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Olympic Games 2008
3000m steeplechase: France's Mekhissi-Benabbad separates Kenyan gold and bronze
Article published on the 2008-08-18 Latest update 2008-08-18 14:52 TU
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Bennabad. of France, second in the men's 3000m steeplechase
(Photo: Reuters)
There were more medals for Kenya on Monday in the women's 800m and the men's 3000m steeplechase. Kenya's 18-year-old Pamela Jelimo claimed Kenya's first woman's track Olympic gold when she beat compatriot Jepkosgei over two laps of the track. Morocco's Benhassi was third. Kenya dominated the men's 3000m steeplechase too with Brimin Kiprop Kipruto winning and Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong taking bronze. The two Kenyan men were separated by France's Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benbbad who finished 15 hundreths of a second behind Kipruto.
Athletics
Women 800m
Gold: Pamela Jelimo (KEN)
Silver: Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (KEN)
Bronze: Hasna Benhassi (MAR)
Long jump Men
Gold: Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda (PAN)
Silver: Khotso Mokoena (RSA)
Bronze: Ibrahim Camejo (CUB)
Discus women
Gold: Stephanie Brown Trafton (USA)
Silver: Yarelys Barrios (CUB)
Bronze: Olena Antonova (UKR)
3000m steeplechase men
Gold: Brimin Kipruto (KEN)
Silver: Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad (FRA)
Bronze: Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong (KEN)
400m hurdles Men
Gold: Angelo Taylor (USA)
Silver: Kerron Clement (USA)
Bronze: Bershawn Jackson (USA)
Pole vault Women
Gold: Elena Isinbaeva (RUS)
Silver: Jennifer Stuczynski (USA)
Bronze: Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
Cycling
Women Track points race
Gold: Marianne Vos (NED)
Silver: Yoanka Gonzalez (CUB)
Bronze: Leire Olaverria (ESP)Men Team pursuit
Gold: Great Britain (Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins)
Silver: Denmark (Casper Joergensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Moerkoev Christiansen, Alex Nicki Rasmussen)
Bronze: New Zealand (Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent)
Diving
Women 3m springboard
Gold: Guo Jingjing (CHN)
Silver: Julia Pakhalina (RUS)
Bronze: Wu Minxia (CHN)
Gymnastics
Men rings
Gold: Chen Yibing (CHN)
Silver: Yang Wei (CHN)
Bronze: Oleksandr Vorobiov (UKR)
Men horse
Gold: Leszek Blanik (POL)
Silver: Thomas Bouhail (FRA)
Bronze: Anton Golotsutskov (RUS)
Women uneven bars
Gold: He Kexin (CHN)
Silver: Nastia Liukin (USA)
Bronze: Yang Yilin (CHN)
Sailing
Men 470
Gold: Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page (AUS)
Silver: Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield (GBR)
Bronze: Nicolas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset (FRA)
Women 470
Gold: Australia (Elise Rechichi, Tessa Parkinson)
Silver: Netherlands (Marcelien de Koning, Lobke Berkhout)
Bronze: Brazil (Fernanda Oliveira, Isabel Swan)
Showjumping
Team event
Gold: United States (Laura Kraut, Beezie Madden, Will Simpson, McLain Ward)
Silver: Canada (Mac Cone, Jill Henselwood, Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar)
Bronze: Norway (Morten Djupvik, Stein Endresen, Geir Gulliksen, Tony Andre Hansen)
Table tennis
Men team
Gold: China (Wang Hao, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin, Chen Qi)
Silver: Germany (Christian Suss, Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Bastian Steger)
Bronze: South Korea (Yoon Jae-Young, Ryu Seung-Min, Lee Jung-Woo, Oh Sang Eun)
Trampoline
Women individual
Gold: He Wenna (CHN)
Silver: Karen Cockburn (CAN)
Bronze: Ekaterina Khilko (UZB)
Triathlon
Women
Gold: Emma Snowsill (AUS)
Silver: Vanessa Fernandes (POR)
Bronze: Emma Moffatt (AUS)
Weightlifting
Men 105kg
Gold: Andrei Aramnau (BLR)
Silver: Dmitriy Klokov (RUS)
Bronze: Dmitry Lapikov (RUS)
