Beijing Olympics 2008

[Haljackey 17,302]

Wow... I loved the Opening Ceremonies. The scale of the performances were just epic!

In fact, I actually watched the Opening Ceremonies 3 times today! Once live @ 7am (EST), an encore @ 1PM, and again tonight (6pm on CBC, 7:30 on NBC). I only watched the last part in the morning, the middle in the afternoon, and the beginning in the evening. I kinda saw it backwards, but at least I have now seen the whole thing!

Way to go China! You really stepped up to the plate!

-$40 billion (US) dollars spent on the games.

-$100 Million alone for the Opening ceremonies

-About 11,000 performers.

-29,000 fireworks.

-I think there are about 630 athletes from China competing.

Wow. Just wow.

[SimFox 802]

yes! it was spectacular spectacular!

China has ARRIVED!

only fool can deny it now. But sadly fools are plentiful around...

[patriots_1228 51]

^no doubt about it.

That cermony, while kind of boring to watch after the fireworks, featured an incredible display of talent, teamwork, and technology. China gets a 10.10 rating from all on this one.

And america had french berets lol.

[belfastuniguy 18]

Wow... I loved the Opening Ceremonies. The scale of the performances were just epic! quote>

That's partly due to the fact that Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers, Hero, The Curse of the Golden Flower) directed the opening ceremony and his epic Chinese films are absolutely magnificent.

[Jazzmaster 716]

I don't think any opening could compare to this.  If that was our job to host we'd have Miley Cyrus up there singing ROFL.

Had to wait an hour and a half to see our country but nonetheless it was still great...and interesting to see all those countries that are involved in the world's...heh...problems.

[Ded 30]

Possibly the best opening ceremony in Olympic history!

[Meg 368]

Wow.  That was spectacular. 

The choreography was amazing.   How do you even do that?

2008 people on the drums in sync

2008 people forming concentric circles

2008 people lighting their suits in sequence

And there were people in those printing blocks?   That was precision choreography.  How did they know how what to do when?

That screen along the top of the stadium is amazing.

I liked the shots of Bush in the bleachers, talking with Putin, and watching the field with binoculars.  It just struck me as funny.

The parade of nations was different.  Since there was no alphabetical order, they counted how many strokes were needed to write the nations’ name in Chinese and went in that order.  

And how cute was that earthquake survivor?  He looked small for a 9 year old but walking next to Yao Ming will do that.

As Bob Costas says, it exceeded all superlatives

[BurroDiablo 222]

Haha, wow, that opening ceremony was freaking fantastic The lighting of the Torch was great, it looked like the guy lit a detonation cord

I was just thinking...how on Earth is London 2012 gonna shape up to that? In order to achieve it everybody in the UK is gonna have to get their arses down to London and work 16 hour days for the next 4 years.

[Craig91 12]

So much for that Chinese Islamic group's threat to disrupt the opening ceremony. At one point after the fireworks had stopped one of the Irish commentators said "That definitely won't be the last explosion you'll hear tonight"....I was really hoping he wasn't going to regret saying that

[BurroDiablo 222]

Originally posted by: CraigKingOfIreland So much for that Chinese Islamic group's threat to disrupt the opening ceremony. At one point after the fireworks had stopped one of the Irish commentators said "That definitely won't be the last explosion you'll hear tonight"....I was really hoping he wasn't going to regret saying that quote>

Ouch, that would have looked bad if it hadn't been...

Saying that though... Terrorists would have made a terrible mistake to upset China in her proudest moment... you would see Nationalism on a scale that would make America's flag waving look shamefully inadequate... no doubt they would send half a million troops to Iraq for fun and after that all we'd need is a Global Liberation Army and we could call C&C Generals prophetic.

[Meg 368]

Let's keep any political discussion about China over here.

This thread about the Games themselves.

Moving on . . .

Not all American coverage is in prime time.   Currently, they are showing various sports on NBC, USA, and MSNBC.

In prime time, they usually show highlights of the popular sports, like swimming, diving, and gymnastics.

[threeswept 12]

Yes, I'd have to agree that this was the most spectacular Olympics opening! It has really raised the bar for Olympics presentations - considering today's technology and China's financially deep pockets to put on such a show. There were so many stunning presentations - however, the drum sequence had to be one of the most amazingly, live choreographed moments for me.

[your_adress_here 11]

I missed the opening ceremonies. Is there anywhere I could watch it on the internet?

[balkair 6]

the opening ceremony was just great!!

