2016 Summer Olympics medal table - wikipedia 2016 Summer Olympics medal table World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Legend : Countries that won at least one gold medal. Countries that won at least one silver medal ( and no gold medals ). Countries that won at least one bronze medal ( and no gold or silver medals ). Countries that did not win any medals. Countries that did not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The number of the total medals of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Part of a series on 2016 Summer Olympics Bid process ( bid details ) Development ( venues, torch relay ) Marketing ( mascots ) Broadcasters Opening ceremony ( flag bearers ) Chronological summary Medal table ( medallists ) Controversies ( prior doping offences ticket Lochtegate ) World and Olympic records Closing ceremony ( flag bearers ) Paralympics IOC COB COJOPR The following medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) and one non-NOC team ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Vietnam, Kosovo, Fiji, Singapore, Puerto Rico, Bahrain, Jordan, Tajikistan and Ivory Coast won their first Olympic gold medals. They were also Kosovo 's, Fiji 's, and Jordan 's first Olympic medals of any kind. Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid Al - Deehani became the first independent athlete to win a gold medal, though gold medals have been won under the Olympic flag by other entities, such as countries that competed under the flag at 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow or the Unified Team in 1992. For the fourth time in the last five Games, the United States led the medal table both in number of gold medals won ( as the medals are listed on the official website of the Games, and internationally by tradition ), and in overall medals ( the traditional method by which the table is listed in the United States ). Behind the United States, Great Britain were second on the medal table by golds ( 27 ), and third by overall medals ( 67 ) -- their highest finish under either count since the home games of 1908, while China were third by golds ( 26 ), but second by overall medals ( 70 ). Both countries were significantly behind the United States tally ( 46 golds, 121 medals ), but well clear of a group of challengers for fourth in the table including Russia, Germany, France and 2020 hosts Japan. Athletes from 87 nations earned medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, breaking the record of most nations winning a medal at a single edition of the Olympics. However, following reallocation due to doping sanctions, an 87th country was later awarded a medal at the 2008 Olympics, tying the record. Athletes from 59 nations earned gold medals at these games, also breaking the record for the most number of nations winning gold at a single games. Great Britain became the first country in the history of the modern Olympics to increase their tally of medals in the subsequent games after being the host nation -- winning 67 total medals ( with 27 golds ) at these games compared to the 65 ( with 29 golds ) won in London four years previously. Host country Brazil won seven gold medals, their most at any single Summer Olympics. Contents 1 Medals 2 Medal table 3 Changes in medal standings 3.1 List of official changes 3.2 List of possible changes in medal standings 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Medals See also : Olympic medal Representative set of the Olympic medals The design for the Olympic medals for the 2016 Summer Olympics featured the largest medals in terms of diameter of any medal presented at the Olympics. The golds are purer than any presented at all preceding Olympics. The silvers were made from recycling mirrors, solder, and X-ray plates. Much of the copper used in the bronzes came from recycling waste from the mint that minted the medals. The obverse of the medals features Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Medal table See also : Olympic medal table World maps showing the gold, silver and bronze medal achievements of each country during the 2016 Summer Olympics. The American final team ( Adrian, Held, Phelps, and Dressel ), after winning the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympics. Medalists in the weightlifting men 's 85 kg event. Iranian Kianoush Rostami won the competition Medalists at the women 's 57 kg taekwondo. Great Britain 's Jade Jones ( second from left ) successfully defended her title Medal achievements of most successful countries in 2016 Summer Olympics. This is the table of the medal count of the 2016 Summer Olympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Olympic Committee ( NOC ). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC Country Code. Although this information is provided by the IOC, the IOC itself does not recognize or endorse any ranking system. The 2016 Summer Olympic program featured 28 sports with 41 disciplines, and a total of 306 events, tentatively resulting in 306 medal sets to be distributed. Athletes from 87 countries won medals, and 59 of them won at least one gold medal. Both of these categories set new records. 