Olympic 2016 Medal Count: Updated Tally, List of Winners After Sunday's Results
Shooting and archery were among the eight medal events on Sunday at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Fencing, judo, cycling, diving, swimming and weightlifting all reached that crucial stage as well.
The Republic of Korea stayed unbeaten at the Olympics after making it eight gold medals in a row in the women's archery event. Meanwhile, the judo saw a first-ever gold medal for Kosovo in the women's section, while an unseeded judoka took gold in the men's event.
In fencing, American Alexander Massialas marked a first for his nation by claiming silver.
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China's Zhang Mengxue took gold in the women's 10-meter air pistol final. She managed to hold off a challenge from 19-year-old Russian Vitalina Batsarashkina and Anna Korakaki of Greece.
Australian Catherine Skinner won gold in the women's trap event later, finishing ahead of Natalie Rooney and Corey Cogdell.
Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen won a dramatic women's road race in the cycling. However, her victory was overshadowed by a serious crash suffered by fellow Dutch competitorย Annemiek van Vleutenย approaching the descent.
Here's the full medal count so far:
| Medal | Country |
| Gold | Republic of Korea |
| Silver | Russia |
| Bronze | Chinese Taipei |
The Korean women's team celebrated a hugely impressive eighth-straight gold success after beating world champion Russia 5-1 in the final. World Archery showed the victorious team celebrating:
The same source also detailed Korea's incredible run of success in this event:
There was also a medal for Chinese Taipei after victory over Italy. The Italians never recovered from losing the semifinal to Russia even though they eliminated 2012 silver medallists China in the previous round.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
| Gold | Fabio Basile | Italy |
| Silver | AN Baul | Republic of Korea |
| Bronze (A) | Rishod Sobirov | Uzbekistan |
| Bronze (B) | Masashi Ebinuma | Japan |
| Place | Athlete | Country |
| Gold | Majlinda Kelmendi | Kosovo |
| Silver | Odette Giuffrida | Italy |
| Bronze (A) | Misato Nakamura | Japan |
| Bronze (B) | Natalia Kuziutina | Russia |
Majlinda Kelmendi made history when she scored a Yuko in regular time to beat Italy's Odette Giuffreda. NBC Olympics confirmed her remarkable achievement:
But Kelmendi's heroics were matched by those of Fabio Basile in the men's event. An unseeded competitior entering the games, Basile not only made it all the way to the final, but he stunned AN Baul when he notched an ippon to take gold.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
| Gold | Daniele Garozzo | Italy |
| Silver | Alexander Massialas | USA |
| Bronze | Timur Safin | Russia |
History was also made in the men's fencing event when American Massialas took silver in the individual foil. It marked a first for his country in this sport, according to NBC Olympics:
As well as he performed, though, Massialas couldn't quite complete the job against Italy's Daniele Garozzo. The Italian was 15-11 ahead after the second period and showed his defensive skills in a final period that ended with no actions, per the competition's official site.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
| Gold | Shu-Ching Hsu | Chinese Taipei |
| Silver | Hidilyn Diaz | Philippines |
| Bronze | Jin Hee Yoon | Republic of Korea |
Hidilyn Diaz ended a 20-year wait for a medal for the Philippines when she finished second in the women's 53 kilogram weightlifting. It's the nation's first honour in two decades, according to Paolo Del Rosario of CNN Philippines.
| Place | Athletes | Country |
| Gold | Minxia Wu, Tingmao Shi | China |
| Silver | Tania Cagnotto, Francesa Dallape | Italy |
| Bronze | Maddison Keeney, Anabelle Smith | Australia |
China also earned a share of history when Wu Minxia and Shi Tingmao won the women's three meter synchronised diving event. Wu is now the most decorated diver in her nation's history, per Nate Stuhlbarg of NBC Olympics: "The victory for China nets Wu a haul of Olympic records, including the most diving gold medals by an individual in Olympic history."
| Medal | Rider | Country | Time |
| Gold | Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | 3:51:27 |
| Silver | Emma Johansson | Sweden | 3:51:27 |
| Bronze | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | 3:51:27 |
There were contrasting fortunes for Team GB riders Lizzie Armitstead and Emma Pooley early on in the women's road race event. British Cycling detailed their different circumstances during the race's early stage:
Meanwhile, The Puncheur questioned Pooley's strategy, particularly at the expense of her more illustrious team-mate:
But Sarah Connolly of Prowomenscycling.com felt Poole couldn't have been focused on Armitstead's race and was instead merely following her usual formula for success:
Once things settled, though, Lotte Kopecky forged a lead at the head of the peloton. The Belgian opened up a gap as UCIWomenCycling showed:
Kopecky maintained the initiative for a long time, before being caught. Still, British Cycling applauded the Belgian's impressive ride up to that point:
The peloton became scattered over the climbs. Comments from the Laughing Group described the state of things in the peloton at this late stage:
It was Italy's Elena Cecchini who pushed for the lead as the final circuit approached.
