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Monday, Aug 18, 2008 - 12:08 AM 
 
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MEDAL COUNT

(Through 166 total medal events)
Country G S B Tot
United States ------------------------- 19 21 25 65
China-------------------------35 13 13 61
Russia------------------------- 7 12 12 31
Australia------------------------- 8 10 11 29
Britain-------------------------11 6 8 25
France------------------------- 4 9 12 25
South Korea------------------------- 8 9 5 22
Germany------------------------- 9 6 6 21
Japan------------------------- 8 5 7 20
Italy------------------------- 6 6 6 18
Ukraine------------------------- 5 3 6 14
Netherlands------------------------- 2 4 4 10
Belarus------------------------- 0 3 7 10
Romania------------------------- 4 1 3 8
Cuba------------------------- 1 3 4 8
Kazakhstan------------------------- 1 3 4 8
Canada------------------------- 2 1 4 7
Spain------------------------- 3 2 1 6
Poland------------------------- 2 3 1 6
North Korea------------------------- 2 1 3 6
Czech Republic------------------------- 2 3 0 5
New Zealand------------------------- 2 1 2 5
Switzerland------------------------- 2 0 3 5
Azerbaijan------------------------- 1 2 2 5
Indonesia------------------------- 1 1 3 5
Brazil------------------------- 1 0 4 5
Hungary------------------------- 0 4 1 5
Armenia------------------------- 0 0 5 5
Slovakia------------------------- 3 1 0 4
Jamaica------------------------- 2 2 0 4
Zimbabwe------------------------- 1 3 0 4
Norway------------------------- 1 2 1 4
Slovenia------------------------- 1 1 2 4
Denmark------------------------- 1 0 3 4
Ethiopia------------------------- 2 1 0 3
Georgia------------------------- 2 0 1 3
Bulgaria------------------------- 1 1 1 3
Finland------------------------- 1 1 1 3
Sweden------------------------- 0 3 0 3
Kenya------------------------- 0 2 1 3
Turkey------------------------- 0 2 1 3
Austria------------------------- 0 1 2 3
Greece------------------------- 0 1 2 3
Mongolia------------------------- 1 1 0 2
Algeria------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Colombia------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Croatia------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Kyrgyzstan------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Serbia------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Uzbekistan------------------------- 0 1 1 2
Taiwan------------------------- 0 0 2 2
Cameroon------------------------- 1 0 0 1
India------------------------- 1 0 0 1
Thailand------------------------- 1 0 0 1
Tunisia------------------------- 1 0 0 1
Chile------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Ecuador------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Estonia------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Malaysia------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Singapore------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Trinidad & Tobago------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Vietnam------------------------- 0 1 0 1
Argentina------------------------- 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

Gold medal: Lin Dan, China, d. Chong Wei Lee, Malaysia, 21-12, 21-8.

Mixed doubles

Gold medal: Lee Hyojung and Lee Yongdae, South Korea, d. Liliyana and Nova Widianto, Indonesia, 21-11, 21-17.

Bronze medal: He Hanbin and Yu Yang, China, vs. Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa, Indonesia, 19-21, 21-17.

BASEBALL

South Korea 1, China 0 (11)

BASKETBALL

WOMEN

United States 96, New Zealand 60

Spain 79, Mali 47

Australia 75, Russia 55

South Korea 72, Latvia 68

Brazil 68, Belarus 53

China 79, Czech Republic 63

UNITED STATES 96, NEW ZEALAND 60

United States

T.Thompson 7-13 1-1 15, K.Smith 5-8 1-1 13, S.Augustus 6-8 0-0 12, T.Catchings 3-4 3-4 11, K.Lawson 4-6 0-0 9, L.Leslie 4-9 0-0 8, S.Fowles 4-5 0-0 8, C.Parker 1-2 4-4 6, C.Pondexter 2-4 0-0 5, D.Taurasi 1-6 2-2 5, D.Milton-Jones 2-2 0-0 4, S.Bird 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 39-68 11-12 96.

