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2008 Summer Olympics highlights, Day 9, August 17

August 17, 2008 Written by nicolae

Sandra Izbasa

Athletics
  • Jamaica sweeps the field in the women's 100 m, with Shelly-Ann Fraser taking gold, and Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart tying for silver.
    Russia's Gulnara Galkina-Samitova breaks her own world record in winning the women's 3000 m steeplechase in
     a time of 8 minutes 58.81 seconds.
Cycling
  • Britain's Rebecca Romero wins a cycling gold to become one of the few athletes with medals in two distinct disciplines. The 2008 medal being added to her 2004 rowing silver.
Diving
  • China's Guo Jingjing becomes the most decorated diver in Olympic history after winning her sixth career gold medal in the women's 3 m springboard.
Rowing
  • China wins its first ever Olympic rowing gold medal in the women's quadruple sculls.
Shooting
  • Matthew Emmons, who had held the lead in the 2004 Summer Olympics Men's 50 m rifle three positions final but finished eighth after cross-firing his last shot, once again holds the lead with one shot remaining but scores a lowly 4.4 with his final shot, finishing fourth. China's Qiu Jian, who had entered the final in fourth position, shoots the highest score in the final round to win the gold medal.
Swimming
  • The United States defeats Australia in the men's 4 x 100 m medley relay, setting a new world record of 3 minutes 29.34 seconds. Michael Phelps, swimming the third leg, wins his eighth Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games, surpassing Mark Spitz to become the athlete to win the most gold medals in a single Olympiad.
  • Germany's Britta Steffen wins the women's 50 m freestyle setting a new Olympic record of 24.06 seconds and out-touching Dara Torres by just 0.01 seconds.
  • Australia wins the women's 4 x 100 m medley relay and sets a new world record of 3 minutes 52.69 seconds, bettering the previous world record by 3.05 seconds. The United States wins silver, also going under the previous world record and setting a new American record. China wins bronze with a new Asian record.
Tennis
  • Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Chile's Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 to win the men's singles, Spain's first ever Olympic gold medal in tennis.
Wrestling
  • Japan's Kaori Icho successfully defends her Olympic title in Women's freestyle 63 kg.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec
Athletics Men's 10000 m Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia OR
Men's hammer throw Primož Kozmus  Slovenia  
Women's 100 m Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica  
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Gulnara Galkina-Samitova  Russia WR
Women's marathon Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu  Romania  
Women's triple jump Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon OR
Badminton Men's singles Lin Dan  China  
Mixed doubles Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung  South Korea  
Cycling Women's individual pursuit Rebecca Romero  Great Britain  
Diving Women's 3 m springboard Guo Jingjing China  
Fencing Men's team sabre Nicolas Lopez, Julien Pillet, Boris Sanson  France  
Gymnastics Men's floor Zou Kai China  
Men's pommel horse Xiao Qin China  
Women's floor Sandra Izbaşa  Romania  
Women's vault Hong Un Jong  North Korea  
Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter Great Britain  
Men's lightweight coxless four Thomas Ebert, Morten Joergensen,
Mads Andersen, Eskild Ebbese		  Denmark  
Men's quadruple sculls Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz,
Michal Jelinski, Adam Korol		  Poland  
Men's eight Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Andrew Byrnes,
Jake Wetzel, Malcolm Howard, Dominic Sieterle,
Adam Kreek, Kyle Hamilton, Brian Price		  Canada  
Women's lightweight double sculls Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen  Netherlands  
Women's quadruple sculls Tang Bin, Xi Aihua,
Jin Ziwei, Zhang Yangyang		 China  
Women's eight Erin Cafaro, Lindsay Shoop, Anna Goodale,
Elle Logan, Anna Cummins, Susan Francia,
Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies, Mary Whipple		  United States  
Sailing Finn class Ben Ainslie Great Britain  
Yngling class Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson Great Britain  
49er class Results pending due to protests    
Shooting Men's 50 m rifle three positions Qiu Jian China  
Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia  
Men's 4 x 100 m medley relay Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen
Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak
Heats: Matt Grevers, Mark Gangloff,
Ian Crocker, Garrett Weber-Gale		  United States WR
Women's 50 m freestyle Britta Steffen  Germany OR
Women's 4 x 100 m medley relay Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones,
Jessicah Schipper, Lisbeth Trickett
Heats: Tarnee White, Felicity Galvez,
Shayne Reese		  Australia WR
Table tennis Women's team Guo Yue, Zhang Yining, Wang Nan China  
Tennis Men's singles Rafael Nadal  Spain  
Women's singles Elena Dementieva  Russia  
Women's doubles Venus Williams and Serena Williams  United States  
Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Ilya Ilin  Kazakhstan  
Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg Kaori Icho  Japan  
Women's freestyle 72 kg Wang Jiao China  

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