Volume 15, No. 61 August 25, 2016 version ii — Olympic Games XXXI Men — RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — By-Nation Medal Chart — AUGUST 12–21 Nation ................Men Women ....Overall G S B Total G S B Total ATTENDANCE United States ......7 5 4 16 6 5 5 16 ........32 No official figures released, but all sessions were under capacity, Kenya ..................3 3 — 6 3 3 1 7 ..........13 the non-Bolt nights way under capacity. Jamaica ..............4 1 — 5 2 2 2 6 ..........11 WEATHER Ethiopia ...............— 1 2 3 1 1 3 5 ............8 Official temperature (both F and C) and humidity readings are given Great Britain ........2 — 1 3 — 1 3 4 ............7 with each final. Spotty rain on several days; generally pleasant Canada ...............1 1 3 5 — — 1 1 ............6 and calm. China ..................1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 ............6 EXPLAINING THE TYPOGRAPHY France .................— 2 3 5 — 1 — 1 ............6 Paragraph breaks in the preliminary rounds of running events indicate New Zealand .......— — 2 2 — 1 1 2 ............4 the separation between qualifiers and non-qualifiers. South Africa ........1 1 — 2 1 1 — 2 ............4 Croatia ................— — — 0 2 — 1 3 ............3 ATHLETE CODING Germany .............2 — 1 3 — — — 0 ............3 All medalists appear in purple ink; all Americans are underlined (if in multiple rounds, only in the final round in which they competed); Poland ................— 1 1 2 1 — — 1 ............3 field-event/multi medalists appear in either blue (gold medal), red Algeria .................— 2 — 2 — — — 0 ............2 (silver) or green (bronze) in the progression charts. Australia ..............— 1 1 2 — — — 0 ............2 Bahamas .............— — 1 1 1 — — 1 ............2 SPLIT TIMES ths Bahrain ...............— — — 0 1 1 — 2 ............2 The official timer, Omega, provided the best splits ever. Times in 100 ths Japan ..................— 1 1 2 — — — 0 ............2 are eyebeam times; those in 10 are transponder driven. Thanks Spain ..................— 1 — 1 1 — — 1 ............2 to Mark Butler for invaluable work in helping with the 4x4 splits. Belarus ................— 1 — 1 — — — 0 ............1 FIELD CHARTS Belgium ...............— — — 0 1 — — 1 ............1 In the by-round field charts (all throws, horizontal jumps), the ath- Brazil ...................1 — — 1 — — — 0 ............1 lete’s best of the day is underlined. The asterisked marks represent Bulgaria ..............— — — 0 — 1 — 1 ............1 the progression of the lead. Burundi ...............— — — 0 — 1 — 1 ............1 WHAT’S IN VERSION ii? 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Reza Ghasemi (Irn) 10.47; 8. =PR; 3. Bromell 10.01; 5. Akani Simbine (SA) 9.94; Adrian Griffith (Bah) 10.53; 9. Mohd Fakhri 4. Ujah 10.01; 5. Yamagata 10.05 PR; 6. 6. Ben Youssef Meité (CI) 9.96 NR; Ismail (Bru) 10.95. Collins 10.12; 7. Greene 10.13;… fs—Fisher. 7. Jimmy Vicaut (Fra) 10.04; II(0.8)–1. Gatlin 10.01; 2. Daniel Bailey III(0.0)–1. Gatlin 9.94; 2. Blake 10.01; 8. Trayvon Bromell (US) 10.06. (Ant) 10.20; 3. Lemaitre 10.07; 4. Su 10.08; 5. Brown 3. Rondell Sorrillo (Tri) 10.23; 4. Gerald 10.13; 6. Dasaolu 10.16; 7. Cambridge (lanes: 2. Bromell; 3. Simbine; 4. Gatlin; Phiri (Zam) 10.27; 5. Lucas Jakubczyk (Ger) 10.17;… dnc—Bailey. 5. Vicaut; 6. Bolt; 7. De Grasse; 8. Meité; 10.29; 6. Egwero Ogho-Ogene (Ngr) 10.37; 9. Blake) 7. Wilfried Koffi (CI) 10.37; 8. Rodman Teltull (reaction times: Simbine 0.128, Bromell (Pau) 10.64; 9. Riste Pandev (Mac) 10.71. 