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August 24, 2008

Saturday's Olympic medal winners, results


From wire reports

Men
800
GOLD—Wilfred Bungei, Kenya
SILVER—Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Sudan
BRONZE—Alfred Kirwa Yego, Kenya
5000
GOLD—Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia
SILVER—Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya
BRONZE—Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, Kenya
4X400 Relay
GOLD—United States (LaShawn Merritt-f, Suffolk, Va.; Angelo Taylor-f, Decatur, Ga.; David Neville-f, Valencia, Calif.; Jeremy Wariner-f, Waco, Texas; Kerron Clement, Gainesville, Fla.; Reggie Witherspoon, Baltimore)
SILVER—Bahamas (Andretti Bain-f; Michael Mathieu-f; Andrae Williams-f; Christopher Brown-f; Avard Moncur; Ramon Miller)
BRONZE—Russia (Maksim Dyldin-f; Vladislav Frolov-f; Anton Kokorin-f; Denis Alexeev-f)
Javelin Throw
GOLD—Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway
SILVER—Ainars Kovals, Latvia
BRONZE—Tero Pitkamaki, Finland
Women
1500
GOLD—Nancy jebet Langat, Kenya
SILVER—Iryna Lishchynska, Ukraine
BRONZE—Nataliya Tobias, Ukraine
High Jump
GOLD—Tia Hellebaut, Belgium
SILVER—Blanka Vlasic, Croatia
BRONZE—Anna Chicherova, Russia
4x400 Relay
GOLD—United States (Mary Wineberg-f, Cincinnati; Allyson Felix-f, Los Angeles; Monique Henderson-f, Chula Vista, Calif.; Sanya Richard-f, Austin, Texas; Natasha Hastings, Clermont, Fla.)
SILVER—Russia (Yulia Gushchina-f; Liudmila Litvinova-f; Tatiana Firova-f; Anastasia Kapachinskaya-f; Elena Migunova; Tatyana Veshkurova)
BRONZE—Jamaica (Shericka Williams-f; Shereefa Lloyd-f; Rosemarie Whyte-f; Novelene Williams-f; Bobby-Gaye Wilkins)
BASEBALL
GOLD—South Korea
SILVER—Cuba
BRONZE—United States
BASKETBALL
Women
GOLD—United States
SILVER—Australia
BRONZE—Russia
BOXING
Flyweight 51kg
GOLD—Somjit Jongjohor, Thailand
SILVER—Andris Laffita Hernandez, Cuba
BRONZE—Vincenzo Picardi, Italy and Georgy Balakshin, Russia
Featherweight 57kg
GOLD—Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukraine
SILVER—Khedafi Djelkhir, France
BRONZE—Shahin Imranov, Azerbaijan and Yakup Kilic, Turkey
Light Welterweight 64kg
GOLD—Felix Diaz, Dominican Republic
SILVER—Manus Boonjumnong, Thailand
BRONZE—Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo, Cuba and Alexis Vastine, France
Middleweight 75kg
GOLD—James Degale, Britain
SILVER—Emilio Correa Bayeaux, Cuba
BRONZE—Vijender Kumar, India and Darren John Sutherland, Ireland
Heavyweight 91kg
GOLD—Rakhim Chakhkiev, Russia
SILVER—Clemente Russo, Italy
BRONZE—Osmai Acosta Duarte, Cuba and Deontay Wilder, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
CANOE/KAYAK
Flatwater
Men
K1 500
GOLD—Ken Wallace, Australia
SILVER—Adam van Koeverden, Canada
BRONZE—Tim Brabants, Britain
C1 500
GOLD—Maxim Opalev, Russia
SILVER—David Cal, Spain
BRONZE—Iurii Cheban, Ukraine
K2 500
GOLD—Spain (Saul Craviotto; Carlos Perez)
SILVER—Germany (Ronald Rauhe; Tim Wieskotter)
