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UPDATED: August-17-2008  
Medal Review of August 17
 
 

Swimming--Women's 50m Freestyle

(L-R) Silver medallist Dara Torres of the United States, gold medallist Britta Steffen of Germany, and bronze medallist Cate Campbell of Australia. Steffen clocked in an Olympic record of 24.06 seconds to beat the previous record of 24.13 set up by Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands on September 22, 2000

Swimming--Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

(L-R) Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Lisbeth Trickett and Jessicah Schipper of Australia hold gold medals at the award ceremony. The Aussie quartet clocked in 3 minutes, 52.69 seconds to break their world record of 3 minutes, 55.74 seconds set up on March 31, 2007. The U.S. got the silver. The bronze went to China

Swimming--Men's 1500m Freestyle

(L-R) Silver medallist Grant Hackett of Australia, gold medallist Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia, and bronze medallist Ryan Cochrane of Canada

Swimming--Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

(L-R) Michael Phepls, Brendan Hansen, Jason Lezak and Aaron Peirsol of the U.S. hold their gold medals at the award ceremony. The U.S. team finished in 3 minutes, 29.34 seconds, shaving 1.34 seconds off their previous world record set at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.Australia and Japan took the silver and bronze respectively. Phelps became the first ever athlete to achieve eight gold medals at one Olympic Games

Athletics--Women's Marathon

Gold medallist Constantina Tomescu displays the national flag of Romania at the National Stadium. The 38-year-old Romanian clocked in 2 hours, 26 minutes and 44 seconds for the top honor. Catherine Ndereba of Kenya won the silver. Zhou Chunxiu of China finished the third. Zhou's teammate Zhu Xiaolin finished the fourth. World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain ranked the 23rd

Shooting--Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

(L-R) Silver medallist Jury Sukhorukov of Ukraine, gold medallist Qiu Jian of China, and bronze medallist Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia

Cycling - Track--Women's Individual Pursuit

(L-R) Silver medallist Wendy Houvenaghel of Great Britain, gold medallist Rebecca Remero of Great Britain, and bronze medallist Lesya Kalitovska of Ukraine

Rowing--Lightweight Women's Double Sculls

Marit van Eupen (front) and Kirsten van der Kolk of the Netherlands during the competition. The pair won the gold in 6 minutes, 54.74 seconds. Sanna Sten/Minna Nieminen of Finland took the silver. The bronze went to Melanie Kok/Tracy Cameron of Canada

Rowing--Lightweight Men's Double Sculls

Mark Hunter (front) and Zac Purchase of Great Britain celebrate their victory after the competition. The British duet won the gold medal of the event. Dimitrios Mougios/Vasileios Polymeros of Greece took the silver. The bronze went to Rasmus Nicholai Quist Hansen/Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen of Denmark. Zhang Guolin and Sun Jie of China finished the fifth. The British pair set the best Olympic time of 6 minutes, 10.99 in the tailwind conditions

Rowing--Lightweight Men's Four

Thomas Ebert, Morten Joergensen, Mads Christian Kruse Andersen and Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen of Denmark claimed the gold medal of the event. Poland and Canada won the silver and bronze respectively

Rowing--Women's Quadruple Sculls

Tang Bin, Jin Ziwei, Xi Aihua and Zhang Yangyang of China during the competition. The Chinese boat finished the 2000m race with a result of 6 minutes, 16.06 seconds, some half a length ahead of the second boat. The British and German boats won the silver and bronze medals respectively

Rowing--Men's Quadruple Sculls

Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michal Jelinski and Adam Korol of Poland during the competition. The Polish team, three-time world champion, won the gold medal of the event. Italy took the silver. The bronze went to France

Rowing--Women's Eight

The crew of team U.S. during the competition. The U.S. won the gold medal of the event. The Netherlands, who came from behind to surpass Romania in the last meters, took the silver. Defending Olympic champion Romania got the bronze

Rowing--Men's Eight

The crew of team Canada during the competition. Canada won the gold medal of the event. Great Britain took the silver. Defending champion the U.S. won the bronze medal

Sailing--Yngling

Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, and Pippa Wilson of Great Britain display the national flag after winning the Yngling medal race at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games sailing event at Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center. The British team won the gold medal of the event. Germany took the silver. The bronze went to Greece

Sailing--Finn 

(L-R) Bronze medallist Guillaume Florent of France, gold medallist Ben Ainslie of Great Britain, and silver medallist Zach Railey of the U.S.

