Olympic 2016 Medal Count: Wednesday's Updated Tally, List of Winners and Results
Kenya’s Conseslus Kipruto won the first gold medal on Wednesday at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, as he triumphed in the men’s 3,000-metre steeplechase final in an Olympic record time.
In an intriguing race that started at a brisk pace, Kipruto ran away from his rivals in the final stages, coming home in eight minutes and 3.28 seconds. The United States’ Evan Jager took the hard-fought silver, while Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi finished in the bronze-medal position.
It’s the first of many accolades to be dished out on another jam-packed day at the Games, with finals in athletics, beach volleyball, boxing and more. Here is a look at who has won medals so far and how the overall standings are shaping up as a result.
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Athletics
| Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 8:03.28 | Evan Jager (USA) 8:04.28 | Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:08.47 |
The main contenders for the win went to the front early in this one, with the three eventual medal winners putting a significant gap between themselves and the rest of the field.
After leading for the majority of the race, Jager was jumped on the final lap by Kipruto. The American had no response as he surged past and into a significant lead, although he was able to hold off Kemboi in the race for the silver medal.
It was a fantastic run from Kipruto, who was celebrating his victory long before the final jump. He's been the man in form this season, and it was always going to take something special to beat him here.
| Tianna Bartoletta (USA) 7.17 | Brittney Reese (USA) 7.15 | Ivana Spanovic (SRB) 7.08 |
The United States took the top two spots in the long jump after Tianna Bartoletta took gold and Brittney Reese took silver.
At 30 years old Bartoletta adds Olympic gold to her trophy case after winning world championships a decade apart in 2005 and 2015.
Her jump of 7.17 meters just edged the defending Olympic champion Reese by just 0.02 meters.
| Elaine Thompson (JAM) 21.78 | Dafne Schippers (NED) 21.88 | Tori Bowie (USA) 22.15 |
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson completed a feat that hasn't been done in 28 years, via Sportscenter:
She edged 2015 world champion Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands by 0.1 seconds as this 200-meter championship came just four days after she upset fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price in the 100-meter final.
| Brianna Rollins (USA) 12.48 | Nia Ali (USA) 12.59 | Kristi Castlin (USA) 12.61 |
For the first time ever, a United States women's team swept the podium at an Olympics and was the first country ever to sweep the 100-meter hurdles:
Brianna Rollins led from start to finish as she was joined on the medal stand by Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin, who finished within 0.02 seconds of each other for silver and bronze.
Equestrian
| France, 3 | United States, 5 | Germany, 8 |
France took gold in the team jumping equestrian final, pushing the United States team into second place with a pair of very clean runs.
The quartet of Penelope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Roger-Yves Bost and Philippe Rozier produced some tremendous riding on the day, as they kept their composure to recover from a deficit.
After a faultless first round, it was the United States who lead the way at the midpoint, with France having scored one. The latter did accrue two points in Round 2, although the Americans' five left them trailing.
There was drama in the battle for bronze, with Canada and Germany finishing level on eight points. Eventually, it was Germany who clinched the final medal in a jump-off.
Badminton
| Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir (INA) | Soon Chan Peng and Ying Goh Liu (MAS) | Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan (CHN) |
Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir proved too good for the Malaysian pair of Soon Chan Peng and Ying Goh Liu in the mixed doubles badminton final.
In what’s always a frantic competition, the Indonesian duo were eventually able to get a foothold in the contest, proving too strong and too inventive for their opponents. Ahmad and Natsir were comfortable victors in the first set and from that point on, were dominant in clinching Olympic gold.
China's Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan had already secured third place with a win in the bronze medal match on Tuesday.
Boxing
| Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ) | Shakhram Giyasov (UZB) | Souleymane Cissokho (FRA) and Mohammed Rabii (MAR) |
Kazakhstan’s Daniyar Yeleussinov produced a brilliant performance to win gold in the men’s welterweight final, beating Shakhram Giyasov of Uzbekistan in the eyes of all three judges.
On his way to the final, the Kazakh got some encouragement from his compatriot Gennady Golovkin, the WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO middleweight champion:
Not that Yeleussinov needed any luck. The 25-year-old has showcased remarkable technical skills and supreme accuracy at the Games and did so once again, taking the first round by a sizeable margin. It set the tempo for the remainder of the fight and Kazakhstan picked up their fourth gold in succession in the men’s welterweight competition.
France’s Souleymane Cissokho and Mohammed Rabii of Morocco both took home bronze medals.
Wrestling
| Eri Tosaka (JPN) | Mariya Stadnik (AZE) | Sun Yanan (CHN) and Elitsa Yankova (BUL) |
Japan’s Eri Tosaka produced a thrilling late turnaround to get the better of Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan in the 48-kilogram freestyle final.
Tosaka found herself 2-1 down with the end nearing in their match. But 22-year-old pulled off a superb takedown with less than five seconds remaining, overturning the deficit and winning the final 3-2.
As we can see courtesy of the Trackwrestling Twitter feed, the three-time world champion celebrated this win in style too:
China’s Sun Yanan and Elitsa Yankova of Bulgaria both salvaged something from their Olympic campaigns despite losing in the semi-finals, picking up bronze medals in their respective matches.
| Kaori Icho (JPN) | Valeria Koblova (RUS) | Marwa Amri (TUN) and Sakshi Malik (IND) |
Decorated Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho secured her fourth gold medal in as many Olympics in the women’s 58-kilogram freestyle, as she beat Valeria Koblova of Russia in another dramatic finish.
Koblova was leading 2-1 after the first period and was looking very strong against the Japanese icon. However, Icho showed all of her experience and all of her winning mentality to secure a takedown in the final seconds, making it four Olympic wins in a row in this event. That run started at Athens in 2004, when women's wrestling first debuted.
Taking bronze were Tunisia’s Marwa Amri, who was a confident winner against Yuliya Ratkevich. The second third-place gong went to India’s Sakshi Malik, who overcame Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.
Beach Volleyball
| Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst (GER) | Agatha/Barbara (BRA) | Kerri Walsh-Jennings/April Ross (USA) |
For the second-straight day, the German duo of Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst upset a Brazilian team on their home sand.
Today, it was Agatha and Barbara, the team that defeated the United States' Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross, to go down at the hands of the German's who capped off their improbable run with a gold medal.
Walsh-Jennings and Ross were also in action against Brazil's Larissa and Talita as they outlasted them in three games to take the bronze medal.
Table Tennis
| China | Japan | Germany |
China used single's gold medalist Ma Long and silver medalist Jike Zhang to carry it to a gold medal in the team's final against Japan, winning 3-1.
It's the third-consecutive time that the Chinese have taken the title and are the only ones to win gold in this event.
Taekwondo
| Sohui Kim (KOR) | Tijana Bogdanovic (SRB) | Patimat Abakarova (AZE) | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) |
Serbia's Tijana Bogdanovic was just a few seconds too late in the gold medal match against South Korea's Sohui Kim.
Coming back from a 6-1 deficit in the final round, Bogdanovic trailed 7-6 in the final seconds when Kim appeared to fall down at the buzzer, which would have sent the match to sudden death.
But it was ruled that Kim hit the floor after the time expired, giving her the gold medal.
| Shuai Zhao (CHN) | Hanprab Tawin (THA) | Luisito Pie (DOM) | Taehun Kim (KOR) |
China's Shuai Zhao used his height to his advantage against the shorter Tawin Hanprab from Thailand in a 6-4 win.
He used a big first round to jump out to a 3-0 lead to fuel his victory, using his long legs to keep Hanprab at bay while sending kicks to his mid-section.
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