Swimming--Men's 400m Individual Medley

(L-R) Silver medallist Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, bronze medallist Ryan Lochte of the U.S. and gold medallist Michael Phelps of U.S.. Phelps clocked in 4 minutes 3.84 seconds to break his own world mark of 4 minutes 5.25 seconds for the first world record at the ongoing Games

Swimming--Men's 400m Freestyle

(L-R) Silver medallist Zhang Lin of China, gold medallist Park Tae-hwan of South Korea and bronze medallist Larsen Jensen of the U.S.. Zhang's medal is the first ever Olympic medal in the country's men's swimming history

Swimming--Women's 400m Individual Medley

Stephanie Rice of Australia celebrates after finishing the competition. Rice won the gold medal in a new world record time of 4 minutes 29.45 seconds. Kirsty Conventry of Zimbabwean and Katie Hoff of the U.S. won silver and bronze medals respectively

Swimming--Women's 4X100 Freestyle Relay

The Ducth quartet of Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis show their gold medal. They set a new Olympic record with 3 minutes 33.76 seconds. The United States ranked second. Athens champion Australia settled for the bronze

Shooting--Women's 10m Air Pistol

(L-R) Silver medallist Natalia Paderina of Russia, gold medallist Guo Wenjun of China and bronze medallist Nino Salukvadze of Georgia. Guo set a new Olympic record with 492.3 points

Diving--Women's 3m Springboard Synchronized

(L-R) Silver medallists Julia Pakhalina/Anastasia Pozdnyakova of Russia, gold medallists Guo Jingjing/Wu Minxia of China, and bronze medallists Ditte Kotzian/Heike Fischer of Germany. Guo/Wu defended their titles

 Shooting--Men's Trap

(L-R) Silver medallist Giovanni Pellielo of Italy, gold medallist David Kostelecky of Czech Republic and bronze medallist Alexey Alipov. Kostelecky set a new Olympic record of the discpline with 146 hits

Weightlifting--Women's 53 kg

(L-R) Silver gold medallist Yoon Jinhee of South Korean, gold medallist Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon of Thailand, and bronze medallist Nastassia Novikava of Belarus. Jaroenrattanatarakoon set a new Olympic record in clean and jerk with 126 kg

Cycling--Women's Road Race

(L-R) Silver medallist Emma Johansson of Sweden, gold medallist Nicole Cooke of Great Britain and bronze medallist Tatiana Guderzo of Italy. Cooke finished the 126-kilometer race in 3 hours 32 minutes 24 seconds

Archery--Women's Team

(L-R) Silver medallist team China, gold medallist team South Korea, and bronze medallist team France. The South Korean team composed of Park Sung-Hyun, Yun Ok-Hee and Joo Hyun-Jung set a new 24-arrow world record by shooting 231 points

Judo--Women's 52 kg

Defending champion Xian Dongmei won China's first judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games. The silver medal won by Kum Ae An of DPR Korea. Soraya Haddad of Algeria won the bronze medal. Xian, 33, is the first Chinese judoka who managed to win gold medals in two consecutive Olympic Games and also the country's first ever mama Olympic champion

Judo--Men's 66 kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Benjamin Darbelet of France, gold medallist Masato Uchishiba, bronze medallists Yordanis Arencibia of Cuba and Chol Min-pak of DPR Korea. Uchishiba, 30, defended his title, giving the first gold to the Japanese judo squad

Weightlifting--Men's 56 kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Hoang Anh Tuan of Vietnam, gold medallist Long Qingquan of China and bronze medaliist Eko Yuli Irawan of Indonesia. Long is the country's first Olympic gold medallist born in 1990s

Fencing--Men's Epee Individual

(L-R) Silver medallist Fabrice Jeannet of France, gold medallist Matteo Tagliariol, and bronze medallist Jose Luis Abajo of Spain. Tagliariol won the first gold for the Italian delegation at the Beijing Olympic Games