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Olympic highlights: August 23, 2008

Saturday, August 23, 2008

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August 23, 2008 is the 14th major day of the 2008 Olympic games, the below article lists some of the highlights.

Events

Men's javelin throw final

Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen took home the gold on Saturday, with a final score of 90.57, a new olympic record. Silver went to Ainars Kovals, who represents Latvia, with a final score of 86.64, a new personal best for him. Tero Pitkamaki of Finland received bronze.

Men's 5000m final

With a final time of 12.57.82, a new olympic record, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took home gold in the 5000m dash. Following with silver and bronze was Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge and Edwin Cheruiyot Soi.

Women's Volleyball

Brazil took gold by defeating the United States (silver) 3-1 in the gold medal match of Women's Indoor Volleyball. China defeated Cuba 3-1 to take bronze.

Women's 1500m final

Kenya's Nancy Jebet Langat in the women's 1500m dash final won gold, had a time of 4.00.23, a personal best for her. She was followed by Ukraine's Iryna Lishchynska and Nataliya Tobias, with silver and bronze respectively.

Men's baseball

For baseball, in the men's gold game between Cuba and South Korea, South Korea prevailed with a score 2-3, over nine innings, with Cuba taking silver. For the bronze game, the United States came up against Japan and won with a final score 8-4, also over nine innings.

Men's 10m diving final

Australian Matthew Mitcham took home gold with a final score of 537.95 in men's 10m diving. He was followed by Luxin Zhou of China with silver, and Russian Gleb Galperin with bronze.

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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