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2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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25 July

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

* The first competitions of the Games started at 16:00. The first events were women's football matches, with six preliminary round matches held. * Cristiane of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

scored her 11th Olympic goal, setting the women's record for most goals in the Olympics. * A mistake occurred at the

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

women's football match, as organisers mistakenly displayed the South Korean flag for the North Korean players. The North Korean team refused to take the field for nearly an hour. The organisers corrected the error and apologised.

26 July

* The competitions started at 12:00. The events at the men's football matches included eight preliminary round matches held.

27 July

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...

*The ranking round for men began at 9:00; for women at 13:00. *In the men's competition, Im Dong-Hyun of

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

set an individual world record of 699 points for 72 arrows. The South Korean team also set a new world record for a 216 arrow total, with 2,087 points.

Opening ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event.

* The Games officially began with the opening ceremony and Parade of Nations in the evening. *The Olympic Cauldron was lit by seven young sportspeople, each of whom had been nominated by a past British Olympian. The seven were; Cameron MacRitchie, rower, nominated by Steve Redgrave; Adelle Tracey, athlete, nominated by

Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British Middle-distance running, middle distance Track and field, athlete and television personality. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres, 800 and 1500 metres events and won gold medals for ...

; Katie Kirk, athlete, nominated by Mary Peters; Desirèe Henry, athlete, nominated by

Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958) is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. He was unbeaten in competit ...

; Jordan Duckitt, nominated by Duncan Goodhew; Aidan Reynolds,

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

er, nominated by

Lynn Davies Lynn Davies CBE (born 20 May 1942) is a Welsh former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He was the 1964 Olympic champion in the event. Early life Davies was born in Nantymoel near Bridgend and was a member of the ...

; Callum Airlie, sailor, nominated by Shirley Robertson.

Day 1: 28 July

* Italy won the men's team final, defeating the United States, 219–218.

Cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

* Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the men's road race, with a time of 5:45:57.

Fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

* In the women's foil, Italy took all three medals, with Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Errigo and Valentina Vezzali winning gold, silver and bronze, respectively.

Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

* Brazil's Sarah Menezes defeated Romania's Alina Dumitru in the women's extra-lightweight final. * Arsen Galstyan of Russia defeated Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan in the men's extra-lightweight final.

Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically a ...

* New Zealand's men's coxless pair of Eric Murray and Hamish Bond set a new world record of 6:08.50. * New Zealand's men's double sculls of Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan set a new

Olympic record Olympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games. Summer Olympics * Archery at the Summer Olympics, Archery (List of Olympic records in archery, li ...

in the heats with a time of 6:11.30. *

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

's Helen Glover and

Heather Stanning Heather Mary Stanning (born 26 January 1985) is a retired British professional rower. As a member of the Great Britain rowing team, she is a double Olympic champion, double World champion, quadruple World Cup champion and double European champ ...

set a new

of 6:57.29 in the heats of the women's coxless pair. * Tim Maeyens of Belgium set an Olympic record in the heats of the men's single sculls.

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missile ...

* Yi Siling of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

won the first gold medal of the Games in the women's 10 metre air rifle. * South Korea's

Jin Jong-oh Jin Jong-oh (; born 24 September 1979) is a South Korean sports shooter who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. The only individual four-time Olympic champion in shooting, he is the most successful individual shooter at ...

won the gold medal of the men's 10 metre air pistol final.

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

* Ryan Lochte of the United States won his first gold medal, completing the men's 400-metre individual medley final in 4:05.18.

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold me ...

finished 4th and out of the medals at an Olympic event for the first time since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. * Sun Yang of China set a new Olympic record, completing the men's 400 metre freestyle final in 3:40.14. Sun also became the first Chinese male swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal. Meanwhile, silver medallist Park Tae-Hwan (South Korea) had been disqualified after the heats for a false start, but was reinstated after an appeal. * Ye Shiwen of China established a new world record of 4:28.43 in winning the women's 400 metre individual medley. *

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

won the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in a new Olympic record time of 3:33.15. * In the women's 100-metre butterfly heats, American

Dana Vollmer Dana Whitney Vollmer (born November 13, 1987) is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States ...

set a new Olympic record, 56.25.

Weightlifting Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

* Wang Mingjuan of China won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg final. * Albanian weightlifter

Hysen Pulaku Hysen Pulaku (born 8 December 1992) is an Albanian weightlifter. On July 23, 2012, Pulaku tested positive for stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid. On July 28, the International Olympic Committee formally ejected Pulaku from the 2012 Summer Olympi ...

, an entrant in the men's 77 kg division, was disqualified after testing positive for the banned steroid

stanozolol Stanozolol (Abbreviation, abbrev. Stz), sold under many brand names, is a synthetic androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat hereditary angioedema. It was developed by American ph ...

Day 2: 29 July

*South Korea defeated China, 210–209, in the women's team final, while Japan defeated Russia for bronze, 209–207.

Marianne Vos Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior c ...

of the Netherlands won the women's road race gold, while Great Britain won silver and Russia won bronze.

Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), ...

*Teaming with her partner

He Zi He Zi (; born 11 December 1990) is an Olympic medal winning Chinese female diver, specialising in the 1 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard and 3 meter synchronised dive. Career Among her achievements are: * 2006 – silver medal in both ...

, China's

Wu Minxia Wu Minxia (; born 10 November 1985) is a retired Chinese diver, specializing in the 1 metre and 3 metre springboard, and synchronized 3 metre springboard events. Entering her first major championship in 2001, Wu represented China at every Asi ...

won her third consecutive gold medal in the women's synchronised 3 metre springboard.

* Áron Szilágyi won Hungary's first gold medal, defeating Italy's Diego Occhiuzzi, 15–8, in the men's sabre final.

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...

* Luiza Galiulina of Uzbekistan was suspended after traces of banned diuretic

furosemide Furosemide, sold under the brand name Lasix among others, is a loop diuretic medication used to treat edema due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease. Furosemide may also be used for the treatment of high blood pressure. It can ...

were found in a urine sample.

*North Korea's

An Kum-Ae An Kum-ae (, ; born 3 June 1980) is a North Korean judoka. Early life According to Choson Sinbo, she was born as the last child of father An jong ryon and mother Moon jung sik. She learned judo after following her older sister in a judo traini ...

defeated Cuba's Yanet Bermoy in the women's half-lightweight final. *

Lasha Shavdatuashvili Lasha Shavdatuashvili ( ka, ლაშა შავდათუაშვილი; born 31 January 1992) is a Georgian judoka. Shavdatuashvili is one of the most successful judoka of the early 21st century, having won Olympic medals at the 2012, ...

of Georgia won the men's half-lightweight final against Miklós Ungvári of Hungary.

*China's

Guo Wenjun Guo Wenjun (, born June 22, 1984, in Xi'an, Shaanxi) is a female Chinese sport shooter who won three of the four gold medals in women's pistol shooting during the European part of the 2008 ISSF World Cup. She won gold in the women's 10 metre ...

won the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol final, while France's Céline Goberville defeated

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

Olena Kostevych Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych (, born 14 April 1985) is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event and 2018 World champion in 25 m pistol event. She i ...

in a tie-breaking shoot-out to claim the silver. *American

Kim Rhode Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a six-time Olympic medal winner, including three gold medals, and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most su ...

compiled an Olympic record of 99 points to win the gold medal in the women's skeet, becoming the first US athlete to medal in individual events at five Olympics.

* American

won the gold medal in the women's 100 metre butterfly, setting a world record of 55.98. *

Cameron van der Burgh Cameron van der Burgh OIS (born 25 May 1988) is a retired South African competitive swimmer and hedge fund analyst. He is Africa's first home-trained world record holder and individual male Olympic champion. He is married to longtime partner ...

of South Africa set a world record of 58.46 to win the gold medal in the men's 100 metre breaststroke. *France's

Camille Muffat Camille Muffat (; 28 October 1989 – 9 March 2015) was a French Swimming (sport), swimmer and three-time Summer Olympic Games, Olympic Olympic medal, medalist. Swimming for the Olympic Nice Natation club, she specialised in the individual medl ...

won the gold medal in the women's 400 metre freestyle in an Olympic record time of 4:01.54. *

Yannick Agnel Yannick Agnel (born 9 June 1992) is a French former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle events, and is a three-time Olympic medalist. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold in the 200-meter frees ...

look the lead in the final lap of the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final to give France victory.

*Kazakhstan's Zulfiya Chinshanlo set a world record in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without rest ...

