Olympic 2016 Medal Count: Updates on Tuesday's Medal Standings for Each Nation
Track and field continues to be at the top of the marquee at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with the men's 110-meter hurdles and women's 1,500 meters getting top billing Tuesday.
The prime-time running events will be preceded by the men's high jump and a series of other medal events as the final week in Brazil kicks into high gear. Canoeing, track and field, table tennis, boxing, sailing, synchronized swimming, gymnastics, wrestling, weightlifting, cycling and badminton each offered the world's best a chance at a medal.
In addition to elimination play getting underway in basketball and continuing in a number of other team sports, Tuesday was one of the busiest days so far. Here is a look at how the medal count looks following all the action and updates for the medal events.
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Canoe Sprint: Men's Single 1,000M
| Gold | Sebastian Brendel (Germany) | 3:56.92 |
| Silver | Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos (Brazil) | 3:58.52 |
| Bronze | Serghei Tarnovschi (Moldova) | 4:00.85 |
For the second-straight Olympics, Sebastian Brendel is undeniable. The German recorded a time of 3:56.92 in the 1,000-meter sprint to take home his second gold medal. He defeated Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos of Brazil by a little under two seconds, while Serghei Tarnovschi of Moldova earned bronze.
Brendel's time paled in comparison to his London gold. He recorded a time of 3:47.176 four years ago when the water offered much more favorable conditions. The gold-medal time in Rio was more than five seconds worse than the last-place time from London.
But Brendel proved he can make things work regardless of how cooperative the water is being. His gold is the ninth for Germany in these Games and brings the country's overall total to 21. The Brazilian medal count now sits at 10, including four silvers. Tarnovschi's third-place finish gives Moldova, a small European nation, its first medal of these Games.
Brendel has not been defeated on the world stage in the 1,000 meters since a silver at the 2013 World Championships.
Canoe Sprint: Women's Kayak Double 500M
| Gold | Hungary | 1:43.68 |
| Silver | Germany | 1:43.73 |
| Bronze | Poland | 1:45.20 |
In one of the more thrilling races so far, Hungary inched ahead of Germany to barely take the women's 500-meter kayak double event.
Hungary finished the race in 1:43.68, five-thousandths of a second ahead of the German team. Danuta Kozak and Gabriella Szabo teamed up to give Hungary its sixth gold medal and 13th overall for these Games. Swimmer Katinka Hosszu had been responsible for a majority of Hungary's golds up until this point.
Germany, a dominant fixture in the sprint canoe scene, earned its 22nd medal overall. With Sebastian Brendel already taking gold in an early men's event, it could have been a big morning for the Germans had they been able to pull off the comeback.
Poland earned bronze in the event, more than a second-and-a-half behind the leaders.
Marathon Swimming: Men's 10KM
| Gold | Ferry Weertman (Netherlands) | 1:52.59 |
| Silver | Spiros Gianniotis (Greece) | 1:52.59 |
| Bronze | Marc-Antoine Olivier (France) | 1:53.02 |
Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands defeated Greece’s Spiros Gianniotis in a thrilling photo finish in Tuesday's 10-kilometer swim.
Both men finished with times of 1:52:59, but Weertman was found to have touched first upon a review. The 24-year-old, a silver medalist at the 2015 World Championships, was competing against an Olympic veteran looking to reach the pinnacle of his career.
Gianniotis has represented Greece in five straight Olympic Games but entered Tuesday having never won a medal. He was building on a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships and had the swim of is life, coming up just fraction of a second short of bringing home the gold.
Instead, his first Olympic medal at age 36 is silver. It's the fourth medal overall for Greece at these Games and first silver.
The Netherlands have taken home 13 medals, eight of them gold. Marc-Antoine Olivier of France finished a distant third, all of 0.03 seconds behind.
Canoe Sprint: Women's Kayak Single 200M
| Gold | Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) | 39.86 seconds |
| Silver | Marta Walczykiewicz (Poland) | 40.27 seconds |
| Bronze | Inna Osypenko-Radomska (Azerbaijan) | 40.40 seconds |
Lisa Carrington of New Zealand finished the 200-meter kayak sprint in 39.86 seconds to bring home the country's third gold medal in Rio.
Carrington finished nearly a half-second ahead of Poland's Marta Walczykiewicz, who took silver. Inna Osypenko-Radomska of Azerbaijan earned a bronze with a time of 40.40 seconds, with the three medalists taking a rather sizable lead over the field.
The rapid race to the finish has become a specialty for Carrington, who has won each of the last two 200-meter Olympic events. The 27-year-old has won either an Olympic gold or World Championship gold every year since 2011.
Walczykiewicz has been her second in command for most of this run, helplessly trying to unseat her unstoppable rival. She's won silver in the 200 in every world championships, save for the 2012 Olympics, since 2009.
Track and Field: Men's Triple Jump
| Gold | Christian Taylor (United States) | 17.86 meters |
| Silver | Will Claye (United States) | 17.76 meters |
| Bronze | Dong Bin (China) | 17.58 meters |
Americans Christian Taylor and Will Claye kept the trend of repeat winners going, sweeping the top two medals in triple jump for the second straight Olympics.
Taylor and Claye set the tone early with big first jumps that wound up winning them medals. Taylor earned gold at 17.86 meters, while Claye's first jump was one-tenth of a meter behind. Taylor added a pair of 17.77-meter leaps in later runs to have the three longest attempts of the competition.
