Medal Tally Olympics 2016: Updated Standings, Results After Each Friday Event

Friday at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was jam-packed with medal-round action, and the proceedings did not disappoint.

Swimming took center stage with Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky in the pool, but a couple of upsets in the women's 200-meter backstroke final and men's 50-meter freestyle final added to a slate full of compelling drama.

Elsewhere, Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez were in action in the men's doubles tennis final, while track and field got started with a shocker in women's shot put.

Before breaking down the day's results, here's a look at the updated medal tracker entering Saturday: 

Friday's Medalists 

Medal	Country	Time
Gold	Netherlands	7:04.73
Silver	Canada	7:05.88
Bronze	China	7:06.49

Medal	Country	Time
Gold	France	6:30.70
Silver	Ireland	6:31.23
Bronze	Norway	6:31.39

Medal	Athlete	Country	Score
Gold	Henri Junghaenel	Germany	209.5
Silver	Kim Jong-hyun	South Korea	208.2
Bronze	Kirill Grigoryan	Russia	187.3

Medal	Country	Time
Gold	Great Britain	7:18.29
Silver	New Zealand	7:19.53
Bronze	Denmark	7:20.71

Medal	Athlete	Country	Time
Gold	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	29:17.45
Silver	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	Kenya	29:32.53
Bronze	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	29:42.56

Medal	Country	Time
Gold	Great Britain	5:58.61
Silver	Australia	6:00.44
Bronze	Italy	6:03.85

Medal	Athlete	Country	Time
Gold	Wang Zhen	China	1:19:14
Silver	Cai Zelin	China	1:19:26
Bronze	Dane Bird-Smith	Australia	1:19:37

Medal	Athlete	Country
Gold	Diana Bacosi	Italy
Silver	Chiara Cainero	Italy
Bronze	Kim Rhode	USA

Medal	Athlete	Country	Score (Kilograms)
Gold	Rim Jong Sim	North Korea	274
Silver	Darya Naumava	Belarus	258
Bronze	Lidia Valentin Perez	Spain	257

Medal	Athlete	Country	Score
Gold	Rosie MacLennan	Canada	56.465
Silver	Bryony Page	Great Britain	56.040
Bronze	Li Dan	China	55.885

Medal	Athlete	Country
Gold	Emilie Andeol	France
Silver	Idalys Ortiz	Cuba
Bronze	Kanae Yamabe	Japan

Medal	Athlete	Country	Winning Score
Gold	Ku Bon-chan	South Korea	7-3
Silver	Jean-Charles Valladont	France	----
Bronze	Brady Ellison	USA	6-2

Medal	Athlete	Country
Gold	Teddy Riner	France
Silver	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Japan
Bronze	Rafael Silva	Brazil
Bronze	Or Sasson	Israel

Medal	Country	Time (Seconds)
Gold	China	32.10
Silver	Russia	32.40
Bronze	Germany	32.63

Medal	Country	Time
Gold	Great Britain	3:50.26 (WR)
Silver	Australia	3:51.00
Bronze	Denmark	3:53.78

Medal	Country	Winning Score
Gold	Russia	45-41
Silver	France	----
Bronze	United States	45-31

Medal	Athlete	Country	Score (Kilograms)
Gold	Kianoush Rostami	Iran	396
Silver	Tian Tao	China	395
Bronze	Gabriel Sincraian	Romania	390

Medal	Country	Winning Score
Gold	Spain	6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Silver	Romania	----
Bronze	USA	6-2, 6-4

Medal	Athlete	Country	Distance (Meters)
Gold	Michelle Carter	USA	20.63
Silver	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	20.42
Bronze	Anita Marton	Hungary	19.87

Medal	Athlete	Country	Time
Gold	Maya DiRado	USA	2:05.99
Silver	Katinka Hosszu	Hungary	2:06.05
Bronze	Hilary Caldwell	Canada	2:07.54

