Full Medal Tally from Rio Olympic Games 2016 - 5th August to 21st August

Rio 2016: Olympics Full Medal Table: PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik make India proud with silver and bronze medals

Archana Venkatraman

Indian female wrestler Sakshi Malik ended India's 11-days medal drought on Thursday, August 18th by winning a bronze medal in women's 58-kg freestyle wrestling event at Rio 2016 Olympics.  PV Sindhu (V Sindhu Pusarla) bagged silver medal in women's badminton singles earning India its first silver medal in Rio Olympics

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India's PV Sindhu (left) bags silver medal at Rio Olympics in women's badmonton singles
India's PV Sindhu (left) bags silver medal at Rio Olympics in women's badmonton singles

Sakshi beat Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova in a thrilling match for a score of 8-5. Sakshi Malik is the first Indian to put India on the medal table in Rio 2016 Olympics making India proud. Sakshi Malik's victory made India jubilant with her name trending on Twitter and Bollywood celebs, politicians and influential sports-stars congratulating her for victory. Haryana government is planning to honour her with a 2.05-crore-rupees cash prize. "Sakshi Malik will inspire several sportspersons in the years to come," tweeted PM Narendra Modi.

Sakshi Malik wins first bronze medal this year at Rio Olympics 2016 for 58-kg freestyle wrestling
Sakshi Malik wins first bronze medal this year at Rio Olympics 2016 for 58-kg freestyle wrestling

India's hopes for a gold medal rested on PV Sindhu after she entered badminton final on Thursday after defeating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in semi finals. Sindhu won 21-19, 21-10 against Nozomi in just 49 minutes. Sindhu became the first Indian badminton player to enter Olympics finals. On Friday, 21-year-old Sindhu won a silver medal following a thrilling match against Spain's Carolina Marin. Her victory has made India jubilant with PV Sindhu trending on Twitter. 

Rio 2016 - Olympics opening ceremony and medal count
Rio 2016 - Olympics opening ceremony and medal count

The 2016 Olympic Games opened on Friday, August 5th  in Rio, Brazil at the Maracana Stadium in Rio. The mega sporting event will end on August 21, 2016. Below is the full list of Rio Olympics 2016 Medal Table with country ranks (UPDATED):

COUNTRY

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

Britain (Rank 2)

27

23

17

67

India (Rank 70)

0

1 (PV Sindhu)

1 (Sakshi Malik)

1

Sri Lanka

0

0

0

0

Pakistan

0

0

0

0

Bangladesh

0

0

0

0

Australia (Rank 9)

8

11

10

29

Below Countries in Ranking order with US at #1, China at #3

 

 

 

 

United States

43

37

36

116

China

26

18

26

70

Germany

17

10

14

41

Japan

12

8

21

41

Russia

19

18

19

56

Italy

8

9

6

23

South Korea

6

3

4

13

France

8

11

13

32

Hungary

5

3

3

11

Netherlands

8

4

3

15

Spain

3

0

2

5

New Zealand

2

6

0

8

Canada

2

2

8

12

Kazakhstan

2

2

3

7

Belgium

2

1

1

4

Thailand

2

1

1

4

Croatia

2

1

0

3

Switzerland

2

0

1

3

Iran

2

0

0

2

Sweden

1

3

1

5

Denmark

1

2

3

6

North Korea

1

2

2

5

Belarus

1

2

1

4

Brazil

1

1

2

4

Poland

1

1

2

4

Romania

1

1

2

4

Slovenia

1

1

1

3

Vietnam

1

1

0

2

Czech Republic

1

0

4

5

Chinese Taipei

1

0

2

3

Ethiopia

1

0

2

3

Greece

1

0

1

2

Independent Olympic Athletes

1

0

1

2

Jamaica

1

0

1

2

Argentina

1

0

0

1

Fiji

1

0

0

1

Kosovo

1

0

0

1

Peurto Rico

1

0

0

1

Singapore

1

0

0

1

South Africa

0

5

1

6

Ukraine

0

3

1

4

Azerbaijan

0

2

0

2

Indonesia

0

2

0

2

Kenya

0

2

0

2

Cuba

0

1

2

3

Lithuania

0

1

2

3

Georgia

0

1

1

2

Ireland

0

1

0

1

Malaysia

0

1

0

1

Mongolia

0

1

0

1

Philippines

0

1

0

1

Turkey

0

1

0

1

Uzbekistan

0

0

3

3

 

Egypt

0

0

2

2

Israel

0

0

2

2

Norway

0

0

2

2

Estonia

0

0

1

1

Kyrgyzstan

0

0

1

1

Portugal

0

0

1

1

Tunisia

0

0

1

1

UAE

0

0

1

1

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