0.135, Vicaut 0.140, De Grasse 0.141, Blake III(-0.1)–1. Zhenye Xie (Chn) 10.08 PR; 2. 0.145, Gatlin 0.152, Bolt 0.155, Meité 0.156) Nickel Ashmeade (Jam) 10.13; 3. Hassan QUALIFYING ROUND Taftian (Irn) 10.17; 4. Kim Collins (StK) 10.18; (August 13; qualify 2+2): 5. Abdullah Abkar Mohammed (Sau) I(-0.2)–1. Riste Pandev (Mac) 10.72; 2. 10.26; 6. Aziz Ouhadi (Mor) 10.34; 7. Ke- Hadi Sudirman (Ina) 10.77; 3. Mohammed mar Hyman (Cay) 10.34; 8. Darrell Wesh Abukhousa (Pal) 10.82; (Hai) 10.39. 4. Holder da Silva (GBi) 10.97; 5. Wil- IV(-0.5)–1. De Grasse 10.04; 2. Asuka fried Bingangoye (Gab) 11.03; 6. Mohamed Cambridge (Jpn) 10.13; 3. Bingtian Su (Chn) Lamine Dansoko (Gui) 11.05; 7. Abdul Wahab 10.17; 4. Vicaut 10.19; Zahiri (Afg) 11.56 PR; 8. Richson Simeon 5. Churandy Martina (Hol) 10.22; 6. Em- (MHL) 11.81 PR. manuel Matadi (Lbr) 10.31; 7. Julian Reus II(0.4)–1. Hassan Saaid (MDV) 10.43; 2. (Ger) 10.34; 8. Jamial Rolle (Bah) 10.68; 9. Siueni Filimone (TGA) 10.76; Hadi Sudirman (Ina) 10.70. 3. Luke Bezzina (Mlt) 11.04; 4. Mesbah V(0.2)–1. Meite 10.03; 2. Bromell 10.13; 3. Ahmed (Ban) 11.34; 5. Isaac Silafau (AmS) Christophe Lemaitre (Fra) 10.16; 4. Cejhae 11.51 PR; 6. John Ruuka (Kyr) 11.65 PR; 7. Greene (Ant) 10.20; Hermenegildo Leite (Ang) 11.65 PR. 5. Keston Bledman (Tri) 10.20; 6. Akeem III(-0.3)–1. Rodman Teltull (Pau) 10.53; 2. Haynes (Can) 10.22; 7. Gabriel Mvumvure Timothee Yap Jin Wei (Sin) 10.84; 3. Mohd (Zim) 10.28; 8. Hassan Saaid (MDV) 10.47;… Fakhri Ismail (Bru) 10.92; dnc—Siueni Filimone (Ton). 4. Ishmail Kamara (SL) 10.95; 5. Ka- VI(-0.8)–1. Blake 10.11; 2. Jak Ali Harvey piriel Kitson (Mic) 11.42 PR; 6. El Moctar (Tur) 10.14; Ould Jidou (Mau) 11.44; 7. Etimoni Timuani 3. Barakat Al-Harthi (Oma) (Tuv) 11.81. 10.22; 4. Mosito Lehata (Les) 10.25; What Are All Those Symbols? 5. James Ellington (GB) 10.29; 6. We realize that there is a lot of material to Henricho Bruintjies (SA) 10.33; 7. absorb in our agate (“agate” is journalese Peimeng Zhang (Chn) 10.36; 8. for small-type results), so let’s see if we Antoine Adams (StK) 10.39. can’t clarify it a bit for you. VII(-0.4)–1. Bolt 10.07; 2. Andrew A combination of numbers and letters in Fisher (Bhr) 10.12; 3. James Dasaolu parentheses, such as “9, x W” would mean (GB) 10.18; tha the person had moved to No. 9 on the 4. Yoshihide Kiryu (Jpn) 10.23; all-time world list, with a performance 5. Shavez Hart (Bah) 10.28; 6. Rich- outside the top 10. Had it say, been the No. ard Thompson (Tri) 10.29; 7. Jahvid 9 performance, the notation would have Best (StL) 10.39; 8. Jurgen Themen been 9, 9 W. (Sur) 10.47; 9. Timothee Yap Jin Wei (Sin) 10.79. You might also find something like “x, 6 A”. VIII(-1.3)–1. Simbine 10.14; 2. The x in the first position means the mark Ryota Yamagata (Jpn) 10.20; is not a PR, but the performance is No. 6 3. Aaron Brown (Can) 10.24; in U.S. history. 4. Ramon Gittens (Bar) 10.25; 5. We note all-time list positions for World Solomon Bockarie (Hol) 10.36; 5. (W), U.S. (A), College (C), Juniors (WJ or Vitor dos Santos (Bra) 10.36; 7. AJ) and High School (HS). Kuk-Young Kim (SK) 10.37; 8. BJ We also denote yearly list leaders for the Lawrence (StK) 10.55; 9. Mohammed World (WL), U.S. (AL), College (CL; Divi- Abukhousa (Pal) 11.89. sion I only) and High School (HS). In even- numbered years we also list World Juniors (WJL) and U.S. Juniors (AJL). -381- August 25, 2016 200 METERS VI(0.4)–1. Nickel Ashmeade (Jam) 20.15; 400 METERS FINAL 2. Gemili 20.20; FINAL (August 18; wind –0.5) 3. Clarence Munyai (SA) 20.66; 4.