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Olympics-Medals awarded on Thursday

Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:58am EDT

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)



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