New Zealand

A.Marino 5-12 3-4 17, L.Wallbutton 7-9 0-0 14, A.Kerr 3-8 3-4 9, N.Purcell 2-4 0-0 6, K.Mcmeeken-Ruscoe 2-5 0-0 4, J.Harmon 2-5 0-2 4, M.Cocks 1-3 0-0 2, J.Mccormack 1-5 0-0 2, T.Bodensteiner 1-2 0-0 2, C.Purcell 0-0 0-0 0, N.Wharemate 0-0 0-0 0, S.Bates 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 24-55 6-10 60.

New Zealand ------------------------- 18 6 18 18 -60
United States ------------------------- 23 27 25 21 -96

3-point goals-New Zealand 6-17 (A.Marino 4-8, N.Purcell 2-4, K.Mcmeeken-Ruscoe 0-3, M.Cocks 0-1, S.Bates 0-1), United States 7-16 (K.Smith 2-5, T.Catchings 2-2, K.Lawson 1-3, C.Pondexter 1-1, D.Taurasi 1-2, T.Thompson 0-1, C.Parker 0-1, S.Bird 0-1). Rebounds-New Zealand 27 (J.Harmon 7), United States 36 (L.Leslie 6). Assists-New Zealand 13 (A.Marino 4), United States 23 (D.Taurasi 5). Total fouls-New Zealand 15, United States 14.

CYCLING

WOMEN
Individual Pursuit

Gold medal: Rebecca Romero, Britain, 3:28.321, d. Wendy Houvenaghel, Britain, 3:30.395.

Bronze medal: Lesya Kalitovska, Ukraine, 3:31.413, d. Alison Shanks, New Zealand, 3:34.156.

DIVING

WOMEN

3-meter springboard

Gold: Guo Jingjing, China, 415.35.

Silver: Julia Pakhalina, Russia, 398.60.

Bronze: Wu Minxia, China, 389.85.

U.S. finishers: 8. Nancilea Foster, Conroe, Texas, 316.70; 9. Christina Loukas, Riverwoods, Ill., 315.70.

FENCING

MEN

Team sabre

Gold medal: France (Boris Sanson 2-1; Nicolas Lopez 1-0; Julien Pillet 1-1), d. United States (James Williams, 0-2; Keeth Smart, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2-0; Tim Morehouse, Bronx, N.Y. 0-2), 45-37.

Bronze medal: Italy (Giampiero Pastore 1-1; Aldo Montano 1-0; Luigi Tarantino 1-2), d. Russia (Nikolay Kovalev 0-2; Alexey Yakimenko 2-0; Stanislav Pozdnyakov 1-1), 45-44.

FIELD HOCKEY

MEN

Britain 1, Canada 1

South Korea 3, Belgium 1

Pakistan 3, South Africa 1

New Zealand 2, China 2

Australia 2, Netherlands 2

Germany 1, Spain 0

GYMNASTICS

MEN

Floor exercise

Gold: Zou Kai, China, 16.050.

Silver: Gervasio Deferr, Spain, 15.775.

Bronze: Anton Golotsutskov, Russia, 15.725.

Pommel horse

Gold: Xiao Qin, China, 15.875.

Silver: Filip Ude, Croatia, 15.725.

Bronze: Louis Smith, Britain, 15.725.

U.S. finisher: 7. Sasha Artemev, Highlands Ranch, Colo., 14.975.

WOMEN

Vault

Gold: Hong Un Jong, North Korea (15.550, 15.750), 15.650.

Silver: Oksana Chusovitina, Germany (15.725, 15.425), 15.575.

Bronze: Cheng Fei, China (16.075, 15.050), 15.562.

U.S. finisher: 4. Alicia Sacramone, Winchester, Mass. (15.750, 15.325), 15.537.

Floor exercise

Gold: Sandra Izbasa, Romania, 15.650.

Silver: Shawn Johnson, West Des Moines, Iowa, 15.500.

