Swimming--Men's 200m Individual Medley

(L-R) Silver medallist Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, gold medallist Michael Phelps of the United States, and bronze medallist Ryan Lochte of the U.S.. Phelps clocked in the winning time of 1 minute, 54.23 seconds to better his own world record of 1 minute, 54.80 seconds set up on July 4, 2008
Swimming--Women's 200m Breaststroke

(L-R) Silver medallist Leisel Jones of Australia, gold medallist Rebecca Soni of the U.S., and bronze medallist Sara Nordenstam of Norway. Soni set a new world record of 2 minutes, 20.22 seconds
Swimming--Men's 200m Backstroke

(L-R) Bronze medallist Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia, gold medallist Ryan Lochte of the U.S., and bronze medallist Aaron Peirsol of the U.S.. Lochte touched the wall first in 1 minute, 53.94 seconds, 0.38 second ahead of his own previous world record
Swimming--Women's 100m Freestyle

Britta Steffen of Germany (L) receives congratulations from Lisbeth Trickett of Australia after the competition. The German girl won the gold by bettering the Olympic record she wrote five days ago from 53.38 seconds to 53.12. Trickett took the silver. The bronze went to Natalie Coughlin of the U.S..The 27-year-old Chinese veteran swimmer Zhu Yingwen, who is suffering a knee injury, finished at 54.21, the 6th
Shooting--Men's 50m Rifle Prone

(L-R) Silver medallist Matthew Emmons of the U.S., gold medallist Artur Ayvazian of Ukraine, and bronze medallist Warren Potent of Australia
Gymnastics--Women's Individual All-around

(L-R) Silver medallist Shawn Johnson of the U.S., gold medallist Nastia Liukin of the U.S., and bronze medallist Yang Yilin of China
Weightlifting--Women's 75kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Alla Vazhenina of Kazakhstan, gold medallist Cao Lei of China, and bronze medallist Nadezda Evstyukhina of Russia kiss their medals at the award ceremony. It's the first time a Chinese lifter won gold in the category at the Olympics
Weightlifting--Men's 85kg

Lu Yong of China kisses the bar after winning the gold. Andrei Rybakou of Belarus took the silver. The bronze went to Tigran Varban Martirosyan of Armenia. Lu won the eighth weightlifting gold for the Chinese delegation at the Beijing Olympic Games and ended the history that the country has never won a gold in the heavyweight categories at the Olympics
Judo--Women's +78kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Maki Tsukada of Japan, gold medallist Tong Wen of China, and bronze medallists Lucija Polavder of Slovenia and Idalys Ortiz of Cuba at the award ceremony. Tong defeated reigning champion Tsukada, making the Chinese judoda to be the first grand slam judo champion at an age of 25
Judo--Men's +100kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Abdullo Tangriev of Uzbekistan, gold medallist Satoshi Ishii of Japan, and bronze medallists Oscar Brayson of Cuba and Teddy Riner of France
Canoe/Kayak - Slalom--Men's Canoe Double (C2)

Pavol Hochschorner (front) and Peter Hochschorner of Slovakia during the competition. The Slovakian twins won the gold of the event. Ondrej Stepanek/Jaroslav Volf of Czech, Athens bronze medallists and world champions in 2006, won the silver. Mikhail Kuznetsov/Dmitry Larionov of Russia took bronze
Canoe/Kayak - Slalom--Women's Kayak Singles (K1)

(L-R) Silver medallist Jacqueline Lawrence of Australia, gold medallist Elena Kaliska of Slovakia, and bronze medallist Violetta Oblinger Peters of Austria
Archery--Men's Individual

(L-R) Silver medallist Park Kyung-Mo, gold medallist Viktor Ruban of Ukraine, and bronze medallist Bair Badenov of Russia
Cycling -Track--Men's Team Sprint

British cyclists Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Jamie Staff during the competition. The team of Great Britain won the gold. Team France took the silver. The bronze went to Germany
Fencing--Men's Team Epee

Jerome Jeannet of France (R) and Tomasz Motyka of Poland during the competition. France beat Poland 45-29 to win the gold medal. Italy defeated China 45-35 for the bronze medal
Badminton--Women's Doubles

(L-R) Silver medallists Lee Hyon-jung/Lee Kyung-won of South Korea, gold medallists Yu Yang/Du Jing of China, and bronze medallists Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen of China wave to the audience at the award ceremony
Athletics--Men's Shot Put

(L-R) Silver medallist Christian Cantwell of the U.S., gold medallist Tomasz Majewski of Poland, and bronze medallists Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus
Athletics--Women's 10000m

Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia celebrates with a national flag after winning the gold at the National Stadium. Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey took the silver. The bronze went to Shalane Flanagan of the U.S. |