Rio 2016: Five biggest things to watch on Tuesday at Olympics

Christian Taylor won gold in the men’s triple jump on Tuesday at Olympic Stadium, defending his title from the 2012 London Games and becoming the first American to win back-to-back golds in the discipline since 1904. Nearest teams to the United States are Soviet Union with 395 and Great Britain with 236.

Manuel might have also had a chance to grab the 1,000th earlier in the 50 freestyle but finished 0.02 seconds behind Denmark’s Pernille Blume.

Olympic medals are actually just 1.34 percent gold and the rest of it is sterling silver – and even most of that is recycled. Owens took home four gold medals for all of America to be proud of. (Picture: Getty) Usain Bolt has now won three Olympic 100m finals in a row.

We take a look at the current overall medal table before previewing some of Monday’s biggest events.

Two men’s finals will take place on Monday evening, with Brazil’s Arthur Zanetti hoping to defend his Olympic gold medal in the rings before attention turns to the vault, where Russian Federation and Ukraine make up half the start list.

The 36-year-old went in to the final hole sharing the lead with Open victor Henrik Stenson on 15 under, and managed a birdie to beat his bogeying Swedish opponent after a brilliant chip on to the green.

MOST MATCH WINS: The United States had the most match victories of any other country with 22 in Rio.

According to Rio 2016, the gold medals are free of mercury and “have been made with sustainability at their heart”.

Elsewhere South African Wayde van Niekerk has broken 400m legend Michael Johnson’s world record after winning gold in 43.03 seconds.

Shericka Jackson (49.85) of Jamaica took bronze.