Rio Olympics medal count 2016: Kristin Armstrong adds to US gold medal total
Looking at the updated 2016 Rio Olympics medal count after the men’s and women’s road cycling time trials with USA’s Kristin Armstrong winning gold
There wasn’t any time wasted before medals started being handed out at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Day 5 as the day started with two medal events in Olympics road cycling with both the men and women competing in the time trial event. USA’s Kristin Armstrong took home the gold in the women’s event with Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia and Anna Van Der Breggen of Netherlands won bronze.
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In the men’s event, it was Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara who emphatically captured the gold medal with Tom Dumoulin of Netherlands and Chris Froome of Great Britain winning silver and bronze, respectively.
After the Olympics road cycling men’s and women’s time trials, here’s a look at the updated 2016 Rio Olympics medal count sorted by gold medals won:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| United States | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| China | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 7 | 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 | 3 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 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 |
| 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 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The United States increased their lead in the gold medals standings after Armstrong won in the women’s road cycling time trials.
Now here’s a look at the total medals won standings in the Rio Olympics medal count:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| United States | 10 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| China | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| Russia | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Republic of Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| France | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Switzerland | 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 |
| 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 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Team USA also increased their lead in regards to total medals won while Russia and Great Britain both made up some ground towards getting into the top three.
There are still plenty of events and medals to be handed out at Rio 2016 and the Rio Olympics medal count could still change a great deal.