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Rio Olympics results: USA swimming, fencing, cycling win medals on Day 5

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U.S. Gymnastics wins gold in dominant fashion

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Day 4 of the Olympics was all about the U.S. women's gymnastics team. The five competitors came in with nearly impossible expectations, but they somehow exceeded them.

There were also medals in equestrian and judo, with swimming coming up later Tuesday night.

Day 4 Medal Count

Day 4 U.S. medals

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The U.S. gymnastics team dominated the field and won the team gold in Rio.

Gold

  • Women's gymnastics, team competition
  • Michael Phelps, Men's 200m butterfly (swimming)
  • Katie Ledecky, Women's 200m freestyle (swimming)

Silver

  • Travis Stevens, Men's Judo 81kg

Bronze

  • Phillip Dutton, Individual eventing (equestrian)

Highlights

The Final Five: The women's gymnastics team was utterly dominant, finishing with a margin of victory of over eight points -- the largest victory at a major gymnastics meet.