(being greek i will always like Athens 2004 more - lol). but they did use some of the stuff athens used, like the way the athletes enterred and the fact that the opening was done with drums... but the fireworks were just AMAZING!! (i really like the smiling-face fireworks at the end ). And the way they lit the torch was spectacular!!

overal: 10!!! absolutely amazing!!

Can London 2012 do better?

[Meg 368]

I have no idea what London could do to top that.  It will be interesting to see what they come up with.   As the announcers said, the Bird's Nest was built for that opening ceremony.  It looks a bit odd from the outside but the technology inside was amazing.

Watching the Games themselves, I was surprised to see the electronics the fencers are wearing.  Their shirts have sensors, the helmets have lights, there are a bunch of wires hanging from the back of their belts.   It all makes sense; I guess it's been a while since I've seen any fencing.

The American women swept the sabre competition.     Who knew?   Last I heard, fencing was one of those sports that no one here paid any attention to.

[belfastuniguy 18]

Can London 2012 do better?quote>

We'll have to wait and see, I'm sure the UK can put on a spectacular show also, have done so in the past.

Results - Saturday 9 August

All times BST. Beijing is seven hours ahead of the UK.

More detailed results can be found at www.beijing2008.cn/

Detailed TV coverage

Medals to be won

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Basketball

Group A - women

Australia 83-64 Belarus

Brazil 62-68 South Korea

Group B - women

New Zealand 76-72 Mali

Spain 64-67 China

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Cycling

Men's road race final

1. Samuel Sanchez (Spa) 6h23:49 Gold

2. Davide Rebellin (Ita) @ 0 Silver

3. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) @ 0 Bronze

Abandons:

Ben Swift (GB)

Roger Hammond (GB)

Steve Cummings (GB)

Jonny Bellis (GB)

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Fencing

Women's final

Mariel Zagunis (US) Gold

Sada Jacobson (US) Silver

Becca Ward (US) Bronze

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Handball

Group A - women

France 32-21 Angola

Romania 31-19 Kazakhstan

Group B - women

Hungary 30-24 Sweden

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Judo

Men's 60kg final

Choi Min-ho (Kor)Gold

Ludwig Paischer (Aut) Silver

Ruben Houkes (Ned) Bronze

Rishod Sobirov (Uzb) Bronze

Women's 48kg final

Alina Alexandra (Rom) Gold

Yanet Bermoy (Cub) Silver

Paula Belen Pareto (Arg) Bronze

Ryoko Tani (Jpn) Bronze

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Rowing

Men's singles sculls qualifiers

Tim Maeyens (Bel)

Andre Vonarburg (Swi)

Ioannis Christou (Gre)

Santiago Fernandez (Arg)

Mohsen Shadi Naghdeh (Irn)

Matthew Lidaywa Mwange (Ken)

Mahe Drysdale (NZ)

Anderson Nocette (Bra)

Oscar Vasquez (Chi)

Andrei Jamsa (Est)

Dhison Alexander Hernandez (Ven)

Lassi Karonen (Swe)

Marcel Hacker (Ger)

Hiu Fung Law (HK)

Leandro Salvagno (Uru)

Paul Etia Ndoumbe (Cmr)

Norberto Bernandez Avila (Hon)

Ondrej Synek (Cze)

Mindaugas Griskonis (Lit)

Bajranjlal Takhar (Ind)

Mathias Raymond (Mon)

Chaouki Dries (Alg)

Alan Campbell (GB)

Peter Hardcastle (Aus)

Patrick Loliger (Mex)

Ken Jurkowski (US)

Ruslan Nauzaliyev (Uzb)

Olaf Tufte (Nor)

Sjoerd Hamburger (Ned)

Aly Ibrahim (Egy)

Ming-Hui Wang (Tpe)

Rodrigo Ideus (Col)

Men's pairs qualifiers

France

Italy

Canada

Australia

South Africa

Germany

New Zealand

Serbia

Czech Republic

Men's doubles sculls qualifiers

New Zealand

Belarus

Germany

Great Britain

Croatia

Estonia

Australia

France

Slovenia

Men's fours qualifiers

Great Britain

Italy

USA

Netherlands

New Zealand

Slovenia

Australia

Germany

Ireland

Women's singles sculls qualifiers

Zhang Xiuyun (Chn)

Julia Michalska (Pol)

Sophie Balmary (Fra)

Maria Gabriela Best Palazzolo (Arg)

Soraya Jadue (Chi)

