Originally published August 23, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified August 23, 2008 at 1:36 AM
Olympics results
Baseball
Results
Semifinals — South Korea 6, Japan 2; Cuba 10, United States 2
Bronze medal — United States 8, Japan 4
U.S. line scores
UNITED STATES 8, JAPAN 4
Bronze medal
| Japan | 103 000 000 — 4 6 1 |
| United States | 013 040 00x — 8 9 0 |
CUBA 10, UNITED STATES 2
Semifinal
| United States | 000 110 000 — 2 6 2 |
| Cuba | 002 101 06x — 10 14 2 |
Basketball
Men's results
Semifinals — Spain 91, Lithuania 86; United States 101, Argentina 81
United States summary
UNITED STATES 101, ARGENTINA 81
UNITED STATES — C.Anthony 3-14 13-13 21, L.James 6-11 0-2 15, D.Wade 4-7 4-8 12, K.Bryant 5-14 0-0 12, C.Paul 4-5 3-4 12, C.Bosh 3-4 5-5 11, D.Howard 4-6 2-4 10, D.Williams 2-4 0-0 6, J.Kidd 1-2 0-0 2, C.Boozer 0-1 0-0 0, M.Redd 0-0 0-0 0, T.Prince 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-68 27-36 101.
ARGENTINA — L.Scola 13-21 2-2 28, C.Delfino 6-18 2-2 17, A.Quinteros 4-9 2-2 12, A.Nocioni 2-4 6-6 10, J.Gutierrez Llanas 2-2 2-2 6, P.Prigioni 1-3 0-0 3, E.Ginobili 1-4 0-0 2, F.Oberto 1-2 0-0 2, R.Gonzalez 0-1 1-2 1, A.Porta Pernigotti 0-1 0-0 0, L.Gutierrez 0-3 0-0 0, G.Kammerichs 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-68 15-16 81.
| Argentina | 11 29 24 17 — 81 |
| United States | 30 19 29 23 — 101 |
Beach Volleyball
Men's results
Bronze medal — Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego, Brazil, beat Renato Gomes and Jorge Terceiro, Georgia, 21-15, 21-10.
Gold medal — Phil Dalhausser, Ventura, Calif., and Todd Rogers, Solvang, Calif., beat Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, 23-21, 17-21, 15-4.
Field hockey
Women's results
Bronze medal — Argentina 3, Germany 1. Gold medal — Netherlands 2, China 0
Men's soccer
Bronze medal — Brazil 3, Belgium 0. Gold medal — Argentina 1, Nigeria 0
Mountain Bike
Women's cross country final
Gold — 1. Sabine Spitz, Germany, 1:45:11, 15.230. Silver — 2. Maja Wloszczowska, Poland, 1:45:52, +41. Bronze — 3. Irina Kalentyeva, Russia, 1:46:28, +1:17.
Also: 7. Mary McConneloug, Chilmark, Mass., 1:50:34, +5:23; 8. Georgia Gould, Fort Collins, Colo., 1:50:51, +5:40.
Team handball
Women's results
Seventh place — Romania 34, Sweden 30
Fifth place — France 31, China 23
Boxing
Semifinals
Light Flyweight 48kg — Zou Shiming, China, beat Paddy Barnes, Ireland, 15-0; Serdamba Purevdorj, Mongolia, beat Yampier Hernandez G, Cuba, +8-8.
Flyweight 51kg — Somjit Jongjohor, Thailand, beat Vincenzo Picardi, Italy, 7-1; Andris Laffita Hernandez, Cuba, beat Georgy Balakshin, Russia, 9-8.
Bantamweight 54kg — Yankiel Leon Alarcon, Cuba, beat Bruno Julie, Mauritius, 7-5; Badar-Uugan Enkhbat, Mongolia, beat Veaceslav Gojan, Moldova, 15-2.
Featherweight 57kg — Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukraine, beat Yakup Kilic, Turkey, 10-1; Khedafi Djelkhir, France, beat Shahin Imranov, Azerbaijan, Retired-2, 0:02.
Lightweight 60kg — Alexey Tishchenko, Russia, beat Hrachik Javakhyan, Armenia, 10-5; Daouda Sow, France, beat Yordenis Ugas, Cuba, 15-8.
Light Welterweight 64kg — Manus Boonjumnong, Thailand, beat Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo, Cuba, 10-5; Felix Diaz, Dominican Republic, beat Alexis Vastine, France, 12-10.
Welterweight 69kg — Carlos Banteaux Suarez, Cuba, beat Hanati Silamu, China, 17-4; Bakhyt Sarsekbayev, Kazakhstan, beat Kim Jungjoo, South Korea, 10-6.
