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UPDATED: August-23-2008  
Medal Review of August 22
 
 

Athletics--Men's 50km Walk

(L-R) Silver medallist Jared Tallent of Australia, gold medallist Alex Schwazer of Italy, and bronze medallist Denis Nizhegorodov of Russia

Beach Volleyball--Men

(L-R) Silver medallists Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhaes of Brazil, gold medallists Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers of the United States, and bronze medallists Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos of Brazil

Cycling--Women's BMX (Bicycle Motocross)

(L-R) Silver medallist Laetitia le Corguille of France, gold medallist Anne-Caroline Chausson of France, and bronze medallist Jill Kintner of the U.S..The International Olympic Committee on June 29, 2003, decided to introduce the BMX at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Chausson claimed the first-ever BMX Olympic gold

Cycling--Men's BMX

Maris Strombergs of Latvia shows his gold medal after the award ceremony. Mike Day and Donny Robinson of the U.S. took the silver and bronze respectively 

Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater--Kayak Single (K1) 1000m Men

Tim Brabants of Great Britain kisses his gold medal at the award ceremony. It is Britain's first Olympic gold medal in flatwater canoe/kayak races. Eirik Veraas Larsen of Norway took the silver. Ken Wallace of Australia won the bronze

Canoe-Kayak - Flatwater--Canoe Single (C1) 1000m Men

(L-R) Silver medallist David Cal of Spain, gold medallist Attila Sandor Vajda of Hungary, and bronze medallist homas Hall of Canada

Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater--Kayak Four (K4) 500m Women

Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt, Katrin Wagner-Augustin and Conny Wassmuth of Germany during the competition. Defending champion Germany won the gold medal in 1 minute, 32.231 seconds. Hungary took the silver. The bronze went to Australia

Kayak Double (K2) 1000m Men

(L-R) Silver medallists Kim Wraae Knudsen/Rene Holten Poulsen of Denmark, gold medallists Martin Hollstein/Andreas Ihle of Germany, and bronze medallists Andrea Facchin/Antonio M. Scaduto of Italy

Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater--Canoe Double (C2) 1000m Men Final

Gold medallists Andrei Bahdanovich (L) and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich of Belarus. Christian Gille/Thomasz Wylenzek of Germany took the silver. Gyorgy Kozmann/Tomas Kiss of Hungary won the bronze

Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater--Kayak Four (K4) 1000m Men

Gold medallists Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk and Vadzim Makhneu of Belarus. The team finished in 2 minutes, 55.714 seconds, 0.879 seconds ahead of the Athens bronze medallist Slovakia. Germany, silver medallist at the Athens, took the bronze

Taekwondo--Women's 67kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Karine Sergerie of Canada, gold medallist Hwang Kyung-seon of South Korea, and bronze medallists Gwladys Patience Epangue of France and Sandra Saric of Croatia

Taekwondo--Men's 80kg

(L-R) Silver medallist Mauro Sarmiento of Italy, gold medallist Hadi Saei of Iran, and bronze medallists Steven Lopez of the U.S. and Zhu Guo of China. Zhu becomes the first Chinese male taekwondo player to win a medal at the Olympics

Modern Pentathlon--Women

(L-R) Silver medallist Heather Fell of Great Britain, gold medallist Lena Schoneborn of Germany, and bronze medallist Victoria Tereshuk of Ukraine. China's Chen Qian finished fifth

Table Tennis--Women's Singles

(L-R) Silver medallist Wang Nan, gold medallist Zhang Yining and bronze medallist Guo Yue of China

Hockey--Women

Team members of the Netherlands wave to the audience after receiving the gold medal at the award ceremony. The Dutch, world champion, beat China 2-0 in the final. World No. 2 Argentina took the bronze with a 3-1 win over defending champion Germany

Athletics--Women's Long Jump

(L-R) Silver medallist Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia, gold medallist Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil, and bronze medallist Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria

Athletics--Men's Pole Vault

Gold medallist Steve Hooker of Australia. Hooker set a new Olympic record of 5.96 meters, one centimeter higher than the previous one set by Tim Mack of the U.S at the 2004 Athens Games. Evqeny Lukyanenko of Russia took the silver with 5.85 meters. Denys Yurchenko from Ukraine got the bronze with 5.70 meters

Athletics--Women's 5000m

World record holder Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia kisses her gold medal at the award ceremony. Dibaba, 23, clocked 15 minutes, 41.40 seconds for her second gold medal at the ongoing Games, following her win in the 10,000m. Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey took the silver. Dibaba's compatriot Meseret Defar, the defending champion, won the bronze

Athletics--Women's 4 x 100m Relay

Evgeniya Polyakova of Russia sprints out during the competition. The Russian quartet, including Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya, clocked a season best of 42.31 seconds for the gold. Belgium took the silver in 42.54 seconds and Nigeria won the bronze in 43.04

Athletics--Men's Decathlon 1500m

Gold medallist Bryan Clay of the U.S.. The 28-year-old collected 8,791 points, a new Olympic record to claim the title. Andrei Krauchanka of Belarus won the silver with 8,551 points and Leonel Suarez of Cuba took the bronze with 8,527

Athletics--Men's 4 x 100m Relay

(L-R) Asafa Powell, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter and Usain Bolt of Jamaica pose for photos by the results board with their new world record at the National Stadium. The Jamaican team won the title with 37.10 seconds, 0.3 second faster than the previous one set by the U.S. at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Trinidad and Tobago took the silver in 38.06 seconds. Japan won the bronze in 38.15


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