Americans on the podium
Every U.S. medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics
The United States led the medal standings for the sixth Olympics in a row and posted its highest total since 1984, when Los Angeles hosted and the Soviet Union boycotted the games. Women carried the Americans in Rio, outshining the men 60 medals to 52 going into the final day. Here’s a look back at the winning smiles from each U.S. medalist of the 2016 games, through Saturday's events.
Day 1
Day 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
Brady Ellison, Zach Garrett and Jake Kaminski
SILVER Archery (men’s team)
Virginia Thrasher
GOLD Shooting (women’s 10m air rifle)
Maya DiRado
SILVER Swimming (women’s 400m individual medley)
Chase Kalisz
BRONZE Swimming (men’s 400m individual medley)
Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil, Katie Ledecky and Dana Vollmer
SILVER Swimming (women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay)
Alexander Massialas
SILVER Fencing (men’s individual foils)
Corey Cogdell
BRONZE Shooting (women’s trap)
Cody Miller
BRONZE Swimming (men’s 100m breaststroke)
Nathan Adrian, Ryan Held, Michael Phelps and Caeleb Dressell
GOLD Swimming (men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay)
Dana Vollmer
BRONZE Swimming (women's 100m butterfly)
Katie Ledecky
GOLD Swimming (women’s 400m freestyle)
Conor Dwyer
BRONZE Swimming (men’s 200m freestyle)
Kathleen Baker
SILVER Swimming (women’s 100m backstroke)
Alexandra Raisman, Madison Kocian, Lauren Hernandez, Simone Biles and Gabrielle Douglas
GOLD Gymnastics (women’s team)
David Boudia and Steele Johnson
SILVER Diving (synchronized 10m)
Lilly King
GOLD Swimming (women’s 100m breaststroke)
Katie Meili
BRONZE Swimming (women’s 100m breaststroke)
Ryan Murphy
GOLD Swimming (men’s 100m backstroke)
Phillip Dutton
BRONZE Equestrian (eventing individual)
Katie Ledecky
GOLD Swimming (women's 200m freestyle)
Maya DiRado
BRONZE Swimming (women’s 200m indiv, medley)
Travis Stevens
SILVER Judo (men's 81 kg)
Michael Phelps
GOLD Swimming (men’s 200m butterfly)
Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps
GOLD Swimming (men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay)
Daryl Homer
SILVER Fencing (men’s sabre individual)
Josh Prenot
SILVER Swimming (men’s 200m breaststroke)
Kristin Armstrong
GOLD Cycling road (women’s individual time trial)
Sam Dorman and Mike Hixon
SILVER Diving (men’s synchronized 3m springboard)
Nathan Adrian
BRONZE Swimming (men’s 100m freestyle)
Kayla Harrison
GOLD Judo (women’s 78kg)
Simone Biles
GOLD Gymnastics (women’s individual all-around)
Aly Raisman
SILVER Gymnastics (women’s individual all-around)
Ryan Murphy
GOLD Swimming (men’s 200m backstroke)
Simone Manuel
GOLD Swimming (women’s 100m freestyle)
Allison M. Brock, Laura Graves, Kasey Perry-Glass and Steffen Peters
BRONZE Equestrian (dressage team)
Steve Johnson and Jack Sock
BRONZE Tennis (men’s doubles)
Nico Miguel Hernandez
BRONZE Boxing (men’s light fly 46-49kg)
Kimberly Rhode
BRONZE Shooting (women's skeet)
Maya DiRado
GOLD Swimming (women’s 200m backstroke)
Michael Phelps
SILVER Swimming (men’s 100m butterfly)
Brady Ellison
BRONZE Archery (men’s individual)
Miles Chamley-Watson, Race Imboden, Alexander Massialas and Gerek Meinhardt
BRONZE Fencing (men’s foil team)
Nathan Adrian
BRONZE Swimming (men’s 100m freestyle)
Michelle Carter
GOLD Track & field (women’s shot put)
Katie Ledecky
GOLD Swimming (women’s 800m freestyle)
Sarah Hammer, Kelly Catlin, Chloe Dygert and Jennifer Valente
SILVER Cycling track (women’s team pursuit)
Dagmara Wozniak, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Monica Aksamit and Mariel Zagunis
BRONZE Fencing (women’s sabre team)
Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian
GOLD Swimming (men’s 4x100m medley relay)
Genevra Stone
SILVER Rowing (women’s single sculls)
Emily Regan, Kerry Simmonds, Amanda Polk, Lauren Schmetterling, Tessa Gobbo, Meghan Musnicki, Eleanor Logan, Amanda Elmore and Katelin Snyder
GOLD Rowing (women’s eight)
Simone Manuel
SILVER Swimming (women’s 50m freestyle)
Tori Bowie
SILVER Track & field (women’s 100m)
Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel
GOLD Swimming (women’s 4x100m medley relay)
Jeff Henderson
GOLD Track & field (men’s long jump)
Connor Jaeger
SILVER Swimming (men’s 1500m freestyle)
Simone Biles
