Medal Tally Olympics 2016: Updated Standings, Results After Each Saturday Event
The first day of competition following Friday's opening ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro wasn't short of hardware.
In total, 12 events handed out medals as the race for global athletic supremacy got underway Saturday.
After all of Saturday's action, here's what the medal count and standings look like:
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Here is how the top three (sometimes four) finishers lined up on the podiums as well:
| Medal | Cyclist | Country | Time |
| Gold | Greg Van Avermaet | Belgium | 6:10.05 |
| Silver | Jakob Fuglsang | Denmark | 6:10.05 |
| Bronze | Rafal Majka | Poland | 6:10.10 |
| Medal | Athlete | Country | Score |
| Gold | Virginia Thrasher | United States | 208.0 (OR) |
| Silver | Du Li | China | 207.0 |
| Bronze | Yi Siling | China | 185.4 |
| Medal | Country | ||
| Gold | South Korea | ||
| Silver | United States | ||
| Bronze | Australia | ||
| Medal | Fencer | Country | |
| Gold | Emese Szasz | Hungary | |
| Silver | Rossella Fiamingo | Italy | |
| Bronze | Yiwen Sun | China | |
| Medal | Fighter | Country | |
| Gold | Paula Pareto | Argentina | |
| Silver | Bokyeong Jeong | South Korea | |
| Bronze | Ami Kondo | Japan | |
| Bronze | Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh | Kazakhstan | |
| Medal | Fighter | Country | |
| Gold | Beslan Mudranov | Russia | |
| Silver | Yeldos Smetov | Kazakhstan | |
| Bronze | Diyorbek Urozboev | Uzbekistan | |
| Bronze | Orkhan Safarov | Azerbaijan | |
| Medal | Athlete | Country | Score |
| Gold | Xuan Vinh Hoang | Vietnam | 202.5 (OR) |
| Silver | Felipe Almeida Wu | Brazil | 202.1 |
| Bronze | Wei Pang | China | 180.4 |
| Medal | Swimmer | Country | Time |
| Gold | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 4:06.05 |
| Silver | Chase Kalisz | United States | 4:06.75 |
| Bronze | Daiya Seto | Japan | 4:09.71 |
| Medal | Swimmer | Country | Time |
| Gold | Mack Horton | Australia | 3:41.55 |
| Silver | Yang Sun | China | 3:41.68 |
| Bronze | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 3:43.49 |
| Medal | Swimmer | Country | Time |
| Gold | Katinka Hosszu | Hungary | 4:26.36 (WR) |
| Silver | Maya DiRado | United States | 4:31.15 |
| Bronze | Mireia Belmonte Garcia | Spain | 4:32.39 |
| Medal | Team | Time | |
| Gold | Australia | 3:30.65 (WR) | |
| Silver | United States | 3:31.89 | |
| Bronze | Canada | 3:32.89 | |
| Medal | Lifter | Country | Score |
| Gold | Sopita Tanasan | Thailand | 200 |
| Silver | Sri Wahyuni Agustiani | Indonesia | 192 |
| Bronze | Hiromi Miyake | Japan | 188 |
Highlights
The United States is tied with Japan and China for first place on the medal list with five overall. But it was denied gold and had to settle for silver on four separate occasions Saturday.
Things started out on the right foot when Virginia Thrasher collected gold in the women's 10-meter air rifle, posting an Olympic record of 208 points.
She needed every one of those points as she edged silver medalist Du Li of China by just a single point.
Not only was it the United States' first gold medal of the Olympics, but it was also the first gold medal handed out in Rio.
However, the Americans were drubbed in the men's team archery gold-medal match, with South Korea winning 6-0. While it settled for silver, the U.S. watched as Kim Woo-jin finished off a world-record showing. Over the competition, he put up a score of 700 points with 72 arrows, per BBC.com.
World records preventing the United States from seizing gold became a familiar theme in the swimming pool, too. In two women's swimming events, United Sates swimmers finished second to record-breaking performances.
First, it was Maya DiRado in the women's 400-meter individual medley, as she and the field could only watch as Hungary's Katinka Hosszu posted a time of four minutes, 26.36 seconds.
NBC Olympics showed the end of her race:
NBC's Nick Zaccardi broke down Hosszu's dominant showing:
Just minutes later, the American women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team fell victim to a powerful Australian unit, which set a new world record with a time of 3:30.65.
Anchor Katie Ledecky managed to close the United States' deficit to just 1.24 seconds by the race's end, but it wasn't enough to overcome Australia's record-breaking performance.
Ledecky will compete in three more events as she looks to up the United States' medal count and stake her claim as to why she's one of the best swimmers on the planet.
Stats courtesy of NBC Olympics.
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