Rio Day 5 Medal Table: Relay Gold Helps USA Lead In All-Sports Table

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Team USA continues to lead the swimming medal count through day 5 of the Rio Olympic Games, adding 3 more medals to their total tonight.

First, USA breaststroker Josh Prenot charged home hard in the men’s 200 breast to bring home his first ever Olympic medal. Prenot posted a 2:07.53, earning him the silver medal in a photo-finish race with Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Balandin.

In the men’s 100 free, Nathan Adrian wasn’t able to defend his Olympic title, but he did earn another medal for his country with a 3rd place finish. Adrian touched the wall in 47.85 to bring in the bronze.

Team USA got a gold medal to add to their silver and bronze tonight, taking the win in the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay with Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya DiRado, and Katie Ledecky. The Australians were tough to beat, as they lead for the first 3 legs of the race, but they couldn’t hold off Ledecky, who anchored in a 1:53.74 split.

The Americans still have a tight lead over China, with 9 total medals and only one gold medal separating the two. Without today’s relay gold, they would’ve given up their one-medal lead in the gold standings.

Japan has moved up to 3rd in the overall sports medal count, doubling their golds today to give them 6 gold and 18 overall medals. One of Japan’s medals today came from Natsumi Hoshi, who placed 3rd with a 2:05.20 in the women’s 200 fly to add a bronze to their count.

The USA now has 21 swimming medals, with the swimmers contributing about 67% of their total 32 medals from all sports through day 5. Of their 11 gold medals, 8 have come from swimming.

Swimming Medal Table:

Country
	1 United States		8		5		8		21
	2 Australia		3		2		2		7
	3 Hungary		3		0		1		4
	4 Great Britain		1		3		0		4
	5 China		1		2		1		4
	6 Japan		1		1		3		5
	7 Sweden		1		1		0		2
	8 Spain		1		0		1		2
	9 Kazakhstan		1		0		0		1
	10 South Africa		0		2		0		2
	11 Canada		0		1		3		4
	12 Russia		0		1		1		2
	13 Belgium		0		1		0		1
	13 France		0		1		0		1
	14 Italy		0		0		1		1

Overall Medal Table:

Country
	1 United States		11		11		10		32
	2 China		10		5		8		23
	3 Japan		6		1		11		18
	4 Australia		5		2		5		12
	5 Hungary		5		1		1		7
	6 Russia		4		7		4		15
	7 South Korea		4		2		3		9
	8 Italy		3		6		2		11
	9 Great Britain		3		3		6		12
	10 France		2		3		1		6
	11 Kazakhstan		2		2		3		7
	12 Thailand		2		1		1		4
	13 Germany		1		2		1		4
	14 Sweden		1		2		0		3
	15 Netherlands		1		1		2		4
	16 Belgium		1		1		1		3
	17 Brazil		1		1		0		2
	17 Colombia		1		1		0		2
	17 Slovenia		1		1		0		2
	17 Vietnam		1		1		0		2
	21 Chinese Taipei		1		0		2		3
	22 Spain		1		0		1		2
	22 Greece		1		0		1		2
	22 Switzerland		1		0		1		2
	25 Argentina		1		0		0		1
	25 Croatia		1		0		0		1
	25 Independent Olympic Athletes		1		0		0		1
	25 Kosovo		1		0		0		1
	29 North Korea		0		2		2		4
	30 Ukraine		0		2		1		3
	31 Indonesia		0		2		0		2
	31 New Zealand		0		2		0		2
	31 South Africa		0		2		0		2
	34 Canada		0		1		5		6
	35 Georgia		0		1		1		2
	36 Azerbaijan		0		1		0		1
	36 Denmark		0		1		0		1
	36 Malaysia		0		1		0		1
	36 Mongolia		0		1		0		1
	36 Philippines		0		1		0		1
	36 Slovakia		0		1		0		1
	36 Turkey		0		1		0		1
	43 Egypt		0		0		2		2
	43 Uzbekistan		0		0		2		2
	45 Czech Republic		0		0		1		1
	45 Israel		0		0		1		1
	45 Kyrgyzstan		0		0		1		1
	45 Poland		0		0		1		1
	45 Portugal		0		0		1		1
	45 Tunisia		0		0		1		1
	45 United Arab Emirates		0		0		1		1