This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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Calendar

Wed 25 July

Football * 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

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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 Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

v. Colombia 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.

Thu 26 July

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

Fri 27 July

Archery *The ranking round for men began at 9:00; for women at 13:00. *In the men's competition,

Im Dong-Hyun Im Dong-hyun (; ; born 12 May 1986) is a South Korean archer. He competes for the South Korean national team and is a former world number one. He has 20/200 vision in his left eye and 20/100 vision in his right eye, meaning he needs to be 1 ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

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 * The Games officially began with the opening ceremony and

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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 athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British ...

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

Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958), better known as Daley Thompson, is a British 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 tim ...

; Jordan Duckitt, nominated by

Duncan Goodhew Duncan Alexander Goodhew, (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold a ...

; Aidan Reynolds,

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

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. He was born in Nantymoel near Bridgend and was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athl ...

; Callum Airlie, sailor, nominated by Shirley Robertson.

Day 1: Sat 28 July

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

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...

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

Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

* In the women's foil, Italy took all three medals, with

Elisa Di Francisca Elisa Di Francisca (; born 13 December 1982) is an Italian former foil fencer, Olympic champion in 2012, World champion in 2010 and three-time European champion. She won the 2010–11 World Cup series and has seven World Cup victories to her n ...

Arianna Errigo Arianna Errigo (born 6 June 1988) is an Italian left-handed foil and sabre fencer. Errigo is a nine-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, six-time team world champion, and two-time individual world champion. Known ...

and

Valentina Vezzali Maria Valentina Vezzali (; born 14 February 1974) is an Italian politician and retired fencer. As a fencer, Vezzali won six Olympic gold medals and was a 16-time World Champion in foil. She is one of only five athletes in the history of the Summ ...

winning gold, silver and bronze, respectively.

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* Brazil's Sarah Menezes defeated Romania's Alina Dumitru in the women's extra-lightweight final. *

Arsen Galstyan Arsen Zhorayevich Galstyan ( hy, Արսեն Գալստյան, russian: Арсен Жораевич Галстян, born 19 February 1989) is an Armenian-born Russian judoka. Galstyan is a Merited Master of Sports of Russia and an Olympic Champion ...

of Russia defeated

Hiroaki Hiraoka is a Japanese judoka. He won a silver medal at the 2009 World Judo Championships and the 2011 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2010 World Judo Championships. Hiroka also won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics Th ...

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 ...

* New Zealand's men's coxless pair of Eric Murray and

Hamish Bond Hamish Bryon Bond (born 13 February 1986) is a retired New Zealand rower and former road cyclist. He is a three-time Olympic gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olymp ...

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

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

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's Helen Glover and

Heather Stanning Heather Mary Stanning OBE (born 26 January 1985) is a retired British professional rower, a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team, and Royal Artillery officer. Ranked number 1 female rower in the world in 2016, she is a double Olympic champi ...

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 missiles ...

* Yi Siling of China 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 (진종오; ; 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 individua ...

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

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

* 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 med ...

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 Park Tae-hwan (, ; born September 27, 1989) is a South Korean competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist and world champion. He has four Olympic medals, five world titles, and 20 Asian Games medals. He won a gold me ...

(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 won the

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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 generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...

Wang Mingjuan Wang Mingjuan (; born October 11, 1985 in Yongzhou, Hunan) is a Chinese weightlifter, Olympic champion, and four time world champion. Career She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 48 kg division, winning the gold medal. Over ...

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 Olymp ...

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

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

Day 2: Sun 29 July

Archery *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 WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...

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

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*Teaming with her partner

He Zi He Zi (; born 11 December 1990 in Nanning, Guangxi) 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 – ...

, 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 Áron Szilágyi (; born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer. Szilágyi is a 2018 team European champion, 2015 individual European champion, 2007 team world champion, and 2022 individual world champion. A four-time Oly ...

won Hungary's first gold medal, defeating Italy's

Diego Occhiuzzi Diego Occhiuzzi (born 30 April 1981) is an Italian fencer and olympic medal winner in team sabre competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's sabre where he lost to Áron Szilágyi in the final round to win the silver med ...

, 15–8, in the men's sabre final.

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Luiza Galiulina Luiza Galiulina (russian: Луиза Галиулина; born 23 June 1992 in Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest ...

of Uzbekistan was suspended after traces of banned diuretic

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were found in a urine sample.

*North Korea's An Kum-Ae defeated Cuba's Yanet Bermoy in the women's half-lightweight final. * Lasha Shavdatuashvili 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 ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Olena Kostevych Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych ( ua, Олена Дмитрівна Костевич, 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 a ...

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 succ ...

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 long time partne ...

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 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 specializes 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 freesty ...

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, 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 ( ko, 엄윤철; or ; born 18 November 1991) is a North Korean weightlifter, 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: Mon 30 July

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

and Zhang Yanquan of China won the gold medal in the 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 Yana Volodymyrivna Shemyakina ( uk, Яна Володимирівна Шемякіна; born 5 January 1986)
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, Luo Xiaojuan and Xu Anqi and a bronze in Women's individual épée. She won the 2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is ...