, lifting 131 kg, en route to winning the gold medal in the women's 53 kg. *

Om Yun-Chol Om Yun-chol or Um Yoon-chul (; or ; born 18 November 1991) is a North Korean retired weightlifter, coach, Olympic Champion, and five time World Champion competing in the 56 kg category until 2018 and 55 kg starting in 2018 after the ...

of North Korea won the gold medal in the men's 56 kg, setting an Olympic record of lifting 168 kg in the clean and jerk.

Day 3: 30 July

Cao Yuan Cao Yuan (; born 7 February 1995) is a Chinese diver and an Olympic gold medalist, having won four golds, one silver and one bronze in the Olympics. He has also won golds in diving at the World Championships and World Cups. Cao is considered ...

and

Zhang Yanquan Zhang Yanquan (; born June 13, 1994, in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese diver of Hakka ancestry from Dabu, Guangdong.men's synchronized 10 metre platform diving.

* Controversy surrounded the semi-finals of the women's épée, as judges awarded Germany's

Britta Heidemann Britta Heidemann (born 22 December 1982) is a German épée fencer. In 2016, Heidemann became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Career Épée Fencing At the age of 14, already being a successful athlete and swimmer, Britta ...

a 6–5 victory over South Korea's Shin A-Lam after complaints over the time keeping during the last seconds of the match. *Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina defeated Heidemann in the gold medal match of the women's épée, 9–8, while China's

Sun Yujie Sun Yujie (; born 10 August 1992) is a Chinese fencer. At 2012 Summer Olympics she won gold medal in team épée with Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No ...

defeated Shin in the bronze medal match, 15–11.

*China won gold in the men's artistic team all-around; with Japan earning the silver medal; and Great Britain taking the bronze, the host nation's first Olympic team gymnastics medal in a century. An appeal and a video review overturned an initial ruling on Kōhei Uchimura's dismount off the

pommel horse The pommel horse, also known as vaulting horse, is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal bo ...

, raising Japan's score from fourth to the silver medal position, and dropping Ukraine out of the medals.

* Kaori Matsumoto won Japan's first gold medal of the 2012 games in the women's lightweight, defeating Romania's Corina Căprioriu in the final. *Russia's Mansur Isaev won gold in the men's lightweight final against

Riki Nakaya is a Japanese judoka. He is a two-time lightweight world champion and an Olympic silver medalist. He was also a finalist at the 2015 World Championships. Personal life Nakaya began judo in kindergarten, following his older brother. Nakaya ma ...

of Japan.

* Alin Moldoveanu of Romania won the men's 10 metre air rifle final, while Italy's Niccolò Campriani took home silver, and India's Gagan Narang won bronze. Both Moldoveanu and Campriani tied the Olympic qualification round record of 599.

won his second gold medal, and France's third swimming gold medal in two days, in the men's 200 metre freestyle. There was a dead heat for second place, with both Sun Yang and Park Tae-Hwan receiving silver medals. *American

Missy Franklin Melissa Franklin Johnson (née Franklin; born May 10, 1995) is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course) from 2012 to 2019. As a member of the ...

won gold in the women's 100 metre backstroke. *

Matt Grevers Matthew Grevers (born March 26, 1985) is a former American competition swimmer who competed in the backstroke and freestyle events, and is a six-time Olympic medalist. He has won a total of thirty-three medals in major international competiti ...

of the United States set a new Olympic record of 52.16 to win gold in the men's 100 metre backstroke. *Fifteen-year-old

Rūta Meilutytė Rūta Meilutytė (; born 19 March 1997) is a Lithuanian swimmer. An Olympic gold medalist, she is a world record holder in the short course 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke and long course 50 metre breaststroke. She is a former ...

of Lithuania won gold at the women's 100 metre breaststroke, the country's first ever swimming medal at the Olympics. She defeated the defending Olympic champion United States' Rebecca Soni by 0.08 seconds.

*China's Li Xueying set new Olympic records in the snatch with 108 kg and in total weight lift with 246 kg en route to claiming the gold medal in the women's 58 kg final. * Kim Un-Guk of North Korea lifted an Olympic record 153 kg in the snatch, as well as a new world record of 327 kg total, to win gold in the men's 62 kg final. Colombian silver medalist Óscar Figueroa also broke a clean and jerk Olympic record when he lifted 177 kg.

Day 4: 31 July

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

* Officials of the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...

charged eight players of trying to deliberately lose their last group stage matches in order to draw favourable matchups in the knockout stage of the women's doubles.

Canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called an 'open canoe' or Canadian. A few of the recreational ...

*France's

Tony Estanguet Tony Estanguet (; born 6 May 1978 in Pau) is a French slalom canoeist and a three-time Olympic champion in C1 (canoe single). He competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012. He successfully led Paris's bid for the 2024 Summer Olymp ...

won gold in the men's slalom C-1 final, while Sideris Tasiadis of Germany won silver, and Michal Martikán of Slovakia won bronze.

Chen Ruolin Chen Ruolin (; born 12 December 1992) is a Chinese diving platform, platform diving (sport), diver and coach (sport), coach. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist (diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...

and Wang Hao of China won gold in the women's synchronised 10 metre platform final, while

Paola Espinosa Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez (born 31 July 1986) is a Mexican diver and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the 2012 Summer Olymp ...

and Alejandra Orozco of Mexico won silver, and Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion of Canada won bronze.

Equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

*Germany claimed the first Equestrian gold of the 2012 Olympic Games in the team eventing final, with Great Britain taking the silver and New Zealand winning the bronze. * Michael Jung of Germany won gold in the Individual eventing, while Sara Algotsson Ostholt of Sweden won silver, and Sandra Auffarth of Germany won bronze.

Lei Sheng Lei Sheng (; born 7 March 1984) is a Chinese left-handed foil fencer, six-time team Asian champion, 2012 individual Asian champion, two-time team world champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion. Career Lei took up fen ...

of China defeated Alaaeldin Abouelkassem of Egypt in the gold medal match of the men's foil, 15–13, while Choi Byung-Chul of South Korea defeated

Andrea Baldini Andrea Baldini (born 19 December 1985) is an Italian foil fencer, several time European and World champion and team Olympic champion in 2012. He is the only foil fencer in history to have obtained four golds (European and World - individual and ...

, 15–14, to win the bronze.

*The United States won gold in the women's artistic team all-around final with Russia claiming silver and Romania finishing third for bronze.

* Urška Žolnir of Slovenia won gold in the women's 63 kg final, beating China's Xu Lili. *

Kim Jae-Bum Kim Jae-bum (김재범) (; born 25 January 1985, in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do) is a retired South Korean judoka. Despite being plagued with injuries throughout his career, Kim is known for dominating major competitions at the half-middleweight ...

of South Korea won gold in the men's 81 kg final, beating Germany's Ole Bischof by yuko. This was the reverse of the 2008 Olympics when Bischof defeated Kim by yuko for the gold.

* Vincent Hancock of the United States won his second successive gold medal in the men's skeet final, setting a new Olympic record of 123. Anders Golding of Denmark won silver, and

Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah ( : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabd allāh al-ʿaṭiyyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WR ...

of Qatar won bronze.

Allison Schmitt Allison Rodgers Schmitt (born June 7, 1990) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. She is a four-time Olympian and a ten-time Olympic medalist. In her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Sc ...

of the United States won gold in the women's 200 metre freestyle in a new Olympic record time of 1:53.61. *South Africa's

Chad le Clos Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, OIS (born 12 April 1992) is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record holder in the short ...

claimed gold in the men's 200 metre butterfly with the United States'

claiming the silver and

Takeshi Matsuda is a retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004, 2008 Olympics, 2012 Olympics, and 2016 Olympics, winning four medals. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 m butter ...

of Japan winning the bronze. Le Clos finished 0.05 seconds ahead of Phelps. * Ye Shiwen of China claimed gold in the women's 200 metre individual medley with an Olympic record of 2:07.57, while

Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts, (born 14 September 1987) is an Australian competitive medley, butterfly and freestyle Swimming (sport), swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Commonwealth Games ...

of Australia won silver. *The United States won gold in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.

, swimming the final leg, won a record 19th Olympic medal.

* Maiya Maneza of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

won gold in the women's 63 kg final, setting an Olympic record of 245 kg, with Svetlana Tsarukayeva of Russia winning silver, and Christine Girard of Canada winning bronze. *China's Lin Qingfeng claimed gold in the Men's 69 kg, while Indonesia's

Triyatno Triyatno (born 20 December 1987) is an Indonesian weightlifter. He competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal.Răzvan Martin Răzvan Constantin Martin (; born 22 December 1991) is a Romanian weightlifter. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2012. On 25 November 2020, the reanalysed doping tests from the 2012 Summer Olympics turned out ...

won bronze.

