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Medal winners at Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday, August 23 2008-08-23 16:06:28 GMT 2008-08-24 00:06:28 (Beijing Time) Xinhua
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal winners at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday, August 23: Athletics: Men's 800m: Gold: Wilfred Bungei, Kenya Silver: Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Sudan Bronze: Alfred Kirwa Yego, Kenya Men's 5,000m: Gold: Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia Silver: Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya Bronze: Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, Kenya Men's javelin throw: Gold: Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway Silver: Ainars Kovals, Latvia Bronze: Tero Pitkamaki, Finland Women's high jump: Gold: Tia Hellebaut, Belgium Silver: Blanka Vlasic, Croatia Bronze: Anna Chicherova, Russia Women's 1,500m: Gold: Nancy Jebet Langat, Kenya Silver: Iryna Lishchynska, Ukraine Bronze: Nataliya Tobias, Ukraine Men's 4X400m relay: Gold: United States Silver: Bahamas Bronze: Russia Women's 4X400m relay: Gold: United States Silver: Russia Bronze: Jamaica Baseball: Gold: South Korea Silver: Cuba Bronze: United States Basketball: Women's: Gold: United States Silver: Australia Bronze: Russia Boxing: Flyweight (51kg): Gold: Somjit Jongjohor, Thailand Silver: Andris Laffita Hernandez, Cuba Featherweight (57kg): Gold: Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukraine Silver: Khedafi Djelkhir, France Lightwelter weight (64kg): Gold: Felix Diaz, Dominican Republic Silver: Manus Boonjumnong, Thailand Middleweight (75kg): Gold: James Degale, Britain Silver: Emilio Correa ayeaux, Cuba Heavyweight (91kg): Gold: Rakhim Chakhkiev, Russia Silver: Clemente Russo, Italy Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater Men's 500m kayak single (K1): Gold: Ken Wallace, Australia Silver: Adam van Koeverden, Canada Bronze: Tim Brabants, Britain Men's 500m canoe single: Gold: Maxim Opalev, Russia Silver: David Cal, Spain Bronze: Iurii Cheban, Ukraine Men's 500m kayak double (K2): Gold: Saul Craviotto/Carlos Perez, Spain Silver: Ronald Rauhe/Tim Wieskotter, Germany Bronze: Raman Piatrushenka/Vadzim Makhneu, Belarus Men's 500m canoe double (C2): Gold: Meng Guanliang/Yang Wenjun, China Silver: Sergey Ulegin/Alexander Kostoglod, Russia Bronze: Christian Gille/Thomasz Wylenzek, Germahy Women's 500m kayak single (K1): Gold: Inna Osypenko=Radomska, Ukraine Silver: Josefa Idem, Italy Bronze: Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Germany Women's 500m kayak double (K2): Gold: Katalin Kovacs/Natasa Janic, Hungary Silver: Beata Mikolajczyk/Aneta Konieczna, Poland Bronze: Marie Delattre/Anne-Laure Viard, France Diving: Men's 10m platform: Gold: Matthew Mitcham, Australia Silver: Zhou Luxin, China Bronze: Gleb Galperin, Russia Handball: Women's: Gold: Norway Silver: Russia Bronze: South Korea Hockey: Men's: Gold: Germany Silver: Spain Bronze: Australia Mountain bike: Women's: Gold: Sabine Spitz, Germany Silver: Maja Wloszczowska, Poland Bronze: Irina Kalentyeva, Russia Men's: Gold: Julien Absalon, France Silver: Jean-Christophe Peraud, France Bronze: Christoph Sauser, Switzerland Rhythmic gymnastics: Individual all-around: Gold: Evgeniya kanaeva, Russia Silver: Inna Zhukova, Belarus Bronze: Anna Bessonova, Ukraine Soccer: Men's: Gold: Argentina Silver: Nigeria Synchronized swimming: Team event: Gold: Russia Silver: Spain Bronze: China Taekwondo: Men's +80kg: Gold: Cha Dong-min, South Korea Silver: Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greece Bronze: Arman Chilmanov, Kazakhstan Bronze: Chika yagazie Chukwumerije, Nigeria Women's +67kg: Gold: Maria del Rosario Espinoza, Mexico Silver: Nina Solheim, Norway Bronze: Sarah Stevenson, Britain Bronze: Natalia Falavigna, Brazil Volleyball: Women's: Gold: Brazil Silver: United States Bronze: China |