The most-recent Games have been quite different from the past, of course, and here on Olympic Wednesday, we explore the performances—not so much the other noise. The 2016 Summer Olympiad was held in Rio de Janeiro, and there were some issues. However, over 11,000 athletes from 207 nations showed up to compete for 306 gold medals across 41 different disciplines. That’s almost 1,000 total medals awarded!

The United States topped the table with 121 total medals, while China came in second (70) and Great Britain (67) surprisingly came in third place. Brazil, as the host nation, earned a respectable 19 medals, although the country itself took a hit with all the financial and sociocultural issues surrounding the Games. Perhaps in a postmodern world this cannot be avoided these days, but it’s just a shame that it seems so darn routine.

Most Outstanding Male Athlete: Michael Phelps, United States

Winner of six medals overall, American swimmer Michael Phelps gets our nod here for a record fourth time, as he secured the most medals in total of any athlete in Rio. Five of the medals were gold (200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, and three relay golds), and only one of them was a silver (100m fly). Overall, this concluded his Olympic career with a ridiculous 28 medals—all as a professional, in essence.

Most Outstanding Female Athlete: Simone Biles, United States

Two American women tied for the most medals won by gender: swimmer Katie Ledecky and gymnast Simone Biles. Each won three individual golds and a relay/team gold, and Ledecky added a relay silver while Biles added an individual bronze. We’re going to go with Biles here, since the extra individual medal should matter more, really. It really is splitting hairs, but we’ve tried to do the best we could here all along.

Biles won the individual all around, the floor exercise, and the vault while pulling the bronze in the balance beam. She also helped the US women win the team all around event as well. For the record, Ledecky won the 200m, 400m, and 800m freestyle events, while winning gold in the 4x200m free relay and silver in the 4x100m free relay. Biles clearly had a little more versatile skill set, while Ledecky just swam one stroke.

Most Outstanding Male Team: British Cycling (Track)

There were no podium sweeps for any nations in men’s disciplines/events, so this is becomes a challenge here to explore. However, the Great Britain men’s track cycling team four of a five possible gold medals, while earning a medal in all five events for a total of six medals out of a possible eight. Individual gold winner Jason Kenny (Keirin, Sprint) led the way, and he also won a gold in the team sprint event. Repeat!

Most Outstanding Female Team: Chinese Diving

The Chinese women were basically perfect in the diving events, winning six of a possible six medals—and winning four golds and two silvers, meaning they did the best a nation possibly could in the discipline. Shi Tingmao (springboard) and Ren Qian (platform) won individual golds, while He Zi and Si Yajie won the silvers, respectively. Tingmao teamed with the legendary Wu Minxia to win the synchronized springboard.

Lastly, Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia combined to win the synchronized platform event. This is the third Summer Olympiad in a row that the Chinese women divers have secured this honor.