Updated 2016 Rio Olympics medal count after Day 12 of the Games featuring Brianna Rollins leading a US sweep of the Women’s 100m Hurdles
Entering Wednesday, August 17 for Day 12 of the 2016 Rio Olympics, the United States still held a firm grasp on the Olympics medal count atop the standings. In fact, it already looks as if no one is catching the USA in regards to gold medals and overall medals won. However, the US wasn’t done winning medals on Thursday—and they weren’t done making history in the process of adding to their totals as well.
Brianna Rollins of the United States was the favorite heading into the Women’s 100m Hurdles in Olympics track and field. With the final being held on Wednesday night, she was looking to put the US at 30 gold medals won at Rio 2016. She ran away from the field and did just that, but it was her teammates running with her that helped make history. Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin from the USA finished with the silver and bronze to make for a clean sweep on the podium. It’s the first time in Olympic history that one country has done so in that event.
Elsewhere in women’s beach volleyball, there was still hope for Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross. Despite a disappointing loss on Tuesday and no shot at a gold medal, they were able to weather a first set loss to fight back against the top-seeded Brazil team to win the bronze medal. Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst won the gold medal over Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas de Freitas of Brazil, the latter getting silver.
Throughout the day, there were obviously many other medals handed out. Subsequently, the 2016 Rio Olympics medal count saw plenty of movement. Here’s a look at the updated standings after Day 12:
Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| United States | 30 | 32 | 31 | 93 |
| Great Britain | 19 | 19 | 12 | 50 |
| China | 19 | 15 | 20 | 54 |
| Russia | 12 | 14 | 15 | 41 |
| Germany | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| Japan | 10 | 5 | 18 | 33 |
| France | 8 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| Italy | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| Australia | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| Republic of Korea | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| Hungary | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Kenya | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Spain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Brazil | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| DPR Korea | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Cuba | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Thailand | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Colombia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| South Africa | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Sweden | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Denmark | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Armenia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Belarus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| IOA | 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 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Turkey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ireland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Algeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grenada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| India | 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 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
With the sweeping of the Women’s 100m Hurdles and other medals won, the United States became the first country to touch 30 gold medals while also being the first to get to 30 silvers and 30 bronzes as well. Meanwhile, Great Britain’s hope of catching China in terms of overall medals took a hit as they failed to win a single one on Day 12. There’s time left still, though, so we’ll see what’s left to wow us at the Games.