2016 Rio Summer Olympics medal count: Day 2 standings
Looking at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics medal count standings after Day 2
Another day at the 2016 Rio Olympics means it’s another day when athletes are achieving individual and team glory for their countries. I’m of course talking about medals as there are now two days worth of competitions factoring into the Rio Summer Olympics medal count.
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Obviously the action at Rio 2016 is just getting underway and is in its infancy in almost every regard. However the Olympics medal count is already starting to take shape and the standings starting to shake out. All it takes is one dominant day to change everything, though.
After Day 2, here are the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics medal count standings sorted by gold medals:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| United States | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Republic of Korea | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DPR Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
And here are the standings sorted by total medals:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| United States | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Republic of Korea | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DPR Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The United States used the swimming medals at the end of the day to tie the lead in terms of gold medals won and to take a commanding lead in regards to total medals won.
Of course, wer are still only two days into the 2016 Rio Olympics. That means there’s more than enough time for anything to happen in the Games as a whole, but more importantly in this case in the Olympics medal count standings.