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 is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, a ...

's dismount off the

pommel horse The pommel 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 body covered with foam rubber and ...

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

Kaori Matsumoto is a retired Japanese judoka. Career Kaori Matsumoto started judo at the age of 6. Iwai Judo Juku, the school she attended, also worked on wrestling once a week. Therefore, she brought a stance of leaning forward, similar to that of wrestling, ...

won Japan's first gold medal of the 2012 games in the women's lightweight, defeating Romania's

Corina Căprioriu Corina Căprioriu (; born 18 July 1986) is a Romanian judoka. She has competed under the name Corina Ștefan since her 2016 marriage to Romanian wrestler Gheorghiță Ștefan. Căprioriu won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She lo ...

in the final. *Russia's

Mansur Isaev Mansur Mustafaevich Isaev (russian: Мансур Мустафаевич Исаев; born 23 September 1986 in Kizilyurt, Dagestan) is a Russian judoka. In 2012, he won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -73 kg class against the ...

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 Niccolò Campriani (born November 6, 1987) is an Italian sport shooter and shooting coach. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the men's 10 metre air rifle, men's small-bore rifle, three positions, 50 metres and men's small-bor ...

took home silver, and India's

Gagan Narang Gagan Narang (born 6 May 1983) is an Indian sport shooter, supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1 on 30 July 2012. Early ...

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

receiving silver medals. *American

Missy Franklin Melissa Franklin Johnson (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competition swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She formerly held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course). As a member of the U.S. national swim team ...

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

Matt Grevers Matthew Grevers (born March 26, 1985) is an American competition swimmer who competes 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 competition, four ...

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 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 Rebecca Soni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200- ...

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: Tue 31 July

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* Officials of the Badminton World Federation 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 *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. He competed at the international level from 1994 to 2012. Racing career Estanguet won three Olympic gold medals in the C1 event in ...

won gold in the men's slalom C-1 final, while

Sideris Tasiadis Sideris Tasiadis (born 7 May 1990) is a German slalom canoeist of Greek descent who has competed at the international level since 2005.Son of greeks him lived in Thrace, Greece at the village Komara for 10 years during his childhood. Career In ...

of Germany won silver, and

Michal Martikán Michal Martikán (; born 18 May 1979) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has been competing at the international level since 1994. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence i ...

of Slovakia won bronze.

Chen Ruolin Chen Ruolin (; born 12 December 1992) is a Chinese diver. Her most recent competition saw her win the synchronized 10 metre platform diving event with her partner Liu Huixia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career Chen was bo ...

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 Ol ...

and

Alejandra Orozco Alejandra Orozco Loza (born 19 April 1997 in Zapopan, Mexico) is a Mexican diver. In 2012, she participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the synchronized 10 metre platform event alongside world champion Paola Espinosa, winning a silver medal ...

of Mexico won silver, and

Meaghan Benfeito Meaghan Benfeito (born March 2, 1989) is a Canadian diver. She used to compete in the 10m synchronized event with Roseline Filion before the latter retired in January 2017. Benfeito and Filion won bronze medals in the 10 m platform synchr ...

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 i ...

*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 Alaaeldin Mohamed El-Sayed Abouelkassem ( ar, علاء الدين محمد السيد أبو القاسم; born 25 November 1990) is an Egyptian fencer who won a silver medal in the men's foil event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He took up fenci ...

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 Urška Žolnir (born 9 October 1981) is a Slovenian retired judoka and a politician. She's a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje. She won the bronze medal in the half-middleweight (–63 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and gold me ...

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

Kim Jae-Bum Kim Jae-bum (김재범) (; born January 25, 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 Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989, in Port Charlotte, Florida) is an American shooter and Olympian who won the gold medal in the men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (with a then Olympic record), 2012 Summer Olympics in ...

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 ( ar, ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He wa ...

of Qatar won bronze.

* Allison Schmitt 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 bu ...

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 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 transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

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 won silver, and Romania's

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: Wed 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 (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

* 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 Ali Mazaheri ( fa, علی مظاهری; born March 31, 1982, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an amateur boxer from Iran, who competed in the 2006 Asian Games in the Heavyweight (-91 kg) division and won the gold medal in the final bout against Uzbeki ...

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. Canoeing *

Daniele Molmenti Daniele Cristoforo Molmenti (born 1 August 1984 in Pordenone) is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2016. Career On 1 August 2012, his 28th birthday, he won the gold medal in the K1 event at the 201 ...

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 ro ...

gave the Czech Republic its first medal with his silver, and

Hannes Aigner Hannes Aigner (born 19 March 1989 in Augsburg) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist. Career Aigner competed at three Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal in ...

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 ...

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 Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya (also transliterated Zabelinskaia; russian: Ольга Серге́евна Забелинская; born 10 May 1980) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Conti ...

third. *

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

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

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

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

Evgeny Kuznetsov Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Kuznetsov (russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Кузнецов; born 19 May 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He ...

and Ilya Zakharov who took silver, and

Troy Dumais Troy Matthew Dumais (born January 21, 1980) is an American competitive diver from California. Dumais has competed for the United States at four Olympic Games, winning a team bronze medal in the synchronized 3m in 2012. He attended the Universit ...

and Kristian Ipsen, of the United States, who were third.