120 countries did not win a medal. Two gold medals were awarded for a first - place tie in the women 's 100 metre freestyle swimming event. No silver medal was awarded as a consequence. Three silver medals were awarded for a second - place tie in the men 's 100 metre butterfly swimming event. No bronze medal was awarded as a consequence. In boxing ( 13 disciplines ), judo ( 14 ), taekwondo ( 8 ), and wrestling ( 18 ), two bronze medals are awarded in each event ( 53 additional bronze medals total ). Additionally, two bronze medals were awarded for a third - place tie in the women 's 100 metre backstroke swimming and in the men 's K - 1 200 metres canoeing events. Key * Host nation ( Brazil ) 2016 Summer Olympics medal table Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total United States ( USA ) 46 37 38 121 Great Britain ( GBR ) 27 23 17 67 China ( CHN ) 26 18 26 70 Russia ( RUS ) 19 17 20 56 5 Germany ( GER ) 17 10 15 42 6 Japan ( JPN ) 12 8 21 41 7 France ( FRA ) 10 18 14 42 8 South Korea ( KOR ) 9 9 21 9 Italy ( ITA ) 8 12 8 28 10 Australia ( AUS ) 8 11 10 29 11 Netherlands ( NED ) 8 7 19 12 Hungary ( HUN ) 8 15 13 Brazil ( BRA ) * 7 6 6 19 14 Spain ( ESP ) 7 6 17 15 Kenya ( KEN ) 6 6 13 16 Jamaica ( JAM ) 6 11 17 Croatia ( CRO ) 5 10 18 Cuba ( CUB ) 5 11 19 New Zealand ( NZL ) 9 5 18 20 Canada ( CAN ) 15 22 21 Uzbekistan ( UZB ) 7 13 22 Kazakhstan ( KAZ ) 5 9 17 23 Colombia ( COL ) 8 24 Switzerland ( SUI ) 7 25 Iran ( IRI ) 8 26 Greece ( GRE ) 6 27 Argentina ( ARG ) 0 28 Denmark ( DEN ) 6 7 15 29 Sweden ( SWE ) 6 11 30 South Africa ( RSA ) 6 10 31 Ukraine ( UKR ) 5 11 32 Serbia ( SRB ) 8 33 Poland ( POL ) 6 11 34 North Korea ( PRK ) 7 35 Belgium ( BEL ) 6 Thailand ( THA ) 6 37 Slovakia ( SVK ) 0 38 Georgia ( GEO ) 7 39 Azerbaijan ( AZE ) 7 10 18 40 Belarus ( BLR ) 9 41 Turkey ( TUR ) 8 42 Armenia ( ARM ) 0 43 Czech Republic ( CZE ) 7 10 44 Ethiopia ( ETH ) 5 8 45 Slovenia ( SLO ) 46 Indonesia ( INA ) 0 47 Romania ( ROU ) 48 Bahrain ( BRN ) 0 Vietnam ( VIE ) 0 50 Chinese Taipei ( TPE ) 0 51 Bahamas ( BAH ) 0 Ivory Coast ( CIV ) 0 Independent Olympic Athletes ( IOA ) 0 54 Fiji ( FIJ ) 0 0 Jordan ( JOR ) 0 0 Kosovo ( KOS ) 0 0 Puerto Rico ( PUR ) 0 0 Singapore ( SIN ) 0 0 Tajikistan ( TJK ) 0 0 60 Malaysia ( MAS ) 0 5 61 Mexico ( MEX ) 0 5 62 Algeria ( ALG ) 0 0 Ireland ( IRL ) 0 0 64 Lithuania ( LTU ) 0 65 Bulgaria ( BUL ) 0 Venezuela ( VEN ) 0 67 India ( IND ) 0 Mongolia ( MGL ) 0 69 Burundi ( BDI ) 0 0 Grenada ( GRN ) 0 0 Niger ( NIG ) 0 0 Philippines ( PHI ) 0 0 Qatar ( QAT ) 0 0 74 Norway ( NOR ) 0 0 75 Egypt ( EGY ) 0 0 Tunisia ( TUN ) 0 0 77 Israel ( ISR ) 0 0 78 Austria ( AUT ) 0 0 Dominican Republic ( DOM ) 0 0 Estonia ( EST ) 0 0 Finland ( FIN ) 0 0 Morocco ( MAR ) 0 0 Nigeria ( NGR ) 0 0 Portugal ( POR ) 0 0 Trinidad and Tobago ( TTO ) 0 0 United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) 0 0 Total ( 86 NOCs ) 307 306 359 972 Changes in medal standings List of official changes Ruling date Sport / Event NOC 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Comment List of official changes in medal standings ( during the Games ) 18 August 2016 Weightlifting Men 's 69 kg Kyrgyzstan ( KGZ ) − 1 − 1 On 18 August 2016, Kyrgyz weightlifter Izzat Artykov was stripped of his bronze medal in the men 's 69 kg event after testing positive for strychnine. Luis Javier Mosquera of Colombia, who had been the fourth - place finisher before Artykov 's disqualification, was moved into third place. Colombia ( COL ) + 1 + 1 List of official changes in medal standings ( after the Games ) 8 December 2016 Weightlifting Men 's 85 kg Romania ( ROM ) − 1 − 1 On 8 December 2016, the CAS disqualified weightlifter Gabriel Sîncrăian of Romania and boxer Misha Aloian of Russia. Boxing Men 's flyweight Russia ( RUS ) − 1 − 1 30 January 2017 Canoeing Men 's C - 1 1000 metres Moldova ( MDA ) − 1 − 1 Serghei Tarnovschi stripped bronze medal. Russia ( RUS ) + 1 + 1 List of possible changes in medal standings Ruling date Sport / Event NOC 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Comment 8 December 2016 Weightlifting Men 's 85 kg Kazakhstan ( KAZ ) + 1 + 1 See above 8 December 2016 Boxing Men 's flyweight China ( CHN ) + 1 − 1 0 See above Colombia ( COL ) + 1 + 1 See also 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table All - time Olympic Games medal table List of IOC country codes References Jump up ^ `` Medals By Countries ''. Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` 2016 Rio Olympics Medals Tally ''. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` Rio Olympics 2016 : Vietnam win first ever Games gold ''. BBC.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` Majlinda Kelmendi wins gold for Kosovo 's historic first Olympic medal ''. CNN.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` Fiji wins rugby sevens for nation 's first Olympic gold ''. usatoday.com. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016. 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Retrieved 28 August 2011. Jump up ^ Rio Olympics 2016 : Izzat Artykov stripped of weightlifting bronze -- BBC.com Jump up ^ `` Rio 2016 : Weightlifting : Men 's 69kg Schedule & Results ''. Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016. Jump up ^ CAS AD 16 / 07 International Olympic Committee v. Izzat Artykov Jump up ^ `` CAS AD 16 / 10 and 16 / 11. The Anti-doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport Issues Decisions in the Cases of Gabriel Sincraian ( ROM / Weightlifting - 85kg ) and Misha Aloian ( RUS / Boxing - 52kg ) '' ( PDF ). Court of Arbitration for Sport. December 8, 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners. 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Question: who had the most medals in the 2016 olympics
Answer: United States