Day 5: 1 August

* All four women doubles team accused of throwing badminton matches the prior day were disqualified. They were the Indonesian team, both teams from South Korea, and the world champion team from China.

Boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

* In the men's bantamweight round of 16, Azerbaijan's Magomed Abdulhamidov was given the win over Japan's Satoshi Shimizu despite having been knocked down five times in the last round. Japan filed an appeal which overturned the win. The referee from Turkmenistan was subsequently expelled from the games. * In the men's heavyweight round of 16, Iran's Ali Mazaheri was disqualified because he received three penalties for holding giving Cuba's José Larduet the win. The referee from Germany subsequently received a five-day suspension for questionable judgement.

* Daniele Molmenti of Italy took gold in the men's slalom K-1 final, while

Vavřinec Hradilek Vavřinec Hradilek (; born 10 March 1987) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003. Hradilek competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the K1 event he finished seventh in the qualification rou ...

gave the Czech Republic its first medal with his silver, and Hannes Aigner took bronze.

*The United States'

Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong Savola (; born August 11, 1973) is a former professional road bicycle racer and three-time Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the women's individual time trial in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Before temporarily retiring to start a f ...

successfully defended her title in the women's road time trial, with Germany's

Judith Arndt Judith Arndt (born 23 July 1976) is a retired German professional sports, professional cycle sport, cyclist, who last rode for the GreenEDGE-AIS cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the Track cycling, 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 S ...

second, and Russia's Olga Zabelinskaya third. *

Bradley Wiggins Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional Road bicycle racing, road and track cycling, track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but ...

of Great Britain won the men's road time trial, while Tony Martin of Germany took silver, and

Chris Froome Christopher Clive Froome, (; born 20 May 1985) is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one Giro d' ...

of Great Britain won bronze. Wiggins' gold was his seventh Olympic medal, a new record for a British Olympian.

*China's Luo Yutong and Qin Kai took gold in the men's synchronised 3 metre springboard final, ahead of Russia's

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and

Ilya Zakharov Ilya Leonidovich Zakharov (; born 2 May 1991) is a Russian diver and politician. He is the 2012 Olympics gold medalist in 3 metre Springboard. Career Junior In 2007, Zakharov debuted in international tournament in diving at the Lambertz-Print ...

who took silver, and Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen, of the United States, who were third.

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won Venezuela's first Olympic gold medal since 1968, defeating Norway's Bartosz Piasecki in the men's épée final, 15–10. * Kim Ji-yeon of South Korea defeated Sofiya Velikaya of Russia, 15–9, in the women's sabre final.

* Kōhei Uchimura of Japan took gold in the men's artistic individual all-around final, while Marcel Nguyen of Germany took silver, and

Danell Leyva Danell Johan Leyva Gonzalez (born October 30, 1991) is a Cuban American former gymnast who competed for the United States. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and is the 2012 Olympic individual all-arou ...

of the United States took bronze.

*France's

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defeated Germany's Kerstin Thiele to win gold in the women's 70 kg. *

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of South Korea defeated Cuba's

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in the men's 90 kg final.

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won gold in the men's eight, with

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taking silver and

in third. * Helen Glover and

of Great Britain earned the host nation's first gold in the women's coxless pair final, while Australia took silver and New Zealand took bronze. * Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovgodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, and Yana Dementyeva of Ukraine took gold in the women's quadruple sculls final, ahead of Germany and the United States.

*South Korea's

Kim Jang-Mi Kim Jang-mi (; ; born September 25, 1992, in Incheon, South Korea) is a South Korean female sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol and the Women's 25 metre pistol. On August 1, 2012, Kim Jang ...

won gold in the women's 25 metre pistol, narrowly beating the defending 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Chen Ying of China.

*Hungary's

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set a new world record of 2:07.28 to win gold in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke.

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of Great Britain claimed the silver and Japan's Ryo Tateishi earned the bronze. *

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won gold in the Women's 200 metre butterfly in a new Olympic record time of 2:04.06.

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of Spain won the silver medal and

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of Japan won the bronze medal. *

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of the United States won gold by 0.01 seconds in the men's 100 metre freestyle, and became the first American to claim the title in this sporting event since

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in 1988.

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of Australia claimed the silver and Canada's

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earned the bronze. * The United States set a new Olympic record of 7:42.92 to win the gold medal in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. Australia won the silver and France took the bronze.

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*China's

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beat her compatriot

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in the gold medal match of the women's singles.

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of Singapore defeated Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan in the bronze medal match.

*North Korea's

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claimed gold in the women's 69 kg, while Romania's

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won the silver and Belarus' Maryna Shkermankova earned bronze. *China's

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won gold in the men's 77 kg, setting two new world records with a lift of 175 kg in the snatch and a total weightage of 379 kg. Lu Haojie of China won silver despite picking up an injury during the snatch, while Cuba's

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won the bronze.

Day 6: 2 August

*The final of the women's individual was tied after five rounds, before Ki Bo-bae of South Korea beat Mexico's Aída Román in a single arrow shoot-off. Mariana Avitia, also of Mexico, won the bronze.

*Great Britain took both gold and silver medals in the men's slalom C-2 final, with

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and

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beating David Florence and Richard Hounslow, while Slovakian twins Pavol and Peter Hochschorner took bronze. * Émilie Fer of France won the women's slalom K-1, with Australia's Jessica Fox second and Maialen Chourraut (Spain) third.

*In the women's team sprint, the world record was beaten by Great Britain, and subsequently by China, in the qualification, before China improved the record further in the first round. Germany won the gold medal after Britain were relegated in the first round, and China in the final, both for exchange of riders outside the designated area. China took the silver medals, and Australia the bronze. *Great Britain won the men's team sprint, having set world records in both the first round and the final, allowing

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to equal Steve Redgrave's British record of five Olympic gold medals. France finished second, with Germany third. A minor controversy erupted when German-born Philip Hindes of the gold medal British team told the BBC that the team had pre-planned a crash in case they did not start fast enough. British Cycling suggested Hindes' comments were "lost in translation". *In the men's team pursuit, Great Britain set a world record of 3:52.499 in the qualification round.

*Italy won the women's team foil final, defeating Russia 45–31. South Korea was victorious against France, 45–32, in the bronze medal match.

*American Gabby Douglas finished ahead of Russian

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in the women's artistic individual all-around final to win the gold. Russian Aliya Mustafina was awarded the bronze ahead of American

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based on the "sum of the three highest apparatus scores" tiebreaker.

*In the women's 78 kg final, Kayla Harrison became the first Olympic judo gold medalist ever for the United States with her win over Gemma Gibbons of Great Britain by yuko. *Russian

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won the men's 100 kg final, beating

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Tuvshinbayar Naidan ( born 1 June 1984) is a Mongolian former professional judoka. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2014 Asian games champion, 2017 World Championships bronze medalist, 2016 Asian Championships ...

who became the first Olympic multi-medalist from Mongolia.

*New Zealand world champions Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan won the men's double sculls final, with Italy and Slovenia finishing second and third respectively. *South Africa won the country's first ever gold medal in rowing in the men's lightweight coxless four, with Great Britain coming second and Denmark third. *The women's eight final was won by defending champions the United States, ahead of Canada and the Netherlands.

* Peter Wilson of Great Britain won the men's double trap by two shots from Sweden's

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, with Vasily Mosin of Russia winning a shoot-off for bronze.

*American Rebecca Soni set a world record of 2:19.59 to win the women's 200 metre breaststroke final. *

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of the United States won gold at the Men's 200 metre backstroke final with an Olympic record of 1:53.41. Japan's

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won silver and American Ryan Lochte, the defending champion won bronze. *Michael Phelps extended his Olympic medal records and became the first male swimmer to win gold in the same event at three consecutive Olympics, by winning the men's 200 metre individual medley final. *Another Olympic record fell during the women's 100 metre freestyle final when

Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo (; born 20 August 1990) is a retired Dutch swimmer of mixed Dutch-Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialises in sprint freestyle events. She is a triple Olympic champion, winning the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m fre ...

of the Netherlands won gold with a time of 53.00.

*China's

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defeated his compatriot Wang Hao in the men's singles final in five sets.

Day 7: 3 August

*South Korea's

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added gold in the men's individual event to the bronze he won in the team event.

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of Japan took the silver with bronze going to China's Dai Xiaoxiang.

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*Poland's

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successfully defended the men's shot put title he won in Beijing in 2008. David Storl of Germany claimed the silver medal and Reese Hoffa of the United States took bronze. *Ethiopia's

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retained her women's 10,000 metres title with Sally Kipyego and

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taking silver and bronze for Kenya.