Rubén Limardo Rubén Dario Limardo Gascón (born August 3, 1985) is a Venezuelan left-handed épée fencer, five-time team Pan American champion, four-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion. Limardo ...

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 Kim Ji-yeon (Hangul: 김지연; or ; born 12 March 1988) is a South Korean left-handed sabre fencer. Kim is a five-time team Asian champion and four-time individual Asian champion. A three-time Olympian, Kim is a 2021 team Olympic bronz ...

of South Korea defeated

Sofiya Velikaya Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya ( rus, Софья Александровна Великая, , ˈsofʲjə vʲɪˈlʲikəjə; born 8 June 1985) is a Russian sabre fencer. Velikaya is a former European champion (four-time individual, six-time t ...

of Russia, 15–9, in the women's sabre final.

of Japan took gold in the men's artistic individual all-around final, while

Marcel Nguyen Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen (born 8 September 1987) is a German artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He is the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and o ...

of Germany took silver, and

Danell Leyva Danell Johan Leyva (born October 30, 1991) is a Cuban-American former gymnast who competed for the United States. He is the 2012 Olympic individual all-around bronze medalist and 2016 Olympic parallel bars and horizontal bar silver medalist. H ...

of the United States took bronze.

*France's

Lucie Décosse Lucie Décosse (born 6 August 1981 in Chaumont) is a retired female French judoka. Career Décosse competed in the half-middleweight (57–63 kg) category until 2008. Thereafter, she switched to the middleweight (63–70 kg) category ...

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

Song Dae-Nam Song Dae-Nam (Hangul: 송대남; ; born 5 April 1979 in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do) is a former South Korean judoka. Song rose to prominence when he won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 2012 Olympics. He was then nominated as the ...

of South Korea defeated Cuba's

Asley González Asley González (born 5 September 1989 in Caibarién) is a Cuban judoka. He won the 2013 World Championship in the −90 kg event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 90 kg competition. Career At the 200 ...

in the men's 90 kg final.

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

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 (Hangul: 김장미; ; 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 ...

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

*Hungary's

Dániel Gyurta Dániel Gyurta (; born 4 May 1989) is a Hungarian former competitive swimmer who mainly competed in the 200-metre breaststroke. In 2016, Gyurta became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he is a member of the European Olympic ...

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

Michael Jamieson Michael Jamieson (born 5 August 1988) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. Jamieson won the silver ...

of Great Britain claimed the silver and Japan's Ryo Tateishi earned the bronze. * Jiao Liuyang won gold in the Women's 200 metre butterfly in a new Olympic record time of 2:04.06.

Mireia Belmonte ] Mireia Belmonte García (born 10 November 1990) is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion Swimming (sport), swimmer. She is the world record holder in the short course 200-metre butterfly and 400-metre individual medley. Formerl ...

of Spain won the silver medal and Natsumi Hoshi of Japan won the bronze medal. *

Nathan Adrian Nathan Ghar-jun Adrian (born December 7, 1988) is an American competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist who formerly held the American record in the long course 50-meter freestyle event. In his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer O ...

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.

James Magnussen James Magnussen (born 11 April 1991) is a retired Australian swimmer and Olympic medallist. He was the 2011 and 2013 100-metre freestyle world champion, and holds the record for the fifth fastest swim in history in the 100-metre freestyle, wi ...

of Australia claimed the silver and Canada's

Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. Representing Canada for a decade, Hayden is regarded as the fastest swimmer in Canadian history. Hayden won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 2012 Summ ...

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.

Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

*China's

Li Xiaoxia Li Xiaoxia (; born 16 January 1988) is a Chinese table tennis Grand Slam champion. Career She trained in the Jiangsu Wuxi Shanhe Club in Wuxi, China. Her trainer is Li Sun, who is also the mentor of Olympic gold medal winner Zhang Yining. As o ...

beat her compatriot

Ding Ning Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in ...

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

Feng Tianwei Feng Tianwei (, ) is a Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Harbin, China, she permanently moved to Singapore at the age of 20 under the former Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competi ...

of Singapore defeated

Kasumi Ishikawa (born 23 February 1993) is a Japanese table tennis player. A regular member of the Japanese national team, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...

of Japan in the bronze medal match.

*North Korea's

Rim Jong-Sim Rim Jong-sim ( or ; born 5 February 1993) is a North Korean weightlifter, two time Olympic Champion, World Champion, Asian Games gold and bronze medalist, and Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg and 75 kg category until 2018 and 76 ...

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

Roxana Cocoș Roxana Cocoș (; born 5 June 1989 in Bucharest) is a Romanian weightlifter. On 1 August 2012, Cocoș won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the –69 kg category with a snatch of 113 kg and a clean and jerk of 143 kg ...

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

Lü Xiaojun Lü Xiaojun (; born 27 July 1984) is a Chinese weightlifter. He is a three-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federati ...

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 Iván Cambar won the bronze.

