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Sunday, Aug 17, 2008 - 12:07 AM 
 
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MEDAL COUNT

(Through 130 total medal events)
Country G S B Tot
United States ------------------------- 16 16 22 54
China-------------------------27 13 7 47
Australia------------------------- 7 8 10 25
France------------------------- 3 9 10 22
Russia------------------------- 5 8 8 21
South Korea------------------------- 7 9 4 20
Germany------------------------- 8 5 5 18
Japan------------------------- 7 5 5 17
Britain------------------------- 7 3 7 17
Italy------------------------- 6 5 5 16
Ukraine------------------------- 5 2 5 12
Cuba------------------------- 1 3 4 8
Belarus------------------------- 0 2 6 8
Netherlands------------------------- 1 2 4 7
Kazakhstan------------------------- 0 3 3 6
Czech Republic------------------------- 2 3 0 5
New Zealand------------------------- 2 1 2 5
Romania------------------------- 2 1 2 5
Switzerland------------------------- 2 0 3 5
Azerbaijan------------------------- 1 2 2 5
North Korea------------------------- 1 1 3 5
Brazil------------------------- 1 0 4 5
Hungary------------------------- 0 4 1 5
Armenia------------------------- 0 0 5 5
Slovakia------------------------- 3 1 0 4
Zimbabwe------------------------- 1 3 0 4
Norway------------------------- 1 2 1 4
Indonesia------------------------- 1 0 3 4
Georgia------------------------- 2 0 1 3
Spain------------------------- 2 0 1 3
Canada------------------------- 1 1 1 3
Sweden------------------------- 0 3 0 3
Turkey------------------------- 0 2 1 3
Austria------------------------- 0 1 2 3
Mongolia------------------------- 1 1 0 2
Poland------------------------- 1 1 0 2
Bulgaria------------------------- 1 0 1 2
Finland------------------------- 1 0 1 2
Algeria------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Colombia------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Kyrgyzstan------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Serbia------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Slovenia------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Uzbekistan------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Denmark------------------------- 0 0 2 2
Taiwan------------------------- 0 0 2 2
Ethiopia------------------------- 1 0 0 1
India------------------------- 1 0 0 1
Jamaica------------------------- 1 0 0 1
Thailand------------------------- 1 0 0 1
Ecuador------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Estonia------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Trinidad & Tobago------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Vietnam------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Argentina------------------------- 0 0 1 1
Croatia------------------------- 0 0 1 1
Egypt------------------------- 0 0 1 1
Lithuania------------------------- 0 0 1 1
Mexico------------------------- 0 0 1 1
Tajikistan------------------------- 0 0 1 1
Togo------------------------- 0 0 1 1
BADMINTON

MEN

Singles

Bronze medal: Chen Jin, China, d. Lee Hyunil, South Korea, 21-16, 12-21, 21-14.

Doubles

Gold medal: Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan, Indonesia, d. Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, China, 12-21, 21-11, 21-16.

Bronze medal: Lee Jaejin and Hwang Jiman, South Korea, d. Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen, Denmark, 13-21, 21-18, 21-17.

WOMEN
Singles

Gold medal: Zhang Ning, China, d. Xie Xingfang, China, 21-12, 10-21, 21-18.

Bronze medal: Maria Kristin Yulianti, Indonesia, d. Lu Lan, China, 11-21, 21-13, 21-15.

BASEBALL

United States 5, Canada 4

Cuba 1, Taiwan 0

Netherlands 6, China 4

South Korea 5, Japan 3

UNITED STATES 5, CANADA 4
Canada ------------------------- 012 100 000 - 4 10 1
United States ---------- 000 210 20x - 5 9 1
Anderson, Duensing (6) and Marson; Avery, Swindle (4), Reitsma (6), Cormier (7), Burton (8) and Robinson. W: Duensing. L: Reitsma.
BASKETBALL

MEN

United States 119, Spain 82

Greece 102, Angola 61

Australia 95, Russia 80

Lithuania 86, Croatia 73

Argentina 97, Iran 82

China 59, Germany 55

UNITED STATES 119, SPAIN 82

United States

L.James 5-10 6-6 18, D.Wade 8-12 0-0 16, C.Anthony 6-8 0-0 16, C.Paul 3-5 8-8 14, D.Williams 5-10 0-0 11, K.Bryant 4-9 1-2 11, D.Howard 4-6 2-3 10, T.Prince 3-5 1-2 10, C.Boozer 2-4 1-2 5, M.Redd 2-4 0-1 4, J.Kidd 1-1 0-0 2, C.Bosh 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 44-76 19-24 119.

