Olympics-Medals awarded on Thursday
Aug 21 (Reuters) - The following medals were awarded at the Olympic Games in Beijing on Thursday.
ATHLETICS
WOMEN'S 20KM
Gold - Olga Kaniskina (Russia)
Silver - Kjersti Platzer (Norway)
Bronze - Elisa Rigaudo (Italy)
JAVELIN
Gold - Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic)
Silver - Maria Abakumova (Russia)
Bronze - Christina Obergfoll (Germany)
MEN'S 400M
Gold - LaShawn Merritt (U.S.)
Silver - Jeremy Wariner (U.S.)
Bronze - David Neville (U.S.)
WOMEN'S 200M
Gold - Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica)
Silver - Allyson Felix (U.S.)
Bronze - Kerron Stewart (Jamaica)
MEN'S 110M HURDLES
Gold - Dayron Robles (Cuba)
Silver - David Payne (U.S.)
Bronze - David Oliver (U.S.)
MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
Gold - Nelson Evora (Portugal)
Silver - Phillips Idowu (Britain)
Bronze - Leevans Sands (Bahamas)
MODERN PENTATHLON
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL
Gold - Andrey Moiseev (Russia)
Silver - Edvinas Krungolcas (Lithuania)
Bronze - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (Lithuania)
SWIMMING
MEN'S 10KM FREESTYLE
Gold - Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands)
Silver - David Davies (Britain)
Bronze - Thomas Lurz (Germany)
DIVING
WOMEN'S 10M PLATFORM
Gold - Chen Ruolin (China)
Silver - Emilie Heymans (Canada)
Bronze - Wang Xin (China)
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
WOMEN'S TEAM
Gold - U.S.
Silver - China
Bronze - China
WRESTLING
MEN'S 84KG FREESTYLE
Gold - Revazi Mindorashvili (Georgia)
Silver - Yusup Abdusalomov (Tajikistan)
Bronze - Georgy Ketoev (Russia)
- Taras Danko (Ukraine)
MEN'S 96KG FREESTYLE
Gold - Shirvani Muradov (Russia)
Silver - Taimuraz Tigiev (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - George Gogshelidze (Georgia)
- Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbaijan)
MEN'S 120 KG FREESTYLE
Gold - Artur Taymazov (Uzbekistan)
Silver - Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (Russia)
Bronze - Murad Mutalimov (Kazakhstan)
- David Musulbes (Slovakia)
WATER POLO
WOMEN'S TEAM FINAL
Gold - Netherlands
Silver - U.S.
Bronze - Australia
TAEKWONDO
WOMEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT 49-57KG
Gold - Lim Su-jeong (South Korea)
Silver - Azize Tanrikulu (Turkey)
Bronze - Martina Zubcic (Croatia)
- Diana Lopez (U.S.)
MEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT 58-68KG
Gold - Son Tae-jin (South Korea)
Silver - Mark Lopez (U.S.)
Bronze - Sung Yu-chi (Taiwan)
- Servet Tazegul (Turkey)
SAILING
TORNADO
Gold - Spain
Silver - Australia
Bronze - Argentina
MEN'S STAR
Gold - Britain
Silver - Brazil
Bronze - Sweden
SOFTBALL
WOMEN'S TEAM
Gold - Japan
Silver - U.S.
Bronze - Australia
EQUESTRIAN - JUMPING
OPEN INDIVIDUAL
Gold - Eric Lamaze (Canada)
Silver - Rolf-Goran Bengtsson (Sweden)
Bronze - Beezie Madden (U.S.)
SOCCER
WOMEN'S TEAM
Gold - United States
Silver - Brazil
Bronze - Germany
(Compiled by Neil Maidment; editing by Nigel Hunt) (For more stories visit our multimedia Beijing website here; and see our blog at blogs.reuters.com/china)