GOLD Gymnastics (women’s vault)
Matt Kuchar
BRONZE Golf (men’s individual stroke play)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock
GOLD Tennis (mixed doubles)
Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram
SILVER Tennis (mixed doubles)
Alexander Naddour
BRONZE Gymnastics (men’s pommel horse)
Lashawn Merritt
BRONZE Track & field (men’s 400m)
Justin Gatlin
SILVER Track & field (men’s 100m)
Madison Kocian
SILVER Gymnastics (women’s uneven bars)
Emma Coburn
BRONZE Track & field (3000m steeplechase)
Laurie Hernandez
SILVER Gymnastics (women’s balance beam)
Simone Biles
BRONZE Gymnastics (women’s balance beam)
Sam Kendricks
BRONZE Track & field (men’s pole vault)
Clayton Murphy
BRONZE Track & field (men’s 800m)
Danell Leyva
SILVER Gymnastics (men’s parallel bars)
Simone Biles
GOLD Gymnastics (women’s floor exercise)
Aly Raisman
SILVER Gymnastics (women’s floor exercise)
Christian Taylor
GOLD Track & field (men’s triple jump)
Will Claye
SILVER Track & field (men’s triple jump)
Danell Leyva
SILVER Gymnastics (men’s horizontal bar)
Sarah Hammer
SILVER Cycling track (women’s omnium)
Caleb Paine
BRONZE Sailing (men’s finn)
Brittney Reese
SILVER Track & field (women’s long jump)
Evan Jager
SILVER Track & field (men's 3000m steeplechase)
Lucy Davis, Kent Farrington, Elizabeth Madden, McLain Ward
SILVER Equestrian (jumping team)
Tori Bowie
BRONZE Track & field (women’s 200m)
Tianna Bartoletta
GOLD Track & field (women’s long jump)
Brianna Rollins
GOLD Track & field (women’s 100m hurdles)
Nia Ali
SILVER Track & field (women’s 100m hurdles)
Kristi Castlin
BRONZE Track & field (women’s 100m hurdles)
Ryan Crouser
GOLD Track & field (men’s shot put)
Joe Kovacs
SILVER Track & field (men’s shot put)
Kerron Clement
GOLD Track & field (men’s 400m hurdles)
Helen Louise Maroulis
GOLD Wrestling (freestyle 53kg)
Ashton Eaton
GOLD Track & field (men’s decathlon)
Dalilah Muhammad
GOLD Track & field (women’s 400m hurdles)
Sandi Morris
SILVER Track & field (women's pole vault)
Allyson Felix, English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie
GOLD Track & field (women’s 4x100m relay)
Sami Hill, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, KK Clark, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig and Ashleigh Johnson
GOLD Water polo (women, not in order of photo)
Connor Fields
GOLD Cycling (men's BMX)
Gwen Jorgensen
GOLD Track & field (women's triathlon)
Shakur Stevenson
SILVER Boxing (men's 56kg)
Alisha Glass, Kayla Banwarth, Courtney Thompson, Rachael Adams, Carli Lloyd, Jordan Larson, Kelly Murphy, Christa Dietzen, Kim Hill, Foluke Akinradewo, Kelsey Robinson, and Karsta Lowe
BRONZE Volleyball (women, not in order of photo)
Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Angel Mccoughtry, Breanna Stewart, Tamika Catchings, Elena Delle Donne, Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles, Tina Charles, Brittney Griner
GOLD Basketball (women)
J'den Michael Tbory Cox
BRONZE Wrestling (men's freestyle 86kg)
David Boudia
BRONZE Diving (men's 10m platform)
Matthew Centrowitz
GOLD Track & field (men's 1500m)
Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo
SILVER Track & field (men's 1500m)
Jackie Galloway
BRONZE Taekwondo (women’s +67kg)
Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Allyson Felix and Phyllis Francis
GOLD Track & field (women's 4x400m relay)
Claressa Shields
GOLD Boxing (women's 69kg-75kg)
Team USA
GOLD Basketball (men's)
Kyle Snyder
GOLD Wrestling (men’s freestyle 97kg)
Team USA
BRONZE Volleyball (men's)
Galen Rupp
BRONZE Track & field (men's marathon)
Photos from staff and wire reports.
U.S. medals by sport
| G | S | B | ALL | |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Basketball | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Beach volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Diving | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fencing | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Golf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Judo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming | 16 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Track & field | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 46 | 37 | 38 | 121 |
[Rio 2016 medal count From Greece to Rio: A brief history of the Olympics]
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