Golds:
- USA: 46, matching their London total.
- Great Britain snagged second in the golds table with 27, two short of what they got in their home games.
- China was third with 26, TWELVE short of what they got in 2012. (Hence, the reaction (since deleted) of "You gotta be kidding me." from the state media.)
- Russia was fourth with 19. That's five short of the 2012 total. They got six golds in athletics in London.
- Germany fifth with 17. That's six better than London.
- Japan sixth with 12. Five better than London.
- France got 10 for seventh, one fewer than London.
- South Korea 9 for eighth. Four fewer than London.
- And these tying for ninth with 8 each: Italy (same), Australia (+1), Netherlands (+2), and Hungary (same).
59 have in Rio, including first golds by Fiji, Kosovo, Singapore, Jordan, Bahrain, the Independent Olympic Athletes/Kuwait, Puerto Rico, Vietnam, Tajikistan, and the Ivory Coast.
Total:
- USA: 121. 17 more than London. Most medals won by the USA in the history of a non-boycotted Games. Beijing was the old record with 110.
- China had 70. 18 less than London, and the margin between #1 and #2 was the largest in nearly a century.
- Great Britain had 67. 2 more than London and a new Olympic record. The first country ever to get more medals four years after an Olympics they hosted than the one they did!
- Russia had 56. 26 fewer than four years ago. Russian track and field snagged 14 medals in London.
- Germany and France tied for fifth when they had 42 each. 2 fewer than London for Germany, 8 more for France.
- Seventh was Japan with 41. Three more than London.
- Then a drop-off: Australia eighth with 29. Six fewer than London.
- Ninth was Italy with 28. Same as London.
- Tenth was Canada with 22. Four more than London, when 12 bronzes made their total 18. They scored 15 third-place finishes in Rio!
86 medaled in Rio.
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