♦ Poland takes inaugural title in 4x4 mixed relay ahead of Dominican Republic and United States. Pre-favorite Netherlands came fourth. Polish quartet lowered European record to 3:10.
♦ Dominican Republic gets their fifth medal in Olympic history as taking silver in 4x4 mixed. Marileidy Paulino covered 48.7 in her own leg in final.
♦ Sweden made 1-2 double in discus throw. Previously they had single medal in that specific event in 1972 Munich, a bronze.
♦ Elaine Thompson-Herah denied her compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce to first triple-crowned 100 metres champion as secure back-to-back gold.
♦ Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Olympic record by 0.01, previously held by Florence Griffith-Joyner in Seoul (10.62).
♦ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became first athlete to have four 100 metres Olympic medal, men or women.
♦ Lukas Weisshaidinger brought first athletics medal to Austria since 2000.
♦ In 100m heats, world fastest man this year, Trayvon Brommel only came 4th in his heat, and just qualified as one of the fastest losers.
♦ Australian Matthew Deny recorded his PB (67.02) in discus final and missed podium by only five centimetres.