* Zhang Nan and

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of China won gold in the

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beating compatriots Xu Chen and Ma Jin in the final, while Denmark's Joachim Fischer Nielsen and

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won the bronze.

*The AIBA Olympic Compliance Committee expelled international technical official Aghajan Abiyev of Azerbaijan "for breaching the governing body's code of conduct by communicating with others about the competition – especially persons from one's own country or national federation".

*Great Britain won the men's team pursuit in a new world record time of 3:51.659, beating Australia in the final to defend the title they won at the 2008 Games. New Zealand won the bronze. *

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of Great Britain took gold in the first Olympic women's keirin, China's Guo Shuang was second and Lee Wai-sze of Hong Kong, who only reached the second round via a repechage, won bronze.

*South Korea won gold in the men's team sabre with Romania taking the silver and Italy earning the bronze.

*China's Dong Dong won gold in the men's trampoline.

* Cuba's

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won gold at women's +78 kg over Japan's Mika Sugimoto by judges' decision. Ortíz also defeated defending Olympic champion China's Tong Wen by yuko in the semi-final. * Five time world champion France's

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won gold at men's +100 kg over Russia's

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*Germany won the men's quadruple sculls with the same crew that won the 2011 World Championships, Croatia won silver and 2012 World Champions Australia took bronze. *Three times world champions Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won the men's coxless pair for New Zealand. *Great Britain won the women's double sculls through Anna Watkins and

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, Grainger having taken silver at three previous Olympic Games. *Five time world champion,

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of New Zealand won gold in the men's single sculls.

* Sergei Martynov of Belarus set a new world record of 705.5 as he claimed gold in the men's 50 metre rifle prone. * Leuris Pupo of Cuba won gold in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol equalling the world record of 34 in the final.

of the United States set a new world record time of 2:04.06 to win gold in the women's 200 metre backstroke. Anastasia Zuyeva of Russia won the silver medal and

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, also of the United States, took bronze. *

claimed his record 17th Olympics gold medal in the men's 100 metre butterfly. There was a dead heat for second place, with both

of South Africa and Yevgeny Korotyshkin of Russia receiving silver medals. *Fifteen-year-old

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of the United States claimed gold in the women's 800 metre freestyle with Spain's

taking the silver medal and defending Olympic champion

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of Great Britain earning the bronze. *France's

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won gold in the Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle, men's 50 metre freestyle with

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of the United States taking silver and Brazil's

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finishing third for bronze.

*Kazakhstan's Svetlana Podobedova took gold in the women's 75 kg, having lifted the same weight as silver medalist, Russia's Natalia Zabolotnaya, she was awarded the win based on her lighter weight by 220 grams. Iryna Kulesha of Belarus took bronze. * Adrian Zieliński of Poland claimed gold in the men's 85 kg with Apti Aukhadov of Russia winning the silver medal after both lifted the same total weight the Pole took the title due to his lower bodyweight. Bronze went to Iran's Kianoush Rostami.

Day 8: 4 August

* Chen Ding of China claimed gold in the men's 20 kilometres walk with a new Olympic record time of 1:18.46. Erick Barrondo of Guatemala earned the silver medal and China's Wang Zhen took the bronze. Barrondo's medal was the first ever Olympic medal for

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. *Croatia's

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won gold in the women's discus throw with

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of Russia taking the silver and Li Yanfeng of China winning bronze. *Great Britain's

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claimed gold in the

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with a score of 6,955 points was 306 clear of silver medalist,

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of Germany, and 327 more than Russia's bronze medalist Tatyana Chernova. *Great Britain's

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won gold in the men's long jump with a jump of 8.31 metres. *

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of Great Britain won the men's 10,000 metres ahead of his training partner Galen Rupp of the United States, who won silver and third-placed

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of Ethiopia. Two-time defending Olympic champion

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, brother of Tariku, was fourth. *

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of Jamaica won the women's 100 metres, defending the title she won in 2008. American

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was second and Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown third.

*China's Li Xuerui took gold in the women's singles beating compatriot

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in the final.

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of India took bronze after China's Wang Xin withdrew due to injury. *In an event in which four pairs had been disqualified earlier in the Games, China won gold in the women's doubles with

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and

defeating Japan's Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa. Russia's

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and

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claimed the bronze medal.

*Great Britain trio Danielle King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell won the gold medal in the women's team pursuit in a new world record time of 3:14.051. The United States claimed silver and Canada took bronze.

*Third seeds China won the women's team épée, beating South Korea in the final. United States won the bronze after beating Russia in overtime.

* Rosie MacLennan of Canada took gold in the women's trampoline with China's Huang Shanshan and He Wenna taking silver and bronze respectively.

*Great Britain won gold in the men's coxless four;

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and Andrew Triggs Hodge who each won gold in the event in 2008, were joined in the crew by Alex Gregory as Great Britain won the event for the fourth consecutive Games. Australia took the silver and the United States the bronze. *

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and

Sophie Hosking Sophie Hannah Marguerite Hosking MBE (born 25 January 1986) is a retired British rower. Personal life Hosking was born in 1986. The lightweight rower David Hosking is her father. As a teenager, she played as a midfielder for the youth team o ...

of Great Britain took gold in the women's lightweight double sculls, with China winning silver and Greece taking bronze. *Denmark took gold in the men's lightweight double sculls final ahead of Great Britain who earned the silver with New Zealand claiming the bronze. *

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of the Czech Republic won gold in the women's single sculls with Fie Udby Erichsen of Denmark taking the silver and Kim Crow of Australia the bronze. The medal was the Czech Republic's first gold in rowing since gaining independence in 1993.

* Jamie Lynn Gray of the United States won gold in the Women's 50 metre rifle three positions finals with a new Olympic record of 691.9. Serbia's Ivana Maksimović took the silver and Adéla Sýkorová of the Czech Republic won bronze. *Italy's Jessica Rossi won gold in the women's trap with a new world record of 99. Zuzana Štefečeková of Slovakia and Delphine Réau of France took silver and bronze after a three way shoot off with San Marino's

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who missed out on earning the country's first ever Olympic medal.

*In the women's 50 metre freestyle,

of the Netherlands won her second gold medal of the Games with a new Olympic record time of 24.05. Aleksandra Gerasimenya of Belarus took silver and

Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria "Marleen" Veldhuis (born 29 June 1979) is a retired swimmer from the Netherlands. She was world record holder in four events (one individual event and three relay events). Veldhuis won eight world championships gold medal ...

, also of the Netherlands, took bronze. *China's Sun Yang broke his own world record with a time of 14:31.02 in winning gold in the men's 1500 metre freestyle. Ryan Cochrane of Canada won silver and Tunisia's

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won bronze. *The United States took gold in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay with a new world record time of 3:52.05. *The United States took gold in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay giving

his 18th Olympic gold medal.

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Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...

won gold in the women's singles tournament for the

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, completing a career "Golden Slam" having already won all of tennis's grand slam events. She defeated

Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (, ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Sharapova won 36 WTA Tour-level sin ...

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, 6–0, 6–1.

Victoria Azarenka Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...

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earns bronze, beating

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲenkə, a=Ru-Maria_Kirilenko.ogg; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champio ...

, 6–3, 6–4, in the bronze medal match. * Bob and Mike Bryan won the final of the men's doubles tournament, earning gold for the United States. They defeated

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...

and

Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 3 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), winning 26 career doubles titles, including three majors and ...

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, 6–4, 7–6 (7–2).

Julien Benneteau Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014. Benneteau did not win a singles ti ...

and

Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, attained in July 2007. Gasquet won 16 singles ...

of France earn bronze, beating

David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...

and

Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016. ...

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, 7–6 (7–4), 6–2.

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*In the women's triathlon, a photo-finish was needed to determine

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of Switzerland as winner ahead of Sweden's

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, both being given the same time to 1/100th of a second. Erin Densham of Australia had also been involved in the final sprint and took the bronze medal.

*Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilin took gold in the men's 94 kg setting a new world record of 233 kg in the clean and jerk and 418 kg in total weight.

Day 9: 5 August

*In a race featuring the four fastest men in history, Jamaica's

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ran 9.63 seconds, an

and the second fastest time ever recorded, to retain his men's 100 metres title. Bolt's compatriot

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won silver and the United States' Justin Gatlin took bronze. * Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya won gold in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase ahead of Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad from France and follow Kenyan Abel Mutai. *Hungary's Krisztián Pars won gold in the men's hammer with a throw of 80.59 metres. Silver went to Primož Kozmus of Slovenia and bronze to Japan's

Koji Murofushi is a Japanese former hammer thrower and sports scientist. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was the 2004 Olympic champion. In 2011, he was crowned world champion. Early ...