Emma Twigg (NZ)

Iva Obradovic (Ser)

Nuria Dominguez (Spa)

Fabiana Beltrame (Bra)

Ka Man Lee (HK)

Ekaterina Karsten (Blr)

Michelle Guerette (US)

Yeongeun Shin (Kor)

Inga Dudchenko (Kaz)

Rumyana Neykova (Bul)

Maira Gonzalez (Cub)

Rika Geyser (SA)

Shwe Zin Latt (Mya)

Gabriella Bascelli (Ita)

Pippa Savage (Aus)

Camila Vargas (EIS)

Miroslava Knapkova (Cze)

Frida Svensson (Swe)

Elana Hill (Zim)

Women's pairs qualifiers

Belarus

Romania

Women's doubles sculls qualifiers

New Zealand

China

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Sailing

Finn race one

1. Emilios Papathanasiou (Gre)

2. Zach Railey (US)

3. Rafal Szukiel (Pol)

4. Nachhatar Singh Johal (Ind)

5. Guillaume Florent (Fra)

6. Eduardo Couto (Bra)

7. Ivan Kljakovic-Gaspic (Cro)

8. Christopher Cook (Can)

9. Gasper Vincec (Slo)

10. Ben Ainslie (GB)

Finn race two

1. Ben Ainslie (GB)

2. Rafal Szukiel (Pol)

3. Christopher Cook (Can)

4. Rafael Trujillo (Spa)

5. Zach Railey (US)

6. Jonas Hoegh-Christensen (Den)

7. Giorgio Poggi (Italy)

8. Guillaume Florent (Fra)

9. Tapio Nirkko (Fin)

10. Ivan Kljakovic-Gaspic (Cro)

Finn overall standings

1. Rafal Szukiel (Pol) 5 points

2. Zach Railey (US) 7

3. Ben Ainslie (GB) 11

3. Christopher Cook (Can) 11

5. Guillaume Florent (Fra) 13

6. Rafael Trujillo (Spa) 16

7. Ivan Kljakovic-Gaspic (Cro) 17

8. Gasper Vincec (Slo) 20

9. Jonas Hoegh-Christensen (Den) 22

9. Eduardo Couto (Bra) 22

Women's Yngling race one

1. Australia

2. Britain

3. Russia

4. France

5. Canada

6. Finland

7. China

8. Germany

9. Netherlands

10 Greece

Women's Yngling race two

1. Netherlands

2. USA

3. Britain

4. Canada

5. China

6. Finland

7. Germany

8. Russia

9. Spain

10. South Africa

Women's Yngling overall standings

1. Britain 5 points

2. Canada 9

3. Netherlands 10

4. Russia 11

5. Australia 12

5. China 12

5. Finland 12

8. Germany 15

9. USA 16

10. France 19

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Shooting

Women's 10m air rifle

1 K Emmons (Cze) 503.5pts Gold

2 L Galkina (Rus) 502.1pts Silver

3 J Pejcic (Cro) 500.9pts Bronze

Men's 10m air pistol

1 P Wei (Chn) 688.2pts Gold

2 J Jong Oh (Kor) 684.5pts Silver

3 K Jong Su (Prk) 683.0pts Bronze

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Swimming

Men's 100m breaststroke qualifiers

A Oen (Nor)

K Kitajima (Jpn)

H Duboscq (Fra)

B Rickard (Aus)

Cameron Van der Burgh (SA)

Giedrius Titenis (Lit)

Roman Sludnov (Rus)

Igor Borysik (Ukr)

Damir Dugonjic (Slo)

Christian Sprenger (Aus)

Brendan Hansen (US)

Oleg Lisogor (Ukr)

Yuta Suenaga (Jpn)

Mihail Alexandrov (Bul)

Christopher Cook (GB)

Mark Gangloff (US)

DNQ:

Kristopher Gilchrist (GB)

Men's 400m individual medley qualifiers

Michael Phelps (US)

Laslzlo Cseh (Hun)

Luca Marin (Ita)

Ryan Lochte (US)

Gergo Kis (Hun)

Alessio Bogiatto (Ita)

Brian Johns (Can)

Thiago Pereira (Bra)

DNQ:

Thomas Haffield (GB)

Euan Dale (GB)

Women's 100m butterfly qualifiers

Jessicah Schipper (Aus)

Christine Magnuson (US)

Zhou Yafei (Chn)

Li Tao (Sin)

Gabriella Silva (Bra)

