Olympic 2016 Medal Count: Friday's Updated Tally, List of Winners and Results
Slovakia's Matej Toth won the first gold medal of Friday’s Olympic schedule, as he battled to victory in the men’s 50-kilometre walk.
After world-record holder Yohann Diniz pulled up with over a minute advantage on the rest of the field at around halfway, the race was blown wide open. And the Slovakian timed his finish brilliantly to win gold ahead of Australia's Jared Tallent and Japan's Hirooki Arai.
These were the first of a clutch medals to be dished out on Friday. Attention will turn to the Olympic Stadium later in the day, while the final of the women’s football competition will also play out between Sweden and Germany.
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Here are the medal winners from Friday so far and a look at the live medals table from Rio.
Athletics
| Matej Toth (SVK) | Jared Tallent (AUS) | Hirooki Arai (JPN) |
| Hong Liu (CHN) | Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez (MEX) | Xiuzhi Lu (CHN) |
| Ekaterina Stefanidi (GRE) | Sandi Morris (USA) | Eliza McCartney (NZL) |
| Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | Wojciech Nowicki (POL) |
| Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (KEN) | Hellen Onsando Obiri (KEN) | Almaz Ayana (ETH) |
| United States | Jamaica | Great Britain |
| Jamaica | Japan | Canada |
There was a dramatic twist in an attritional men’s 50-metre walk on Monday, as world-record holder Diniz stopped on the side of the road with a comfortable advantage.
The Frenchman was looking in serene shape at halfway and well on course for gold. But Diniz hit the wall badly in the second half of the race, stopping numerous times and falling well back in the field. It opened the door for Tallent, although he was reeled in late on by Toth.
It was exceptional execution of a tactical plan from the Slovakian, who showed the mentality of a world champion to get over the line here. Tallent eventually did enough for silver, while Arai was able to hold off a late rally from Canada's Evan Dunfee for bronze.
Usain Bolt gave the Olympics one last image of his brilliance after he fueled Jamaica to a 4x100-meter relay gold medal, the ninth of his career to cap off a triple-triple.
The United States finished in third, but were disqualified due to a bad exchange of the baton.
Hockey
| Great Britain | Netherlands | Germany |
Germany used their experience to beat New Zealand to the women's bronze, as Charlotte Stapenhorst and Lisa Schutze scored early in the second half to lead the side to a 2-1 win.
The Black Sticks had the better chances in the opening quarters but couldn't find the breakthrough, and a late strike from Olivia Merry through a penalty corner didn't lead to a rally.
In the final, Great Britain beat the Netherlands in a shoot-out after an entertaining match. The score was 3-0 after regulation, and only Helen Richardson-Walsh and Hollie Webb managed to score in the one-on-one situation.
Football
| Germany | Sweden | Canada |
Canada held off hosts Brazil in the bronze medal match, as Deanne Rose and Christine Sinclair played vital roles in a 2-1 win.
The former opened the score midway through the first half and assisted Sinclair early in the second half, and while Brazil applied huge amounts of pressure on the Canadian goal and found the net through Bia Zaneratto, the Canadians held on for the bronze.
Germany took a 1-0 lead through Dzsenifer Marozsan in the 48th minute. Their lead was doubled when a free kick rang off the post but was kicked in by Swedish defender Linda Sembrant.
Sweden was able to pull one back in the 67th minute through Stina Blackstenius, but they couldn't find an equalizer.
Badminton
| Women's Individual | Carolina Marin (ESP) | Sindhu Pusarla, IND | Nozomi Okuhara, JPN |
| Men's Doubles | China | Malaysia | Great Britain |
Spain's Carolina Marin completed her impressive collection of silverware on Friday, adding Olympic gold to her World and European titles by beating India's Sindhu Pusarla 2-1.
Sindhi pushed the favourite hard, making her work for every single point, but she visibly tired in the final game, allowing Marin to put her power game to full use.
In the men's doubles, China's Haifeng Fu and Nan Zhang secured gold by beating Malaysia's Shem Goh V and Wee Kiong Tan. Great Britain had already secured a bronze medal on Thursday.
BMX
| Men's | Connor Fields (USA) | Jelle van Gorkom (NED) | Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepes (COL) |
| Women's | Mariana Pajon (COL) | Alise Post (USA) | Stefany Hernandez (VEN) |
Connor Fields of the USA and Colombia's Mariana Pajon won the gold in the men's and women's BMX events, respectively, both doing it in convincing fashion.
Fields finished more than half a second ahead of Jelle van Gorkom of the Netherlands, while Pajon had an advantage of over 0.3 seconds over the USA's Alise Post. Stefany Hernandez and Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepes took the bronze medals.
Equestrian
| Nick Skelton (GBR) | Peder Fredricson (SWE) | Eric Lamaze (CAN) |
To decide equestrian gold, a six-way jump off, which is like a penalty shootout for an equestrian event, was needed after riders completed two clean rounds.
It was Great Britain's Nick Skelton who wound up winning the jump off as the 58-year-old became the oldest British Olympian to win a medal.
Pentathlon
| Chloe Esposito (AUS) | Elodie Clouvel (FRA) | Oktawia Nowacka (POL) |
Australian Chloe Esposito set an Olympic record by amassing 1,372 total points in the pentathlon, an event that included swimming, fencing, horse riding, running and shooting.
Synchronized Swimming
| Russia | China | Japan |
When it comes to dominating an Olympic event, look no further than the Russian synchronized swimming team, who won its fifth-straight gold medal on Friday.
NBC Olympics showed its routine:
Taekwondo
| Hyeri Oh (KOR) | Haby Niare (FRA) | Ruth Marie Christelle Gbagbi (CIV) | Nur Tatar (TUR) |
| Cheick Sallah Junior (CIV) | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | Milad Beigi Harchegani (AZB) |
A pair of late charges in both the men's and women's gold medal matches of Taekwondo added some drama to the competition's finish.
After dropping back 10-4, France's Haby Niare mounted a furious comeback n the final round against South Korea's Hyeri Oh, but it just wasn't enough as she lost 13-12.
On the men's side, Cheick Sallah Junior of the Ivory Coast recorded four points in the final seconds to overturn a 6-4 deficit into an 8-6 win.
Water Polo
| United States | Italy | Russia |
Winning their second-straight Olympic water polo title, the U.S. women's team showed their respect for their coach after a 12-5 win over Italy, via NBC Sports:
Rachel Fattal and Maggie Steffens led the Americans with two goals apiece to pace the offense.
Wrestling
| Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | Rei Higuchi (JPN) | Hassan Sabzali Rahimi (IRI) | Haji Aliyev (AZE) |
| Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati (IRI) | Aniuar Geduev (RUS) | Soner Demirtas (TUR) | Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE) |
Georgia's Vladimer Khinchegashvili followed up his silver from the 2012 London Games with a gold in Rio after defeating Japan's Rei Higuchi in the 57kg freestyle 4-3.
It was Georgia's second gold at the Rio Games.
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