August 13, 2008—17 Events, 55 Podiums
World-record performances continue in swimming and weightlifting.
Michael Phelps became the most successful Olympic athlete in history after collecting his 10th and 11th gold medals.
He won his 10th gold in the men’s 200 m butterfly and went on to claim his 11th in the 4x200 m freestyle relay. The relay team achieved a new record of 6:58:56, more than four seconds faster then the previous world record.
Italian Federica Pellegrini won gold with a world-record-breaking performance in the 200 m freestyle final She became the first Italian to win an Olympic swimming event, and set a new world record of 1:54.82.
Eamon Sullivan of Australia won the 100 m freestyle semifinals with a new world-record record time of 47.05.
Liu Chunhong of China retained her Olympic title in weightlifting with three new world records in the women’s 69 kg category. Liu hoisted 128 kg in snatch and 158 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 286 kg.
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| Cycling | Men’s Individual Time Trial | |
| GOLD | CANCELLARA Fabian | Switzerland |
| SILVER | LARSSON Gustav | Sweden |
| BRONZE | LEIPHEIMER Levi | United States |
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| Cycling | Women’s Individual Time Trial | |
| GOLD | ARMSTRONG Kristin | United States |
| SILVER | POOLEY Emma | Great Britain |
| BRONZE | THURIG Karin | Switzerland |
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| Diving | Men’s Synchronized 3-Meter Springboard | |
| GOLD | QIN Kai | China |
| WANG Feng | ||
| SILVER | KUNAKOV Yuriy | Russian Federation |
| SAUTIN Dmitry | ||
| BRONZE | KVASHA Illya | Ukraine |
| PRYGOROV Oleksiy | ||
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| Fencing | Women’s Individual Epee | |
| GOLD | HEIDEMANN Britta | Germany |
| SILVER | BRANZA Ana Maria | Romania |
| BRONZE | MINCZA-NEBALD Ildiko | Hungary |
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| Fencing | Men’s Individual Foil | |
| GOLD | PHILIPP KLEIBRINK Benjamin | Germany |
| SILVER | OTA Yuki | Japan |
| BRONZE | SANZO Salvatore | Italy |
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| Gymnastics Artistic | Women’s Team | |
| GOLD | DENG Linlin | China |
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| LI Shanshan | |
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| CHENG Fei | |
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| JIANG Yuyuan | |
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| He Kexin | |
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| YANG Yilin | |
| SILVER | MEMMEL Chellsie | United States |
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| SLOAN Bridget | |
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| LIUKIN Nastia | |
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| SACRAMONE Alicia | |
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| JOHNSON Shawn | |
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| PESZEK Samantha | |
| BRONZE | GRIGORE Andreea | Romania |
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| TAMIRJAN Anamaria | |
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| DRAGOI Gabriela | |
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| NISTOR Steliana | |
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| ACATRINEI Andreea | |
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| IZABASA Sandra | |
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| Judo | Women’s Middleweight -70 kg | |
| GOLD | MASAE Ueno | Japan |
| SILVER | HERNANDEZ Anaysi | Cuba |
| BRONZE | BOSCH Edith | Netherlands |
| BRONZE | ROUSEY Ronda | United States |
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| Judo | Men’s Middleweight -90 kg | |
| GOLD | TSIREKIDZE Irakli | Georgia |
| SILVER | BENIKHLEF Amar | Algeria |
| BRONZE | ASCHWANDEN Sergei | Switzerland |
| BRONZE | MESBAH Hesham | Egypt |
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| Shooting | Women’s 25-Meter Sport Pistol (30+30 Shots) | |
| GOLD | CHEN Ying | China |
| SILVER | OTRYAD Gundegmaa | Mongolia |
| BRONZE | DORJSUREN Munkhbayar | Germany |
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| Swimming | Men’s 200-Meter Butterfly | |
| GOLD | PHELPS Michael | United States |
| SILVER | CSEH Laszlo | Hungary |
| BRONZE | MATSUDA Takeshi | Japan |
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| Swimming | Women’s 200-Meter Freestyle | |
| GOLD | PELLEGRINI Frederica | Italy |
| SILVER | ISAKOVIC Sara | Slovenia |
| BRONZE | PANG Jiaying | China |
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| Swimming | Men’s 4x200-Meter Freestyle Relay | |
| GOLD | PHELPS Michael | United States |
| LOCHTE Ryan | ||
| BERENS Ricky | ||
| VANDERKAAY Peter | ||
| SILVER | LOBINTSEV Nikita | Russian Federation |
| LAGUNOV Evgeniy | ||
| IZOTOV Danila | ||
| SUKHORUKOV Alexander | ||
| BRONZE | MURPHY Patrick | Australia |
| HACKETT Grant | ||
| BRITS Grant | ||
| FFROST Nick | ||
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| Swimming | Women’s 200-Meter Individual Medley | |
| GOLD | RICE Stephanie | Australia |
| SILVER | COVENTRY Kirsty | Zimbabwe |
| BRONZE | COUGHLIN Natalie | United States |
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| Weightlifting | Women’s 69kg | |
| GOLD | LIU Chunhong | China |
| SILVER | SLIVENKO Oxana | Russian Federation |
| BRONZE | DAVYDOVA Natalya | Ukraine |
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| Weightlifting | Men’s 77kg | |
| GOLD | SA Jaehyouk | South Korea |
| SILVER | LI Hongli | China |
| BRONZE | DAVTYAN Gevorg | Armenia |
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| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman 66 kg | |
| GOLD | FRANCOIS FABIEN GUENOT Steeve | France |
| SILVER | BEGALIEV Kanatbek | Kyrgyzstan |
| BRONZE | VARDANYAN Armen | Ukraine |
| BRONZE | SIAMIONAU Mikhail | Belarus |
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| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman 74 kg | |
| GOLD | KVIEKELIA Manuchar | Georgia |
| SILVER | CHANG Yongxiang | China |
| BRONZE | RENE MARCEL GUENOT Christophe | Kyrgyzstan |
| BRONZE | YANAKIEV Yavor | France |
