Athletics--Women's 20km Walk

(L-R) Bronze medallist Elisa Rigaudo of Italy, gold medallist Olga Kaniskina of Russia, and silver medallist Kjersti Tysse Platzer of Norway

Swimming--Men's Marathon 10km

(L-R) Silver medallist David Davies of Great Britain, gold medallist Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands, and bronze medallist Thomas Lurz of Germany

 Beach Volleyball--Women

(L-R) Silver medallists Tian Jia/Wang Jie of China, gold medallists Kerri Walsh/Misty May-Treanor of the U.S., and bronze medallists Zhang Xi/Xue Chen of China. The Chinese duo Tian/Wang said they were happy with the silver medal, a historic breakthrough for China, whose previous best Olympic finish was ninth place, achieved by Tian and her then partner Wang Fei at the Athens Games

Sailing--Tornado

Gold medallists Anton Paz (L) and Fernando Echavarri of Spain. World No.1 Glenn Ashby/Darren Bundock of Australia took the silver. The bronze went to Santiago Lange/Carlos Espinola of Argentina

Sailing--Star

Gold medallosts Iain Percy (L) and Andrew Simpson of Great Britain. Robert Scheidt/Bruno Prada of Brazil took the silver. The bronze went to Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom of Sweden

Wrestling--Men's Freestyle 84kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Yusup Abdusalomov of Tajikistan, gold medallist Revazi Mindorashvili of Georgia, and bronze medallists Taras Danko of Ukraine and Georgy Ketoev of Russia

Wrestling--Men's Freestyle 96kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Taimuraz Tigiyev of Kazakhstan, gold medallist Shirvani Muradov of Russia, and bronze medallists George Gogshelidze of Georgia and Khetag Gazyumov of Azerbaijan

Wrestling--Men's Freestyle 120kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Bakhtiyar Akhmedov of Russia, gold medallist Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan, and bronze medallists The bronze medals went to David Musulbes of Slovakia and Marid Mutalimov of Kazakhstan

Athletics--Women's Javelin Throw

Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic won the gold with 71.42 m. Maria Abakumova of Russia took the silver with 70.78 m, and Christina Obergfoll of Germany claimed the bronze with 66.13 m

Athletics--Women's 200m

Veronica Campbell-Brown displays the national flag of Jamaica after winning the gold medal. Allyson Felix of the U.S. took the silver. Another Jamaican Kerron Stewart won the bronze 

Water Polo--Women

The Netherlands defeated the U.S. 9-8 in the women's water polo final to win the gold medal. Australia won the bronze after beating Hungary 12-11

Taekwondo--Women's 57kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Azize Tanrikulu of Turkey, gold medallist Lim Su-jeong of South Korea, and bronze medallists Diana Lopez of the U.S. and Martina Zubcic of Croatia

Taekwondo--Men's 68kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Mark Lopez of the U.S., gold medallist Son Tae-jin of South Korea, and bronze medallists Sung Yu-chi of Chinese Taipei and Servet Tazegul of Turkey

Modern Pentathlon--Men

Andrey Moiseev of Russia celebrates after winning the gold medal. Edvinas Krungolcas of Lithuania took the silver; his teammate Andrejus Zadneprovskis won the bronze

Diving--Women's 10m Platform

(L-R) Silver medallist Emilie Heymans of Canada, gold medallist Chen Ruolin of China, and bronze medallist Wang Xin of China. China has lost the gold at the previous two Olympic Games

Softball

The Japanese team members celebrate after beating three-time world champions team U.S. to win the gold  medal. Australia took the bronze by defeating Canada 

Athletics--Men's Triple Jump

Nelson Evora of Portugal won the gold with 17.67 m. Phillips Idowu of Great Britain took the silver with 17. 62 m. Leevan Sands of Bahamas grabbed the bronze with 17.59 m. Evora won the country's first Olympic gold medal in 12 years

Athletics--Men's 400m

(L-R) Silver medallist Jeremy Wariner, gold medallist LaShawn Merritt, and bronze medallist David Neville. The U.S. swept all the three medals in the event

Athletics--Men's 110m Hurdles

Dayron Robles of Cuba kisses his gold medal at the award ceremony. Robles clocked 12.93 seconds for the gold, a far cry from his world mark of 12.87 set on June. David Payne and David Oliver of the U.S. took the silver and bronze respectively

Football--Women

Defending champion the U.S. (in white) edged Brazil 1-0 in the final to win the gold. Germany took the bronze by beating Japan 2-0

Equestrian--Jumping Individual 

(L-R) Silver medallist Rolf Goran Bengtsson of Sweden, gold medallist Eric Lamaze of Canada, and bronze medallist Beezie Madden of the U.S.