. *

Sanya Richards-Ross Sanya Richards-Ross (née Richards; born February 26, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed internationally for the United States in the 400-meter sprint. Her notable accolades in this event include being the 2012 Oly ...

of the United States won gold in the women's 400 metres in a time of 49.55 seconds. Silver went to 2008 gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu and bronze to American DeeDee Trotter. *

Tiki Gelana Erba Tiki Gelana (; born 22 October 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best of 2:18:58 remained the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 to 2017. She won the 2011 Amsterdam Maratho ...

of Ethiopia set a new

time of 2:23.07 as she won the women's marathon. Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo won silver and bronze went to Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova of Russia. *In the final of the women's triple jump Kazakhstan's

Olga Rypakova Olga Rypakova Alekseyeva; 30 November 1984) is a former Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007. Her first successes came in the co ...

jumped 14.98 metres to win the gold medal. Colombian jumper

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won silver and reigning world champion Olha Saladukha of Ukraine took bronze.

Lin Dan Lin Dan (; born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, five-time World championship gold medalist, two-time World Cup champion, two-time Asian games gold medalist, four- ...

of China won gold in the men's singles, beating Malaysia's

Lee Chong Wei Lee Chong Wei (; born 21 October 1982) is a Malaysian former professional badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the fifth ...

, who took silver, in the final. China's

Chen Long Chen Long (; ; born 18 January 1989), is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is the 2016 Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World champion, and an Badminton Asia Championships, ...

won bronze. *Chinese pair

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and

Fu Haifeng Fu Haifeng (born 23 August 1983) is a Chinese badminton player. Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They ...

won gold in the men's doubles beating Denmark's Mathias Boe and

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who took silver with

Jung Jae-sung Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; ; ; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player who specialized in men's doubles. Together with his partner Lee Yong-dae, Jung spent forty weeks as World No. 1 in ...

and

Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae (; ; born 11 September 1988) is a South Korean professional badminton player who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, Jung Jae-sung, Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Ye ...

of South Korea taking bronze.

*Women's boxing made its début at the Olympic Games, with Russia's Elena Savelyeva and North Korea's Kim Hye-Song facing each other in the first bout of the

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event.

*Denmark's

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won gold in the men's omnium as the event made its debut at the Olympics. France's

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won silver and Great Britain's

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, who had already won gold in the team pursuit, took bronze.

*China's

won the gold in women's 3 metres springboard; the medal was her record equalling sixth in the sport of diving at the Olympics.

, also from China took silver and Laura Sánchez of Mexico won the bronze.

*Italy took gold in the men's team foil with Japan taking silver and Germany winning bronze.

*In the men's floor Chinese gymnast Zou Kai successfully defended his gold medal. The silver medal went to Japan's Kōhei Uchimura and bronze to Russia's Denis Ablyazin *Hungary's

Krisztián Berki Krisztián Berki (; born 18 March 1985 in Budapest) is a former Hungarian artistic gymnast. He is a pommel horse specialist. In 2016 a pommel horse element of difficulty level 'E' was named after him. Sports career He is the 2012 Olympic Cha ...

won gold in the men's pommel horse; Berki's overall score of 16.066 was tied with that of silver medalist Louis Smith of Great Britain, but he won gold based on a higher execution score. The bronze medal was won by Britain's

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. *Romania's

Sandra Izbașa Sandra Raluca Izbașa (; born 18 June 1990) is a retired artistic gymnast from Romania. She is a double Olympic champion, having won the floor event at the 2008 Olympics and vault at the 2012 Olympics. She is also a winner of two Olympic bronz ...

won gold in the women's vault ahead of silver medalist McKayla Maroney of the United States after the American failed to land her second vault. Maria Paseka of Russia won the bronze.

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*Great Britain's

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won the men's Finn class. This was his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal and his fifth medal overall, making him the most successful sailor in Olympic history. *Having been third going into the final medal race

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and Max Salminen won gold for Sweden in the men's Star. Defending champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson of Great Britain won silver and Brazilian pair Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada won bronze.

*In the men's 50 metre Pistol

scored 662 points, beating fellow South Korean Choi Young-Rae to the gold medal by half a point.

*In a repeat of the 2012 Wimbledon men's singles final

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faced

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in the final of the men's singles. Murray won 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 to take gold for

, with Federer taking silver for

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defeated

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7–5, 6–4 in the Bronze medal match. * Serena and Venus Williams won their third gold medal in the women's doubles tournament for the

, defeating silver medalists

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and

Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She w ...

of the

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, 6–4, 6–4. *

and

Max Mirnyi Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi (born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished ...

won gold in the

tournament, defeating silver medalists Andy Murray and Laura Robson of Great Britain, 2–6, 6–3, 0–8

*China's

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took gold in the women's +75 kg setting a new world record of 333 kg in the total weight, as well as an Olympic record of 187 kg in clean and jerk. Second placed Tatiana Kashirina of Russia set a new world record of 151 kg in the snatch.

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*Iran's Hamid Sourian claimed gold in the men's Greco-Roman 55 kg beating Rovshan Bayramov of Azerbaijan in the final. *Russia's Roman Vlasov won gold in the men's Greco-Roman 74 kg beating

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of Armenia in the final.

Day 10: 6 August

* Jenn Suhr of the United States won the gold medal in the women's pole vault with

Yarisley Silva Yarisley Silva Rodríguez (born 1 June 1987) is a Cuban pole vaulter. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics – the first Latin American athlete to win an Olympic medal in that event. Silva became the first Cuban woman to reach ...

of Cuba taking the silver and defending champion

Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva ( rus, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə gɐˈdʐɨjɪvnə ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvə; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 200 ...

of Russia earning bronze. *

Valerie Adams Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly Vili; born 6 October 1984) is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IA ...

of New Zealand claimed gold in the women's shot put final. Yevgeniya Kolodko of Russia took silver and Gong Lijiao of China won the bronze, after Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus, who had initially been awarded the gold, was stripped of the medal following a failed drug test. * Félix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic regained the men's 400 metres hurdles title that he had first won at the 2004 Olympics finishing in a time of 47.63 seconds. American Michael Tinsley took silver and Javier Culson won bronze, becoming Puerto Rico's first Olympic medalist from a sport other than boxing. *Reigning world champion Yuliya Zaripova of Russia took gold in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase with

Habiba Ghribi Habiba Ghribi (, born 9 April 1984) is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, giving her country its first Olympic medal by a woman. She is ...

of Tunisia taking the silver and Sofia Assefa of Ethiopia earning the bronze. *In the men's 400 metres, Kirani James won gold, becoming Grenada's first ever Olympic medalist.

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of the Dominican Republic won silver and bronze went to Trinidad and Tobago's

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*Great Britain's

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beat

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of France in the final of the men's sprint to win his second gold medal of the Games.

*The Great Britain quartet of

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, Peter Charles, Ben Maher and Nick Skelton took gold in the team show jumping after winning a jump-off against the Netherlands who took silver. Saudi Arabia won the bronze medal.

* Arthur Zanetti of Brazil won gold in the men's rings with

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of China taking silver and

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of Italy winning bronze. *Russia's Aliya Mustafina won gold in the women's uneven bars with He Kexin of China taking silver and Great Britain's

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winning bronze. *

Yang Hak-Seon Yang Hak-seon ( ; born 6 December 1992) is a South Korean artistic gymnast who specialises in the vault. He is the first South Korean gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal. Personal life According to his Olympic profile, Yang started his gymna ...

of South Korea took gold in the men's vault. Silver went to Denis Ablyazin of Russia with Ukraine's

Ihor Radivilov Igor (Ihor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov (; born 19 October 1992) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast and four-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. Although he competed on all apparatuses, he was best known a ...

taking bronze.

* Xu Lijia of China won gold in the women's Laser Radial class with

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of the Netherlands taking the silver and Belgium's Evi Van Acker earning bronze. *

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of Australia won gold in the men's Laser class with Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus earning silver and Rasmus Myrgren of Sweden taking bronze.

*Italy's Niccolò Campriani won gold in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions, setting an Olympic record during the qualifying round. *Croatia's Giovanni Cernogoraz won gold in the men's trap after beating Italy's Massimo Fabbrizi in a shoot-off. Kuwait's Fehaid Al-Deehani also needed a shoot-off to win the bronze medal.

* Oleksiy Torokhtiy of Ukraine lifted a total of 412 kg to win the men's 105 kg division by 1 kg from silver medalist Navab Nassirshalal of Iran. Poland's

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won bronze.

