Familiar competitors such as swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky headlined the American efforts in the pool, Simone Biles kick-started the women's gymnastics competition and the United States women's basketball team rolled to a 121-56 victory over Senegal behind a balanced attack.
What's more, medals were earned in sports such as archery, cycling, fencing, diving, judo and swimming. With that in mind, here is a look at an updated medal count and all the medal winners from Sunday's action.
Sunday Medals
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's Team Archery | Republic of Korea | Russia | Chinese Taipei |
| Women's Road Race Cycling | Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) | Emma Johansson (Sweden) | Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy) |
| Women's Synchronized 3-meter Springboard Diving | China | Italy | Australia |
| Men's Foil Individual Fencing | Daniele Garozzo (Italy) | Alexander Massialas (United States) | Timur Safin (Russia) |
| Men's 66-kilogram Judo | Fabio Basile (Italy) | Baul An (Republic of Korea) | Bronze Medal A: Rishod Sobirov (Uzbekistan); Bronze Medal B: Masashi Ebinuma (Japan) |
| Women's 52-kilogram Judo | Majlinda Kelmendi (Kosovo) | Odette Giuffrida (Italy) | Bronze Medal A: Misato Nakamura (Japan); Bronze Medal B: Erika Miranda (Brazil) |
| Women's 10-meter Air Pistol | Mengxue Zhang (China) | Vitalina Batsarashkina (Russia) | Anna Korakaki (Greece) |
| Women's Trap Shooting | Catherine Skinner (Australia) | Natalie Rooney (New Zealand) | Corey Cogdell (United States) |
| Women's 53-kilogram Weightlifting | Shu-Ching Hsu (Chinese Taipei) | Hidilyn Diaz (Philippines) | Jin Hee Yoon (Republic of Korea) |
| Men's 53-kilogram Weightlifting | Qingquan Long (China) | Yun Chol Om (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) | Sinphet Kruaithong (Thailand) |
| Women's 100-meter Butterfly | Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden) | Penny Oleksiak (Canada) | Dana Vollmer (United States) |
| Men's 100-meter Breaststroke | Adam Peaty (Great Britain) | Cameron van der Burgh (South Africa) | Cody Miller (United States) |
| Women's 400-meter Freestyle | Katie Ledecky (United States) | Jazz Carlin (Great Britain) | Leah Smith (United States) |
| Men's 4x100-meter Freestyle Relay | United States | France | Australia |
Sunday's Medal Events
Women’s Team Archery
South Korea continued its dominance of women's team archery, as it handled Russia in the gold-medal match five set points to one.