Olympic Games 2008

Asian swimmers make a splash

Article published on the 2008-08-14 Latest update 2008-08-14 12:59 TU

Kosuke Kitajima of Japan swims to gold in the 200m breaststroke
(Credit: Reuters)

Japan's breaststroke master Kosuka Kitajima sliced through the water in his second Olympics, earning an unprecedented two golds: one for 200m breaststroke on Thursday, and one for the 100m breaststroke last Monday. Chinese female swimmers also provoked shock and awe as Liu Zige and Jiao Liuyang won gold and silver in the 200m butterfly. Liu shaved off over a second from the previous record held by Australia's Jessicah Schipper, who won the bronze.

Today's results:

Archery - women

Gold: Zhang Juan-Juan (China)

Silver: Park Sung-Hyun (South Korea)

Bronze: Yun Ok-Hee (South Korea)

Fencing - men individual foil

Gold: Benjamin Philipp Kleibrink (Germany)

Silver: Yuki Ota (Japan)

Bronze: Salvatore Sanzo (Italy)

Gymnastics - men - individual

Gold: Yang Wei (China)

Silver: Kohei Uchimura (Japan)

Bronze: Benoit Caranobe (France)

Judo - women - 78kg

Gold: Yang Xiuli (China)

Silver: Yalennis Castillo (Cuba)

Bronze: Stephanie Possamai (France)

Jeong Gyeongmi (South Korea)

Shooting - women - 50m rifle 3 positions

Gold: Du Li (China)

Silver: Katerina Emmons (Czech Republic)

Bronze: Eglis Yaima Cruz (Cuba)

Shooting - women - skeet

Gold: Chiara Cainero (Italy)

Silver: Kimberly Rhode (USA)

Bronze: Christine Brinker (Germany)

Swimming - women - 200m butterfly

Gold: Liu Zige (China)

Silver: Jiao Liuyang (China)

Bronze: Jessicah Schipper (USA)

Swimming - Women - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Gold: China

Silver: China

Bronze: USA

Swimming - Men - 100m Freestyle

Gold: Alain Bernard (France)

Silver: Eamon Sullivan (Australia)

Bronze: Cesar Cielo Filho (Brazil)

Swimming - Men - 200m Breaststroke

Gold: Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)

Silver: Brenton Rickard (Australia)

Bronze: Hughes Duboscq (France)

Wrestling - Men - Greco-Roman 84 kg

Gold: Andrea Minguzzi (Italy)

Silver: Zoltan Fodor (Hungary)

Bronze: Nazmi Avluca (Turkey)

Ara Abramahian (Sweden)

Wrestling - Men - Greco-Roman 96 kg

Gold: Aslanbek Khushtov (Russia)

Silver: Mirko Eglich (Germany)

Bronze: Adam Wheeler (USA)

Asset Mambetov (Kazakhstan)

Wrestling - Men - Greco-Roman 120 kg

Gold: Mijain Lopez (Cuba)

Silver: Khasan Baroev (Russia)

Bronze: Mindaugas Mizgaitis (Lithuania)

Yuri Patrikeev (Armenia)