BRONZE—Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka; Vadzim Makhneu)
C2 500
GOLD—China (Meng Guanliang; Yang Wenjun)
SILVER—Russia (Sergey Ulegin; Alexander Kostoglod)
BRONZE—Germany (Christian Gille; Thomasz Wylenzek)
Women
K1 500
GOLD—Inna Osypenko-Radomska, Ukraine
SILVER—Josefa Idem, Italy
BRONZE—Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Germany
K2 500
GOLD—Hungary (Katalin Kovacs; Natasa Janic)
SILVER—Poland (Beata Mikolajczyk; Aneta Konieczna)
BRONZE—France (Marie Delattre; Anne-Laure Viard)
CYCLING
Mountain Bike
Men’s Cross Country
GOLD—Julien Absalon, France
SILVER—Jean-Christophe Peraud, France
BRONZE—Nino Schurter, Switzerland
Women’s Cross Country
GOLD—Sabine Spitz, Germany
SILVER—Maja Wloszczowska, Poland
BRONZE—Irina Kalentyeva, Russia
DIVING
Men’s 10-meter Platform
GOLD—Matthew Mitcham, Australia
SILVER—Zhou Luxin, China
BRONZE—Gleb Galperin, Russia
FIELD HOCKEY
Men
GOLD—Germany vs. Spain
SILVER—Germany vs. Spain
BRONZE—Australia
GYMNASTICS
Rhythmic
Individual All-Around
GOLD—Evgeniya Kanaeva, Russia
SILVER—Inna Zhukova, Belarus
BRONZE—Anna Bessonova, Ukraine
SOCCER
Men
GOLD—Argentina
SILVER—Nigeria
BRONZE—Brazil
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Team
GOLD—Russia (Anastasia Davydova; Anastasia Ermakova; Maria Gromova; Natalia Ishchenko; Elvira Khasyanova; Olga Kuzhela; Svetlana Romashina; Anna Shorina; Elena Ovchinnikova)
SILVER—Spain (Alba Maria Cabello; Raquel Corral; Andrea Fuentes; Thais Henriquez; Laura Lopez; Gemma Mengual; Irina Rodriguez; Paola Tirados; Gisela Moron)
BRONZE—China (Gu Beibei; Jiang Tingting; Jiang Wenwen; Liu Ou; Luo Xi; Sun Qiuting; Wang Na; Zhang Xiaohuan; Huang Xuechen)
TABLE TENNIS
Men’s Singles
GOLD—Ma Lin, China
SILVER—Wang Hao, China
BRONZE—Wang Liqin, China
TAEKWONDO
Men’s Over 80kg
GOLD—Cha Dongmin, South Korea
SILVER—Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greece
BRONZE—Arman Chilmanov, Kazakhstan and Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije, Nigeria
Women’s Over 67kg
GOLD—Maria del Rosario Espinoza, Mexico
SILVER—Nina Solheim, Norway
BRONZE—Natalia Falavigna, Brazil and Sarah Stevenson, Britain
TEAM HANDBALL
Women
GOLD—Norway
SILVER—Russia
BRONZE—South Korea
VOLLEYBALL
Women
GOLD—Brazil
SILVER—United States
BRONZE—China

Team events
BASEBALL
Bronze Medal
United States 8, Japan 4
Gold Medal
South Korea 3, Cuba 2
BASKETBALL
Women
Bronze Medal
Russia 94, China 81
Gold Medal
United States 92, Australia 65
FIELD HOCKEY
Men
11th Place
China 4, South Africa 3
Fifth Place
Britain 5, South Korea 2
Bronze Medal
Australia 6, Netherlands 2
Gold Medal
Germany 1, Spain 0
SOCCER
Men
Gold Medal
Argentina 1, Nigeria 0
TEAM HANDBALL
Women
Seventh Place
Romania 34, Sweden 30
Fifth Place
France 31, China 23
Bronze Medal
South Korea 33, Hungary 28
Gold Medal
Norway 34, Russia 27
VOLLEYBALL
Women
Bronze Medal
China 3, Cuba 1 (25-16, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20)
Gold Medal
Brazil 3, United States 1 (25-15, 18-25, 25-13, 25-21)