Day 6: Thu 2 August

Archery *The final of the women's individual was tied after five rounds, before

Ki Bo-bae Ki Bo-bae (Hangul: 기보배; or ; born February 20, 1988) is a South Korean recurve archer and three-time Olympic gold medalist. She was the winner of the women's team and women's individual events at the 2012 Summer Olympics and of the wo ...

of South Korea beat Mexico's

Aída Román Aída Nabila Román Arroyo (born May 21, 1988) is a Mexican archer. A three-time Olympian, she won silver medal in the women's individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the women's World Indoor Archery Champion in 2014. She has add ...

in a single arrow shoot-off.

Mariana Avitia Mariana Avitia Martínez (born September 18, 1993) is a Mexican recurve archer. She was the first Mexican to win an Olympic medal in archery after taking bronze in the women's individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is also the young ...

, also of Mexico, won the bronze. Canoeing *Great Britain took both gold and silver medals in the men's slalom C-2 final, with Tim Baillie and

Etienne Stott Etienne Stott MBE (born 30 June 1979) is an English slalom canoeist who started competing at the international level in 2002, initially in the K1 category, but switching to C2 in 2005. He retired from the sport in 2016. He is the ...

beating

David Florence David Florence (born 8 August 1982) is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. He is the 2013 and 2015 world champion in individual single canoe (C1) and 2013 champion in double canoe (C2), ...

and

Richard Hounslow Richard John Hounslow (born 19 December 1981) is a British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 until his retirement in 2016. He started out as a specialist in the kayak (K1) category, but in 2009 he also started co ...

, while Slovakian twins Pavol and

Peter Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner (born 7 September 1979) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2017. Competing together with his twin brother Pavol Hochschorner, they are the most successful C2 paddlers in ...

took bronze. * Émilie Fer of France won the women's slalom K-1, with Australia's Jessica Fox second and

Maialen Chourraut Maialen Chourraut Yurramendi (born 8 March 1983 in Lasarte-Oria) is a Spanish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2000. Chourraut has a full set of Olympic medals. She won the gold medal in the K1 event at the 20 ...

(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 Chris Hoy 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 Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas (born December 31, 1995) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all around champion and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was a member of the gold-winning teams at both the 2 ...

finished ahead of Russian

Viktoria Komova Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova (russian: Виктория Александровна Комова; born 30 January 1995) is a former Russian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and te ...

in the women's artistic individual all-around final to win the gold. Russian

Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...

was awarded the bronze ahead of American

Aly Raisman Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is a retired American artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 " Fierce Five" and 2016 " Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective te ...

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

*In the women's 78 kg final,

Kayla Harrison Kayla Jean Harrison (born July 2, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former Olympic and world champion judoka, currently signed to the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Harrison competed in the weight category in jud ...

became the first Olympic judo gold medalist ever for the United States with her win over Gemma Gibbons of Great Britain by yuko. *Russian

Tagir Khaybulaev Tagir Kamaludinovich Khaybulaev (russian: Тагир Камалудинович Хайбуллаев, av, ТIагьир ХIайбулаев) (born 24 July 1984 in Kizilyurt, Dagestan, Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Uni ...

won the men's 100 kg final, beating

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Tuvshinbayar Naidan ( mn, Найдангийн Түвшинбаяр born 1 June 1984) is a former professional Mongolian judoka. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2014 Asian games champion, 2017 Budapest Bronze ...

who became the first Olympic multimedalist 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 An eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers, who sit ...

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

Håkan Dahlby Håkan Dahlby (born 15 September 1965) is a Swedish double trap shooter, the winner of the 2003, 2004, and 2012 European Championships. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics after having the best final round of all finalists and moving from ...

, with

Vasily Mosin Vasily Alexandrovich Mosin (russian: Василий Александрович Мосин; born 9 May 1972, in Kazan) is a Russian sport shooter who specializes in the double trap. At the 2004 Olympic Games he finished in nineteenth place in the ...

of Russia winning a shoot-off for bronze.

*American

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

Ryosuke Irie is a Japanese competitive swimmer who competes in backstroke events. He is a Kindai University student in Osaka. He won a silver medal in the 200 metre backstroke and a bronze in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics, along wit ...

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 free ...

of the Netherlands won gold with a time of 53.00.

*China's

Zhang Jike Zhang Jike (; born 16 February 1988) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. Zhang became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men's singles at the Olympic games in London 20 ...

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

Day 7: Fri 3 August

Archery *South Korea's

Oh Jin-Hyek Oh Jin-hyek ( ko, 오진혁; , Hanja: 吳真爀; born 15 August 1981) is a South Korean archer. Oh first competed for the Korean national team in 1999, but did not win a major individual international tournament un ...

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

Takaharu Furukawa is an archery athlete from Japan, competing in both individual and team archery events. He competed in the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2006 All-Japan National Champion, Archery career Furukawa began his archery car ...

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

Dai Xiaoxiang Dai Xiaoxiang (; 15 December 1990, Xiamen) is a Chinese archer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held fr ...

