USA Wins 1000th Gold Medal With Women’s Medley Relay Win

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The USAwomen’s victory in the 4×100 medley relay Saturday night had ramifications beyond the swimming world.  According to the United States Olympics Swimming Committee, when Simone Manuel touched the wall ahead of Australia’s Cate Campbell, the victory earned Team USA its 1000th gold medal all-time at the Summer Olympics.

The United States came into Rio with 977 gold medals all-time.  The USA added 22 gold medals so far these Games coming into today, with 14 of those coming from the US swim team.

While the medal totals are constantly changing this week, here’s what appears to be the current Top 10 countries for Summer Olympic gold medals:

United States – 1000
Soviet Union – 395
Great Britain – 246
China – 214
France – 207
Italy – 204
Germany – 182
Hungary – 172
East Germany – 153
Sweden – 144

If you remove the Soviet Union and East Germany, as they no longer exist as countries, the next two countries on the list are Russia and Australia.

The USA added to its all-time total with another gold medal (including a world record by Ryan Murphy) in the men’s medley relay just a few minutes after the women secured the 1000th gold medal, and the USA has another week of the Rio Olympic Games to continue to add to its medal count.