Rio Olympics medal count 2016: Michael Phelps wins gold No. 21
Taking a look at the 2016 Rio Olympics medal count after Day 4, which included Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, and US Women’s Gymnastics winning golds
It was another incredible day at Rio 2016 with several gold medal events, including several huge Olympic swimming events and the Women’s Gymnastics Team finals. As Michael Phelps won his Nos. 20 and 21 gold medals on Tuesday night and as Katie Ledecky and the US Women’s Gymnastics team all won gold for the United States, though, the Rio Olympics medal count changed quickly.
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Without any further adieu, here are the Rio Olympics medal count standings after all of the Day 4 events, sorted by number of gold medals won:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| United States | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| China | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Republic of Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| France | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DPR Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 |
With Michael Phelps and Team USA winning the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay gold medal, they took the sole lead of the medal count in terms of gold medals won.
Of course, they’ve been dominating in the overall medal count in regards to total medals won and only further increased their lead in that regard. Here are the Rio Olympics medal count standings sorted by total medals won:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| United States | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| China | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| Russia | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Republic of Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| France | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DPR Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| South Africa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Will anyone be able to catch the United States and China in the Rio Olympics medal count standings or is it just a two-country race at this point.
It’s only Day 4, but it’s already going to be a long climb for any other nation to compete with those two at the top of the Rio Olympics medal count right now.