Rio Olympics medal count 2016: Simone Manuel, Michael Phelps make history

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11: Simone Manuel (R) of the United States touches the wall to win gold in the Women's 100m Freestyle Final on Day 6 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11: Simone Manuel (R) of the United States touches the wall to win gold in the Women's 100m Freestyle Final on Day 6 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /
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Updated 2016 Rio Olympics medal count after Simone Manuel and Michael Phelps ended Day 6 in historic fashion

Yet another day at the 2016 Rio Olympics and yet another day when history is made. Moreover, it was another day that jam-packed with some of the best competition and most excitement you’ll ever see. And once again, it was another day when there was serious movement in the Olympics medal count. Even at the end of Day 6 at Rio 2016 ending with swimming once again, there were still big results.

The day’s finale with the swimming events saw the Women’s 200m Butterfly and Men’s 200m Backstroke events to start. Those gold medals were won by Rie Kaneto of Japan and Ryan Murphy of the US, respectively. However, that was just setting the stage for Michael Phelps vs Ryan Lochte in the Men’s 200m IM final.

Despite that these two athletes have been going at one another in this event for almost a decade now, this wasn’t close. Michael Phelps isn’t human and dominated the race. At 31 years old, the record-setter almost set a world record, winning the gold medal. He only added to his ridiculous and historic total of 22 gold medals 26 overall medals won at the Olympics.

However, the historic night in US Swimming was just getting started. In the final medal event of the night, Simone Manuel was looking to shock in the Women’s 100m Freestyle final. After trailing the top three at the turn, she made a mad spring. In the end, she tied for the gold medal with Canada’s Penny Oleksiak. By winning gold, Manuel became the first African American to win a medal for Team USA Swimming.

After all of this history, let’s take a look at the updated 2016 Rio Olympics medal count:

Rio Olympics medal count 8 11
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CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
United States16121038
China1181130
Japan721322
Great Britain55616
Australia54716
Republic of Korea52411
Hungary5117
Russia48719
Germany4318
Italy36312
France24511
Kazakhstan2237
Thailand2114
Spain2013
Switzerland2013
Croatia2002
New Zealand1405
Netherlands1225
Sweden1203
Canada1157
Belgium1113
Brazil1113
Slovenia1113
Colombia1102
Slovakia1102
Vietnam1102
Chinese Taipei1023
Poland1023
Czech Republic1012
Greece1012
Argentina1001
Fiji1001
India1001
Kosovo1001
Romania1001
South Africa0314
DPR Korea0224
Ukraine0213
Azerbaijan0202
Denmark0202
Indonesia0202
Georgia0112
Lithuania0112
Malaysia0101
Mongolia0101
Philippines0101
Turkey0101
Egypt0022
Uzbekistan0022
Estonia0011
Israel0011
Kyrgyzstan0011
Norway0011
Portugal0011
Tunisia0011
United Arab Emirates0011

The United States definitely leads in the gold medal Olympics medal count and in the overall medals won standings as well. However, China is making up ground and this could be incredible over the next week and a half in Rio.