Spain

F.Reyes 9-12 1-1 19, P.Gasol 5-8 3-3 13, R.Fernandez 3-8 0-0 8, R.Rubio 1-4 5-6 8, M.Gasol 2-3 4-6 8, A.Mumbru 3-3 0-0 8, B.Rodriguez 1-6 4-4 6, J.Navarro 2-10 1-2 5, J.Calderon 1-9 2-2 4, J.Garbajosa 1-4 0-0 3, C.Jimenez 0-0 0-0 0, R.Lopez 0-4 0-0 0, Totals 28-71 20-24 82.

Spain ------------------------- 22 23 18 19 - 82
United States ------------------------- 31 30 25 33 -119

3-point goals-Spain 6-28 (R.Fernandez 2-6, A.Mumbru 2-2, R.Rubio 1-1, J.Garbajosa 1-3, P.Gasol 0-1, B.Rodriguez 0-3, J.Navarro 0-5, J.Calderon 0-4, R.Lopez 0-3), United States 12-25 (C.Anthony 4-6, T.Prince 3-4, L.James 2-5, K.Bryant 2-4, D.Williams 1-3, D.Wade 0-1, C.Paul 0-1, M.Redd 0-1). Rebounds-Spain 39 (F.Reyes 8), United States 36 (C.Bosh 7). Assists-Spain 12 (R.Fernandez 3), United States 24 (L.James 8). Fouled out-Spain (M.Gasol), United States (D.Williams). Total fouls-Spain 19, United States 28.

CYCLING

MEN

Points race

Gold: Joan Llaneras, Spain, 60.

Silver: Roger Kluge, Germany, 58.

Bronze: Chris Newton, Britain, 56.

Individual pursuit

Gold medal: Bradley Wiggins, Britain, 4:16.977, d. Hayden Roulston, New Zealand, 4:19.611.

Bronze medal: Steven Burke, Britain, 4:20.947, d. Alexei Markov, Russia, 4:24.149.

Keirin
1-6 ranking final

Gold: Chris Hoy, Britain, 10.450.

Silver: Ross Edgar, Britain.

Bronze: Kiyofumi Nagai, Japan.

FENCING

WOMEN

Team foil

Gold medal: Russia (Evgenia Lamonova 2-1; Svetlana Boyko 3-0; Victoria Nikichina 2-1), d. United States (Hannah Thompson, Rochester, N.Y. 0-3; Erinn Smart, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1-2; Emily Cross, New York 1-2), 28-11.

Bronze medal: Italy (Margherita Granbassi 0-2; Maria Valentina Vezzali 3-0; Ilaria Salvatori 3-0), d. Hungary (Gabriella Varga 1-2; Aida Mohamed 0-2; Virginie Ujlaki 1-2), 32-23.

FIELD HOCKEY

WOMEN

United States 4, New Zealand 1

Netherlands 2, Australia 1

Argentina 4, Germany 0

China 6, South Korea 1

Britain 2, Japan 1

Spain 1, South Africa 0

UNITED STATES 4, NEW ZEALAND 1

United States ------------------------- 2 2 -4
New Zealand ------------------------- 0 1 -1

First half-1. United States, K. Smith, 1st. 2. United States, A. Loy, 12th (PC).

Second half-3. New Zealand, J. Galletly, 37th (PC). 4. United States, K. Smith, 42nd (PC). 5. United States, K. Bashore, 47th (PC).

Green Cards-K. Forgesson, New Zealand, 17th; J. Claxton, New Zealand, 65th.

Yellow Cards-K. Forgesson, New Zealand, 31st; L. Powley, United States, 56th.

Referees-Ute Conen, Germany; Stella Bartlema, Netherlands; Anne Mcrae, Britain

ROWING

MEN

Single sculls

Gold: Olaf Tufte, Norway, 6:59.83.

Silver: Ondrej Synek, Czech Republic, 7:00.63.

Bronze: Mahe Drysdale, New Zealand, 7:01.56.

Pair without coxswain

Gold: Australia (Drew Ginn; Duncan Free), 6:37.44.

Silver: Canada (David Calder; Scott Frandsen), 6:39.55.

Bronze: New Zealand (Nathan Twaddle; George Bridgewater), 6:44.19.

U.S. finisher: 6. United States (Tyler Winklevoss, Greenwich, Conn.; Cameron Winklevoss, Greenwich, Conn.), 7:05.58.

Double sculls (heavyweight)

Gold: Australia (David Crawshay; Scott Brennan), 6:27.77.

Silver: Estonia (Tonu Endrekson; Juri Jaanson), 6:29.05.

Bronze: Britain (Matthew Wells; Stephen Rowbotham), 6:29.10.

Four without coxswain
(heavyweight)

Gold: Britain (Tom James; Steve Williams; Pete Reed; Andrew Triggs Hodge), 6:06.57.

Silver: Australia (Matt Ryan; James Marburg; Cameron Mckenzie-Mcharg; Francis Hegerty), 6:07.85.

