Olympic 2016 Medal Count: Updated Tally, List of Winners After Monday's Results
Niccolo Campriani became the first athlete to win a gold medal during Monday's 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games action, winning the men's 10-metre air rifle competition ahead of Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine and Russia's Vladimir Maslennikov.
Campriani and Kulish went toe-to-toe until the final shot, with the latter failing to find the centre of the target and settling for a score of 204.6. In the trap shooting competition, Croatia's Josip Glasnovic beat Italy's Giovanni Pellielo in sudden death, with Great Britain's Ed Ling grabbing bronze.
China predictably took home the gold in the men's synchronised 10-metres platform diving competition, beating the USA and Great Britain. In the women's 58kg weightlifting event, Sukanya Srisurat broke the Olympic record to win the gold.
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Rafaela Silva finally gave hosts Brazil its first gold medal, winning the women -57kg judo competition, and Japan's Shohei Ono won the men's -73kg title. In fencing, Yana Egorian beat Sofya Velikaya in an all-Russian final in the women's individual sabre event.
World champions Japan took the gold in the gymnastics men's team final, beating out Russia and old rivals China.
More medals will be up for grabs on Monday, with finals scheduled in the weightlifting and rugby sevens competitions, among others.
Here's a look at the updated medal tracker:
List of Winners
Shooting
| Niccolo Campriani (ITA) | Serhiy Kulish (UKR) | Vladimir Maslennikov (RUS) |
| Josip Glasnovic (CRO) | Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) | Ed Ling (GB) |
Campriani, the runner-up in the air rifle competition in London four years ago, finally got over the hump on Monday, winning the event with a final score of 206.1. Per Sportstar, the 28-year-old set a new Olympic record with his final score.
It's the Italian's second gold medal in an Olympic event, after winning the 50-metre rifle three positions competition four years ago, and his third medal in total. Romania's Alin Moldoveanu, the gold medalist in the 10-metre air rifle four years ago, failed to qualify for the final.
Glasnovic and Pellielo put together quite the show in the gold-medal match of the trap shooting competition, taking their contest into sudden death. The Italian missed with his fourth shot, and Glasnovic kept his composure, winning his first gold medal.
Diving
| China (Aisen Cheng & Yue Lin) | USA (David Boudia & Steele Johnson) | Great Britain (Thomas Daley & Daniel Goodfellow) |
China's Aisen Chen and Yue Lin obliterated the competition in the men's synchronised 10-metres platform competition, delivering the nation its fourth consecutive gold medal in the event.
The duo finished with a score of 496.98, nearly 40 points ahead of the USA's David Boudia and Steele Johnson. Great Britain's Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow beat Germany to the bronze with their final dive, to the delight of TV personality Helen Skelton-Myler:
Mexico and Germany disappointed, as both nations were expected to medal behind the dominant Chinese duo.
Weightlifting
| Sukanya Srisurat (THA) | Pimsiri Sirikaew (THA) | Kuo Hsin-Chung (TPE) |
Thailand enjoyed a spectacular day in the women's 58kg event, as Srisurat set a new Olympic record to win the gold, lifting 110 kilograms in the snatch and finishing with a total of 240, ahead of compatriot Pimsiri Sirikaew, who took silver with a total of 232.
Kuo Hsing-Chun of Chinese Taipei won the bronze, but all eyes were on the two favourites from Thailand. Srisurat set the mark with her record-breaking lift before pushing her score up with a clean lift of 130kg, but she couldn't lift 132kg, opening the door for Sirikaew.
A win seemed unlikely for the 2012 silver medalist, however, as she also took out 130kg but couldn't improve on her score.
Judo
| Rafaela Silva (BRA) | Sumiya Dorjsuren (MGL) | Kaori Matsumoto (JPN) | Telma Monteiro (POR) |
| Shohei Ono (JPN) | Rustam Orujov (AZE) | Dirk van Tichelt (BEL) | Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO) |
Silva won Brazil's first gold medal of the 2016 Olympics by beating Mongolia's Sumiya Dorjsuren, but the win didn't come without some major controversy.
She won the match by waza-ari, but during the throw, she clearly used her hand to block the leg of her opponent. As shared by the International Judo Federation's official Twitter account, a French judoka had been disqualified for the same offence earlier this tournament:
In the men's -73kg final, Ono defeated Azerbaijan's Rustam Orujov to add yet another gold medal to Japan's impressive collection in the sport. It's only Japan's first of this year's Games, but more are sure to follow.
Fencing
| Yana Egorian (RUS) | Sofya Velikaya (RUS) | Olga Kharlan (UKR) |
Egorian and Velikaya put up a show in the final of the women's individual sabre competition, with the former coming back from a 14-13 deficit to take the gold.
The 22-year-old, who played a key role in Russia's team victory during last year's World Championships, was never overwhelmed by going up against her veteran compatriot. Velikaya is a five-time world champion who took the silver medal in London four years ago, but for all of her accomplishments, Olympic gold still eludes her.
She'll have a great chance to change that in the team competition, however, judging by the great form both she and Egorian are in.
Gymnastics
| Japan | Russia | China |
Favourites Japan completed a late turnaround to grab the gold medal in the men's team event, saving their favoured floor routines for the end. Their final score of 274.094 just about edged out Russia, who led for much of the night, and China, who seemed thoroughly disappointed with the bronze.
They weren't nearly as disappointed as the Americans, however, who never really bounced back from a nightmare start. The team was even losing to Ukraine at one point―the same Ukrainian group that conceded on three different occasions.
Rugby Sevens
| Australia | New Zealand | Canada |
Australia won the first-ever gold medal in women's rugby sevens after beating New Zealand 24-17 in Monday's final.
In the bronze medal game, Canada toppled Great Britain 33-10. Canadian captain Jen Kish was more than happy to settle for third place after falling to Australia earlier in the day, per CBC Sports' Benjamin Blum: "I feel like a superhero. I know 11 of my other teammates feel that way too. What a freaking historic moment for us. Now I know what our Canadian women's soccer team felt like when they got bronze. It's just an ultimate superhero feeling. It's great."
Swimming
| Yang Sun (CHN) | Chad le Clos (RSA) | Conor Dwyer (USA) |
| Katinka Hosszu (HUN) | Kathleen Baker (USA) | Kylie Masse (CAN) | Fu Yuanhui (CHN) |
| Ryan Murphy (USA) | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | David Plummer (USA) |
| Lilly King (USA) | Yulia Efimova (RUS) | Katie Meili (USA) |
Sports are nothing without drama, and Lilly King provided it in spades when she laid down the gauntlet to one of her rivals, Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova, before Monday's race.
During Sunday's semifinals, television cameras caught King wagging her finger at a picture of Efimova on a TV backstage. When asked about the moment, King didn't back down.
"You're shaking your finger No. 1, and you've been caught for drug cheating. I'm just not a fan," she said of her opponent, per CBS News.
The 19-year-old talked the talk and then walked the walk Monday night, defeating Efimova in the women's 100-meter breaststroke. King set an Olympic record with a final time of 1:04.93. Efimova came in second place with a time of 1:05.50.
In the women's 100-meter backstroke, Katinka Hosszu added her second gold of the 2016 Games. She narrowly edged out American Kathleen Baker by 0.30 seconds. The 27-year-old Hungarian had previously reigned supreme in the women's 400-meter individual medley.
Rounding out the medal winners, American Ryan Murphy set an Olympic record en route to gold in the men's 100-meter backstroke final, and China's Sun Yang came out on top in the men's 200-meter freestyle final.
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