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Results at a Glance

ATHLETICS

Men’s 20km walk: Valeriy Borchin (Rus) 1:19:01, 2. Perez Jefferson (Ecu) 1:19:15, 3. Jared Tallent (Aus) 1:19:42; Men’s 100m: 1. Usain Bolt (Jam) 9.69 (WR), 2. Richard Thompson (Tri) 9.89, 3. Walter Dix (USA) 9.91; Women’s shot put: 1. Valerie Vili (NZL) 20.56, 2. Natallia Mikhnevich (Blr) 20.28, 3. Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Blr) 19.86; Women’s Heptathlon 800m: 1. Tatiana Chernova (Rus) 2:06.50, 2. Kelly Sotherton (Gbr) 2:07.34, 3. Jessica Zelinka (Can) 2:07.95.

BADMINTON

Men’s doubles final: Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Yun Cai/Haifeng Fu (Chn) 12-21, 21-11 , 21-16; Men’s doubles bronze medal: Jaejin Lee/Jiman Hwang (Kor) bt Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen (Den) 13-21 , 21-18 , 21-17; Men’s singles bronze medal: Jin Chen (Chn) bt Hyunil Lee (Kor) 21-16 , 12-21 , 21-14; Women’s singles final: Ning Zhang (Chn) bt Xie Xingfang (Chn) 21-12 , 10-21 , 21-18; Women’s singles bronze medal: Maria Kristin Yulianti (Ina) bt Lan Lu (Chn) 11-21 , 21-13 , 21-15.

BASKETBALL

Men’s preliminaries: Greece bt Angola 102-61; Australia bt Russia 95-80; Lithuania bt Croatia 86-73; Argentina bt Iran 97-82; China bt Germany 59-55.

CYCLING (Track)

Men’s Point Race final: 1. Joan Llaneras (Esp), 2. Roger Kluge (Ger), 3. Chris Newton (GBr); Men’s Individual pursuit final: 1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR), 2. Hayden Roulston (NZL), 3. Steven Burke (GBR); Men’s Keirin final: 1. Chris Hoy (GBr), 2. Ross Edgar (GBr), 3. Kiyofumi Nagai (Jpn).

FENCING

Women’s team foil final: 1. Russia, 2. USA, 3. Italy.

FOOTBALL

Men’s Quarterfinals: Brazil bt Cameroon 2-0; Belgium bt Italy 3-2; Nigeria bt Ivory Coast 2-0.

HOCKEY

Women’s preliminaries: USA bt New Zealand 4-1; Netherlands bt Australia 2-1; Argentina bt Germany 4-0; Korea bt China 6-1; Great Britain bt Japan 2-1; Spain bt South Africa 1-0.

ROWING

Women’s Single Sculls final: 1. Rumyana Neykova (Bul), 2. Michelle Guerette (USA), 3. Ekaterina Karsten (Blr).

Men’ Single Sculls final: 1. Olaf Tufte (Nor), 2. Ondrej Synek (Cze), 3. Mahe Drysdale (NZL).

Women’s pair final: 1. Georgeta Andrunache/Viorica Susanu (Rou), 2. You Wu/Yulan Gao (Chn), 3. Yuliya Bichyk/Natallia Helakh (Blr).

Men’s pair final: 1. Drew Ginn/Duncan Free (Aus), 2. David Calder/Scott Frandsen (Can), 3. Nathan Twaddle/George Bridgewater (NZL).

Women’s Double Sculls final: 1. Georgina Evers-Swindell/Caroline Evers-Swindell (NZL), 2. Annekatrin Thiele/Christiane Huth (Ger), 3. Elise Laverick/Anna Bebington (GBr).

Men’s Double Sculls final: 1. David Crawshay/Scott Brennan (Aus), 2. Tonu Endrekson/Juri Jaanson (Est), 3. Matthew Wells/Stephen Rowbotham (GBr).

Men’s Four final: 1. Great Britain, 2. Australia, 3. France.

SHOOTING

Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: 1. Oleksandr Petriv (UKr) 780.2 (580), 2. Ralf Schumaann (Ger) 779.5 (579), 3. Christian Reitz (Ger) 779.3 (579).

Men’s Skeet final: 1. Vincent Hancock (USA) 145 (4) FOR 121, 2. Tore Brovold (Nor) 145 (3) 120, 3. Anthony Terras (Fra) 144 (3) 120.

SWIMMING

Women’s 200m backstroke: 1. Kirsty Coventry (Zim) 2:05.24 (WR), 2. Margaret Hoelzer (USA) 2:06.23, 3. Reiko Nakamura (Jpn) 2:07.13.

Women’s 800m freestyle: 1. Rebecca Adlington (GBr) 8:14.10 (WR), 2. Alessia Filippi (Ita) 8:20.23, 3. Lotte Friis (Den) 8:23.03.

Men’s 100m butterflystroke: 1. Michael Phelps (USA) 50.58 (OR), 2. Milorad Cavic (Srb) 50.59, 3. Andrew Lauterstein (Aus) 51.12.

Men’s 50m freestyle: 1. Cesar Filho Cielo (Bra) 21.30 (OR), 2. Amaury Leveaux (Fra) 21.45, 3. Alain Bernard (Fra) 21.49.

TABLE TENNIS

Men’s team semifinals: Germany bt Japan 3-2; China bt Korea 3-0.

TENNIS

Men’s doubles final: Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Thomas Johansson/Simon Aspelin (Swe) 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3.

Men’s doubles bronze medal: Bob/Mike Bryan (USA) bt Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (Fra) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Men’s singles bronze medal: Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt James Blake (USA) 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Women’s singles semifinals: Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Na Li (Chn) 7-6 (3), 7-5; Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-3, 7-6 (3).

VOLLEYBALL

Men’s preliminaries: USA bt China 3-0; Russia bt Egypt 3-0; Serbia bt Germany 3-1; Italy bt Bulgaria 3-0; Brazil bt Poland 3-0.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Women’s +75 kg final: 1. Miran Jang (Kor), 2. Olha Korobka (UKr), 3. Mariya Grabobetskaya (Kaz).

WRESTLING

Women’s freestyle 48 Kg final: Carol Huynh (Can) bt Chiharu Icho (Jpn) 3-1.

Women’s freestyle 48 kg bronze medal: Irini Merleni (Ukr) bt Clarissa Chun (USA) 5-0.

Women’s freestyle 55 kg final: Saori Yoshida (Jpn) bt Li Xu (Chn) 5-0.

Women’s freestyle 55 kg bronze medal: Jackeline Renteria (Col) bt Ana Paval (Rou) 5-0.

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