Medal	Athlete	Country	Time (Seconds)
Gold	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	50.39
Silver	Michael Phelps	USA	51.14
Silver	Chad le Clos	South Africa	51.14
Silver	Laszlo Cseh	Hungary	51.14

Medal	Athlete	Country	Time
Gold	Katie Ledecky	USA	8:04.79
Silver	Jazmin Carlin	Great Britain	8:16.17
Bronze	Boglarka Kapas	Hungary	8:16.37

Medal	Athlete	Country	Time (Seconds)
Gold	Anthony Ervin	USA	21.40
Silver	Florent Manaudou	France	21.41
Bronze	Nathan Adrian	USA	21.49

Friday Takeaways

There were plenty of big storylines to follow Friday, but Ledecky's romp in the 800-meter freestyle deserves top billing.

While she was heavily favored to take home back-to-back golds in the event after bursting onto the scene in the 800-meter freestyle in London four years ago, Ledecky put forth a performance for the ages, blitzing the competition with a world-record time of eight minutes, 4.79 seconds.

Ledecky beat silver medalist Jazz Carlin of Great Britain by more than 11 seconds, and her margin of victory somehow looked even more impressive on video, as NBC Olympics documented: 

"I just wanted to push myself and see what I could do," Ledecky said, according to Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde. "It was my last Olympic race here in Rio. The Olympics is the pinnacle of our sport and I have to wait four more years to have that moment again, so I wanted the last one to be special."

While the 800-meter freestyle went according to plan, the 100-meter butterfly did not. 

Phelps and South Africa's Chad le Clos were slated to battle for gold in the highly anticipated swim, but Singapore's Joseph Schooling came from out of nowhere to best both superstars and finish with an Olympic record of 50.39 seconds. 

Perhaps more shocking, though, was that Phelps, le Clos and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh finished in a three-way tie for silver at 51.14 seconds. 

Phelps closed out his individual Olympic career with his 27th medal, and he will go for his 28th and gold medal No. 23 when his historic international run comes to a close Saturday evening in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay.

In the women's 200-meter backstroke, American Maya DiRado nabbed her fourth Olympic medal with a late push past Hungary's Katinka Hosszu to pull off the first upset of the evening.

Hosszu was in command throughout the race's first 150 meters, but DiRado put the jets on over the final 50 meters and edged out the Hungarian hero.

However, Hosszu wasn't disappointed with the second-place finish. Rather, she appeared to be elated with having four medals to her name.

"Honestly, I’m super excited," she said, according to the New York Times' Karen Crouse. "This Olympics was a good one for me."

Finally, Anthony Ervin stunned the swimming world when he won a thrilling 50-meter freestyle final to capture gold at 35 years old.

Ervin, who won gold in the 50-meter freestyle and silver in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay 16 years ago in Sydney, Australia, won the splash-and-dash thriller by the slimmest of margins as he edged out France's Florent Manaudou and teammate Nathan Adrian for top honors. 

According to Nick McCarvel of TeamUSA.org, Ervin became the oldest swimmer in Olympic history to take home a gold medal in an individual event.

Beyond the pool, Michelle Carter made some noise on the first day of track and field competition in Rio. 

New Zealand's Valerie Adams was in the driver's seat entering the women's shot-put final after winning gold in the event in 2008 and 2012, but Carter flipped the script when she came through with a final throw that spanned 20.63 meters, as NBC Olympics showed: 

"It's not over 'til it's over," Carter said of her final throw, according to the Associated Press' Pat Graham. "I knew it was a good throw, but I didn't know how far it could be."

According to ESPN Stats & Info, Carter became the second American ever to medal in the event along with Earlene Brown, who captured bronze in 1960.

After Carter put the bow on a prolific Friday for the United States, it will be Phelps' time to bask in the spotlight once again Saturday. 

Beyond the 31-year-old's quest for one final gold medal, plenty of eyes will be on the women's 100-meter dash final and women's 4x100-meter medley relay as the weekend's events get underway.