Day 7 Table: The United States lead over China.
Women's Team Sprint Finals
China's Jinjie Gong and Tianshi Zhong set a new world record with a time of 32.107. With a top speed of over 56km/h, they finished 0.3 seconds faster than the second-place Russians as they made up for a silver-medal performance in 2012.
Men's Pursuit Finals
The men's team pursuit saw Great Britain defend its 2012 title with a 0.8-second win over Australia. With the win, one of Britain's four racers, Bradley Wiggins, became the most successful British Olympian ever with his fifth gold and eighth Olympic medal, overtaking Sir Chris Hoy (via Jack Wilson of the Daily Star).
COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Manuel made history when she became the first African-American woman to win an individual swimming event at the Olympics, tying Canada's Penny Oleksiak in the 100m freestyle.
Phelps continued to write history when he won his 22nd gold medal, and became the first man to win the 200m individual medley in four consecutive Olympics.
Murphy swept the backstroke events with a win in the 200m after winning the 100m earlier in the week.
ARCHERY:
After taking down Brady Ellison in one of the most exciting matches of the Games, South Korea's Ku Bonchan had an easier time against France's Jean- Charles Valladont in the gold-medal match, winning 7-3.
Of the five sets, Ku recorded points in four of them while putting up more than one in three of them. Valladont on the other hand scored in just two sets.
Ku was remarkably consistent too, recording less than a nine on just one of 15 shots.
ATHLETICS:
Women's 10,000-Meter
Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia laid waste to the competition in the women's 10,000- meter final, destroying the world record with a time of 29:17.45 and finishing more than 15 seconds ahead of silver medalist Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot of Kenya.
Men's 20km Race Walk
China's Wang Zheng improved upon his bronze medal from the 2012 London Games with a gold in the 2016 Rio Games.
He just narrowly edged his fellow countryman Cai Zelin by just 0.12 seconds.
CYCLING (TRACK):Women's Team Sprint Finals
China's Jinjie Gong and Tianshi Zhong set a new world record with a time of 32.107. With a top speed of over 56km/h, they finished 0.3 seconds faster than the second-place Russians as they made up for a silver-medal performance in 2012.
Men's Pursuit Finals
The men's team pursuit saw Great Britain defend its 2012 title with a 0.8-second win over Australia. With the win, one of Britain's four racers, Bradley Wiggins, became the most successful British Olympian ever with his fifth gold and eighth Olympic medal, overtaking Sir Chris Hoy (via Jack Wilson of the Daily Star).
Equestrian:
Dressage Team Grand Prix Special
In the fanciest Olympic event, Germany took home gold in the equestrian dressage team grand prix special, defeating silver medalists ad 2012 champions Great Britain by more than three points.
The United States won its first medal in this event since 2004, as it took home the bronze.
COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
| United States | 20 | 13 | 17 | 50 |
| China | 13 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| Japan | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Great Britain | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| South Korea | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Germany | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Russia | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| Hungary | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| France | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| Australia | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| Italy | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| North Korea | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent Athletes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fiji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Georgia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Denmark | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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