Elaine Breeden (US)

Ilaria Bianchi (Ita)

Lize-Mari Retief (SA)

Inge Dekker (Ned)

Aurore Mongel (Fra)

Natalia Sotyagina (Rus)

Lisbeth Trickett (Aus)

Eszter Dara (Hun)

Alen Popchanka (Fra)

Jeanette Ottesen (Den)

Jemma Lowe (GB)

DNQ:

Francesca Halsall (GB)

Women's 400m individual medley qualifiers

Elizabeth Beisel (US)

Katie Hoff (US)

Alessia Filippi (Ita)

Stephanie Rice (Aus)

Yana Martynova (Rus)

Li Xuanxu (Chn)

Kirsty Coventry (Zim)

Hannah Miley (GB)

DNQ:

Keri-Anne Payne (GB)

Women's 4x100m freestyle relay qualifiers

China

Germany

USA

Netherlands

France

Australia

Canada

Britain

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Volleyball

Group B - women

Italy 3-1 Russia

Brazil 3-0 Algeria

Serbia 3-1 Kazakhstan

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Weightlifting

Women's 48kg

1 Chen Xiexia (Chn) 212kg Gold

2 Sibel Ozkan (Tur) 199kg Silver

3 Chen Wei-Ling (Tpe) 196kg Bronze quote>

[Za 164]

Thanks for posting those, I'm back here in the US and we're way behind... Gotta love that fencing sweep

[Meg 368]

There is a good website here:

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml

where you can see what is happening with each sport, along with overall medal counts.

[The Arrowz 3]

GO CHINA! ????! The opening ceremony was beyond words, beyond belief... it was incredible!!! Did anyone watch the whole thing? Man... epic proportions. Only China could pull this off

Let the games begin!

[Meg 368]

I remember ping pong diplomacy clearly.   It was a major deal for a handful of American ping pong players to go to China to play.

And look what is going on now. 

Amazing the difference 30 years can make.

edit:

Originally posted by: your_adress_here

I missed the opening ceremonies. Is there anywhere I could watch it on the internet?quote>

The opening ceremonies were about 4 hours long.

But I think some of it is available here:  http://www.nbcolympics.com/

If you scroll down to the bottom, and look at the left, you can click on a link which will show some of it.

[Haljackey 17,302]

The Arrowz: Yes I saw the whole thing (in different time segments, see first post on this page). I think it was the best and most epic show in modern human history.

SkiGeek: Correction, the Opening Ceremonies were 5 hours long. (Live, that is ). Every second was worth watching.

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After one day I can say that I am loving the games! I've always been a huge fan of the Olympics, and this one is surpassing all my predictions.

-My favorite event of the day was men's beach volleyball. The Latvians (ranked 23rd I think) beat the Americans (ranked 1st), dominating them in the first two sets. It was the biggest upset in Beach Volleyball Olympic history!

-Gotta love the swimming and football (soccer) too. The cycling race was long but very scenic.

Time for day two. Whoot!

Best,

-Haljackey

...Although, it is sad to hear about that American tourist being murdered and two others wounded before the killer committed suicide. Also, Tibetan protests in Tienanmen Square got violent and many have been arrested. These events, along with the Russian/Georgian conflict are taking the spotlight away from the games themselves. It seems that everything nowadays is political, including friendly sporting events.

[Za 164]

Originally posted by: haljackey

...Although, it is sad to hear about that American tourist being murdered and two others wounded before the killer committed suicide. quote>

 

Unless I'm much mistaken, he was either the father of or an American coach.

On a happier note, congrats to Phelps and Lochte 

Edit: and Jenson

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: Za

Originally posted by: haljackey

...Although, it is sad to hear about that American tourist being murdered and two others wounded before the killer committed suicide. quote>

 

Unless I'm much mistaken, he was either the father of or an American coach. quote>

Father-in-law of the American mens volleyball coach.    They say it was random.   Which makes more sense than someone targeting the volleyball coach's father-in-law.   They say his wife (the coach's mother-in-law) was injured and in still in serious condition.

Very sad.  Losing someone to random violence is always bad.

On a happier note, congrats to Phelps and Lochte 

Edit: and Jensonquote>

Michael Phelps    My homeboy.    He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, which is just up the road.

I have the hunch that he won't beat Mark Spitz's record but it would be cool if he did.

[Za 164]

lol, Lochte is from Bristol, NY so he's only a bit down the road from me... Abby Wambach is also from just down the road, (Rochester) too bad she broke her leg during that exhibition game... why they played her I'll never know. She's one of our best scorers.  