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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

Tirunesh Dibaba Tirunesh Dibaba ( om, Xirunesh Dibaabaa, Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1 June 1985) is an Ethiopian athlete who competed in long-distance track events and international road races. She has won three Olympic track gold medal ...

retained her women's 10,000 metres title with

Sally Kipyego Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (born 19 December 1985) is a Kenyan-born American long- and middle-distance runner. She was the silver medalist in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the silver medalist in the same race ...

and

Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (born 11 September 1983) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in track and cross country running. She represented Kenya at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2016, winning a silver medal at the 5 ...

taking silver and bronze for Kenya.

* Zhang Nan and

Zhao Yunlei Zhao Yunlei (born 25 August 1986) is a mixed and women's doubles badminton player from China. She graduated with a BA from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She is the first and only badminton player to have ever won two gold medals ...

of China won gold in the

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beating compatriots

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and

Ma Jin Ma Jin (; born 7 May 1988) is a badminton player from China who specialises in women's and mixed doubles. She partnered Wang Xiaoli in women's doubles and excelled in the category until 2010 when both players are split after China failed to defe ...

in the final, while Denmark's

Joachim Fischer Nielsen Joachim Fischer Nielsen (born 23 November 1978) is a Danish retired badminton player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with teammate Christinna Pedersen. He retired from the international tournament in th ...

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

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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 Idalys Ortiz won gold at women's +78 kg over Japan's

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by judges' decision. Ortíz also defeated defending Olympic champion China's

Tong Wen Tong Wen (; born 1 February 1983 in Tianjin) is a Chinese judoka. Born in Tianjin, she began training in Judo when she was 13. In the 2008 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal. She also won gold medals at the world championships of 2003, 20 ...

by yuko in the semi-final. * Five time world champion France's

Teddy Riner Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French judoka. He has won ten World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and three Olympic gold medals (two individual, one team). He has also won ...

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

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,

Mahé Drysdale Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale (born 19 November 1978) is a retired New Zealand rower. Drysdale is a two-time Olympic champion and a five-time world champion in the single sculls. He is a seven-time New Zealand national champion and five-time ...

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 Elizabeth Beisel, 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 Yevgeny Yevgeniyevich Korotyshkin, occasionally spelled "Evgeny", (russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Коротышкин) (born 30 April 1983) is a Russian swimmer from Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

of Russia receiving silver medals. *Fifteen-year-old Katie Ledecky of the United States claimed gold in the women's 800 metre freestyle with Spain's

taking the silver medal and defending Olympic champion

Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington (born 17 February 1989) is a British former competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle events in international competition. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400-metre freestyle and 800-metre ...

of Great Britain earning the bronze. *France's

Florent Manaudou ] Florent Manaudou (; born 12 November 1990) is a French competitive swimming (sport), swimmer, an Olympic champion of the 50-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics, and the younger brother of Laure Manaudou, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist i ...

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

Cullen Jones Cullen Andrew Jones (born February 29, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in freestyle sprint events. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle r ...

of the United States taking silver and Brazil's

César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho (, born 10 January 1987) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individual Wor ...

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 Apti Khamzatovich Aukhadov (russian: Апти Хамзатович Аухадов, born 18 November 1992) is a Russian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category. He is of Chechen descent. Career Aukhadov was the world junior champion ...

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 Kianoush Rostami ( fa, کیانوش رستمی, born 23 July 1991) is an Iranian Kurdish Olympic weightlifter, Olympian weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 85 kg event, winning the gold medal and setting a new world rec ...

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Chen Ding Chen Ding (; born August 5, 1992, in Baoshan, Yunnan, China) is a Chinese racewalker who won a gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. He finished the race in 1:18:46, a new Olympic record. He also won a gold medal in ...

of China claimed gold in the men's 20 kilometres walk with a new Olympic record time of 1:18.46.

Erick Barrondo The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ai ...

of Guatemala earned the silver medal and China's Wang Zhen took the bronze. Barrondo's medal was the first ever Olympic medal for Guatemala. *Croatia's

Sandra Perković Sandra Perković (born 21 June 1990) is a Croatian discus thrower. She is a two-time Olympic (2012, 2016) and World (2013, 2017) champion and record six-time European champion ( 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) which no other female athlete ...

won gold in the women's discus throw with

Darya Pishchalnikova Darya Vitalyevna Pishchalnikova (russian: Дарья Витальевна Пищальникова, born 19 July 1985 in Astrakhan) is a female discus thrower from Russia. Pishchalnikova is the sister of Bogdan Pishchalnikov and Kirill Pishchal ...

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

Jessica Ennis Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (born 28 January 1986) is a British retired track and field athlete from England, specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100 metres hurdles. As a competitor in heptathlon, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, ...

claimed gold in the

women's heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

with a score of 6,955 points was 306 clear of silver medalist, Lilli Schwarzkopf of Germany, and 327 more than Russia's bronze medalist Tatyana Chernova. *Great Britain's

Greg Rutherford Gregory James Rutherford MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth ...