Bronze: Nastia Liukin, Parker, Texas, 15.425.

ROWING

MEN

Double sculls (lightweight)

Gold: Britain (Zac Purchase; Mark Hunter), 6:10.99.

Silver: Greece, 6:11.72.

Bronze: Denmark, 6:12.45.

Four without coxswain (lightweight)

Gold: Denmark (Thomas Ebert; Morten Joergensen; Mads Christian Kruse Andersen; Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen), 5:47.76.

Silver: Poland, 5:49.39.

Bronze: Canada, 5:50.09.

Quadruple sculls without coxswain

Gold: Poland (Konrad Wasielewski; Marek Kolbowicz; Michal Jelinski; Adam Korol), 5:41.33.

Silver: Italy, 5:43.57.

Bronze: France, 5:44.34.

U.S. finisher: 5. United States (Matt Hughes, Ludington, Mich.; Sam Stitt, McLean ; Jamie Schroeder, Willamette, Ill.; Scott Gault, Piedmont, Calif.), 5:47.64.

Eight with coxswain

Gold: Canada (Kevin Light; Ben Rutledge; Andrew Byrnes; Jake Wetzel; Malcolm Howard; Dominic Seiterle; Adam Kreek; Kyle Hamilton; Brian Price), 5:23.89.

Silver: Britain, 5:25.11.

Bronze: United States (Beau Hoopman, Sheboygan, Wis.; Matt Schnobrich, St. Paul, Minn.; Micah Boyd, St. Paul, Minn.; Wyatt Allen, Portland, Maine; Daniel Walsh, Norwalk, Conn.; Steven Coppola, Buffalo; Josh Inman, Hillsboro, Ore.; Bryan Volpenhein, Cincinnati; Marcus McElhenney, Philadelphia), 5:25.34.

WOMEN

Double sculls (lightweight)

Gold: Netherlands (Kirsten van der Kolk; Marit van Eupen), 6:54.74.

Silver: Finland, 6:56.03.

Bronze: Canada, 6:56.68.

Quadruple sculls without coxswain

Gold: China (Tang Bin; Jin Ziwei; Xi Aihua; Zhang Yangyang), 6:16.06.

Silver: Britain, 6:17.37.

Bronze: Germany, 6:19.56.

U.S. finisher: 5. United States (Lia Pernell, Seattle; Lindsay Meyer, Seattle; Jen Kaido, West Leyden, N.Y.; Margot Shumway, Washington, D.C.), 6:25.86.

Eight with coxswain

Gold: United States (Erin Cafaro, Modesto, Calif.; Lindsay Shoop, Charlottesville ; Anna Goodale, Camden, Maine; Elle Logan, Boothbay, Maine; Anna Cummins, Bellevue, Wash.; Susan Francia, Abington, Pa.; Caroline Lind, Greensboro, N.C.; Caryn Davies, Ithaca, N.Y.; Mary Whipple, Sacramento, Calif.), 6:05.34.

Silver: Netherlands, 6:07.22.

Bronze: Romania, 6:07.25.

SAILING

MEN

Finn - heavyweight dinghy

Gold: Ben Ainslie, Britain, 23.

Silver: Zach Railey, Clearwater, Fla., 45.

Bronze: Guillaume Florent, France, 58.

WOMEN

Yngling - Keelboat

Gold: Britain (Sarah Ayton; Sarah Webb; Pippa Wilson), 24.

Silver: Netherlands, 31.

Bronze: Greece, 48.

U.S. finisher: 7. United States (Sally Barkow, Nashotah, Wis.; Carrie Howe, Grosse Pointe, Mich.; Deborah Capozzi, Bayport, N.Y.), 61.

SHOOTING

MEN

50m free rifle 3 positions

Gold: Qiu Jian, China (1173, 99.5), 1272.5.

Silver: Jury Sukhorukov, Ukraine (1174, 98.4), 1272.4.

Bronze: Rajmond Debevec, Slovenia (1176, 95.7), 1271.7.

