2016 Rio Olympics: Medal Count Standings Through 1st Full Day Of Events
It is the first full day of competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and things got started with a huge bang for the United States. The very first medal of these Olympic Games was won by a teenager named Virginia “Ginny” Thrasher, who took the gold in the women’s 10m air rifle event while China won silver and bronze. Seven sports had grand opportunities on August 6, and here are the medal standings through the first full day of events.
As reported by The Washington Post, Thrasher was the 45th-best junior air rifle shooter in the United States on Saturday morning. She is the NCAA national champion and started out the Olympics in a huge way with a bull’s-eye and perfect score of 10.9
GOLDEN GINNY! #TeamUSA‘s first medal. #TeamUSA‘s first #Gold! pic.twitter.com/Ew62Pl9svB
— USA Shooting (@USAShooting) August 6, 2016
When all was said and done, Thrasher was able to outlast 34-year-old Li Du of China who won gold medals in both 2004 and 2008. Thrasher ended up winning by a full point and shocked the world as the first gold of the Rio Olympics landed with the USA.
There are 205 countries that have thousands of athletes participating in the 2016 Olympics, and it is possible for just about every single one to go home with a medal. The chances of that happening are quite slim, but it’s possible.
Australia was able to secure its first medal of the 2016 Rio Olympics by taking an archery match over China as reported by NBC Olympics.
AUSTRALIA secures it’s FIRST OLYMPIC Medal at RIO.. BRONZE in the Men’s Team ARCHERY after beating CHINA 6-2
— Matthew Carden (@aussiebeachut) August 6, 2016
A number of big events started on Saturday including the preliminary rounds for men’s basketball, as well as continuing the soccer tournament. In the late afternoon, the United States grabbed its second medal when they scored a silver in Men’s Team Archery.
.@USAArchery takes #silver in Men’s Team Archery! #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/vSVwF3VqU3
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 6, 2016
In that final match for Men’s Team Archery, South Korea ended up taking the gold medal, which was their first medal of these games. As reported by The Guardian, the South Korean team was simply too strong as they won by a staggering 6-0 margin.
The following list has the countries and the medals they have won as far as Gold, Silver, and Bronze in the 2016 Rio Olympics. The order is going by the total medal count and not which country has the most gold, silver, or bronze medals individually.
Country: Gold – Silver – Bronze – Total
1(t). United States: 1 – 4 – 0 – 5
1(t). China: 0 – 2 – 3 – 5
1(t). Japan: 1 – 0 – 4 – 5
4. Australia: 2 – 0 – 1 – 3
5(t). Hungary: 2 – 0 – 0 – 2
5(t). Kazakhstan: 0 – 1 – 1 – 2
5(t). South Korea: 1 – 1 – 0 – 2
5(t). Italy: 0 – 1 – 1 – 2
9(t). Belgium: 1 – 0 – 0 – 1
9(t). Thailand: 1 – 0 – 0 – 1
9(t). Argentina: 1 – 0 – 0 – 1
9(t). Vietnam: 1 – 0 – 0 – 1
9(t). Russia: 1 – 0 – 0 – 1
9(t). Brazil: 0 – 1 – 0 – 1
9(t). Indonesia: 0 – 1 – 0 – 1
9(t). Denmark: 0 – 1 – 0 – 1
9(t). Poland: 0 – 0 – 1 – 1
9(t). Uzbekistan: 0 – 0 – 1 – 1
9(t). Canada: 0 – 0 – 1 – 1
9(t). Spain: 0 – 0 – 1 – 1
t = tie
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Update #1 at 5:10 p.m. ET
In all, there are 205 countries competing in these Olympics so if a country isn’t listed, they haven’t won any medals at all yet.
There are still a few medal events going on and to come at the time of this writing. As of now (5 p.m. ET), there are women’s individual fencing events going on for both bronze and gold medal matches.
At 6 p.m. ET, there will be a medal event for the women’s weightlifting event in the 48kg group A class. Later this evening beginning at 9 p.m. ET, swimming medal events will take place in a number of races and classifications.
As those events conclude, this list above will be updated to show the full medal results for day one of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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