The United States of America maintained top spot on the medal standings. The USA has a total of 38 medals, 16 of which are gold medals.
China is USA’s closest competitor is second with a total of 30 medals with 11 gold medals.
19-year-old American gymnast Simone Biles won gold at the Women’s individual all-round, her second gold in Rio.
Fiji won gold in the Rugby Sevens event beating the Great Britain 43-7 while South Africa won bronze beating Japan 54-14.
The most decorated Olympian of all-time Michael Phelps won his 22nd gold medal, his 4th gold at Rio 2016, as he clocked a time of 1:54:66 in the Men’s 200m individual medley.
A total of 305 medals have been won by 56 countries.
| Country |  |
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1
United States
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16 | 12 | 10 | 38 | ||||||
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2
China
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11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | ||||||
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3
Japan
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7 | 2 | 13 | 22 | ||||||
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4
Australia
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5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | ||||||
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5
South Korea
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5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
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6
Hungary
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5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
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7
Russia
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4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | ||||||
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8
Great Britain
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4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||||||
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9
Germany
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4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
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10
Italy
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3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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