The long-time friends and rivals—they're separated by one year of birth and both attended the University of Florida—finished in the same order four years ago in London. Taylor remains the American record holder in long jump and was saved from rival Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo when he withdrew from injury.
Dong Bin of China's jump of 17.58 meters earned him bronze.
Canoe Sprint: Men's Kayak Single 1,000M
| Gold | Marcus Walz (Spain) | 3:31.44 |
| Silver | Josef Dostal (Czech Republic) | 3:32.14 |
| Bronze | Roman Anoshkin (Russia) | 3:33.36 |
Marcus Walz of Spain pulled away from Josef Dostal of the Czech Republic to win gold at the men's 1,000-meter kayak single.
The 21-year-old is competing in his first Olympics and had never taken home a gold on the world stage before. His previous best was a silver medal at last year's World Championships, and even that was in the 500-meter sprint.
Dostal finished a (relatively) distant second, 0.7 seconds behind Walz's winning time of 3:31.44. Roman Anoshkin of Russia outlasted Murray Stewart of Australia for the bronze.
Walz's win is the fourth gold for Spain so far in Rio.
Track and Field: Women's Discus Throw
| Gold | Sandra Perkovic (Croatia) | 69.21 meters |
| Silver | Melina Robert-Michon (France) | 66.73 meters |
| Bronze | Denia Caballero (Cuba) | 65.34 meters |
Sandra Perkovic fouled on five of her six throw attempts, but her one good attempt was enough to carry her to her second straight gold medal.
The Croatian easily defeated the field with a legal throw of 69.21 meters. She's the second female discus thrower all-time to earn gold in back-to-back Olympic Games, joining German Evelin Jahl. Melina Robert-Michon of France (66.73 meters) and Denia Caballero of Cuba (65.34 meters) earned silver and bronze, respectively.
Perkovic struggled with fouls throughout her Rio experience. She nearly failed to qualify for the final after fouling in two of her three attempts. That followed her to the final, where her first two tries were waved off before finding the groove on her third.
Perkovic's gold brings Croatia's total to three so far in Rio.
Gymnastics: Men's Parallel Bars
| Gold | Oleg Verniaiev (Ukraine) | 16.041 |
| Silver | Danell Leyva (United States) | 15.900 |
| Bronze | David Belyavskiy (Russia) | 15.783 |
Oleg Verniaiev atoned from falling just short of all-around gold in the parallel bars, earning a score of 16.041 to soundly take home the top prize.
The Ukrainian performed a nearly flawless routine reminiscent of his all-around performance, beating American Danell Leyva by 0.141 points. A favorite coming into the event after putting up a 16.1 on parallel bars in the all-around, Verniaiev showed no signs that his disappointment carried over.
Verniaiev famously one-hopped his bar dismount to give Kohei Uchimura of Japan the all-around gold by just 0.099 points.
Leyva is the second American male to earn a gymnastics medal in Rio. Alex Naddour brought back bronze in the pommel horse.
David Belyavskiy of Russia came away with bronze.
Overall Picture
There is simply no catching the United States in the race for the top spot of the medal tracker at the 2016 Rio Games.
The Americans have 84 medals and have pulled away from the rest of the world by a full 34. There just aren’t enough days left until Sunday’s closing ceremony for the other countries to pull even, especially since the United States will win plenty more if Tuesday’s competition was any indication.
It is much closer of a race for the proverbial silver spot with Great Britain checking in at 50 medals and China winning 49 through Tuesday.
A couple of familiar names bolstered the United States’ lead on the medal board in gymnastics. Simone Biles and Aly Raisman won gold and silver in the floor exercise final, respectively, with two dominating performances.
It marked Biles’ fourth gold of the Games, as she also won at the team competition, the individual all-around and the vault. The face of women’s gymnastics took home bronze at the beam and joined some exclusive company on Tuesday, as SportsCenter noted:
Raisman won silver in the individual all-around to go with her team gold and silver in Tuesday’s floor.
Leyva added two silvers on the men’s gymnastics side for the United States in the parallel bars and horizontal bar. Verniaiev of Ukraine won gold in the parallel bars, while Fabian Hambuechen of Germany prevailed in the horizontal bar.
The Americans missed out on the podium in one of the marquee track and field events on Tuesday in the men’s 110-meter hurdles. The University of Oregon’s Devon Allen finished in fifth place, while Jamaica’s Omar McLeod won gold.
However, the United States did earn a medal in the women’s 1,500-meter race, as Jenny Simpson captured bronze behind gold medalist Faith Kipyegon of Kenya and silver medalist Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia. NBC Olympics said it was the first time an American medaled in the event:
It wasn’t all good news for the United States on Tuesday, as April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings suffered a stunning loss in the semifinals of the women’s beach volleyball against Brazil’s Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas de Freitas. They can still win bronze, but it was unfamiliar territory for Walsh Jennings in particular:
One team that appears prime to take gold is the United States women’s basketball team, which easily handled Japan on Tuesday, 110-64. According to CBS Sports, the team now has an average margin of victory of an absurd 41.6 points per game at these Games.
With teams like that still in competition, there are likely more medals to come for the Americans as they continue their dominance of the 2016 Olympics.
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