* Omid Norouzi of Iran defeated Georgia's Revaz Lashkhi in the final of the men's Greco-Roman 60 kg event. Bronze medals went to Zaur Kuramagomedov of Russia and Ryūtarō Matsumoto of Japan. *Russian Alan Khugayev won gold in the men's Greco-Roman 84 kg event, defeating Karam Gaber of Egypt 1–0, 2–0 in the final. *Cuba's

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retained his Olympic title in the Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg as he defeated Heiki Nabi of Estonia in the final. The two bronze medals were won by reigning world champion, Rıza Kayaalp of Turkey, and Sweden's Johan Eurén.

Day 11: 7 August

*Russian

Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Athletics Indoor Championships, European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). He was ...

won gold in the men's high jump by clearing a height of 2.38 m. American Erik Kynard took silver after jumping 2.33 m. Six athletes finished tied on 2.29 m but only three were awarded joint bronze due to clearing the height in less attempts;

Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barsham (; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and is the former Olympic Champion. He is also the former World Champion and second highest jumper of all-time with a personal best of 2.4 ...

of Qatar,

Derek Drouin Derek Drouin (born March 6, 1990) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was the 2015 World Champion. He also won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 Pan A ...

of Canada and Robert Grabarz of Great Britain earned the medals. *

Robert Harting Robert Harting (; born 18 October 1984) is a retired German discus thrower. He represents the sports club SCC Berlin, his coach is Torsten Schmidt (athlete), Torsten Schmidt. He is a former Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's dis ...

of Germany threw 68.27 m to win gold in the men's discus throw and extend his unbeaten record stretching back to August 2010. Ehsan Haddadi of Iran won silver and defending Olympic champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia won bronze. *

Sally Pearson Sally Pearson, OAM (née McLellan; born 19 September 1986) is a retired Australian athlete who competed in the 100 metre hurdles. She is the 2011 and 2017 World champion and 2012 Olympic champion in the 100 metres hurdles. She also won a si ...

of Australia won the women's 100 metres hurdles final in an Olympic Record time of 12.35, over Dawn Harper of the United States by 0.02 seconds. She was also the first Australian female athlete to clinch a gold medal in the track and field since

Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while fin ...

in 2000. *

Taoufik Makhloufi Taoufik Makhloufi (; born 29 April 1988) is an Algerian athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. He became the 1500 metres Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. In 2016, Makhloufi took the silver medal in th ...

won gold in the men's 1500 metres. Makhloufi had been expelled from the Games for not trying in his 800 metres heat but was reinstated after medical evidence was produced to prove he had an injury.

* Laura Trott of Great Britain won her second gold medal of the Games, adding the women's omnium title to her victory in the team pursuit. * Australia's

Anna Meares Anna Maree Devenish Meares (born 21 September 1983) is an Australian retired Track cycling, track cyclist. She currently resides in Adelaide in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport's Track Cycling program has its headquarters ...

beat Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton in the final of the women's sprint. *

won gold in the men's keirin,

Maximilian Levy Maximilian Levy (born 26 June 1987) is a German former track cyclist. Levy won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint representing Germany at the 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing, China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won another bronze in t ...

of Germany took silver and there was a dead heat for the bronze with

Teun Mulder Teunis ("Teun") Mulder (born 18 June 1981) is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He ...

of the Netherlands and

Simon van Velthooven Simon Paul van Velthooven (born 8 December 1988) is a New Zealand track racing cyclist and America's Cup sailor. Van Velthooven was born in Palmerston North in 1988. He has two younger sisters; his youngest sister, Emily, works as a journalist ...

of New Zealand each awarded a medal. This was Hoy's sixth Olympic gold medal, making him the British athlete with the most Olympic golds, and his seventh total medal, tying him with

for the record for a British Olympian.

of Russia became the first non-Chinese diver to win the gold in the men's 3 metre springboard with a total score of 555.90. Chinese divers Kai Qin and He Chong won silver and bronze respectively.

Carl Hester Carl Hester (born 29 June 1967 in Cambridgeshire, England) is a British dressage rider competing at Olympic level. As of 8 August 2012, the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) rank him 12th in the world riding Uthopia. In 2012, Hest ...

, Laura Bechtolsheimer and

Charlotte Dujardin Charlotte Susan Jane Dujardin (born 13 July 1985) is a British dressage rider, equestrian, and writer. A multiple World and Olympic champion, Dujardin has been described as the dominant dressage rider of her era. In 2014 she held the complete se ...

, won Great Britain's first ever medal in Olympic dressage by taking gold in the team event. The German team, winners of the event at the previous seven Summer Games won silver and bronze went to the Netherlands.

*In the men's parallel bars final Chinese gymnast Feng Zhe scored 15.966 to win gold ahead of Germany's Marcel Nguyen (15.800) and France's Hamilton Sabot (15.566), who won silver and bronze respectively. *China's

Deng Linlin Deng Linlin ( zh, s=邓琳琳, t=鄧琳琳, p=Dèng Línlín; ; born April 21, 1992), is a Chinese retired gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, People's Republic of Chin ...

(15.600) won gold in the women's balance beam final with silver going to fellow Chinese gymnast Sui Lu (15.500).

Cătălina Ponor Cătălina Ponor (; born 20 August 1987) is a Romanian former Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who competed at three Summer Olympic Games: 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016. She won three ...

of Romania was initially placed third with 15.066 but, following an appeal, American

had her score raised from 14.966 to 15.066 enough to take her ahead of Ponor for the bronze medal based on a higher execution score. *

Epke Zonderland Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April 1986) is a Dutch artistic gymnast and the 2012 Olympic gold medallist on high bar. He is a 4-time Olympian (2008–20) and has also taken 3 World Championships golds on high bar at the 2013, 2014 and 2018 Wo ...

became the first male Dutch gymnast to win an Olympic medal with gold in the

horizontal bar The horizontal bar, also known as the high bar, is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in artistic gymnastics. It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal (typically steel) bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a syst ...

. Germany's

Fabian Hambüchen Fabian Hambüchen (also spelled Hambuechen; ; born 25 October 1987) is a retired Germany, German Gymnastics, gymnast who was an Olympic Games, Olympic champion on horizontal bar in Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio 2016, World champion ...

won silver and China's defending Olympic and world champion, Zou Kai, won bronze. *United States'

added to her team gold and balance beam bronze by taking gold in the women's floor event with a score of 15.600. Romanian

took silver with 15.200 and bronze went to Russia's Aliya Mustafina (14.900).

* Dorian van Rijsselberghe of the Netherlands won the men's sailboard, the Dutchman went into the final medal race with the gold medal already assured. Great Britain's

Nick Dempsey Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset. He became the first man to win three Olympics medals in windsurfing when he won silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, adding to a ...

won silver and bronze went to Poland's

Przemysław Miarczyński Przemysław Miarczyński (born 26 August 1979) is a Polish windsurfer and Olympic athlete. Miarczyński already competed at the top-level when he was a teenager, becoming a multiple medal winner in Junior and Youth World Championships. During ...

. *Spain's Marina Alabau won gold in the women's sailboard ahead of Finland's silver medalist Tuuli Petäjä and Zofia Klepacka of Poland, who took bronze.

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming), also known as artistic swimming, is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by World A ...

*Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina won gold in the women's duet with a score of 197.100 points. Spain's

Ona Carbonell Ona Carbonell Ballestero (born 5 June 1990) is a Spanish synchronized swimmer. Carbonell competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal in the women's duet, with Andrea Fuentes, and a bronze medal in the team event. Sh ...

and

Andrea Fuentes Andrea Fuentes Fache (born 7 April 1983 in Valls, Tarragona) is a Spanish swimming coach and former synchronised swimmer. She is the most decorated swimmer in the history of the Spanish national team, with four Olympic, 16 World Championship and ...

won silver, bronze went to China's

Huang Xuechen Huang Xuechen (黄雪辰, Huáng Xuěchén, born 25 February 1990) is a Chinese Olympic synchronised swimmer. Early life Huang was born in Shanghai on 1990. In 1996, she entered Shanghai Peihua School to start training in swimming and in 200 ...

and

Liu Ou Liu Ou (, born 13 November 1986) is a Chinese synchronized swimmer. Liu competed in the women's team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze medal. She followed up this success in the women's duet and women's team events at ...

*The Chinese trio of

and Guo Yue won gold in the women's team event, defeating

Ai Fukuhara is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic medalist, winning silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Japanese women's team. She is sponsored by All Nippon Airways. Table tennis career Fuku ...

Sayaka Hirano is a Japanese five-time national table tennis champion. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition, reaching the bronze medal final but losing to So ...

and Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan by three matches to nil. The team from Singapore finished third after beating South Korea three matches to nil in the bronze medal final.

