins silver in the men's 50 freestyle. Florent Manaudou of France wins gold. Cesar Cielo of Brazil wins bronze.

The USA women's soccer team advanced to the semifinals by beating New Zealand 2-0. Goals were scored by Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux.

In men's track and field, in the shot put, Americans Christian Cantwell, Reese Hoffa and Ryan Whiting advanced to the finals.

In the men's 400M hurdles, Americans Michael Tinsley, Kerron Clement and Angelo Taylor advanced to the semifinals.

Kibwe Johnson of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's hammer throw.

Francena McCorory, Dee Dee Trotter and Sanya Richards Ross, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 400M.

Evan Jager and Donn Cabral, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's steeplechase.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Jennifer Kessy/April Ross beat Kuhn/Zumkehr of Switzerland 21-15 and 21-19.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser lose to Nicoli/Lupo of Italy 17-21 and 19-21. Rogers/Dalhausser are eliminated.

Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix and Tianna Madison, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 100M.

Leo Manzano, Andrew Wheating and Matt Centrowitz, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 1500M.

Marquise Goodwin and Will Claye, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's long jump.

Reese Hoffa of the USA wins bronze in the men's shot put. Tomasz Majewski of Poland wins gold. David Storl of Germany wins silver.

Hyleas Fountain of the USA was in 5th place after the first day in the women's heptathlon.

The USA women's water polo team beat China 7-6.

The USA women's volleyball team defeated Serbia 3-0, 25-17, 25-20 and 25-16.

The USA women's basketball team beat the Czech Republic 88-61.

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Medal Count after Day 8

USA 21 gold 10 silver 12 bronze - 43 total
China 20 gold 13 silver 9 bronze - 42 total
Russia 3 gold 12 silver 8 bronze - 23 total
Great Britain 8 gold 6 silver 8 bronze - 22 total
Japan 2 gold 8 silver 11 bronze - 21 total

Day 17- Final day

The USA men's basketball team wins gold for the first time since 2000 by beating Spain in a very close game 118-107.

The USA men's volleyball team wins gold by beating Brazil 3-1. Coach Hugh McCutcheon overcomes tragedy to win gold for the USA.

The USA men's water polo team wins silver as they lost to Hungary 14-10.

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Final Medal Count

1. USA 36 gold, 38 silver, 36 bronze 110 total
2. China 51 gold, 21 silver, 28 bronze 100 total
3. Russia 23 gold, 21 silver, 28 bronze 72 total
4. Great Britain 19 gold, 13 silver, 15 bronze 47 total
5. Australia 14 gold, 15 silver, 17 bronze 46 total

Day 15

In late night in dramatic fashion the USA men's volleyball team beat Russia 3-2 to advance to the gold medal match.

Today, the USA men's basketball team beat Argentina 101-81 to advance to the gold medal game vs Spain. The USA got out to a 30-11 lead but Argentina closed it to 49-40 USA at halftime. Manu Ginobili of Argentina was hurt in the first quarter and never returned.

In men's water polo the USA beat Serbia 10-5 to advance to the gold medal game.

In track and field women's 5000m final, Americans' Kara Goucher was 9th, Shalane Flanagan 10th and Jen Rhines 14th.

In the women's long jump, Americans Brittney Reese finished 5th, Grace Upshaw 8th, and Funmilayo Jimoh 12th.

In the decathlon, American Bryan Clay wins gold with 8791 points.

In the men's pole vault, American Derek Miles finished 4th.

In the men's 4 by 400m relay semifinals, Americans David Neville, Regi Witherspoon, Kerron Clement and Angelo Taylor qualified for the finals.

In the women's 4 by 400m relay semifinals, Americans Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Mary Wineberg and Natasha Hastings qualified for the finals.

In the women's 4 by 100m relay, Russia wins gold, Belgium silver and Nigeria bronze.

In the men's 4 by 100m relay, Jamaica wins gold and sets a world record at 37.10 seconds as Michael Frater, Nesta Carter, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell anchored that team.

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Medal count after Day 15

1. USA 31 gold, 36 silver, 35 bronze 102 total
2. China 47 gold 17, silver, 25 bronze 89 total
3. Russia 17 gold, 18 silver, 23 bronze 58 total
4. Great Britain 18 gold, 13 silver, 13 bronze 44 total
5. Australia 12 gold, 14 silver, 16 bronze 42 total

Day 5

In the late night session, I watched the USA men's volleyball beat Italy 3-1.

In the morning, the USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal defeated Brink/Dieckman of Germany 2-0, 21-15 and 21-13.

Also the USA water polo team beat Italy 12-11.

During the evening, I watched women's synchronized 10m platform diving. The USA team of Mary Beth Dunnicky/Haley Ishimatsu finished 5th. China wins gold.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers advanced to the round of 16 with a 21-12, 21-13 win over Baracetti/Conde of Argentina.

In men's swimming, Michael Phelps of the USA wins 2 gold medals in the 200 butterfly and 4 by 200 freestyle relay. Both were world records. He has now won 11 gold medals, more than any Olympic athlete in US history.

Also in swimming American Natalie Coughlin wins bronze in the women's 200IM.

In the women's gymnastics team final, the USA wins silver. China wins gold. Romania wins bronze.

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Medal count after Day 5

1. USA 9 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze 26 total
2. China 14 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze 22 total
3. Korea 5 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze 12 total
4. Australia 4 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze 12 total
5. Italy 4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze 10 total

Day 4

After midnight I saw the USA women's volleyball team consisting of Ogama Nnamani, Danielle Scott-Arruda, Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Lindsey Berg, Stacy Sikora, Nicole Davis, Heather Bown, Jennifer Joines, Kim Glass, Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, Kim Willoughby and Logan Tom lose to Cuba 3-0.

Later on in the day, I watched the USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers beat Heuscher/Heyer of Switzerland 2-0, 21-15 and 21-10.

The USA women's water polo team defeated China 12-11.

In the evening, I watched the USA men's synchronized 10m diving team of Thomas Finchum and David Boudia finish 5th. Chins wins gold, Germany silver and Russia bronze.

American's Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh defeated Fernandez/Larrea of Cuba 2-0, 21-15 and 21-16 in women's beach volleyball.

In men's swimming, American Michael Phelps sets another world record in winning gold in the 200m freestyle while fellow American Peter Vanderkaay wins bronze.

In the women's 100m backstroke, USA swimmer Natalie Coughlin wins gold, Margaret Hoelzer of the USA wins bronze.

In the men's 100 backstroke, USA swimmer Aaron Peirsol wins gold, Matt Grevers of the USA wins silver.

In the men's gymnastics team final the USA wins bronze, while China wins gold and Japan wins silver. The USA had a chance to win silver but faltered slightly on the pommel horse.

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Medal count after Day 4

1. USA 6 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze 20 total
2. China 10 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze 16 total
3. Korea 5 gold, 5 silver 0 bronze 10 total
4. Italy 3 gold, 3 silver 2 bronze 8 total
5. Australia 3 gold, 0 silver 4 bronze 7 total