Bronze: France (Julien Despres; Benjamin Rondeau; Germain Chardin; Dorian Mortelette), 6:09.31.

WOMEN

Single sculls

Gold: Rumyana Neykova, Bulgaria, 7:22.34.

Silver: Michelle Guerette, Bristol, Conn., 7:22.78.

Bronze: Ekaterina Karsten, Belarus, 7:23.98.

Pair without coxswain

Gold: Romania (Georgeta Andrunache; Viorica Susanu), 7:20.60.

Silver: China (Wu You; Gao Yulan), 7:22.28.

Bronze: Belarus (Yuliya Bichyk; Natallia Helakh), 7:22.91.

Double sculls (heavyweight)

Gold: New Zealand (Georgina Evers-Swindell; Caroline Evers-Swindell), 7:07.32.

Silver: Germany (Annekatrin Thiele; Christiane Huth), 7:07.33.

Bronze: Britain (Elise Laverick; Anna Bebington), 7:07.55.

U.S. finisher: 5. United States (Megan Kalmoe, St. Croix Falls, Wis.; Ellen Tomek, Flushing, Mich.), 7:17.53.

SHOOTING

MEN

25m rapid fire pistol (60 shots)

Gold: Oleksandr Petriv, Ukraine (580, 200.2), 780.2.

Silver: Ralf Schumann, Germany (579, 200.5), 779.5.

Bronze: Christian Reitz, Germany (579, 200.3), 779.3.

U.S. finisher: 5. Keith Sanderson, San Antonio (583, 193.6), 776.6.

Skeet

Gold: Vincent Hancock, Eatonton, Ga. (121, 24), 145.

Silver: Tore Brovold, Norway (120, 25), 145.

Bronze: Anthony Terras, France (120, 24), 144.

4. Antonis Nikolaidis, Cyprus (120, 24), 144.

U.S. finisher: 11. Sean McLelland, Mission, Texas (118), 118.

SOCCER

MEN

Quarterfinals

Belgium 3, Italy 2

Brazil 2, Cameroon 0 (OT)

Argentina 2, Netherlands 1

Nigeria 2, Ivory Coast 0

SOFTBALL

United States 7, Taiwan 0

Japan 3, China 0

Australia 8, Netherlands 0

Venezuela 2, Canada 0

UNITED STATES 7, TAIWAN 0
Taiwan ------------------------- 000 00 - 0 2 1
United States ------------------------- 105 1x - 7 10 0

Finch and Lappin; Lin and Tung. W: Finch. L: Lin.

SWIMMING

MEN

50 freestyle

Gold: Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazil, 21.30.

Silver: Amaury Leveaux, France, 21.45.

Bronze: Alain Bernard, France, 21.49.

U.S. finisher: 5. Ben Wildman-Tobriner, San Francisco, 21.64

100 butterfly

Gold: Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 50.58.

Silver: Milorad Cavic, Serbia, 50.59.

Bronze: Andrew Lauterstein, Australia, 51.12.

U.S. finisher: 4. Ian Crocker, Portland, Maine, 51.13.

WOMEN

200 backstroke

Gold: Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, 2:05.24.

Silver: Margaret Hoelzer, Huntsville, Ala., 2:06.23.

Bronze: Reiko Nakamura, Japan, 2:07.13.

U.S. finisher: 5. Elizabeth Beisel, Saunderstown, R.I., 2:08.23.

800 freestyle

Gold: Rebecca Adlington, Britain, 8:14.10.

Silver: Alessia Filippi, Italy, 8:20.23.

Bronze: Lotte Friis, Denmark, 8:23.03.

TEAM HANDBALL

MEN

Brazil 29, China 22

South Korea 24, Egypt 22

France 28, Spain 21

Russia 24, Germany 24

Poland 27, Croatia 24

Denmark 32, Iceland 32

TENNIS

MEN

Singles

Bronze medal: Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, d. James Blake (8), Tampa, Fla., 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

Men's doubles

Gold medal: Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, d. Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3.

Bronze medal: Bob and Mike Bryan (1), Wesley Chapel, Fla., d. Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra, France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

TRACK & FIELD

MEN

100

Gold: Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 9.69. World record. (Old record: 9.72, Bolt, May 31, 2008).

Silver: Richard Thompson, Trinidad & Tobago, 9.89.

Bronze: Walter Dix, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 9.91.

U.S. finisher: 8. Doc Patton, Fort Worth, Texas, 10.03.

20km race walk

Gold: Valeriy Borchin, Russia, 1:19:01.

Silver: Jefferson Perez, Ecuador, 1:19:15.

Bronze: Jared Tallent, Australia, 1:19:42.

U.S. finisher: 43. Kevin Eastler, Aurora, Colo., 1:28:44.