Alistair Brownlee Alistair Edward Brownlee (born 23 April 1988) is an English former triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the individual triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time ...

of Great Britain won gold in the men's triathlon, silver went to Spain's Javier Gómez and bronze to Alaistair's brother

Jonathan Brownlee Jonathan Callum Brownlee (born 30 April 1990) is an English professional duathlete and triathlete. He is a six-time World champion (once World Triathlon Series, twice World Sprint Triathlon, three-time World Triathlon Mixed Relay), and one- ...

. The Brownlees became the first brothers to share the podium in an individual event in over 100 years.

*Iran completed a one-two in the men's +105 kg event as Behdad Salimi won gold and Sajjad Anoushiravani won silver. The bronze medal was won by Ruslan Albegov of Russia. Germany's Matthias Steiner, the defending Olympic champion, was sent to hospital for x-rays after he dropped the barbell on his head and neck while attempting to lift 196 kg.

*South Korea's Kim Hyeon-Woo defeated Hungary's Tamás Lőrincz in the final of the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg. Bronze medals went to defending Olympic champion

Steeve Guénot Steeve François Fabien Guénot (born 2 October 1985) is a French wrestler who won the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He became the first Olympic Champion for France in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestl ...

of France and to Georgia's Manuchar Tskhadaia. *Iranian Ghasem Rezaei won gold in the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg after he defeated Russia's Rustam Totrov by a score of 2–0 1–0 in the final. Bronze medals were won by Armenian Artur Aleksanyan and Jimmy Lidberg of Sweden.

Day 12: 8 August

Brittney Reese Brittney Davon Reese (born September 9, 1986) is a retired American long jumper, Olympic gold medalist, and a seven-time world champion. Reese is the indoor American record holder in the long jump with a distance of 7.23 meters. Personal life Bo ...

of the United States jumped 7.12 meters to win gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump, women's long jump. Russia's Yelena Sokolova (long jumper), Elena Sokolova won the silver medal and American Janay DeLoach won the bronze. *Natalya Antyukh of Russia won gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, women's 400 metres hurdles; her time of 52.70 seconds missed the Olympic record by 0.06 seconds. American world champion Lashinda Demus won silver and the bronze went to Zuzana Hejnová of the Czech Republic. *Allyson Felix of the United States won gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres, women's 200 metres after winning silver in the event at the previous two Summer Olympics. Silver went to Jamaica's 100 metres champion,

and bronze was won by American

. *The United States' Aries Merritt ran a time 12.92 seconds as he won the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, men's 110 metres hurdles final, fellow American Jason Richardson (hurdler), Jason Richardson, the reigning world champion, was second in 13.04 seconds and the bronze medal was won by Jamaican Hansle Parchment in 13.12 seconds.

*Eirik Verås Larsen of Norway won gold in the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres, men's K-1 1000 metres in a time of 3:26.462. Adam van Koeverden of Canada was second in a time of 3:27.170 followed by Germany's Max Hoff (canoeist), Max Hoff in 3:27.759. *Sebastian Brendel of Germany finished in a time of 3:47.176 to win gold in the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres, men's C-1 1000 metres final. David Cal of Spain finished nearly a second behind the winner to take silver and Canada's Mark Oldershaw won the bronze. *Hungarian pair Rudolf Dombi and Roland Kökény added the Olympic gold medal to their European title in the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres, men's K-2 1000 metres. Fernando Pimenta and Emanuel Silva of Portugal won the nation's first ever Olympic medaling in sprint canoeing as they took silver ahead of the German defending Olympic champions Martin Hollstein and Andreas Ihle who won bronze. *In the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres, women's K-4 500 metres the Hungarian quartet of Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Katalin Kovács and Krisztina Fazekas Zur won gold to end a run of four straight Olympic titles in the event for Germany, who won the silver medal. Bronze went to the team from Belarus.

*Steve Guerdat took the gold medal in Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping, individual jumping, while Dutch rider Gerco Schröder took silver and Ireland's Cian O'Connor took bronze. Guerdat became the first Swiss rider to win an Olympic title in show jumping since Alphonse Gemuseus in Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping, 1924.

* Australia's Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen had an unassailable lead going into the final of the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 49er, 49er class, picking up the gold medal from the New Zealand pair of Peter Burling (sailor), Peter Burling and Blair Tuke.

*China won the Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team, men's team event to complete a sweep of all the table tennis gold medals for the second consecutive Olympics. The Chinese team of

, Ma Long (table tennis), Ma Long and Wang Hao defeated their South Korean opponents, Oh Sang-Eun, Joo Se-Hyuk and Ryu Seung-Min by a score of 3–0 in the final. Bronze went to Germany. Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Taekwondo *Wu Jingyu of China successfully defended her Olympic title in the Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg, women's 49 kg event by defeating Spain's Brigitte Yagüe by a score of 8–1 in the final. Bronze medals were awarded to Thailand's Chanatip Sonkham and Croatia's Lucija Zaninović. *World and European champion Joel González (taekwondo), Joel González Bonilla of Spain became Olympic champion in the Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg, men's 58 kg; he defeated South Korean Lee Dae-Hoon by a score of 17–8 in the final to take gold. Russian Aleksey Denisenko and Colombian Óscar Muñoz won bronze medals. Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Volleyball *Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, Kerri Walsh of the United States defeated fellow Americans Jennifer Kessy and April Ross in the Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, women's beach volleyball final, 21–16, 21–16, to win their third consecutive Olympic gold medal. Juliana Silva and Larissa França of Brazil defeated Xue Chen and Zhang Xi (beach volleyball), Zhang Xi of China, 11–21, 21–19, 15–12, for the bronze medal.

*Japan's eight-time world champion Hitomi Obara won gold in the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg, women's freestyle 48 kg having dropped down a weight division in order to compete in the Olympics for the first time. Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan won silver, bronze medals were awarded to American Clarissa Chun and Canadian Carol Huynh. *Kaori Icho of Japan became the first female wrestler to win three Olympic gold medals by beating Jing Ruixue of China 3–0, 2–0, in the final of the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 63 kg, women's freestyle 63 kg. Lubov Volosova of Russia and Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg of Mongolia won the bronze medals.

Day 13: 9 August

* United States' Christian Taylor (athlete), Christian Taylor and Will Claye took gold and silver in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump, men's triple jump. Taylor's jump of 17.81 metres was a world leading distance for 2012. Italy's Fabrizio Donato won bronze. *Kenya's David Rudisha broke his own world record to win gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres, men's 800 metres in a time of 1:40.91. Nijel Amos of Botswana won the silver medal, his nation's first Olympic medal in any sport. Bronze was won by Kenya's Timothy Kitum. Of the eight competitors in the final seven of them ran personal bests, two of which were new national records. Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a former Olympic 800 metres champion himself, described Rudisha's run as "the performance of the Games, not just of track and field but of the Games". *In the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres, men's 200 metres, Jamaica swept the medals with

taking gold in 19.32 seconds,

silver in 19.44, and Warren Weir bronze with 19.84. Bolt became the first man to win the 200 metres in two Olympics and the first to win the 100 and 200m races double in two Olympics. * The world record holder in Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw, women's javelin throw, the Czech Republic's Barbora Špotáková, won gold with a 69.55 metre throw. Germany's Christina Obergföll took silver with 65.16 m and Linda Stahl took bronze with 64.91 m. * The United States' Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee took gold and silver respectively in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon, men's decathlon. Cuba's Leonel Suárez won the bronze. * In the heats of the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, men's 4 × 400m relay, United States leadoff runner Manteo Mitchell broke his leg near the 200 m mark but managed to finish the race. The United States tied for first with the Bahamas to qualify for the final.

*Great Britain's Nicola Adams won the first ever women's Olympic boxing gold medal, defeating Ren Cancan of China 16–7 in the final of the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight, flyweight division. Bronze medals went to Mary Kom of India and the United States' Marlen Esparza. *Katie Taylor of Ireland defeated Russia's Sofya Ochigava 16–8 to win the gold medal in the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight, women's lightweight. *Seventeen-year-old American Claressa Shields won gold in the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's middleweight, women's middleweight, defeating Russia's Nadezda Torlopova by a score of 19–12 in the final.

*Germany's Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela won the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres, men's C-2 1000 metres ahead of defending Olympic champions Andrei Bahdanovich, Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich of Belarus. Bronze went to Alexey Korovashkov and Ilya Pervukhin of Russia. *Australia beat out Hungary and the Czech Republic in the final of the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres, men's K-4 1000 metres. *Hungary's two-time European champion Danuta Kozák won gold in the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres, women's K-1 500 metres. Ukraine's defending Olympic champion Inna Osypenko won silver and Bridgitte Hartley of South Africa won bronze. *German pair Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze won the gold medal in the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres, women's K-2 500 metres. Hungary's Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Douchev-Janics won silver and bronze went to Poland's Beata Mikolajczyk and Karolina Naja.

