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Michael Phelps (pictured) won six medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete.
Location Rio de Janeiro, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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Most gold medalsFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (46)
Most total medalsFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (121)
Medalling NOCs86
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The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. [1] [2] [3] [4] 11,238 athletes representing 207 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, including first-time entrants Kosovo, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team. [3] The games featured 306 events in 28 sports and 41 disciplines. [3] [5] The 2016 Summer Games were the first Olympics to be held in South America. [6]

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Athletes representing 87 NOCs received at least one medal, breaking the record of most NOCs winning a medal at a single edition of the Olympics. [7] [upper-alpha 1] Athletes from 59 nations earned gold medals at these games, also breaking the record for the most nations winning gold at a single games. [12] Bahrain, [13] [upper-alpha 2] Fiji, [16] Ivory Coast, [17] Jordan, [18] Kosovo, [19] Puerto Rico, [20] Singapore, [21] Tajikistan, [22] and Vietnam won their first Olympic gold medals. [23] They were also the first Olympic medals of any kind for Fiji, Jordan, and Kosovo. [16] [18] [19] Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani became the first independent athlete to win a gold medal. [24]

The United States led the medal table both in number of gold medals won and in overall medals, winning 46 and 121 respectively. [25] American swimmer Michael Phelps won the most gold medals at the games with five and the most total medals with six (five gold, one silver). [26] This marked the fourth consecutive Summer Olympic Games in which Phelps led all athletes in gold and total medals. [27] [28] [29]

Medals

The 2016 Olympic medals were the largest diameter of any medals presented at the Olympics up to this point. The golds were purer than any presented at all preceding Olympics. The silvers were made from recycling mirrors, solder, and X-ray plates. Just under half of the copper used in the bronze medals was recycled from normal operations at the Brazilian Mint. The reverse of the medals features Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. [30]

Medal table

World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Legend:

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represents countries that won at least one gold medal.

represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals.

represents countries that won at least one bronze medal but no gold or silver medals.

represents countries that did not win any medals.

represents entities that did not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics. 2016 Summer Olympics medal map.svg
World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Legend:
   represents countries that won at least one gold medal.
   represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals.
   represents countries that won at least one bronze medal but no gold or silver medals.
   represents countries that did not win any medals.
   represents entities that did not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The American final team, after winning the men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympics. From left to right: Nathan Adrian, Ryan Held, Michael Phelps, and Caeleb Dressel. Adrian, Held, Phelps, Dressel Rio 2016.jpg
The American final team, after winning the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympics. From left to right: Nathan Adrian, Ryan Held, Michael Phelps, and Caeleb Dressel.
Medalists in the men's 85 kg weightlifting event. From left to right: Tian Tao (China, silver), Kianoush Rostami (Iran, gold), and Gabriel Sincraian (Romania, bronze, later disqualified). Kianoush Rostami at the 2016 Summer Olympics (14).jpg
Medalists in the men's 85 kg weightlifting event. From left to right: Tian Tao (China, silver), Kianoush Rostami (Iran, gold), and Gabriel Sîncrăian (Romania, bronze, later disqualified).
Women's 57 kg taekwondo medalists at the 2016 games. From left to right: Eva Calvo (Spain, silver), Jade Jones (Great Britain, gold), Kimia Alizadeh (Iran, bronze), and Hedaya Malak (Egypt, bronze). Medalists at the Women's 57 kg Taekwando.jpg
Women's 57 kg taekwondo medalists at the 2016 games. From left to right: Eva Calvo (Spain, silver), Jade Jones (Great Britain, gold), Kimia Alizadeh (Iran, bronze), and Hedaya Malak (Egypt, bronze).

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. [31] [32] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code. [33]

Events in boxing result in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lose their semi-final matches, as opposed to fighting in a third place tie breaker. [34] Other combat sports, which include, judo, taekwondo, and wrestling, use a repechage system which also results in two bronze medals being awarded. [35]

Two gold medals and no silver medals were awarded due to a first-place tie in the women's 100 metre freestyle swimming event, [36] while three silver medals and no bronze medals were awarded due to a second-place tie in the men's 100 metre butterfly swimming event. [37] Additionally, two bronze medals were awarded for a third-place tie in the women's 100 metre backstroke swimming and in the men's K-1 200 metres canoeing events. [38] [39]

Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan originally won the gold medal in men's 77 kg weightlifting but was disqualified in March 2022 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for doping violations. [40] [41] As of July 2024, the medals have not yet been re-allocated and will not be until final rulings by the IOC have been issued. [42]

