Rio Olympics medal count 2016: Devon Allen fails to medal
Devon Allen failed to medal for Team USA in the Men’s 110m Hurdles, but the Americans still sit atop the 2016 Rio Olympics medal count standings
If there’s two things that the Oregon Ducks are known for in athletics, it’s track and field and football. Both worlds for the Ducks collided on the track on Tuesday night at Rio 2016, though, as Oregon football player Devon Allen competed in the Men’s 110m Hurdles final in a quest to bring a medal back to Eugene.
Allen finished third in his semifinal, but with an impressive time. While he wasn’t considered a favorite to even get bronze, there was still hope from Team USA that he would be able to find some Duck-magic and cross the finish line as one of the first three sprinters. Unfortunately, that wasn’t in the cards on Tuesday.
Jamaica’s Omar McLeod absolutely torched the field, including Allen, as they got midway through the hurdles. Unfortunately, Allen clipped the last few hurdles with his back foot to slow him down just enough to have him finish fifth while Orlando Ortega of Spain and Dimitri Bascou of France finished with the silver and bronze, respectively. However, you’d think that Oregon is more than pleased to have that type of speed coming to the gridiron.
After Simone Biles and Aly Raisman went gold-silver in the gymnastics floor exercise competition earlier in the day, there were plenty of other medals handed out. Derek Drouin of Canada won gold in the Men’s High Jump final. Moreover, Danell Levya added to his silver in parallel bars with another silver in horizontal bars as well.
All in all, it was a big day for movement in the Rio Olympics medal count standings. Here’s a look at how things stand now:
Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| United States | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
| Great Britain | 19 | 19 | 12 | 50 |
| China | 17 | 15 | 19 | 51 |
| Russia | 12 | 12 | 14 | 38 |
| Germany | 11 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| Italy | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| France | 7 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| Australia | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| Japan | 7 | 4 | 18 | 29 |
| Republic of Korea | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Hungary | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Spain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Brazil | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| DPR Korea | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Cuba | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Colombia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| South Africa | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Sweden | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Denmark | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Armenia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Belarus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fiji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Turkey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ireland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Algeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grenada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republic of Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The 28s across the board for the United States has them in a position where they don’t look as if they’ll be caught in the Rio Olympics medal count. However, there’s plenty of room for positioning just below them as Great Britain holds onto second. Let the drama commence with less than a week left of the Games.