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

Mo Farah Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever ...

of Great Britain won the men's 10,000 metres ahead of his training partner

Galen Rupp Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2021 in Tokyo. He won the silver medal in the men's 10,000-meter run in London ...

of the United States, who won silver and third-placed

Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele ( Amharic: ታሪኩ በቀለ; born 28 February 1987) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and has moved up to 10000 metres as well. He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele. ...

of Ethiopia. Two-time defending Olympic champion

Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele ( om, Qananiisaa baqqalaa; am, ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) unti ...

, brother of Tariku, was fourth. *

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce OD, OJ (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. On ...

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

Carmelita Jeter Carmelita Jeter ( , born November 24, 1979) is a retired American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter held the title as "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal be ...

was second and Jamaican

Veronica Campbell-Brown Veronica Campbell-Brown CD ( Campbell; born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters.

third.

*China's

Li Xuerui Li Xuerui (born 24 January 1991) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player. She is one of the most successful players of her time. She was a gold medalist at 2012 London Olympics in the women's singles event and was the silver medalists ...

took gold in the women's singles beating compatriot

Wang Yihan Wang Yihan (born 18 January 1988) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player and former women's singles world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was ...

in the final.

Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...

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

Tian Qing Tian Qing (; born 19 August 1986) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. Career Tian Qing started to practice badminton with her father Tian Jianyi who also a badminton coach in Anhua Sports School at aged 7. In 1998, she move ...

and

defeating Japan's

Mizuki Fujii is a badminton player from Ashikita, Kumamoto, Japan and plays for the Renesas badminton club. Mizuki Fujii concentrates on doubles badminton. Most of her success has come with women's doubles partner Reika Kakiiwa. Together they reached the fin ...

and Reika Kakiiwa. Russia's Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova claimed the bronze medal.

*Great Britain trio Danielle King, Laura Trott and

Joanna Rowsell Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE (born 5 December 1988) is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road. Her greatest successes were the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2012 London Olym ...

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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Pete Reed Peter K. Reed OBE (born 27 July 1981) is a retired British Olympic rower. Reed is a three-times Olympic gold medallist – earning gold in the Men's coxless four at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and then a gold medal in the Men's eight at the 2 ...

and

Andrew Triggs Hodge Andrew Triggs Hodge (born 3 March 1979) is a British former rower - a three time Olympic champion and four time world champion. In the British coxless four in 2012 he set a world's best time which still stood as of 2021. Education Born in Hal ...

who each won gold in the event in 2008, were joined in the crew by

Alex Gregory Alexander John Gregory, (born 11 March 1984) is an English rower and a two-time Olympic Gold medallist from 2012 and 2016 in the Coxless four. Education Alex Gregory was educated at the Richard Pate School in Cheltenham, then Bredon Hill Mi ...

as Great Britain won the event for the fourth consecutive Games. Australia took the silver and the United States the bronze. * Katherine Copeland 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. She attended Kingston Grammar School in London, before completi ...

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. * Miroslava Knapková of the Czech Republic won gold in the women's single sculls with Fie Udby Erichsen of Denmark taking the silver and

Kim Crow Kimberley Jean "Kim" Brennan (née Crow; born 9 August 1985) is a retired Australian rower. She is a sixteen-time national champion, two-time World Champion, three-time Olympian and Olympic gold medallist. Personal Crow was born in Melbourne ...

of Australia the bronze. The medal was the Czech Republic's first gold in rowing since gaining independence in 1993.

Jamie Lynn Gray Jamie Lynn Corkish (formerly Gray, née Beyerle, born May 26, 1984) is an American sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, competing as Jamie Beyerl ...

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 Jessica Rossi (born 7 January 1992) is a female Italian Shooting sports, sports shooter. Biography She won the gold medal in the Women's Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's trap, Trap event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she scor ...

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

Alessandra Perilli Alessandra Perilli (born April 1, 1988) is a Sammarinese professional target shooter. Her hometown is Borgo Maggiore. She finished 4th after a draw for 2nd place with a French and a Slovakian shooter in the Women's trap at the 2012 Summer Olymp ...

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 Aliaksandra Viktarauna Herasimenia ( be, Аляксандра Віктараўна Герасіменя russian: Алекса́ндра Ви́кторовна Герасиме́ня; Łacinka: Aliaksandra Viktaraŭna Hierasimienia / Aleksandra ...

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 medals ...

, 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

Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli ( ar, أسامة الملولي; born 16 February 1984) is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He is a three-time Olympic medalist, is an African record holder, and trains with the USC Tr ...

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 inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

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 ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2 ...

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, 6–0, 6–1.

Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former w ...

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earns bronze, beating

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...

, 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 a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career titl ...

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, 6–4, 7–6 (7–2).

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and

Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...

of France earn bronze, beating

David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour ( ATP 250, ATP 500, Masters 1000) except at a major, ...

and

Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.In 2005, López was t ...

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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.

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of Australia had also been involved in the final sprint and took the bronze medal.

*Kazakhstan's

Ilya Ilin Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships. On 12 December, 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin s ...

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.

