Swimming--Women's 200m Backstroke

(L-R) Silver medallist Margaret Hoelzer of the United States, gold medallist Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, and bronze medallist Reiko Nakamura of Japan. Convertry, who bagged three silver medals in previous races, won the gold by setting a new world record of 2 minutes, 5.24 seconds, 0.85 seconds faster than the previous record

Swimming--Men's 100m Butterfly

Michael Phelps of the United States won his seventh gold at the ongoing Games. He clocked in an Olympic record of 50.58 seconds. Milorad Cavic of Serbia took the silver. Andrew Lauterstein of Australia got the bronze

Swimming--Women's 800m Freestyle

Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain waves to the audience after the award ceremony. Adlington clocked in 8 minutes, 14.10 seconds to break the previous world record of 8 minutes, 16.22 seconds set up by Janet Evans of the U.S. on August 20, 1989. Alessia Filippi of Italy took the silver. The bronze went to Lotte Friis of Denmark

 Swimming--Men's 50m Freestyle

Cesar Cielo Filho of Brazil kisses his gold medal at the award ceremony. The silver and bronze went to Amaury Leveaux and Alain Bernard of France respectively

Shooting--Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol

(L-R) Silver medallist Ralf Schumann of Germany, gold medallist Oleksandr Petriv of Ukraine, and bronze medallist Christian Reitz of Germany

Athletics--Men's 20km Walk

Valeriy Borchin of Russia won the gold. Jefferson Perez of Ecuador took the silver. The bronze went to Jared Tallent of Australia. Wang Hao of China finished the fourth

Badminton--Women's Singles

(L-R) Silver medallist Xie Xingfang of China, gold medallist Zhang Ning of China, and bronze medallist Maria Kristin Yulianti of Indonesia. Zhang, 33, became the first Chinese woman shuttler to win two consecutive Olympic golds in the event

Shooting--Men's Skeet

(L-R) Silver medallist Tore Brovold of Norway, gold medallist Vincent Hancock of the U.S., and bronze medallist Anthony Terras of France

Rowing--Women's Single Sculls

(L-R) Silver medallist Michelle Guerette of the U.S., gold medallist Rumyana Neykova of Bulgaria, and bronze medallist Ekterina Karsten of Belarus. Zhang Xiuyun of China finished the fourth 

 Rowing--Men's Single Sculls

(L-R) Silver medallist Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic, gold medallist Olaf Tufte of Norway, and bronze medallist Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand

Rowing--Women's Pair

(L-R) Silver medallists Wu You/Gao Yulan of China, gold medallists Georgeta Andrunache/Viorica Susanu of Romania, and bronze medallists Yuliya Bichyk/Natallia Helakh of Belarus

Rowing--Men's Pair

 Drew Ginn (L) and Duncan Free of Australia show off their gold medals at the award ceremony. David Calder/Scott Frandsen of Canada took the silver. The bronze went to Nathan Twaddle/George Bridgewater of New Zealand

Rowing--Women's Double Sculls

Gold medallists Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell of New Zealand. Annekatrin Thiele/Christiane Huth of Germany took the silver. The bronze went to Elise Laverick/Anna Bebington of Great Britain. Li Qin/Tian Liang of China finished the fourth

Rowing--Men's Double Sculls

Gold medallists David Crawshay (L) and Scott Brennan of Australia. Tonu Endrekson/Juri Jaanson of Estonia took the silver. The bronze went to Matthew Wells/Stephen Rowbotham of Great Britain

Rowing--Men's Four

Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge of Great Britain won the gold medal of the event. Australia and France took the silver and bronze respectively. Great Britain, where the sport of rowing originated, has won a total of 22 Olympic gold medals before the Beijing Olympics, including six in the event of men's four

Weightlifting--Women's +75kg

Gold medallist Jang Miran of South Korea. Jang, 24, broke three world records to claim the title of "the world's strongest woman" at the Beijing Olympics. Olha Korobka of Ukraine took the silver. The bronze went to Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan

Cycling - Track--Men's Points Race

Gold medallist Joan LLaneras of Spain. Roger Kluge of Germany took the silver; Chris Newton of Great Britain got the bronze

Cycling - Track--Men's Individual Pursuit

(L-R) Silver medallist Hayden Roulston of New Zealand, gold medallist Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain, and bronze medallist Steven Burke of Great Britain

Cycling - Track--Men's Keirin

(L-R) Silver medallist Ross Edgar of Great Britain, gold medallist Chris Hoy of Great Britain, and bronze medallist Kiyofumi Nagai of Japan

Wrestling--Women's Freestyle 48kg 

(L-R) Silver medallist Chiharu Icho of Japan, gold medallist Carol Huynh of Canada, and bronze medallists Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan and Irini Merleni of Ukraine. Huyhh won the first gold for the Canadian delegation

Wrestling--Women's Freestyle 55kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Xu Li of China, gold medallist Saori Yoshida, and bronze medallists Tonya Verbeek of Canada and Jackline Renteria of Colombia. Yoshida defended her title 

Badminton--Men's Doubles

(L-R) Silver medallists Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng of China, gold medallists Hendra Setiawan/Markis Kido of Indonesia, and bronze medallists Lee Jaejin/Hwang Jiman of South Korea

 Fencing--Women's Foil Team