Middleweight 75kg — James Degale, Britain, beat Darren John Sutherland, Ireland, 10-3; Emilio Correa Bayeaux, Cuba, beat Vijender Kumar, India, 8-5.
Light Heavyweight 81kg — Kenny Egan, Ireland, beat Tony Jeffries, Britain, 10-3; Zhang Xiaoping, China, beat Yerkebulan Shynaliyev, Kazakhstan, +4-4.
Heavyweight 91kg — Rakhim Chakhkiev, Russia, beat Osmai Acosta Duarte, Cuba, 10-5; Clemente Russo, Italy, beat Deontay Wilder, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 7-1.
Super Heavyweight Over91kg — Zhang Zhilei, China, beat Vyacheslav Glazkov, Ukraine, Walkover; Roberto Cammarelle, Italy, beat David Price, Britain, Head blow-2, 1:11.
Canoe/Kayak (flatwater)
Men's Flatwater K-1 1000 final
Gold medal — 1. Tim Brabants, Britain, 3:26.323. Silver medal — 2. Eirik Veraas Larsen, Norway, 3:27.342. Bronze medal — 3. Ken Wallace, Australia, 3:27.485.
Men's C-1 1000
Gold medal — 1. Attila Sandor Vajda, Hungary, 3:50.467. Silver medal — 2. David Cal, Spain, 3:52.751. Bronze medal — 3. Thomas Hall, Canada, 3:53.653.
Men's K-2 1000
Gold medal — 1. Germany (Martin Hollstein; Andreas Ihle), 3:11.809. Silver medal — 2. Denmark (Kim Wraae Knudsen; Rene Holten Poulsen), 3:13.580. Bronze medal — 3. Italy (Andrea Facchin; Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto), 3:14.750.
Men's C-2 1000
Gold medal — 1. Belarus (Andrei Bahdanovich; Aliaksandr Bahdanovich), 3:36.365. Silver medal — 2. Germany (Christian Gille; Thomasz Wylenzek), 3:36.588. Bronze medal — 3. Hungary (Gyorgy Kozmann; Tamas Kiss), 3:40.258.
Men's K-4 1000
Gold medal — 1. Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka; Aliaksei Abalmasau; Artur Litvinchuk; Vadzim Makhneu), 2:55.714. Silver medal — 2. Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer; Michal Riszdorfer; Erik Vlcek; Juraj Tarr), 2:56.593. Bronze medal — 3. Germany (Lutz Altepost; Norman Brockl; Torsten Eckbrett; Bjorn Goldschmidt), 2:56.676.
Women's K-4 500
Gold medal — 1. Germany (Fanny Fischer; Nicole Reinhardt; Katrin Wagner-Augustin; Conny Wassmuth), 1:32.231. Silver medal — 2. Hungary (Katalin Kovacs; Gabriella Timea Szabo; Danuta Kozak; Natasa Janic), 1:32.971. Bronze medal — 3. Australia (Lisa Oldenhof; Hannah Davis; Chantal Meek; Lyndsie Fogarty), 1:34.704.
Cycling (BMX)
Men's final
Gold medal — 1. Maris Strombergs, Latvia, 36.190. Silver medal — 2. Mike Day, Sam Clemente, Calif., 36.606, +0.416. Bronze medal — 3. Donny Robinson, Napa, Calif., 36.972, +0.782.
Women's final
Gold medal — 1. Anne-Caroline Chausson, France, 35.976. Silver medal — 2. Laetitia le Corguille, France, 38.042, +2.066. Bronze medal — 3. Jill Kintner, Seattle, 38.674, +2.698.
Track and field
Men's 400 relay final
Gold medal — 1. Jamaica (Nesta Carter; Michael Frater; Usain Bolt; Asafa Powell), 37.10. Silver medal — 2. Trinidad & Tobago (Keston Bledman; Marc Burns; Emmanuel Callender; Richard Thompson), 38.06. Bronze medal — 3. Japan (Naoki Tsukahara; Shingo Suetsugu; Shinji Takahira; Nobuharu Asahara), 38.15.
Men's pole vault final
Gold medal — 1. Steve Hooker, Australia, (5.96), 19-6 ¾. Silver medal — 2. Evgeny Lukyanenko, Russia, (5.85), 19-2 ¼. Bronze medal — 3. Denys Yurchenko, Ukraine, (5.70), 18-8 ½.
