The Americans received a boost to their medal standings on Friday when Gunnar Bentz gave them their second gold medal of the meet, but the Australians still sit atop it with 9 total gold medals.
With still 33 medals, at least, to be awarded on the final day Saturday, things are wide open. The Australians have the boys’ 50 free, where Mack Horton seems to be about a lock for gold, but the Americans’ medal hopes are greater in the boys’ 200 IM and the boys’ 200 backstroke.
Don’t sleep on the Russians, either. With two more relays, where the Russians have been so good, and big hopes in a lot of relays, on paper, they may actually come out on top of this medal standing.
Note that the rankings are done based on golds, then silvers to break ties, then bronzes to break ties, and the Americans hae the most silver medals (7) so far.
The Australians are nipping at the heels of the Americans in the points standings, which are a better indicator of depth than the medals tables are. Expect Team USA to hold that, as there’s a few holes in Australia’s lineup on Saturday. 33 teams have scored so far at the meet, meaning putting a swimmer into the top 16, which is great to see.
See the full day 5 finals recap here.
| MEN | Gold | Silver | Bronze | TOTAL |
| Australia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| USA | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| WOMEN | Gold | Silver | Bronze | TOTAL |
| USA | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Australia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MIXED | Gold | Silver | Bronze | TOTAL |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| USA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | Gold | Silver | Bronze | TOTAL |
| Australia | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| USA | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| Russia | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Team Rankings – Through Event 35
Women – Team Scores
Place Team Points
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1 United States of America USA 413
2 Australia AUS 280
3 Russia RUS 215
4 Canada CAN 209.5
5 Japan JPN 135.5
6 Italy ITA 127.5
7 Great Britain GBR 125.5
8 Slovenia SLO 98
9 Lithuania LTU 92
10 Ukraine UKR 83
11 Brazil BRA 79.5
12 Hungary HUN 77
13 Germany GER 61
13 Mexico MEX 61
15 Hong Kong HKG 50
16 South Africa RSA 42
17 France FRA 41
18 New Zealand NZL 28.5
19 Czech Republic CZE 25
20 Sweden SWE 19
21 Portugal POR 15
22 Austria AUT 10
23 Turkey TUR 9
24 Poland POL 8
25 Slovakia SVK 6
26 China CHN 4
27 Moldova MDA 2
27 Serbia SRB 2
29 Romania ROU 1
29 Bahamas BAH 1
Men – Team Scores
Place Team Points
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1 United States of America USA 298
2 Russia RUS 263.5
3 Australia AUS 228
4 Brazil BRA 174.5
5 Japan JPN 172
6 Canada CAN 148
7 Great Britain GBR 127
8 Poland POL 116
9 Italy ITA 103
10 Germany GER 63.5
11 South Africa RSA 62.5
12 Lithuania LTU 55
13 Trinidad & Tobago TRI 54
14 Greece GRE 51.5
15 Hungary HUN 32
16 Czech Republic CZE 31
17 France FRA 29
18 Egypt EGY 27
19 Kazakhstan KAZ 26
20 Venezuela VEN 25
21 Mexico MEX 17
21 Austria AUT 17
23 Ukraine UKR 11
24 Suriname SUR 10
25 New Zealand NZL 6
26 Bulgaria BUL 5.5
27 Portugal POR 5
28 Jamaica JAM 4
29 Romania ROU 3
29 Croatia CRO 3
29 Argentina ARG 3
29 Sweden SWE 3
33 Uzbekistan UZB 1
SWIMFANFINLAND–Exactly what I was thinking about the medal table. The medals can be interpreted in different ways: Would not the most medals obtained be the bottom line goal? The more medals a country achieves, the more success that country has had. With the line of thinking that the most golds is the most important accomplishment: what if the gold medals are achieved by essentially the same person? For example: How many golds could Meilutyte have won for Lithuania? (6?) If that would have happened, then would her country be the #1 on the women’s board? Food for thought, IMO it is the most medals that is the important category to consider. Then, team points. It is the TEAM approach that… Read more »
Yep,
I’d go even further and use only team scores mentioned above when evaluating the success of a country. We can of course argue for a correct formula for awarding points to different positions.
I’ve nothing against a medal table in the first place, but it’s misleading to draw conclusions about the performance of a country based on the order of the medal table.
A good example is Japan’s swimming performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics where Japanese claimed 11 medals, second most behind USA, but none of those were golds. As a result Japan ended in a 11th place in the medal table for the Olympic swimming in London.
I would like to give a shout to the competitors from countries in the midst of turmoil & even civil wars . Egypt has a good team & although chosen under the Morsi regime – they have girls & mixed teams. Lebanon has some fine swimmers here.
But a big hurrah to the young Syrian girls. It might be frightening to have to line up with people who are threatening to bomb you just about when you get back.
Why isn’t it called a gold medal table because coountries are placed in order by golds only.
Braden, you look a little tired after this long summer of big meets. 🙂
For Mack Horton it’s the 1500 free.
And for USA there isn’t the boys’ 200 IM. Gunnar Bentz has already won it.
I see a very big day for Russia.
Schedule.
Men’s 100 free final.
Percy for Australia vs Dressel for USA vs Sedov for Russia.
Women’s 200 breast final.
Solnceva for Ukraine
Men’s 200 back final.
Very open race
Women’s 100 fly final.
Chimrova for Russia
Men’s 1500 free final
Horton for Australia
Women’s 50 free final.
Nasretdinova for Russia or Meilutyte for Lithuania
Men’s 200 fly final.
Seliskar for USA vs Japanese swimmers… Read more »