Edit: whups, looks like I broke the two-post rule in all the excitement... no more posts from me

[packerfan386 3]

Way to go u.s. mens swimming!!!

USA...USA...USA

side note: they cut the last and best part (my opinion) of the national anthem off during the medal presentations... "Land of the FREE and Home of the BRAVE" ( A very very Disgusting act if you ask me!!!!!)

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: packerfan386

side note: they cut the last and best part (my opinion) of the national anthem off during the medal presentations... "Land of the FREE and Home of the BRAVE" ( A very very Disgusting act if you ask me!!!!!)quote>

I don't think they meant it deliberately.  They were having trouble with the recording from the beginning.  The two lines before 'the rocket's red glare" were repeated twice.  and then they cut off the end.  I figured it was a technical difficulty, not a disgusting act.

A side note about uniforms and costumes: 

During the opening ceremonies, it seemed like most of the western countries were dressed very blandly.  A lot of tan, beige, and gray.  Not that any of them alone looked bad; it was just an odd trend.  or maybe it just seemed bland in comparison to what else was going on.

I also think some of the men's swimsuits look a bit odd.   They have a wide variety to chose from ranging from a full body suit to speedos.  I guess I'm just not used to seeing men wear swim suits with straps over the shoulders.   Most of them can pull it off but it's just not a good look for some of them.

Edit:

  SIlver medal for the 41 year old swimmer!   Go Dara Torres!

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: SkiGeek

Originally posted by: packerfan386

side note: they cut the last and best part (my opinion) of the national anthem off during the medal presentations... "Land of the FREE and Home of the BRAVE" ( A very very Disgusting act if you ask me!!!!!)quote>

 

I also think some of the men's swimsuits look a bit odd.   They have a wide variety to chose from ranging from a full body suit to speedos.  I guess I'm just not used to seeing men wear swim suits with straps over the shoulders.   Most of them can pull it off but it's just not a good look for some of them.

Edit:

  SIlver medal for the 41 year old swimmer!   Go Dara Torres!quote>

 

I saw that during cowboys  half time. good for her !

As for the Suits Its a new high tech design

Speedo LZR Racer

I had heard the crowd finished the Anthem.

[coolotter88 2]

I thought they were trying to be fancy with an elaborate introduction to the song.

[ODST_27 1]

I was pretty mad that I missed most of the opening ceremony. I only saw the Parade of Nations and lighting the Olympic torch. I've seen highlights of of the stuff I missed, but is there any place that I can see most, if not all, of the ceremony? I've been looking on NBColympics.com for a while, but I can't find a video of it.

[belfastuniguy 18]

Results - Sunday 10 August

More detailed results can be found at www.beijing2008.cn/

Detailed TV coverage

Medals to be won

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Weightlifting

Men's 56kg

1. Qingquan Long (Chn) - 292kg Gold

2. Hoang Anh Tuan (Vie) - 290kg Silver

3. Eko Yuli Irawan (Idn) - 288kg Bronze

4. Yang Chinyi (Tpe) - 285kg

5. Cha Kum Chol (Kor) - 283kg

6. Sergio Alvarez (Cub) -272kg

7. Wang Shin-Yuan (Tpe) - 265kg

8. Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (Mas) - 265kg

9. Masaharu Yamada (Jpn) - 259kg

10. Pongsak Maneetong (Tha) - 258kg

Women's 53kg

1. Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (Tha) - 221kg Gold

2. Yun Jin-hee (Prk) - 213kg Silver

3. Anastassia Novikava (Blr) - 213kg Bronze

4. Raema Lisa Rumbewas (Idn) - 206kg

5. Yudelquis Maridalin (Dom) - 204kg

6. Melanie Roach (US) - 193kg

7. Julia Rohde (Ger) - 185kg

8. Dika Toua (Png) - 184kg

9. Judith Andrea Chacon (Ven) - 181kg

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Judo

Men's 66kg final:

Masato Uchishiba (Jpn) Gold

Benjamin Darbelet (Fra) Silver

Yordanis Arencibia (Cub) Bronze

Women's 52kg final:

Xian Dongmei (Chn) Gold

Kum Ae An (Prk) Silver

Misato Nakamura (Jpn) Bronze

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Football

Men's group A:

Argentina 1-0 Australia

Serbia 2-4 Ivory Coast

Men's group B:

Nigeria 2-1 Japan

United States 2-2 Netherlands

Men's group C:

New Zealand 0-5 Brazil

Belgium 2-0 China

Men's group D:

Cameroon 1-0 Honduras

Italy 3-0 South Korea

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Boxing

Welterweight (69kg) qualifiers

Billy Joe Saunders (GB)

Toureano Johnson (Bah)

Olekandr Strets'kyy (Ukr)

Silamu Hanati (Chn)

Joseph Mulema (Cmr)

Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Kaz)

Light-welterweight (64kg) qualifiers

Felix Diaz (Dom)

Johnny Joyce (Ire)

Richarno Colin (Mri)

Rosniel Iglesias (Cub)

Moussaid Driss (Mar)

Gennady Kovalev (Rus)

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Cycling

Women's road race final:

1. Nicole Cooke (GB) 3:32.24 Gold

2. Emma Johansson (Swe) @ 0 Silver

3. Tatiana Guerzo (Ita) @ 0 Bronze

4. Christiane Soeder (Aut) @ 4

5. Linda Serup Melanie Villumsen (Den) @ 9

6. Marianne Vos (Ned) @ 21

23. Emma Pooley (GB) @ 31

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Rowing

Men's lightweight fours qualifiers

China, Great Britain, Australia, Denmark, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, Poland

Women's lightweight doubles sculls qualifiers

Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Canada, China, Denmark

Men's lightweight doubles sculls qualifiers

Great Britain, Greece, Italy, China, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand, France

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Equestrian

Individual dressage day 2 standings

1 L Fredericks (Aus) 30.40

2 K Donckers (Bel) 31.70

3 I Klimke (Ger) 33.50

4 M Jones (Aus) 35.40

5 R Holder (US) 35.70

Selected others:

13 K Cook (GB) 40.20

18 S Hunt (GB) 43.50

34 W Fox-Pitt (GB) 50.20

37 D Dick (GB) 51.70

Team dressage day 2 standings

1 Australia 102.80pts

2 Germany 110.50

3 United States 115.60

4 Great Britain 121.80

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Swimming

Women's 100m breaststroke qualifiers

Yuliya Efimova (Rus), Mirna Jukic (Aut), Rebecca Soni (US), Suzaan Van Biljon (SA), Sun Ye (Chn), Tarnee White (Aus), Joline Hoestman (Swe), Megan Jendrick (US), Jillian Tyler (Can), Kate Haywood (GB), Chen Huijia (Chn), Annamay Pierse (Can), Kirsty Balfour (GB), Asami Kitagawa (Jpn), Elise Matthysen (Bel)

Women's 400m freestyle qualifiers

Federica Pellegrini (Ita), Rebecca Adlington (GB), Katie Hoff (US), Joanne Jackson (GB), Bronte Barratt (Aus), Coralie Balmy (Fra), Camelia Potec (Rom), Laure Manaudou (Fra)

Men's 4x100m freestyle relay qualifiers

United States, France, Australia, Italy, Sweden, South Africa, Canada, Great Britain,

Men's 100m backstroke qualifiers

Matthew Grevers (US), Arkady Vyatchanin (Rus), Aaron Peirsol (US), Aschwin Wildeboer (Spa), Gerhard Zandberg (SA), Liam Tancock (GB), Hayden Stoeckel (Aus), Lubos Krizko (Svk), Ashley Delaney (Aus), Junichi Miya*****a (Jpn), Stanislav Donets (Rus), Tomomi Morita (Jpn), Markus Rogan (Aut), Mirco di Tora (Ita), Guy Barnea (Isr), Gregor Tait (GB)

Women's 100m backstroke qualifiers

Kirsty Coventry (Zim), Reiko Nakamura (Jpn), Anastasia Zueva (Rus), Natalie Coughlin (US), Laure Manaudou (Fra), Gemma Spofforth (GB), Margaret Hoelzer (US), Hanae Ito (Jpn), Emily Seebohm (Aus), Julia Wilkinson (Can), Antje Buschschulte (Ger), Elizabeth Simmonds (GB), Nina Zhivanevskaya (Spa), Sophie Edington (Aus), Elizabeth Coster (NZ), Kseniya Moskvina (Rus)