Meanwhile, VeloViewer showed the ominous climb awaiting the riders late on:
But there was a major scare when Van Vleutenย experienced a terrible crash on the descent.
At the time, American Mara Abbott had been working to establish a lead. But she couldn't hold the lead over the final kilometre. So Van der Breggen claimed the gold after her late surge, with Sweden's Emma Johansson and Italian Elisa Longo Borghini forcing a gassed Abbott out of the medal picture.
| Medal | Athlete | Country | Score |
| Gold | Catherine Skinner | Australia | 12 |
| Silver | Natalie Rooney | New Zealand | 11 |
| Bronze | Corey Cogdell | USA | 13+1 |
Skinner took gold in the women's trap event to round out the day's shooting, but only after narrowly beating fellow Australian Rooney in the final.
Skinner won 12-11 after making hits on seven shots in a row. She also finished with a hat-trick of hits to stay just in front.
The previous match was more dramatic as American Cogdell contested the bronze medal against Spain's Fatimaย Galvez. A shoot off was needed to eventually separate the pair, with Cogdell taking the medal with a 13+1 score.
| Medal | Athlete | Country | Score |
| Gold | Zhang Mengxue | China | 199.4 |
| Silver | Vitalina Batsarashkina | Russia | 197.1 |
| Bronze | Anna Korakaki | Greece | 177.7 |
Zhang was in imperious form during a shooting event made more difficult by strong winds. In fact, she set an Olympic final record, as noted on the official Rio 2016 website.
The ISSF confirmed China's first gold in the event:
A tense final round of shooting saw Zhang shoot a 9.5, ahead of Batsarashkina's 9.7 score. It proved enough to secure gold and keep Russia's young contender on pace for the silver with a final score of 197.1 in her favour.
Korakaki suffered after faltering in the previous round after a 10.5 shoot dropped her from second into third. Her overall score of 177.7 was still enough for the Greek athlete to take bronze, though, after many of the prime contenders failed to make it through qualifying.
| Medal | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Gold | Sarah Sjostrom | Sweden | 55.48 |
| Silver | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | 56.46 |
| Bronze | Dana Vollmer | United States | 56.63 |
With four medal events in the pool Sunday, Sarah Sjostrom set the tone in the women's 100-meter butterfly. She finished nearly a second ahead of second-place finisher Penny Oleksiak, setting a world record in the process.
Sjostrom had set the previous mark at the 2015 World Aquatic Championships and then outdid herself in Rio, posting a time of 55.84 seconds.
| Medal | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Gold | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.13 |
| Silver | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa | 59.69 |
| Bronze | Cody Miller | United States | 58.87 |
Adam Peaty continued the trend in the men's 100-meter breaststroke. Having already set a world record during his qualifying heat, Peaty broke the mark once again, finishing in 57.13 seconds.
Cody Miller won bronze and made history of his own. His final time of 58.87 seconds was the fastest ever for an American swimmer in the event.
| Medal | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Gold | Katie Ledecky | United States | 3:56.46 |
| Silver | Jazmin Carlin | Great Britain | 4:01.23 |
| Bronze | Leah Smith | United States | 4:01.92 |
Katie Ledecky was in a class of her own Sunday in the women's women's 400-meter freestyle. Her final time of 3:56.46 was nearly five seconds faster than Jazmin Carlin, who wound up in second place. Paul Carr of ESPN Stats & Information put her margin of victory in perspective:
Ledecky was in the process of celebrating her gold medal in the water while some of the swimmers were still finishing up. Many expected the 19-year-old to bring home top honors in the event, but few envisioned just how dominant she'd be.
| Medal | Team | Time |
| Gold | United States | 3:09.92 |
| Silver | France | 3:10.53 |
| Bronze | Australia | 3:11.37 |
Speaking of dominance, the most decorated Olympic athlete ever added another gold medal to his historic haul. Michael Phelps was a part of the first-place United States team in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay.
Phelps now has 19 overall medals, eight of which have come from relay events. According to ESPN Stats & Info, that ties him with Jenny Thompson for the most all time.
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