Sailing--49er

Martin Ibsen and Jonas Warrer of Denmark won the gold. Spain took the silver and Germany claimed the bronze

Tennis--Women's Singles

(L-R) All-Russian medallists--Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva

Tennis--Women's Doubles

Venus Williams (R) hugs her sister Serena Williams after winning the competition. The American pair won the gold by beating Virginia Ruano Pascual/Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain. The bronze medal went to Zheng Jie and Yan Zi of China

Tennis--Men's Singles

Rafael Nadal of Spain bites his gold medal at the award ceremony. Fernando Gonzalez of Chile took the silver. The bronze went to Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Wrestling--Women's Freestyle 63kg

 

(L-R) Silver medallist Alena Kartashova of Russia, gold medallist Kaori Icho of Japan, and bronze medallists Yelena Shalygina of Kazakhstan and Randi Miller of the U.S.

Wrestling--Women's Freestyle 72kg 

(L-R) Silver medallist Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria, gold medallist Wang Jiao of China, and bronze medallists Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan and Agnieszka Wieszczek of Poland

Weightlifting--Men's 94kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Szymon Kolecki of Poland, gold medallist Ilya Ilin of Kazakhstan, and bronze medallist Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia

 Gymnastics--Men's Floor Exercise

(L-R) Silver medallist Gervasio Deferr of Spain, gold medallist Zou Kai of China, and bronze medallist Anton Golotsutsko of Russia

Gymnastics--Women's Vault

(L-R) Silver medallist Oksana Chusovitina of Germany, gold medallist Hong Un Jong of DPRK, and bronze medallist Cheng Fei of China. Hong's medal is the country's second gymnastic gold since 1992

Gymnastics--Men's Pommel Horse

(L-R) Silver medallist Pilip Ude of Croatia, gold medallist Xiao Qin of China, and bronze medallist Louis Smith of Great Britain

Gymnastics--Women's Floor Exercise

(L-R) Silver medallist Shawn Johnson of the U.S., gold medallist Sandra Izbasa of Romania, and bronze medallist Nastia Liukin of the U.S.

Fencing--Men's Team Sabre

Boris Sanson (L) of France and Keeth Smart of the U.S. during the competition. France defeated the U.S. 45-37 to retain the title. Italy took the bronze

Badminton--Mixed Doubles

Gold medallists Lee Hyojung and Lee Yongdae of South Korea. Widianto Nova and Liliyana of Indonesia took the silver. The bronze went to He Hanbin and Yu Yang of China

Diving--Women's 3m Springboard Individual

(L-R) Silver medallist Julia Pakhalina of Russia, gold medallist Guo Jingjing of China, and bronze medallist Wu Minxia of China. Guo has collected up to six Olympic medals so far to break the record holding by Fu Mingxia, who grabbed five

Badminton--Men's Singles

Gold medallist Lin Dan of China. Lin claimed the title by beating Lee Chong-wei of Malaysia. Lin's teammate Chen Jin took the bronze

Table Tennis-Women's Team Competition

(L-R) Zhang Yining, Guo Yue and Wang Nan of China display gold medals at the award ceremony. The silver and bronze went to Singapore and South Korea respectively

Athletics--Men's Hammer Throw

Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia during the competition. Kozmus, the only athlete whose every attempt exceeded 80m, won the gold with a throw of 82.02m. Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus took the silver and bronze respectively

Athletics--Women's 3000m Steeplechase

Gold medallist Gulnara Galkina-Samitova of Russia waves to the audience at the award ceremony. Eunice Jepkorir of Kenya took the silver. The bronze went to Ekaterina Volkova of Russia

Athletics--Women's Triple Jump

Gold medallist Francoise Mbango Etone of Cameroon. Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia took the silver. The bronze went to Hrysopiyi Devetzi of Greece

Athletics--Women's 100m

Gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser displays the national flag of Jamaica at the National Stadium. Fraser clocked in 10.78 seconds for the gold, the second fastest time in the Olympic history. Her compatriots Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson shared the silver as they crossed the finish line in an identical time of 10.98 seconds

Athletics--Men's 10000m

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won the gold by setting a new Olympic record of 27 minutes, 1.17 seconds. Sileshi Sihine of Ethiopia took the silver. The bronze went to Micah Kogo of Kenya. Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, two-time gold medallist of the event at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, finished the sixth


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