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Olympics Results 2016: Day 1 Winners & Updated Medal Table

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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The Olympics results you need to know from Saturday's action, including all medal winners and an updated medal table.