2016 Summer Olympics medal table

World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Legend:
  Countries that won at least one gold medal.
  Countries that won at least one silver medal (and no gold medals).
  Countries that won at least one bronze medal (and no gold or silver medals).
  Countries that did not win any medals.
  Countries that did not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The number of the total medals of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The following medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and one non-NOC team ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016.[1]

Vietnam, Kosovo, Fiji, Singapore, Puerto Rico, Bahrain, Jordan, Tajikistan and Ivory Coast won their first Olympic gold medals. They were also Kosovo's, Fiji's, and Jordan's first Olympic medals of any kind.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani became the first independent athlete to win a gold medal,[12][13] though gold medals have been won under the Olympic flag by other entities, such as countries that competed under the flag at 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow or the Unified Team in 1992.

For the fourth time in five Games, the United States led the medal table both in number of gold medals won (as the medals are listed on the official website of the Games, and internationally by tradition), and in overall medals (the traditional method by which the table is listed in the United States). Behind the United States, Great Britain were second on the medal table by golds (27), and third by overall medals (67) – their highest finish under either count since the home games of 1908, while China were third by golds (26), but second by overall medals (70). Both countries were significantly behind the United States tally (46 golds, 121 medals), but well clear of a group of challengers for fourth in the table including Russia, Germany, France and 2020 hosts Japan.

Athletes from 87 nations earned medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, breaking the record of most nations winning a medal at a single edition of the Olympics.[14] Athletes from 59 nations earned gold medals at these games, also breaking the record for the most number of nations winning gold at a single games.[15] Great Britain became the first country in the history of the modern Olympics to increase their tally of medals in the subsequent games after being the host nation – winning 67 total medals (with 27 golds) at these games compared to the 65 (with 29 golds) won in London four years previously.[16][17] Host country Brazil won seven gold medals, their most at any single Summer Olympics.

Medals

See also: Olympic medal
Representative set of the Olympic medals

The design for the Olympic medals for the 2016 Summer Olympics featured the largest medals in terms of diameter of any medal presented at the Olympics.[18] The golds are purer than any presented at all preceding Olympics. The silvers were made from recycling mirrors, solder, and X-ray plates. Much of the copper used in the bronzes came from recycling waste from the mint that minted the medals. The obverse of the medals features Nike, the Greek goddess of victory.[19]

Medal table

World maps showing the gold, silver and bronze medal achievements of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The American final team (Adrian, Held, Phelps, and Dressel), after winning the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympics.
Medalists in the weightlifting men's 85 kg event. Iranian Kianoush Rostami won the competition
Medalists at the women's 57 kg taekwondo. Great Britain's Jade Jones (second from left) successfully defended her title
Medal achievements of most successful countries in 2016 Summer Olympics.
Most successful countries in Olympics from 2000 to 2016 by the number of medals.
Most successful countries in Olympics from 2000 to 2016 by the number of gold medals.

This is the table of the medal count of the 2016 Summer Olympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC Country Code. Although this information is provided by the IOC, the IOC itself does not recognize or endorse any ranking system.[20][21]

The 2016 Summer Olympic program featured 28 sports with 41 disciplines, and a total of 306 events, tentatively resulting in 306 medal sets to be distributed. Athletes from 87 countries won medals, and 59 of them won at least one gold medal. Both of these categories set new records. 120 countries did not win a medal.

Two gold medals were awarded for a first-place tie in the women's 100 metre freestyle swimming event. No silver medal was awarded as a consequence.

Three silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie in the men's 100 metre butterfly swimming event. No bronze medal was awarded as a consequence.

In boxing (13 disciplines), judo (14), taekwondo (8), and wrestling (18), two bronze medals are awarded in each event (53 additional bronze medals total). Additionally, two bronze medals were awarded for a third-place tie in the women's 100 metre backstroke swimming and in the men's K-1 200 metres canoeing events.