Men's 200m freestyle qualifiers

Dominik Meichtry (Swi), Jean Basson (SA), Brent Hayden (Can), Michael Phelps (US), Colin Russell (Can), Park Tae-hwan (Prk), Danila Izotov (Rus), Yoshihiro Okumura (Jpn), Emiliano Brembilla (Ita), Paul Biedermann (Ger), Ross Davenport (GB), Peter Vanderkaay (US), Amaury Leveaux (Fra), Nicholas Sprenger (Aus), Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or (Isr), Dominik Koll (Aut)

Men's 400m individual medley final

1 M Phelps (US) 4:03.84 Gold

2 L Cseh (Hun) 4:06.16 Silver

3 R Lochte (US) 4:08.09 Bronze

4 A Boggiatto (Ita) 4:12.16

5 L Marin (Ita) 4:12.47

6 G Kis (Hun) 4:12.84

7 B Johns (Can) 4:13.38

8 T Pereira (Brz) 4:15.40

Men's 400m freestyle final

1 T Park (Kor) 3:41.86 Gold

2 L Zhang (Chn) 3:42.44 Silver

3 L Jensen (US) 3:42.78 Bronze

4 P Vanderkaay (US) 3:43.11

5 M Oussama (Tun) 3:43.45

6 G Hackett (Aus) 3:43.84

7 Y Prilukov (Rus) 3:43.97

8 N Lobintsev (Rus) 3:48.29

Women's 400m individual medley final

1 S Rice (Aus) 4:29.45 Gold

2 K Coventry (Zim) 4:29.89 Silver

3 K Hoff (US) 4:31.71 Bronze

4 E Beisel (US) 4:34.24

5 A Filippi (Ita) 4:34.34

6 H Miley (GB) 4:39.44

7 Y Martynova (Rus) 4:40.04

8 X Li (Chn) 4:42.13

Women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay final

1 Netherlands 3:33.76 Gold

2 United States 3:34.33 Silver

3 Australia 3:35.05 Bronze

4 China 3:35.64

5 Germany 3:36.85

6 France 3:37.68

7 Great Britain 3:38.18

8 Canada 3:38.32

Women's 100m butterfly final qualifiers

L Trickett (Aus)

C Magnuson (US)

L Tao (Sin)

J Lowe (GB)

J Schipper (Aus)

Z Yafei (Chn)

I Dekker (Ned)

G Silva (Brz)

Men's 100m breaststroke qualifiers

1 Alexander Oen (Norway) 59.16

2 Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) 59.55

3 Brenton Rickard (Australia) 59.65

4 Hugues Duboscq (France) 59.83

5 Brendan Hansen (United States) 59.94

Did not qualify: C Cook (GB) 1:00.81

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Hockey

Women's group A

Japan 2-1 New Zealand

Argentina 2-2 United States

Women's group B

China 3-0 Spain

Australia 5-4 South Korea

Netherlands 6-0 South Africa

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Handball

Men's group A

Croatia 31-29 Spain

France 34-26 Brazil

Men's group B

Iceland 33-31 Russia

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Basketball

Group A - men

Russia 71-49 Iran

Lithuania 79-75 Argentina

Men's group B

Germany 95-66 Angola

Spain 81-66 Greece

United States 101-70 China

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Indoor Volleyball

Men's group A

Italy 3-1 Japan

United States 3-2 Venezuela

Bulgaria 3-2 Venezuela

Men's group B:

Serbia 1-3 Russia

Brazil 3-0 Egypt

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Shooting

Women's 10m air pistol final

1 W Guo (Chn) 492.3 pts Gold

2 N Paderina (Rus) 489.1 Silver

3 N Salukvadze (Geo) 487.4 Bronze

4 V Chaika (Blr) 482.0

5 M Sagun Lewandowska (Pol) 481.3

6 J Sekaric (Ser) 480.9

7 M Nevansuu (Fin) 480.5

8 M Tsogbadrah (Mgl) 479.6

Men's trap final

1 D Kostelecky (Cze) 146 pts Gold

2 G Pellielo (Ita) 143 Silver

3 A Alipov (Rus) 142 Bronze

4 M Diamond (Aus) 142

5 J Glasnovic (Cro) 140

6 E Frasca (Ita) 140

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Archery

Women's team final

South Korea Gold

ChinaSilver

France Bronze

Women's team semi-finals

1. Korea 2004 pts, 2. Great Britain 1925, 3. China 1916, 4. Poland 1908, 5. France 1903, 6. India 1897, 7. Japan 1881, 8. Chinese Taiwan 1871

