Olympic 2016 Results: Full Analysis of Monday's Games and Medal Tally

It took three days, but host nation Brazil got in on the gold-medal action on Monday. 

Rafaela Silva got to celebrate a gold-medal victory in Judo competing in the women's 57-kilogram division. She defeated Mongolia's Sumiya Dorjsuren in the final match thanks to an early waza-ari. 

NBC Olympics captured the emotional moment:

Silva's victory encapsulated what makes the Olympics great. She capped off an amazing journey that started with her growing up in a favela not far from Rio and is now highlighted by her capturing the country's first gold medal in these Games. 

Silva's moment was far from the only memorable one from Monday, though. Here's a look at the rest of the medal winners from the day: 

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Team Final	Japan	Russia	China
Diving: Men's Synchronized 10m Platform	Aisen Chen and Yue Lin, China	David Boudia and Steele Johnson, USA	Thomas Daley and Daniel Goodfellow, Great Britain
Fencing:Women's Sabre Individual	Yana Egorian, Russia	Sofya Velikaya, Russia	Olga Kharlan, Ukraine
Judo: Women's 57kg	Rafaela Silva, Brazil	Sumiya Dorjsuren, Mongolia	Telma Monteiro, Portugal; Kaori Matsumoto, Japan
Judo: Men's 73kg	Shohei Ono, Japan	Rustam Orujov, Azerbaijan	Lasha Shavdatuashvili, Georgia; Dirk Van Tichelt, Germany
Rugby Sevens: Women's	Australia	New Zealand	Canada
Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle	Niccolo Campriani, Italy	Serhiy Kulish, Ukraine	Vladimir Maslennikov, Russia
Shooting: Men's Trap	Josip Glasnovic, Croatia	Giovanni Pellielo, Italy	Edward Ling, Great Britain
Swimming: Men's 200m Freestyle	Yang Sun, China	Chad Guy Bertrand Le Clos, South Africa	Conor Dwyer, USA
Swimming: Women's 100m Backstroke	Katinka Hosszu, Hungary	Kathleen Baker, USA	Kylie Masse, Canada
Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke	Ryan Murphy, USA	Jiayu Xu, China	David Plummer, USA
Swimming: Women's 100m Breaststroke	Lillia King, USA	Yulia Efimova, Russia	Catherine Meili, USA
Weightlifting: Women's 58kg Group A	Sukanya Srisurat, Thailand	Pimsiri Sirikaew, Thailand	Hsing-Chun Kuo, Taiwan
Weightlifting: Men's 62kg Group A	Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera, Colombia	Eko Yuli Irawan, Indonesia	Farkhad Kharki, Kazakhstan

The day proved to be another good one for the United States. Team USA ultimately widened its lead in the overall medal count while tying China in the gold-medal count thanks to a strong finish in the swimming events (more on that later). 

Here's an updated look at the total medal tally:

 Monday's action was highlighted by some history as well. Australia became the first nation to win a gold medal in rugby sevens. The women's team topped New Zealand 24-17 in the gold-medal match, with Canada earning a bronze by virtue of a 33-10 win over Great Britain in the bronze-medal game. 

The official World Rugby Sevens Twitter account named an all-Olympic dream team, and it was unsurprisingly dominated by Australians:

Medals won't be handed out in basketball for another 12 days, but the United States men's team was in action against Venezuala. Led by Paul George with 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting, Team USA cruised to a 113-69 win in group play. 

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Russia saw a boost in its medal count come from fencing. The country was represented by both finalists in the women's sabre final. Eventual gold medalist 22-year-old Yana Egorian sprung the upset against her teammate and No. 1-ranked fencer in the world Sofya Velikaya. 

Monday evening, the focus shifted to the pool where the United States continued to have success in getting to the medal stand. 

Ryan Murphy earned his first Olympic gold medal in impressive fashion in the men's 100-meter backstroke. He set the Olympic record in the finals with a time of 51.97 seconds. 

NBC Olympics provided some awesome context for Murphy's drive to become an Olympian:

David Plummer of Team USA also found the medal stand as he finished third behind Jiayu Xu of China in the event. 

The Americans weren't done setting Olympic records, though. Lillia King stole the show with an incredible race in the women's 100-meter breaststroke. The 19-year-old has made headlines in the lead-up to the race for her strong stance on doping in the sport and backed up her talk with a gold-medal time of 1:04.93. 

After the race, King still had words aimed at those who don't compete clean, per Justin Lear of CNN:

A little bit lost in King's memorable performance was Katie Meilli's bronze-medal performance. As Paul Carr of ESPN Stats & Info noted, it marks a new standard of excellence for the country in the event:

It was yet another night capitalized by American success in the pool that should help in the pursuit of the overall medal lead in these Games.