2008 Summer Olympics highlights, Day 7, August 15

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Fencing, France team

  • Gymnastics: Nastia Liukin wins the gold medal in the Women's artistic individual all-around. Her father and coach, Valeri Liukin, won a Gymnastics gold medal for the Soviet Union at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Together, with Shawn Johnson taking the silver, was the fourth time in Olympic history where a country took the top two spots in the Individual All Around events.
  • Table tennis: Singapore qualifies for the final in the women's team event, thus ensuring that the country will win its first Olympic medal, in any event, since 1960.
Gold Medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec
Archery Men's individual Viktor Ruban  Ukraine  
Athletics Men's shot put Tomasz Majewski  Poland  
Women's 10000 m Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia OR
Badminton Women's doubles Du Jing and Yu Yang  China  
Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner  Slovakia  
Women's slalom K-1 Elena Kaliská Slovakia  
Cycling Men's team sprint Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff  Great Britain  
Fencing Men's team épée Jérôme Jeannet, Fabrice Jeannet, Ulrich Robeiri  France  
Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Nastia Liukin  United States  
Judo Men's +100 kg Satoshi Ishii  Japan  
Women's +78 kg Tong Wen China  
Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone Artur Ayvazian Ukraine  
Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke Ryan Lochte United States WR
Men's 200 m individual medley Michael Phelps United States WR
Women's 100 m freestyle Britta Steffen  Germany OR
Women's 200 m breaststroke Rebecca Soni United States WR
Weightlifting Men's 85 kg Lu Yong China  
Women's 75 kg Cao Lei China OR

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