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Olympic Games 2008
Africans sweep 10,000m; Jamaican women take 100m
Article published on the 2008-08-17 Latest update 2008-08-18 10:58 TU
Gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser (L) with silver medalists Kerron Stewart (C) and Sherone Simpson.
(Photo: Reuters)
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took the men's 10,000m gold, just ahead of his countryman Sileshi Sihine. Earlier in the day, three Jamaican women, Shelly-Ann Frazer, Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson swept the podium in the women's 100m final.
Sunday’s Results
Athletics
Men's 10,000m
Gold: Kenenisa Bekele (Eth)
Silver: Sileshi Sihine (Eth)
Bronze: Micah Kogo (Ken)
Women's 100m
Gold: Shelly-Ann Frazer (Jam)
Silver: Kerron Stewart (Jam)
Silver: Sherone Simpson (Jam)
Women's marathon
Gold: Constantina Tomescu (Rom)
Silver: Catherine Ndereba (Ken)
Bronze: Zhou Chunxiu (Chn)
Men's Hammer Throw
Gold: Primoz Kozmus (Slo)
Silver: Vadim Devyatovskiy (Blr)
Bronze: Ivan Tsikhan (Blr)
Women's 3000m steeplechase
Gold: Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (Rus) WR
Silver: Eunice Jepkorir (Ken)
Bronze: Ekaterina Volkova (Rus)
Badminton
Men's singles
Gold: Lin Dan (Chn)
Silver: Lee Chong Wei (Mas)
Cycling
Women's track 3km individual pursuit
Gold: Rebecca Romero (GB)
Silver: Wendy Houvenaghel (GB)
Diving
Women's 3 metre springboard
Gold: Guo Jingjing (Chn)
Silver: Yulia Pakhalina (Rus)
Bronze: Wu Minxia (Chn)
Fencing
Men's team sabre
Gold: France
Silver: USA
Bronze: Italy
Gymnastics
Men's floor
Gold: Zou Kai (Chn)
Silver: Gervasio Deferr (Spa)
Bronze: Anton Golotsutskov (Rus)
Men's pommel horse
Gold: Xiao Qin (Chn)
Silver: Filip Ude (Cro)
Bronze: Louis Smith (GB)
Rowing
Women's lightweight double sculls
Gold: Netherlands
Silver: Finland
Bronze: Canada
Men's lightweight double sculls
Gold: Great Britain
Silver: Greece
Bronze: Denmark
Men's lightweight four
Gold: Denmark
Silver: Poland
Bronze: Canada
Women's quadruple sculls
Gold: China
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: Germany
Men's quadruple sculls
Gold: Poland
Silver: Italy
Bronze: France
Women's Eight
Gold: United States
Silver: Netherlands
Bronze: Romania
Men's Eight
Gold: Canada
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: USA
Sailing
Women's yngling
Gold: Great Britain
Silver: Netherlands
Bronze: Greece
Finn
Gold: Ben Ainslie (GB)
Silver: Zach Railey (US)
Bronze: Guillaume Florent (Fra)
Swimming
Women's 50m freestyle
Gold: Britta Steffen (Ger)
Silver: Dara Torres (US)
Bronze: Cate Campbell (Aus)
Men's 1500m freestyle
Gold: Oussama Mellouli (Tun)
Silver: Grant Hackett (Aus)
Bronze: Ryan Cochrane (Can)
Women's 4x100m medley relay
Gold: Australia WR
Silver: US
Bronze: China
Men's 4x100m medley relay
Gold: United States WR
Silver: Australia
Bronze: Japan
Table tennis
Women's team
Gold: China
Silver: Singapore
Bronze: South Korea
Tennis
Men's singles
Gold: Rafael Nadal (Spa)
Silver: Fernando Gonzalez (Chi)
Women's singles
Gold: Elena Dementieva (Rus)
Silver: Dinara Safina
Women's doubles
Gold: Serena Williams/Venus Williams (US)
Silver: Annabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa)
Weightlifting
Men's 94kg
Gold: Ilya Ilin (Kaz)
Silver: Szymon Kolecki (Pol)
Bronze: Khadzhimurat Akkaev (Rus)
Wrestling
Women's freestyle 63kg
Gold: Kaori Icho (Jpn)
Silver: Alena Kartashova (Rus)
Bronze: Yelena Shalygina (Kaz)
Women's freestyle 72kg
Gold: Wang Jiao (Chn)
Silver: Stanka Zlateva (Bul)
Bronze: Kyoko Hamaguchi (Jpn)