Women's team quarter-finals

China 211-206 India

Great Britain 201-196 Japan

France 218-211 Poland

Korea 231-217 Italy

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Badminton

Women's doubles quarter-final qualifiers

Wei Yang / Jiewen Zhang (Chn), Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna (Jpn), Yanmei Jiang / Yujia Li (Sin), Hyojung Lee / Kyungwon Lee (Kor)

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Fencing

Men's epee final:

Matteo Tagliariol (Ita) Gold

Fabrice Jeannet (Fra) Silver

Jose Luis Abajo (Spa) bronze

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Sailing

Men's finn standings:

1. Zach Railey (US) 11pts, 2. Ben Ainslie (GB) 16pts, 3. Christopher Cook (Can) 28pts,

49er skiff race 1: 1 Spain 1 pts, 2 Denmark 2 pts, 3 Italy 3 pts, 4 Great Britain 4 pts

49er skiff Race 2: 1 Australia 1 pts, 2 Austria 2 pts, 3 Great Britain 3 pts

49er skiff race 3: 1 Italy 1 pts, 2 Sweden 2 pts, 3 Japan 3 pts,, 5 Great Britain 5 pts

49er skiff rankings after race 3: 1 Great Britain 12 pts, 2 Italy 13 pts, 3 Denmark 16 pts, 4 France 19 pts, 5 Australia 23 pts, 6 Brazil 23 pts, 7 Austria 25 pts, 8 Spain 28 pts, 9 Japan 28 pts, 10 Portugal 28 pts

Yngling women's keelboat race 3: 1 France 1 pts, 2 Netherlands 2 pts, 3 Finland 3 pts, 4 Great Britain 4 pts

Yngling women's keelboat race 4: 1 Norway 1 pts, 2 S Africa 2 pts, 3 Greece 3 pts, 4 China 4 pts, 7 Great Britain 7 pts

Yngling women's keelboat rankings after race 4: 1 Great Britain 16 pts, 2 Finland 23 pts, 3 Netherlands 25 pts

Finn heavyweight dinghy race 3: 1 Daniel Birgmark (Swe) 1 pts, 2 Zach Railey (US) 2 pts, 3 Rafa Trujillo (Spa) 3 pts, 4 Ben Ainslie (GB) 4 pts,

Finn heavyweight dinghy rankings after race 3: 1 Zach Railey (US) 9 pts, 2 Ben Ainslie (GB) 15 pts, 3 Christopher Cook (Can) 18 pts

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Tennis

Men's singles first round results

Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Yu Xinyuan (Chn)

6-1 6-2

Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Frederic Niemeyer (Can)

3-6 4-2

Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat)

6-4 6-2

Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Sun Peng (Chn)

6-4 6-4

James Blake (US) bt Chris Guccione (Aus)

6-3 7-6

Women's singles first round results

Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Selima Sfar (Tun)

6-4 6-1

Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol)

6-3 6-4

Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb)

6-4 6-2

Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Sara Errani (Ita)

6-3 6-4

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Diving

Women's 3m synchro final

1 J Guo / M Wu (Chn) 343.50 pts Gold

2 J Pakhalina / A Pozdnyakova (Rus) 323.61 Silver

3 D Kotzian / H Fischer (Ger) 318.90 Bronze

4 K Bryant / A Rittenhouse (US) 314.40

5 B Cole / S Stratton (Aus) 311.34

6 N Batki / F Dallape (Ita) 296.70

7 M Voloschenko / A Pysmenska (Ukr) 293.10

8 T Gerrard / H Sage (GB) 278.25quote>

Olympics

Medals table

Sunday, 10 August 2008 14:09 UK

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	TOTAL
1	China	6	2	0	8
2	South Korea	3	2	0	5
3	USA	2	2	4	8
4	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
5	Italy	1	2	1	4
6	Japan	1	0	2	3
7	Australia	1	0	1	2
8	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
9	Spain	1	0	1	2
10	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
11	Romania	1	0	0	1
12	Thailand	1	0	0	1
13	Russia	0	3	1	4
14	France	0	2	1	3
15	Dem P Rep Korea	0	1	2	3
16	Cuba	0	1	1	2
17	Austria	0	1	0	1
18	Hungary	0	1	0	1
19	Sweden	0	1	0	1
20	Turkey	0	1	0	1
21	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
22	Zimbabwe	0	1	0	1
23	Algeria	0	0	1	1
24	Argentina	0	0	1	1
25	Belarus	0	0	1	1
26	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
27	Croatia	0	0	1	1
28	Georgia	0	0	1	1
29	Germany	0	0	1	1
30	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
31	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
32	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

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