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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 ...
Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres details: Usain Bolt Jamaica: 9.81 Justin Gatlin United States: 9.89 Andre De Grasse Canada: 9.91 200 metres details: Usain Bolt Jamaica: 19.78 Andre De Grasse Canada: 20.02 Christophe Lemaitre France: 20.12 400 metres details: Wayde van Niekerk South Africa: 43.03 WR: Kirani James Grenada: 43.76 LaShawn Merritt ...
The United States topped the medal table, winning the most gold medals (46) and the highest number of medals overall (121); the U.S. team also won its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold medal. Great Britain finished second and became the first country to increase its tally of medals in the Summer Olympiad immediately after being the host nation. [7]
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.
Where two or more athletes have exactly the same number of gold, silver and bronze medals, the ranking is shown as a tie and the athletes are shown in order by career years and name. This list includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, even though these Games pre-dated the awarding of medals for top-three placings.
May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings, as noted above, won beach volleyball gold medals in 2004, 2008 and 2012. The other is Karch Kiraly, who won gold with the United States men's indoor team in 1984 and 1988 and in beach volleyball in 1996. Kiraly is the only player of either gender to win medals in both indoor and beach volleyball. [15]
The morning final for the third day was the women's marathon, which saw Jemima Sumgong win Kenya's first Olympic gold medal for that event. The race was unusual in that two sets of twins crossed the line together: North Korea's Kim Hye-song and Kim Hye-gyong took tenth and eleventh while Germans Anna and Lisa Hahner were 81st and 82nd.
Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez of Spain won the Olympic men's doubles tennis title on Friday to secure their country's third gold medal of the Rio Games.