Team USA’s Ginny Thrasher captured the first gold medal of the 2016 Rio Olympics. (Getty)
The 2016 Olympics officially get underway on Saturday, with 12 gold medals up for grabs.
Here’s a complete look at all the results for each medal event from Day 1, as well as an updated medal table:
Updated Medal Table
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| USA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| China | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Day 1 Medal Events & Winners
Shooting, Women’s 10m Air Rifle
Gold: Ginny Thrasher, USA
Silver: Li Du, China
Bronze: Siling Yi, China
Shooting, Men’s 10m Air Pistol
Gold: Hoang Xuan Vinh, Vietnam
Silver: Felipe Almeida Wu, Brazil
Bronze: Pang Wei, China
Cycling, Men’s Road Race
Gold: Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium
Silver: Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark
Bronze: Rafael Majka, Poland
Judo, Women’s 48kg
Gold: Paula Pareto, Argentina
Silver: Jeong Bo Kyeong, South Korea
Bronze: Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh, Kazakhstan
Bronze: Ami Kondo, Japan
Judo, Men’s 60kg
Gold: Beslan Mudranov, Russia
Silver: Yeldo Smetov, Kazakhstan
Bronze: Diyorbek Urozboev, Uzbekistan
Bronze: Naohisa Takato, Japan
Archery, Men’s Team
Gold: South Korea
Silver: United States
Bronze: Australia
Fencing, Women’s Epee
Gold: Emese Szasz, Hungary
Silver: Rossella Fiamingo, Italy
Bronze: Yiwen Sun, China
Weightlifting, Women’s 48kg
Gold: Sopita Tanasan, Thailand
Silver: Sri Wahyuni Agustiani, Indonesia
Bronze: Hiromi Miyake, Japan
Swimming, Men’s 400m IM
Gold: Kosuke Hagino, Japan
Silver: Chase Kalisz, USA
Bronze: Daiya Seto, Japan
Swimming, Men’s 400m Freestyle
Gold: Mack Horton, Australia
Silver: Sun Yung, China
Bronze: Gabriele Detti, Italy
Swimming, Women’s 400m IM
Gold: Katinka Hosszu, Hungary
Silver: Maya DiRado, USA
Bronze: Mireia Belmonte Garcia, Spain
Swimming, Women’s 4x100m Freestyle
Gold: Australia
Silver: USA
Bronze: Canada
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