Key

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

2016 Summer Olympics medal table
 Rank  NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 46 37 38 121
2  Great Britain (GBR) 27 23 17 67
3  China (CHN) 26 18 26 70
4  Russia (RUS) 19 18 19 56
5  Germany (GER) 17 10 15 42
6  Japan (JPN) 12 8 21 41
7  France (FRA) 10 18 14 42
8  South Korea (KOR) 9 3 9 21
9  Italy (ITA) 8 12 8 28
10  Australia (AUS) 8 11 10 29
11  Netherlands (NED) 8 7 4 19
12  Hungary (HUN) 8 3 4 15
13  Brazil (BRA)* 7 6 6 19
14  Spain (ESP) 7 4 6 17
15  Kenya (KEN) 6 6 1 13
16  Jamaica (JAM) 6 3 2 11
17  Croatia (CRO) 5 3 2 10
18  Cuba (CUB) 5 2 4 11
19  New Zealand (NZL) 4 9 5 18
20  Canada (CAN) 4 3 15 22
21  Uzbekistan (UZB) 4 2 7 13
22  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 3 5 9 17
23  Colombia (COL) 3 2 3 8
24  Switzerland (SUI) 3 2 2 7
25  Iran (IRI) 3 1 4 8
26  Greece (GRE) 3 1 2 6
27  Argentina (ARG) 3 1 0 4
28  Denmark (DEN) 2 6 7 15
29  Sweden (SWE) 2 6 3 11
30  South Africa (RSA) 2 6 2 10
31  Ukraine (UKR) 2 5 4 11
32  Serbia (SRB) 2 4 2 8
33  Poland (POL) 2 3 6 11
34  North Korea (PRK) 2 3 2 7
35  Belgium (BEL) 2 2 2 6
 Thailand (THA) 2 2 2 6
37  Slovakia (SVK) 2 2 0 4
38  Georgia (GEO) 2 1 4 7
39  Azerbaijan (AZE) 1 7 10 18
40  Belarus (BLR) 1 4 4 9
41  Turkey (TUR) 1 3 4 8
42  Armenia (ARM) 1 3 0 4
43  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 2 7 10
44  Ethiopia (ETH) 1 2 5 8
45  Slovenia (SLO) 1 2 1 4
46  Indonesia (INA) 1 2 0 3
47  Romania (ROU) 1 1 3 5
48  Bahrain (BRN) 1 1 0 2
 Vietnam (VIE) 1 1 0 2
50  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 1 0 2 3
51  Bahamas (BAH) 1 0 1 2
 Ivory Coast (CIV) 1 0 1 2
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) 1 0 1 2
54  Fiji (FIJ) 1 0 0 1
 Jordan (JOR) 1 0 0 1
 Kosovo (KOS) 1 0 0 1
 Puerto Rico (PUR) 1 0 0 1
 Singapore (SIN) 1 0 0 1
 Tajikistan (TJK) 1 0 0 1
60  Malaysia (MAS) 0 4 1 5
61  Mexico (MEX) 0 3 2 5
62  Algeria (ALG) 0 2 0 2
 Ireland (IRL) 0 2 0 2
64  Lithuania (LTU) 0 1 3 4
65  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 1 2 3
 Venezuela (VEN) 0 1 2 3
67  India (IND) 0 1 1 2
 Mongolia (MGL) 0 1 1 2
69  Burundi (BDI) 0 1 0 1
 Grenada (GRN) 0 1 0 1
 Niger (NIG) 0 1 0 1
 Philippines (PHI) 0 1 0 1
 Qatar (QAT) 0 1 0 1
74  Norway (NOR) 0 0 4 4
75  Egypt (EGY) 0 0 3 3
 Tunisia (TUN) 0 0 3 3
77  Israel (ISR) 0 0 2 2
78  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
 Dominican Republic (DOM) 0 0 1 1
 Estonia (EST) 0 0 1 1
 Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1
 Morocco (MAR) 0 0 1 1
 Moldova (MDA) 0 0 1 1
 Nigeria (NGR) 0 0 1 1
 Portugal (POR) 0 0 1 1
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 0 0 1 1
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 0 0 1 1
Total (87 NOCs) 307 307 360 974

Changes in medal standings

On 18 August 2016, Kyrgyz weightlifter Izzat Artykov was stripped of his bronze medal in the men's 69 kg event after testing positive for strychnine. Luis Javier Mosquera of Colombia, who had been the fourth-place finisher before Artykov's disqualification, was moved into third place.[22][23][24]

On 13 October 2016, the IWF reported that weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian of Romania, who won bronze in the men's 85-kg event, tested positive for excess testosterone in a test connected to the Rio Olympics.[25]

List of changes

List of official changes in medal standings
Ruling date Sport Event NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
18 August 2016 Weightlifting Men's 69 kg  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) −1 −1
 Colombia (COL) +1 +1

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "2016 Rio Olympics Medals Tally". 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Vietnam win first ever Games gold". BBC.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Majlinda Kelmendi wins gold for Kosovo's historic first Olympic medal". CNN.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Fiji wins rugby sevens for nation's first Olympic gold". usatoday.com. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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  8. ↑ "Jebet wins Bahrain's first ever gold". reuters.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ahmad Abughaush earns Jordan its first-ever gold in taekwondo 68kg". nbcolympics.com. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Nazarov wins men's hammer for Tajikistan's first gold". reuters.com. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Olympics: Cisse wins first ever gold for Ivory Coast". straitstimes.com. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Kuwaiti becomes first independent athlete to win gold with men's double trap win". stuff.co.nz. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Veteran Deehani wins men's double trap gold – First-ever gold medal won by Kuwaiti at Olympics". Kuwait Times. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Bianca Walkden wins bronze, Mahama Cho misses out". BBC Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Team GB beat China to finish second in medal table". BBC Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  17. ↑ "Great Britain on brink of historic record at Rio 2016 as lottery funding pays dividends in Olympic medals". Rio 2016. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  18. ↑ "Olympics Primetime". Rio 2016. 11 August 2016. CBC.
  19. ↑ "Innovative Medal Design Unveiled For Rio 2016". Olympics. 2016.
  20. ↑ www.olympic org Olympic Charter, p.99
  21. ↑ Shipley, Amy (25 August 2008). "China's Show of Power". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  22. ↑ Rio Olympics 2016:Izzat Artykov stripped of weightlifting bronze – BBC.com
  23. ↑ "Rio 2016: Weightlifting: Men's 69kg Schedule & Results". Rio 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  24. ↑ CAS AD 16/07 International Olympic Committee v. Izzat Artykov
  25. ↑ "Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test". Associated Press. October 13, 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-14.

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