WOMEN

Shot put

Gold: Valerie Vili, New Zealand, (20.56), 67-5½.

Silver: Natallia Mikhnevich, Belarus, (20.28), 66-6½.

Bronze: Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Belarus, (19.86), 65-2.

Heptathlon
Final standings

Gold: Nataliia Dobrynska, Ukraine, (13.44, 1059; (1.80), 5-10 3/4, 978; (17.29), 56-8 3/4, 1015; 24.39, 944; (6.63), 21-9, 1049; (48.60), 159-5 1/2, 833; 2:17.72, 855), 6733.

Silver: Lyudmila Blonska, Ukraine, (13.31, 1078; (1.86), 6-1 1/4, 1054; (14.29), 46-10 1/2, 813; 24.14, 967; (6.48), 21-3, 1001; (47.60), 156-2, 814; 2:09.44, 973), 6700.

Bronze: Hyleas Fountain, Kettering, Ohio, (12.78, 1158; (1.89), 6-2 1/2, 1093; (13.36), 43-10, 751; 23.21, 1058; (6.38), 20-11 1/4, 969; (41.93), 137-6 3/4, 704; 2:15.45, 886), 6619.

U.S. finishers: NR. Jackie Johnson, Tempe, Ariz., (), DNF.; NR. Diana Pickler, Sachse, Texas, (), DNF.

VOLLEYBALL

MEN

United States 3, China 0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-18)

Russia 3, Egypt 0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-18)

Serbia 3, Germany 1 (25-21, 27-25, 24-26, 25-23)

Italy 3, Bulgaria 0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-16)

Brazil 3, Poland 0 (30-28, 25-19, 25-19

Venezuela 3, Japan 0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-23)

UNITED STATES 3, CHINA 0

United States -Spiker-C. Stanley (15-12); Blocker-R. Millar (11-2); Server-D. Lee (11-2); Scorer-C. Stanley (31-14).

China -Spiker-Q. Shen (16-9); Blocker-H. Bian (7-1), Y. Fang (7-1); Server-Y. Fang (10-1); Scorer-Y. Fang (42-13).

Referees -Patrick Deregnaucourt, France; Laert Francisco de Souza, Brazil

WATER POLO

MEN

United States 7, Croatia 5

Germany 8, Italy 7

Greece 13, Canada 7

Spain 12, Montenegro 6

Hungary 13, Australia 12

Serbia 15, China 5

UNITED STATES 7, CROATIA 5

United States ------------------------- 2 3 0 2 -7
Croatia ------------------------- 2 1 0 2 -5

First Quarter-1. Croatia, T. Dogas, 1:29 (PP). 2. United States, T. Azevedo, 4:45. 3. Croatia, T. Dogas, 5:15 (PP). 4. United States, T. Azevedo, 5:51 (PP).

Second Quarter-5. United States, P. Varellas, 12:06. 6. United States, A. Wright, 12:34 (PK). 7. United States, T. Hutten, 13:21. 8. Croatia, S. Barac, 14:01.

Fourth Quarter-9. Croatia, M. Smodlaka, 26:16. 10. United States, T. Azevedo, 27:18. 11. Croatia, M. Jokovic, 29:43 (PP). 12. United States, R. Bailey, 30:27 (PP).

Referees-Mihai Angelo Simion, Romania; Sergey Antsiferov, Russia

WEIGHTLIFTING

WOMEN

Over 75kg

Gold: Jang Miran, South Korea (1, 140-308; 1, 186-409.2), 326 kg.-717.2 pounds.

Silver: Olha Korobka, Ukraine (2, 124-272.8; 2, 153-336.6), 277-609.4.

Bronze: Mariya Grabovetskaya, Kazakhstan (3, 120-264; 3, 150-330), 270-594.

U.S. finisher: 6. Cheryl Haworth, Savannah, Ga. (7, 115-253; 6, 144-316.8), 259-569.8.

FREESTYLE
WRESTLING

WOMEN

Under 48kg

Gold medal: Carol Huynh, Canada, d. Chiharu Icho, Japan, 4-0, 2-1.

Bronze final 1: Mariya Stadnik, Azerbaijan, d. Tatyana Bakatyuk, Kazakhstan, 2-1, 8-0.

Bronze final 2: Irini Merleni, Ukraine, d. Clarissa Chun, Honolulu, By Fall, 6:13.

Under 55g

Gold medal: Saori Yoshida, Japan, d. Xu Li, China, By Fall, 10:08.

Bronze final 1: Tonya Verbeek, Canada, d. Ida-Theres Nerell, Sweden, 1-0, 1-0.

Bronze final 2: Jackeline Renteria, Colombia, d. Ana Paval, Romania, By Fall, 3:19.

 

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