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Results at a Glance
ATHLETICS
Men: 800m: 1. Wilfred Bungei (Ken) 1:44.65; 2. Ismail Ahmed Ismail (Sud) 1:44.70; 3. Alfred Kirwa Yego (Ken) 1:44.82. 5,000m: 1. Kenenisa Bekele (Eth) 12:57.82 (OR); 2. Eliud Kipchoge (Ken) 13:02.80; 3. Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (Ken) 13:06.22. Javelin throw: 1. Andreas Thorkildsen (Nor) 90.57 (OR); 2. Ainars Kovals (Lat) 86.64; 3. Tero Pitkamaki (Fin) 86.16. 4x400m relay: 1. United States (LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner) 2:55.39 (OR); 2. Bahamas 2:58.03; 3. Russia 2:58.06.
Women: 1,500m: 1. Nancy Jebet Langat (Ken) 4:00.23, 2. Iryna Lishchynska (Ukr) 4:01.63; 3. Nataliya Tobias (Ukr) 4:01.78. High jump: 1. Tia Hellebaut (Bel) 2.05; 2. Blanka Vlasic (Cro) 2.05; 3. Anna Chicherova (Rus) 2.03. 4x400m relay: 1. United States (Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richardds) 3:18.54; 2. Russia 3:18.82; 3. Jamaica 3:20.40.
BASEBALL
Men’s Gold Medal match: Korea 3 bt Cuba 2.
Men’s Bronze Medal match: United States 8 bt Japan 4.
BASKETBALL
Women’s Gold Medal match: USA 92 bt Australia 65.
Women’s Bronze Medal match: Russia 94 bt China 81.
BOXING
Flyweight (51kg) final: Somjit Jongjohor (Tha) bt Andris Laffita Hernandez (Cub) 8-2.
Featherweight (57kg) final: Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukr) bt Khedafi Djelkhir (Fra) 9-1 (bout stopped by referee after round 1 for safety concerns).
Light Welterweight (64kg) final: Felix Diaz (Dom) bt Manus Boonjumnong (Tha) 12-4.
Middleweight (75kg) final: James Degale (GBR) bt Emilio Correa Bayeaux (Cub) 16-14.
Heavyweight (91kg) final: Rakhim Chakhkiev (Rus) bt Clemente Russo 4-2.
CANOE/KAYAK – FLATWATER
Kayak Single 500m Men’s final: 1. Ken Wallace (Aus) 1:37.252; 2. Adam van Koeverden (Can) 1:37.630; 3. Tim Brabants (GBR) 1:37.671.
Canoe Single 500m Men’s final: 1. Maxim Opalev (Rus) 1:47.140; 2. David Cal (Esp) 1:48.397; 3. Iurii Cheban (Ukr) 1:48.766.
Kayak Single 500m Women’s final: 1. Inna Osypenko-Radomksa (Ukr) 1:50.673; 2. Josefa Idem (Ita) 1:50.677; 3. Katrin Wagner-Augustin (Ger) 1:51.022.
Kayak Double 500m Men’s final: 1. Saul Craviotto, Carlos Perez (Esp) 1:28.736; 2. Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskotter (Ger) 1:28.827; 3. Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu (Blr) 1:30.005.
Canoe Double 500m Men’s final: 1. Guanliang Meng, Wenjun Yang (Chn) 1:41.025; 2. Sergey Ulegin, Alexander Kostoglod (Rus) 1:41.282; 3. Christian Gille, Thomasz Wylenzek (Ger) 1:41.964.
Kayak Double 500m Women’s final: 1. Katalin Kovacs, Natasa Janic (Hun) 1:41.308; 2. Beata Mikolajczyk, Aneta Konieczna (Pol) 1:42.092; 3. Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard (Fra) 1:42.128.
CYCLING – MOUNTAIN BIKE
Women’s Cross Country final: 1. Sabine Spitz (Ger) 1:45:11; 2. Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) 1:45: 52; 3. Irina Kalentyeva (Rus) 1:46:28.
Men’s Cross Country final: 1. Julien Absalon (Fra) 1:55:59; 2. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) 1:57:06; 3. Nino Schurter (Sui) 1:57:52.
DIVING
Men’s 10m Platform final: 1. Matthew Mitcham (Aus) 537.95; 2. Luxin Zhou (Chn) 533.15; 3. Gleb Galperin (Rus) 525.80.
FOOTBALL
Men’s Gold Medal match: Argentina 1 (Di Maria) bt Nigeria 0.
GYMNASTICS RHYTHMIC:
Individual All-Around: 1. Evgeniya Kanaeva (Rus) 75.500; 2. Inna Zhukova (Blr) 71.925; 3. Anna Bessonova (Ukr) 71.875.
HANDBALL
Women’s Gold Medal match: Norway 34 bt Russia 27.
Women’s Bronze Medal match: Korea 33 bt Hungary 28.
HOCKEY
Men’s Gold Medal match: Germany 1 (Zeller) bt Spain 0.
Men’s Bronze Medal match: Australia 6 (Ockenden 2, Abbott, Matheson, Hammond, Doerner) bt The Netherlands 2 (Taekema, De Nooijer).
SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
Team Event Free Routine final: 1. Russia 50; 2. Spain 49.334; 3. China 48.750.
TABLE TENNIS
Men’s Singles Gold Medal match: Lin Ma (Chn) bt Hao Wang (Chn) 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9.
Men’s Singles semifinals: Hao Wang bt Jorgen Persson (Swe) 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9; Lin Ma bt Ligin Wang (Chn) 11-5, 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 3-11, 11-8.
Men’s Singles Bronze Medal match: Ligin Wang bt Jorgen Persson 13-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-9.
TAEKWONDO
Women’s +67kg: 1. Maria del Rosario Espinoza (Mex); 2. Nina Solheim; 3. Natalia Falavigna (Bra) and Sarah Stevenson (GBR).
Men’s +80kg: 1. Dongmin Cha (Kor); 2. Alexandros Nikolaidis (Gre); 3. Arman Chilmanov (Kaz) and Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije (Ngr).
VOLLEYBALL
Women’s Gold Medal match: Brazil bt USA 25-15, 18-25, 25-13, 25-21.
Women’s Bronze Medal match: China bt Cuba 25-16, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20.
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