U.S. finisher: 4. Matt Emmons, Browns Mills, N.J. (1175, 95.3), 1270.3; 22. Jason Parker, Omaha, Neb. (1164), 1164.0.

SOFTBALL

United States 8, Netherlands 0 (5)

Taiwan 2, China 1

Japan 5, Venezuela 2

Australia 4, Canada 0

UNITED STATES 8, NETHERLANDS 0
Netherlands ------------------------- 000 00 - 0 0 1
United States ------------------------- 123 2x - 8 13 0

Abbott and Nuveman; Soumeru, van Kampen (3) and Venker. W: Abbott. L: Soumeru.

SWIMMING

MEN

1500 freestyle

Gold: Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia, 14:40.84.

Silver: Grant Hackett, Australia, 14:41.53.

Bronze: Ryan Cochrane, Canada, 14:42.69.

U.S. finisher: 5. Larsen Jensen, Bakersfield, Calif., 14:48.16.

400 medley relay

Gold: United States (Aaron Piersol, Irvine, Calif., 53.16; Brendan Hansen, Havertown, Pa., 59.27; Michael Phelps, Baltimore, 50.15; Jason Lezak, Irving, Calif., 46.76), 3:29.34.

Silver: Australia (Hayden Stoeckel, 53.80; Brenton Rickard, 58.56; Andrew Lauterstein, 51.03; Eamon Sullivan, 46.65), 3:30.04.

Bronze: Japan (Junichi Miyashita, 53.87; Kosuke Kitajima, 58.07; Takuro Fujii, 50.89; Hisayoshi Sato, 48.35), 3:31.18.

WOMEN

50 freestyle

Gold: Britta Steffen, Germany, 24.06.

Silver: Dara Torres, Los Angeles, 24.07.

Bronze: Cate Campbell, Australia, 24.17.

U.S. finisher: 6. Kara Lynn Joyce, Ann Arbor, Mich., 24.63.

400 medley relay

Gold: Australia (Emily Seebohm, 59.33; Leisel Jones, 1:04.58; Jessicah Schipper, 56.25; Lisbeth Trickett, 52.53), 3:52.69.

Silver: United States (Natalie Coughlin, Lafayette, Calif., 58.94; Rebecca Soni, Plainsboro, N.J., 1:05.95; Christine Magnuson, Tinley Park, Ill., 56.14; Dara Torres, Los Angeles, 52.27), 3:53.30.

Bronze: China (Zhao Jing, 59.56; Sun Ye, 1:06.75; Zhou Yafei, 57.40; Pang Jiaying, 52.40), 3:56.11.

TABLE TENNIS

WOMEN

Team

Gold medal: China d. Singapore, 3-1, 3-1, 3-0.

Bronze medal: South Korea d. Japan, 3-1, 3-1, 3-0.

TEAM HANDBALL

WOMEN

Sweden 25, Brazil 22

Angola 24, Kazakhstan 24

Norway 24, Romania 23

China 21, France 18

Russia 30, Germany 29

South Korea 33, Hungary 22

TENNIS

MEN

Singles

Gold medal: Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, d. Fernando Gonzalez (12), Chile, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3.

WOMEN

Singles

Gold medal: Elena Dementieva (5), Russia, d. Dinara Safina (6), Russia, 3-6, 4-4, ret.

Bronze medal: Vera Zvonareva (9), Russia, d. Li Na, China, 6-0, 7-5.

Doubles

Gold medal: Serena and Venus Williams (2), Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., d. Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (4), Spain, 6-2, 6-0.

Bronze medal: Yan Zi and Zheng Jie (8), China, d. Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko (6), Ukraine, 6-2, 6-2.

T RACK AND FIELD

MEN

Hammer throw

Gold: Primoz Kozmus, Slovenia, (82.02), 269-1¼.

Silver: Vadim Devyatovskiy, Belarus, (81.61), 267-9.

Bronze: Ivan Tsikhan, Belarus, (81.51), 267-5.

10,000

Gold: Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, 27:01.17.