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

Usain Bolt Usain St. Leo Bolt, , (; born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay. An eight-ti ...

ran 9.63 seconds, an

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

Yohan Blake Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint races. He won gold at the 100 m at the 2011 World Athletics Championships as the youngest 100 m world champion ever, and a silver me ...

won silver and the United States'

Justin Gatlin Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, the ...

took bronze. * Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya won gold in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase ahead of

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (born 15 March 1985) is a French professional middle-distance runner of Algerian descent who mainly competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He has won medals in major international competitions such as the Olympic Ga ...

from France and follow Kenyan

Abel Mutai Abel Kiprop Mutai (born 2 October 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Nandi. He won the gold medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Ol ...

. *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

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. *

Sanya Richards-Ross Sanya Richards-Ross (née Richards; born February 26, 1985) is a retired Jamaican-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 th ...

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 De'Hashia Tonnek "DeeDee" Trotter (born December 8, 1982 in Twentynine Palms, California) is an American athlete. Trotter is a former NCAA national champion in the 400m, and competed in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. There, she was ...

. *

Tiki Gelana Erba Tiki Gelana ( am, ኧርባ ቲኪ ገላና; born 22 October 1987) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best of 2:18:58 had been the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 ...

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 jumped 14.98 metres to win the gold medal. Colombian jumper

Caterine Ibargüen Caterine Ibargüen Mena ODB (born 12 February 1984) is a retired Colombian athlete competing in high jump, long jump and triple jump. Her notable achievements include a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, silver medal in the 2012 Summer ...

won silver and reigning world champion

Olha Saladukha Olha Saladuha ( uk, Ольга Валеріївна Саладуха, born 4 June 1983) is a Ukrainian former triple jumper. Since the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election she is a member of the Ukrainian parliament. Biography Saladuha took up a ...

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 champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of a ...

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

Lee Chong Wei Datuk Lee Chong Wei (; born 21 October 1982) is a Malaysian former 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 Mala ...

, 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 Olympic champion, two-time World champion, and an Asian champion. Chen was a former World number 1, occupying the top men's singles ranki ...

won bronze. *Chinese pair Cai Yun and

Fu Haifeng Fu Haifeng (born 23 August 1983) is a Chinese former badminton player. He is regarded as one of the greatest men's doubles players of all time. Sport career Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive s ...

won gold in the men's doubles beating Denmark's

Mathias Boe Mathias Boe (born 11 July 1980) is a badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He joined the Den ...

and

Carsten Mogensen Carsten Mogensen (born 24 July 1983) is a former badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Moge ...

who took silver with

Jung Jae-sung Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; Hangul: 정재성; Hanja: 鄭在成; ; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player. Jung was born on 25 August 1982 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do. He started playing ba ...

and

Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae (Hangul: 이용대; Hanja: 李龍大; ; born 11 September 1988) is a professional badminton player from South Korea who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, ...

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 Zou Kai (; born February 25, 1988 in Luzhou, Sichuan) is a five-time Olympic and five-time World champion Chinese gymnast, specializing in floor exercise and the horizontal bar. Zou won his first three Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Olympic G ...

successfully defended his gold medal. The silver medal went to Japan's

and bronze to Russia's

Denis Ablyazin Denis Mikhailovich Ablyazin ( rus, Денис Михайлович Аблязин, , dʲɪˈnʲis ɐˈblʲæzʲɪn, born 3 August 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast. Ablyazin is Olympic Champion 2020 in Tokyo and a seven-time Olympic Games med ...

*Hungary's

Krisztián Berki Krisztián Berki (; born 18 March 1985 in Budapest) is a 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 Champion, ...

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

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won gold in the women's vault ahead of silver medalist

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of the United States after the American failed to land her second vault.

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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 Fredrik Lööf and

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won gold for Sweden in the men's Star. Defending champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson of Great Britain won silver and Brazilian pair

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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 Andy Murray 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 Switzerland.

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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 of the Czech Republic, 6–4, 6–4. *

and Max Mirnyi won gold in the Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles tournament, defeating silver medalists Andy Murray and Laura Robson of Great Britain, 2–6, 6–3, [10–8].

*China's Zhou Lulu 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. Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wrestling *Iran's Hamid Sourian claimed gold in the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg, men's Greco-Roman 55 kg beating Rovshan Bayramov of Azerbaijan in the final. *Russia's Roman Vlasov won gold in the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg, men's Greco-Roman 74 kg beating Arsen Julfalakyan of Armenia in the final.

Day 10: Mon 6 August

*Jenn Suhr of the United States won the gold medal in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault, women's pole vault with Yarisley Silva of Cuba taking the silver and defending champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia earning bronze. *Valerie Adams of New Zealand claimed gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put, 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 (hurdler), Félix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic regained the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, 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 Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, women's 3000 metres steeplechase with Habiba Ghribi of Tunisia taking the silver and Sofia Assefa of Ethiopia earning the bronze. *In the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres, men's 400 metres, Kirani James won gold, becoming Grenada's first ever Olympic medalist. Luguelín Santos of the Dominican Republic won silver and bronze went to Trinidad and Tobago's Lalonde Gordon.

*Great Britain's Jason Kenny beat Grégory Baugé of France in the final of the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, men's sprint to win his second gold medal of the Games.

