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Olympic highlights: August 15, 2008

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August 15, 2008 is the 7th major day of the 2008 Olympic games, the below article lists some of the highlights.

Highlights

Men's 200-meter individual medley

Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics with a world-record time of 1:54.23 in the final of the men's 200m individual medley. The gold puts him one gold medal away from Mark Spitz's individual record of seven gold medals at a single Olympiad, set at the Munich Olympics in 1972. It was also his sixth world record, also one short of a single-Olympiad record set by Spitz as well.

Hungarian László Cseh won the silver medal with a time of 1:56.52, an European record. Cseh out-touched American Ryan Lochte, the bronze medal winner, by 0.01 seconds (1:56.53).

The previous world record time was 1:54.80, set by Phelps at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebrasha.

Men's 50m freestyle

In the first semifinal of the men's 50m freestyle, Cesar Cielo Filho set a new Olympic record with a time of 21.34 seconds, 0.12 seconds ahead of the previous Olympic record and 0.06 seconds behind the current world record.

"It was a great race. The 50m is so fast and it was my best-ever race," said Filho after the race. 'I'm in lane four [in the final]. I'll just do my best and focus on my own race and will touch the wall with my best performance."

Women's 200m breaststroke

American Rebecca Soni net a new world record and won the gold medal in the final of the women's 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:20.22.

Leisel Jones, who was representing Australia, took the silver medal, while Sara Nordenstam finished in third place with a time of 2:23.02, less than one second behind Jones' time of 2:22.05.

Women's 75kg weightlifting

The Chinese Cao Lei set a new world record and won the gold medal women's 75kg weightlifting. Her score of 282 beat the competitor who took the silver medal by sixteen points.

"I was excited and overjoyed because I won the seventh gold medal for Chinese weightlifting," she said, after the event.

Men's individual pursuit

British Bradley Wiggins set a new Olympic record in qualifying round of the men's individual pursuit with a time of 4:15.031 and an average speed of 56.463 km/h.

Hayden Roulston, who was representing New Zealand, finished in second place, while Alexei Markov finished in third place with a time of 4:21.498.

Women's artistic gymnastics individual all-around

American Nastia Liukin won the gold medal in the women's individual all-around in artistic gymnastics. She is the daughter of former Soviet Union gymnast Valeri Liukin, who won a gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Her total score was 63.325: 15.025 in vault, 16.650 in uneven bars, 16.125 in balance beam and 15.525 in floor exercise. Her scores at balance beam and floor exercise were the top scores for the individual all-around competition.

Her American teammate, Shawn Johnson, won the silver medal with a total score of 62.725. Johnson had the top score in the vault, with a score of 15.875. Chinese gymnast Yang Yilin won the bronze medal with a total score of 61.925. Yang had the top score in the uneven bars, with a score of 16.725.

Medal Table

Medal Count update
2008 Olympics - Beijing, China
Flag Country G S B TOT Rank
China China 51 21 28 100 1
United States United States 36 38 36 110 2
Russia Russia 23 21 28 72 3
Great Britain Great Britain 19 13 15 47 4
Germany Germany 16 10 15 41 5
Australia Australia 14 15 17 46 6
South Korea South Korea 13 10 8 31 7
Japan Japan 9 6 10 25 8
Italy Italy 7 10 10 27 9
Ukraine Ukraine 7 5 15 27 10
Other countries
Netherlands Netherlands 7 5 4 16 11
France France 6 15 17 38 12
Jamaica Jamaica 6 3 2 11 13
Spain Spain 5 9 2 16 14
Belarus Belarus 4 5 9 18 15
Kenya Kenya 4 5 4 13 16
Romania Romania 4 1 3 8 17
Ethiopia Ethiopia 4 1 1 6 18
Canada Canada 3 9 6 18 19
Poland Poland 3 6 1 10 20
Norway Norway 3 5 2 10 21
Brazil Brazil 3 3 8 14 22
Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 3 0 6 23
Slovakia Slovakia 3 2 1 6 24
New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 5 9 25
Georgia Georgia 3 0 3 6 26
Cuba Cuba 2 9 11 22 27
Hungary Hungary 2 5 2 9 28
Denmark Denmark 2 2 3 7 29
Thailand Thailand 2 2 0 4 30
North Korea North Korea 2 1 3 6 31
Switzerland Switzerland 2 0 4 6 32
Argentina Argentina 2 0 3 5 33
Mexico Mexico 2 0 1 3 34
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 1 4 7 12 35
Turkey Turkey 1 4 3 8 36
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 3 0 4 37
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1 2 4 7 38
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 1 2 3 6 39
Slovenia Slovenia 1 2 2 5 40
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 1 3 5 41
Indonesia Indonesia 1 1 3 5 41
Finland Finland 1 1 2 4 43
Latvia Latvia 1 1 1 3 44
Belgium Belgium 1 1 0 2 45
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 1 1 0 2 45
Estonia Estonia 1 1 0 2 45
Mongolia Mongolia 1 1 0 2 45
Portugal Portugal 1 1 0 2 45
India India 1 0 2 3 50
Iran Iran 1 0 1 2 51
Bahrain Bahrain 1 0 0 1 52
Cameroon Cameroon 1 0 0 1 52
Panama Panama 1 0 0 1 52
Tunisia Tunisia 1 0 0 1 52
Sweden Sweden 0 4 1 5 56
Croatia Croatia 0 2 3 5 57
Lithuania Lithuania 0 2 3 5 57
Greece Greece 0 2 2 4 59
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 0 2 0 2 60
Nigeria Nigeria 1 0 3 4 61
Austria Austria 0 1 2 3 62
Algeria Algeria 0 1 1 2 63
Bahamas Bahamas 0 1 1 2 63
Colombia Colombia 0 1 1 2 63
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 0 1 1 2 63
Serbia Serbia 0 1 1 2 63
Tajikistan Tajikistan 0 1 1 2 63
Chile Chile 0 1 0 1 69
Ecuador Ecuador 0 1 0 1 69
Malaysia Malaysia 0 1 0 1 69
South Africa South Africa 0 1 0 1 69
Sudan Sudan 0 1 0 1 69
Singapore Singapore 0 1 0 1 69
Vietnam Vietnam 0 1 0 1 69
Armenia Armenia 0 0 6 6 76
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 0 0 4 4 77
Ireland Ireland 0 0 2 2 78
Afghanistan Afghanistan 0 0 1 1 79
Egypt Egypt 0 0 1 1 79
Israel Israel 0 0 1 1 79
Morocco Morocco 0 0 1 1 79
Moldova Moldova 0 0 1 1 79
Mauritius Mauritius 0 0 1 1 79
Togo Togo 0 0 1 1 79
Venezuela Venezuela 0 0 1 1 79
Olympics Total 296 294 348 938 N/A
Source: Beijing 2008 Official Site


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