4. Derek Miles, Tea, S.D., (5.70), 18-8 ½.
Men's 50km race walk final
Gold medal — 1. Alex Schwazer, Italy, 3:37:09. Silver medal — 2. Jared Tallent, Australia, 3:39:27. Bronze medal — 3. Denis Nizhegorodov, Russia, 3:40:14.
Also: 39. Philip Dunn, San Diego, 4:08:32.
Men's decathlon final
Gold medal — 1. Bryan Clay, Glendora Calif., 8791. Silver medal — 2. Andrei Krauchanka, Belarus, 8551. Bronze medal — 3. Leonel Suarez, Cuba, 8527.
Women's 400 relay final
Gold medal — 1. Russia (Evgeniya Polyakova; Aleksandra Fedoriva; Yulia Gushchina; Yuliya Chermoshanskaya), 42.31. Silver medal — 2. Belgium (Olivia Borlee; Hanna Marien; Elodie Ouedraogo; Kim Gevaert), 42.54. Bronze medal — 3. Nigeria (Franca Idoko; Gloria Kemasuode; Halimat Ismaila; Oludamola Osayomi), 43.04.
Women's 5,000 final
Gold medal — 1. Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, 15:41.40. Silver medal — 2. Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkey, 15:42.74. Bronze medal — 3. Meseret Defar, Ethiopia, 15:44.12.
Also: 9. Kara Goucher, Portland, Ore., 15:49.39; 10. Shalane Flanagan, Pittsboro, N.C., 15:50.80; 14. Jen Rhines, Mammoth Lakes, Calif., 16:34.63.
Women's long jump final
Gold medal — 1. Maurren Higa Maggi, Brazil, (7.04), 23-1 ¼. Silver medal — 2. Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia, (7.03), 23-0 ¾. Bronze medal — 3. Blessing Okagbare, Nigeria, (6.91), 22-8.
Also: 5. Brittney Reese, University, Miss., (6.76), 22-2 ¼. 8. Grace Upshaw, Los Altos Hills, Calif., (6.58), 21-7. 12. Funmi Jimoh, Stafford, Texas, (6.29), 20-7 ¾.
Modern pentathlon
Women's final standings
Gold medal — 1. Lena Schoneborn, Germany (1060, 1072, 1280, 1172, 1208), 5792. Silver medal — 2. Heather Fell, Britain (1156, 880, 1328, 1144, 1244), 5752. Bronze medal — 3. Victoria Tereshuk, Ukraine (1072, 928, 1316, 1088, 1268), 5672.
Also: 21. Margaux Isaksen, Fayetteville, Ark. (988, 760, 1240, 1144, 1160), 5292.
Table tennis
Women's singles
Bronze medal — Guo Yue, China, beat Jia Wei Li, Singapore, 11-6, 14-12, 9-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-4. Gold medal — Zhang Yining, China, beat Wang Nan, China, 8-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3.
Taekwondo
Men's 80kg
Bronze medal final 1 — Zhu Guo, China, beat Aaron Cook, Britain, 4-1. Bronze medal final 2 — Steven Lopez, Sugar Land, Texas, beat Rashad Ahmadov, Azerbaijan, 3-2. Gold medal — Hadi Saei, Iran, beat Mauro Sarmiento, Italy, 6-4.
Women's 67kg
Bronze medal final 1 — Sandra Saric, Croatia, beat Asuncion Ocasio Rodriguez, Puerto Rico, 5-1. Bronze medal final 2 — Gwladys Patience Epangue, France, beat Tina Morgan, Australia, 4-1. Gold medal — Hwang Kyungseon, South Korea, beat Karine Sergerie, Canada, 2-1.
Volleyball
Men's semifinals
United States 3, Russia 2 (25-22, 25-21, 25-27, 22-25, 15-13); Brazil 3, Italy 1 (19-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-22)
U.S. men's summary
United States 3, Russia 2 (25-22, 25-21, 25-27, 22-25, 15-13) — United States: Spiker-W. Priddy (36-17); Blocker-D. Lee (12-3); Server-C. Stanley (24-7); Scorer-C. Stanley (67-19). Russia: Spiker-A. Kosarev (25-14); Blocker-A. Volkov (17-4); Server-M. Mikhaylov (23-1); Scorer-M. Mikhaylov (80-31).
Women's result
Bronze medal — China 3, Cuba 1 (25-16, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20)
Water polo
Men's results
11th place — Canada 8, China 7. Classification round — Australia 13, Italy 13 (4-3 SO); Greece 13, Germany 9. Semifinals — Hungary 11, Montenegro 9; United States 10, Serbia 5
U.S. men's summary
Semifinal
| Serbia | 3 1 1 0 — 5 |
| United States | 3 2 2 3 — 10 |
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