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A] Athletes from 59 nations earned gold medals at these games, also breaking the record for the most nations winning gold at a single games. [12] Bahrain , [ 13 ] [ B ] Fiji , [ 16 ] Ivory Coast , [ 17 ] Jordan , [ 18 ] Kosovo , [ 19 ] Puerto Rico , [ 20 ] Singapore , [ 21 ] Tajikistan , [ 22 ] and Vietnam won their first Olympic gold medals ...
Since the Olympic men's football was restricted to an under-23 tournament in 1992, Brazil had played in only one gold medal match, losing to Mexico in 2012. Germany, as a unified team or country, played in their first ever Olympic gold medal match. However, the former East Germany senior team won in 1976, before losing to Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Gold Silver Bronze 50 m freestyle details: Pernille Blume Denmark: 24.07 NR: Simone Manuel United States: 24.09 Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus: 24.11 NR: 100 m freestyle details: Simone Manuel United States Penny Oleksiak Canada: 52.70 OR, AR 52.70 OR, WJR, AR: Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. Sarah Sjöström Sweden: 52.90 200 m ...
This year at the 2016 Rio Olympics,we witnessed a first that was very special: The United States brought the most female athletes to the Games in Olympic history -- 292 to be exact.
When it comes to the Olympic medal count, the U.S. is well ahead of any other country -- but one U.S. state stands out as the home of champions.
Brazil captured their first gold medal after defeating Germany on penalties. [4] Nigeria won the bronze medal by beating Honduras 3–2. [ 5 ] With the victory, Brazil became the second country after France to win all five FIFA 11-a-side men's titles ( FIFA World Cup , FIFA Confederations Cup , FIFA U-20 World Cup , FIFA U-17 World Cup , and ...
Vincent Hancock of the United States beat his student Conner Prince to capture his fourth Olympic gold medal in men's skeet, winning Saturday at the Paris Games. Hancock coaches Prince, a first ...
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), [C] officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.