*The Great Britain quartet of Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher and Nick Skelton took gold in the Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team jumping, 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 Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's rings, men's rings with Chen Yibing of China taking silver and Matteo Morandi of Italy winning bronze. *Russia's

won gold in the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars, women's uneven bars with He Kexin of China taking silver and Great Britain's Beth Tweddle winning bronze. *Yang Hak-Seon of South Korea took gold in the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's vault, men's vault. Silver went to

of Russia with Ukraine's Ihor Radivilov taking bronze.

*Xu Lijia of China won gold in the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Laser Radial class, women's Laser Radial class with Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands taking the silver and Belgium's Evi Van Acker earning bronze. *Tom Slingsby of Australia won gold in the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class, men's Laser class with Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus earning silver and Rasmus Myrgren of Sweden taking bronze.

*Italy's

won gold in the Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions, men's 50 metre rifle three positions, setting an Olympic record during the qualifying round. *Croatia's Giovanni Cernogoraz won gold in the Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's trap, 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 Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg, men's 105 kg division by 1 kg from silver medalist Navab Nassirshalal of Iran. Poland's Bartłomiej Bonk won bronze. Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wrestling *Omid Norouzi of Iran defeated Georgia's Revaz Lashkhi in the final of the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg, 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 Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg, men's Greco-Roman 84 kg event, defeating Karam Gaber of Egypt 1–0, 2–0 in the final. *Cuba's Mijaín López retained his Olympic title in the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg, 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: Tue 7 August

*Russian Ivan Ukhov won gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump, 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 of Qatar, Derek Drouin of Canada and Robert Grabarz of Great Britain earned the medals. *Robert Harting of Germany threw 68.27 m to win gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw, 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 of Australia won the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, women's 100 metres hurdles final in an Olympic Record time of 12.35, over Dawn Harper-Nelson, 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 in 2000. *Taoufik Makhloufi won gold in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres, 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 Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's omnium, women's omnium title to her victory in the team pursuit. * Australia's Anna Meares beat Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton in the final of the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint, women's sprint. * Chris Hoy won gold in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin, men's keirin, Maximilian Levy of Germany took silver and there was a dead heat for the bronze with Teun Mulder of the Netherlands and Simon van Velthooven 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.

* Ilya Zakharov of Russia became the first non-Chinese diver to win the gold in the Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard, men's 3 metre springboard with a total score of 555.90. Chinese divers Qin Kai (diver), Kai Qin and He Chong won silver and bronze respectively.

*Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin, won Great Britain's first ever medal in Olympic dressage by taking gold in the Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team dressage, 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 Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars, men's parallel bars final Chinese gymnast Feng Zhe scored 15.966 to win gold ahead of Germany's

(15.800) and France's Hamilton Sabot (15.566), who won silver and bronze respectively. *China's Deng Linlin (15.600) won gold in the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam, women's balance beam final with silver going to fellow Chinese gymnast Sui Lu (15.500). Cătălina Ponor 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 became the first male Dutch gymnast to win an Olympic medal with gold in the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar, horizontal bar. Germany's Fabian Hambüchen won silver and China's defending Olympic and world champion,

, won bronze. *United States'

added to her team gold and balance beam bronze by taking gold in the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's floor, women's floor event with a score of 15.600. Romanian Cătălina Ponor took silver with 15.200 and bronze went to Russia's

(14.900).

*Dorian van Rijsselberghe of the Netherlands won the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's sailboard, men's sailboard, the Dutchman went into the final medal race with the gold medal already assured. Great Britain's Nick Dempsey won silver and bronze went to Poland's Przemysław Miarczyński. *Spain's Marina Alabau won gold in the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sailboard, women's sailboard ahead of Finland's silver medalist Tuuli Petäjä and Zofia Klepacka of Poland, who took bronze. Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Synchronized swimming *Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina won gold in the Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's duet, women's duet with a score of 197.100 points. Spain's Ona Carbonell and Andrea Fuentes won silver, bronze went to China's Huang Xuechen and Liu Ou.

*The Chinese trio of

and Guo Yue (table tennis), Guo Yue won gold in the Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team, women's team event, defeating Ai Fukuhara, Sayaka Hirano and

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 of Great Britain won gold in the Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's, men's triathlon, silver went to Spain's Francisco Javier Gómez Noya, Javier Gómez and bronze to Alaistair's brother Jonathan Brownlee. 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 Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg, 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. Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wrestling *South Korea's Kim Hyeon-Woo defeated Hungary's Tamás Lőrincz in the final of the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg, men's Greco-Roman 66 kg. Bronze medals went to defending Olympic champion Steeve Guénot of France and to Georgia's Manuchar Tskhadaia. *Iranian Ghasem Rezaei won gold in the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg, 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: Wed 8 August

*Brittney Reese 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. Canoeing *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, 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. Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wrestling *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: Thu 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. Canoeing *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 Charlotte Dujardin 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. Football *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, Wrestling *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: Fri 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. Football *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, Synchronized swimming *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, Wrestling *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: Sat 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 *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. Football *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, Wrestling *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: Sun 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 the 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 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, Wrestling * 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