Key

   Changes in medal standings (see below)

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

2016 Summer Olympics medal table [43] [upper-alpha 3]
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 463738121
2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 27231767
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26182670
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia19172056
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 17101542
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1282141
7Flag of France.svg  France 10181442
8Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 93921
9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 812828
10Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8111029
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 87419
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 83415
13Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil*76619
14Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 74617
15Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 66113
16Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 63211
17Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 53210
18Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 52411
19Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49518
20Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 431522
21Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 42713
22Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia3238
23Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3227
24Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3148
25Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3126
26Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3104
27Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26715
28Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26311
29Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26210
30Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan251017
31Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25411
32Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 2428
33Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23611
34Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2327
35Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2226
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2226
37Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2204
38Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2147
39Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 171018
40Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1449
41Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1348
42Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1304
43Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 12710
44Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1258
45Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1214
46Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1203
47Flag of Romania.svg  Romania1124
48Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1102
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1102
50Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1023
51Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1012
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes [upper-alpha 4] 1012
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1012
54Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1001
Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Jordan 1001
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1001
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1001
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1001
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 1001
60Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0415
61Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0325
62Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela0213
63Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0202
Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 0202
65Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 0134
66Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0123
67Flag of India.svg  India 0112
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 0112
69Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 0101
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 0101
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 0101
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0101
Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 0101
74Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0044
75Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0033
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0033
77Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 0022
78Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0011
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 0011
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0011
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 0011
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0011
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0011
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0011
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0011
Totals (86 entries)306307359972

Changes in medal standings

List of official changes in medal standings
Ruling dateEventAthlete (NOC)Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgNet changeComment
18 August 2016 Weightlifting, men's 69 kg Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Izzat Artykov  (KGZ)DSQ−1−1On 18 August 2016, Kyrgyz weightlifter Izzat Artykov was stripped of his bronze medal in the men's 69 kg event after testing positive for strychnine. Luis Javier Mosquera of Colombia, who had been the fourth-place finisher before Artykov's disqualification, was moved into third place. [48] [49] [50]
Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Javier Mosquera  (COL)+1+1
8 December 2016 Weightlifting, men's 85 kg Flag of Romania.svg  Gabriel Sîncrăian  (ROU)DSQ−1−1On 8 December 2016, the CAS disqualified weightlifter Gabriel Sîncrăian of Romania after he tested positive for exogenous testosterone and boxer Misha Aloian of Russia after he tested positive for tuaminoheptane. [51] In the men's 85 kg weightlifting event Denis Ulanov of Kazakhstan was moved into third place. [52] In the men's flyweight (52 kg) boxing event Yoel Finol of Venezuela was moved into second place; the released bronze medal has not been awarded to anyone. [53]
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Denis Ulanov  (KAZ)+1+1
Boxing, men's flyweight Flag of Russia.svg  Misha Aloyan  (RUS)DSQ−1−1
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Yoel Finol  (VEN)+1−10
30 January 2017 Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 metres Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Serghei Tarnovschi  (MDA)DSQ−1−1 Serghei Tarnovschi of Moldova was stripped of his bronze medal in the men's C-1 1000 metres canoeing event after testing positive for GHRP-2, a growth hormone-releasing peptide. [54]
Flag of Russia.svg  Ilia Shtokalov  (RUS)+1+1
22 March 2022 Weightlifting, men's 77 kg Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Nijat Rahimov  (KAZ)DSQ−1−1 Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan was stripped of his gold medal in the men's 77 kg weightlifting event for doping. [55] The IOC has not yet redistributed the medal. [42] [56]
List of official changes by country
NOCGoldSilverBronzeNet change
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)+1+1
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)−1+10
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan  (KGZ)−1−1
Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova  (MDA)−1−1
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)−1−1
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)−1+10
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)+1−10

See also

Notes

  1. Following reallocation due to doping sanctions, an 87th country was later awarded a medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, tying the record. [8] The total count of NOCs to win a medal at the 2016 games later became 86 after Moldova's Serghei Tarnovschi was stripped of his bronze medal, the country's only medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [9] [10] This caused the record to be held solely by the 2008 games until it was broken at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [11]
  2. Bahrain was retroactively awarded a gold medal in 2021 for the 2012 Summer Olympics due to a medal reallocation of the women's 1500 metres race. Maryam Yusuf Jamal had originally finished third. [14] [15]
  3. Figures in table reflect all official changes in medal standings.
  4. The Independent Olympic Athletes team was composed of nine Kuwaiti athletes competing under the Olympic flag, as the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the IOC due to political interference. [44] [45] [46] While the Refugee Olympic Team also competed under the Olympic flag, they were not considered independent. [47]

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