*China's

won her second consecutive gold medal in the Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform, Women's 10 metre platform.

*Great Britain's

and Laura Bechtolsheimer added to the gold medals they won in the team dressage by taking gold and bronze respectively in the Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage, individual dressage. Dujardin, the final competitor to ride, set a new Olympic record score of 90.089% to knock the Netherlands Adelinde Cornelissen into silver medal position.

*The United States women's national soccer team, United States defend their Olympic title in the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, women's football tournament by defeating world champions Japan women's national football team, Japan 2–1 in a rematch of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final with Carli Lloyd scoring both goals. Canada women's national soccer team, Canada won the bronze medal with a 1–0 victory over France women's national football team, France.

*Hungary's Éva Risztov led for most of the race as she won gold in the Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre, women's marathon. American Haley Anderson won silver and Italy's Martina Grimaldi held off the reigning world champion, Britain's Keri-Anne Payne, to win the bronze. Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Taekwondo *Jade Jones (taekwondo), Jade Jones of Great Britain beat China's Hou Yuzhuo 6–4 in the final of the Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg, women's 57 kg division to claim her nation's first ever Olympic taekwondo gold medal. Bronze medals went to France's Marlène Harnois and Tseng Li-Cheng of Chinese Taipei. *World number one Servet Tazegül of Turkey won the gold medal in the Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg, men's 68 kg after he defeated Iran's Mohammad Bagheri Motamed 6–4 in the final. Bronze medals were won by Terrence Jennings of the United States and Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpai, who matched his result from 2008 when he won his nation's first ever Olympic medal. Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Volleyball *Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Men's beach final at 21:00. Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Water polo *The United States won the gold medal in the Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, women's event after an 8–5 victory over Spain in the final.

*Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg, Women's freestyle 55 kg final at 19:03. *Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 72 kg, Women's freestyle 72 kg final at 19:48.

Day 14: 10 August

* Renaud Lavillenie set an Olympic record of 5.97 metres, and became the third French man to win gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, men's pole vault. Bjorn Otto and Raphael Holzdeppe, both from Germany, claimed the silver and bronze, respectively. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw, Women's hammer throw final at 19:35. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres, Women's 5000 metres final at 20:05. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Women's 4 × 100 metres relay final at 20:40. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres, Women's 1500 metres finals at 20:55. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Men's 4 × 400 metres relay final at 21:20.

* Maris Strombergs became the first Latvian athlete to win two Olympic medals and successfully defended his Olympic title in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX, men's BMX event. * Colombia's Mariana Pajón won gold at the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX, women's BMX event, and first for her nation since 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000. Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Field hockey *The Netherlands women's national field hockey team, Netherlands defeat Argentina women's national field hockey team, Argentina 2–0 in the final of the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, women's tournament to defend their Olympic title. Hosts Great Britain women's national field hockey team, Great Britain defeat New Zealand women's national field hockey team, New Zealand 3–1 in the bronze medal match.

*South Korea national under-23 football team, South Korea beat Japan national under-23 football team, Japan 2–0 to win the bronze medal match in the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, men's football tournament.

*Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 470 class, Men's 470 class final at 12:00. *Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 470, Women's 470 class final at 14:00.

*Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre, Men's marathon final at 12:00.

*Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team, Women's team final at 15:00. Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Taekwondo *South Korea's Hwang Kyung-Seon successfully defended her Olympic title by beating European champion Nur Tatar of Turkey in the final of the Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg, women's 67 kg event. The two bronze medals were won by Paige McPherson of the United States, and Germany's Helena Fromm. *Sebastián Crismanich of Argentina defeated Spain's Nicolás García (taekwondo), Nicolás García in the gold medal bout of the Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg, men's 80 kg. Bronze medals were won by Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad and Italy's Mauro Sarmiento.

*Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg, Men's freestyle 55 kg. *Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg, Men's freestyle 74 kg.

Day 15: 11 August

*Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Men's 50 kilometres walk finals at 09:00. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk, Women's 20 kilometres walk final at 17:00. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump, Women's high jump final at 19:00. * Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) became the first non-European athlete to win a gold medal in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, men's javelin throw since Cy Young (athlete), Cy Young in 1952, and the first Trinidadian in a field event and in any Olympic event since Hasely Crawford in 1976. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres, Men's 5000 metres final at 19:30. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres, Women's 800 metres final at 20:00. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Women's 4 × 400 metres relay final at 20:25. *Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Men's 4 × 100 metres relay final at 21:00. Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Basketball *Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women, Women finals at 21:00.

*Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's light flyweight, Men's light flyweight final at 20:30. *Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's bantamweight, Men's bantamweight final at 20:45. *Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's light welterweight, Men's light welterweight final at 21:15. *Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight, Men's heavyweight final at 21:30. *Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight, Men's middleweight final at 21:45.

*Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 200 metres, Men's K-1 200 metres final at 09:30. *Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 200 metres, Men's C-1 200 metres final at 09:47. *Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres, Women's K-1 200 metres final at 10:14. *Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 200 metres, Men's K-2 200 metres final at 10:41.

*Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country, Women's cross-country finals at 12:30.

*David Boudia became the first American diver to win a gold medal in the Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform, men's 10 metre platform since Greg Louganis in 1988. Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Field hockey *Germany men's national field hockey team, Germany defeat The Netherlands men's national field hockey team, Netherlands 2–1 in the final of the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, men's tournament to defend their Olympic title. Australia men's national field hockey team, Australia win the bronze medal after defeating hosts Great Britain men's national field hockey team, Great Britain 3–1 in the bronze medal match.

*Mexico national under-23 football team, Mexico win the gold medal in the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, men's football tournament for the very first time after beating Brazil national under-23 football team, Brazil 2–1 in the final which saw the fastast goal scored in Men's Olympic Final history when Oribe Peralta scored in the opening minute and also went on to score the winning goal.

*Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around, Women's rhythmic individual all-around Evgeniya Kanaeva from Russian Federation wins the individual all-around title for the second time and thereby becoming the only rhythmic gymnast in history to claim more than a single gold medal in the discipline, winning by a wide margin of 2.4 ahead of fellow Russian Daria Dmitrieva with a score of 116.900. Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Handball *Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, Women's final at 20:30. Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Modern pentathlon *Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's, Men's final at 08:45.

*Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m, Elliott 6m final at 13:05. Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Taekwondo *Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg, Women's +67 kg final at 22:15. *Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg, Men's +80 kg final at 22:30. Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Volleyball *Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, Women's final at 18:30.

*Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 60 kg, Men's freestyle 60 kg. *Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 84 kg, Men's freestyle 84 kg. *Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg, Men's freestyle 120 kg.

Day 16: 12 August

* Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Uganda won the gold medal in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, men's marathon and was the first gold medal winner for the country since the 1972 Summer Olympic Games. Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Basketball * The 2012 United States men's Olympic basketball team, United States successfully defended their Olympic title in the Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men, men's basketball final after beating Spain national basketball team, Spain in a rematch of the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 final, 107–100, in a closely fought game.

* Robeisy Ramírez of Cuba at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Cuba wins gold in the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's flyweight, Men's flyweight final after defeating Nyambayaryn Tögstsogt. * In the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight, Men's lightweight final Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Ukraine wins his second gold medal in successive games after easily beating Han Soon-Chul of

* Kazakhstan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kazakhstan's Serik Sapiyev wins gold in the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight, Men's welterweight after defeating Fred Evans (boxer), Fred Evens of

. * Egor Mekhontsev of Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Russia wins the gold medal on a judges decision in the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight, Men's light heavyweight final against Adilbek Niyazymbetov. * Anthony Joshua of

wins the host nation's 29th and final gold medal of the games after beating the twice and reigning Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle of Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Italy in the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's super heavyweight, Men's super heavyweight final on a judges decision. 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Closing ceremony * Commencing at 21:00.

* Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country, Men's cross-country final at 13:30.

* Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic group all-around, Women's rhythmic group all-around Russian Federation wins for the fourth time in a row the gold medal of the team all around competition, a run that begun in 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000 Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Handball * Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Men's finals at 15:00. Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Modern pentathlon * Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's, Women's final at 08:45. Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Volleyball * Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Men's tournament final at 13:00. Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Water polo * Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Men's final at 15:50.

* Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg, Men's freestyle 66 kg. * Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg, Men's freestyle 96 kg.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chronological Summary Of The 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Summer Olympics, Chronological summary Chronological summaries of the Olympics, 2012