2016 Summer Olympics medal table

2016 Summer Olympics medals
Michael Phelps smiling with his hand over his heart while wearing an Olympic gold medal.
Michael Phelps (pictured) won six medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete.
LocationRio de Janeiro,  Brazil
Highlights
Most gold medals United States (46)
Most total medals United States (121)
Medalling NOCs86
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2016 Summer Olympics

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]

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][A] 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][B] 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]

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