Silver: Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia, 27:02.77.

Bronze: Micah Kogo, Kenya, 27:04.11.

U.S. Finishers: 13. Galen Rupp, Portland, Ore., 27:36.99; 15. Abdi Abdirahman, Tucson, Ariz., 27:52.53; 25. Jorge Torres, Boulder, Colo., 28:13.93.

WOMEN

100

Gold: Shelly-ann Fraser, Jamaica, 10.78.

Silver: Sherone Simpson, Jamaica, 10.98.

Bronze: Kerron Stewart, Jamaica, 10.98.

U.S. finisher: 4. Lauryn Williams, Miami, 11.03; 5. Muna Lee, Santa Rosa, Calif., 11.07; 8. Torri Edwards, Irvine, Calif., 11.20.

Triple jump

Gold: Francoise Mbango Etone, Cameroon, (15.39), 50-6.

Silver: Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia, (15.32), 50-3¼.

Bronze: Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greece, (15.23), 49-11½.

3000 steeplechase

Gold: Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, Russia, 8:58.81.

Silver: Eunice Jepkorir, Kenya, 9:07.41.

Bronze: Ekaterina Volkova, Russia, 9:07.64.

U.S. finisher: 10. Anna Willard, Ann Arbor, Mich., 9:25.63.

Marathon

Gold: Constantina Tomescu, Romania, 2:26:44.

Silver: Catherine Ndereba, Kenya, 2:27:06.

Bronze: Zhou Chunxiu, China, 2:27:07.

U.S. finishers: 27. Blake Russell, Pacific Grove, Calif., 2:33:13; NR. Deena Kastor, Mammoth Lakes, Calif., DNF.

VOLLEYBALL

WOMEN

United States 3, Poland 2 (18-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19, 15-13)

Kazakhstan 3, Algeria 1 (25-18, 25-20, 17-25, 25-16)

Cuba 3, Venezuela 0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-19)

Brazil 3, Italy 0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-17)

China 3, Japan 0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-14)

Russia 3, Serbia 0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-20)

UNITED STATES 3, POLAND 2

Poland - Spiker-M. Rosner (26-12); Blocker-A. Bednarek (20-2); Server-K. Skowronska (18-4); Scorer-K. Skowronska (82-27).

United States - Spiker-O. Nnamani (31-11); Blocker-L. Tom (22-6); Server-O. Nnamani (19-3); Scorer-L. Tom (73-25).

Referees - Ibrahim Al-Naama, Qatar; Laert Francisco de Souza, Brazil

WATER POLO

WOMEN

Seventh place

Russia 12, Greece 6

Quarterfinals

Australia 12, China 11

Netherlands 8, Italy 8 (5-3 SO)

WEIGHTLIFTING

MEN

94kg

Gold: Ilya Ilin, Kazakhstan (4, 180-396; 1, 226-497.2), 406 kg.-893.2 pounds.

Silver: Szymon Kolecki, Poland (5, 179-393.8; 2, 224-492.8), 403-886.6.

Bronze: Khadzhimurat Akkaev, Russia (1, 185-407; 4, 217-477.4), 402-884.4.

WRESTLING

WOMEN

Under 63kg

Gold medal: Kaori Icho, Japan, d. Alena Kartashova, Russia, 1-0, 2-0.

Bronze final 1: Yelena Shalygina, Kazakhstan, d. Lise Golliot-Legrand, France, 5-0, 3-2.

Bronze final 2: Randi Miller, Arlington, Texas, d. Martine Dugrenier, Canada, 1-0, 1-2, 1-1.

Under 72kg

Gold medal: Wang Jiao, China, d. Stanka Zlateva, Bulgaria, By Fall, 4:38.

Bronze final 1: Kyoko Hamaguchi, Japan, d. Ali Bernard, New Ulm, Minn., 3-0, 3-1.

Bronze final 2: Agnieszka Wieszczek, Poland, d. Maider Unda, Spain, 2-1, 1-0.

 

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