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Olympics-Medals awarded on Saturday

Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:47am EDT

Aug 23 (Reuters) - The following medals were awarded at the Olympic Games in Beijing on Saturday.

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MOUNTAIN BIKE

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Gold - Sabine Spitz (Germany)

Silver - Maja Wloszczowska (Poland)

Bronze - Irina Kalentyeva (Russia)

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Gold - Julien Absalon (France)

Silver - Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)

Bronze - Nino Schurter (Switzerland)

SOCCER

MEN

Gold - Argentina

Silver - Nigeria

Bronze - Brazil

CANOEING

MEN'S C1 500M

Gold - Maxim Opalev (Russia)

Silver - David Cal (Spain)

Bronze - Iurii Cheban (Ukraine)

MEN'S C2 500M

Gold - Meng Guanliang/Yang Wenjun (China)

Silver - Sergey Ulegin/Alexander Kostoglod (Russia)

Bronze - Christian Gille/Tomasz Wylenzek

KAYAKING

MEN'S K1 500M

Gold - Ken Wallace (Australia)

Silver - Adam van Koeverden (Canada)

Bronze - Tim Brabants (Britain)

WOMEN'S K1 500M

Gold - Inna Osypenko-Radomska (Ukraine)

Silver - Josefa Idem (Italy)

Bronze - Katrin Wagner-Augustin (Germany)

MEN'S K2 500M

Gold - Saul Craviotto/Carlos Perez (Spain)

Silver - Ronald Rauhe/Tim Wieskotter (Germany)

Bronze - Raman Piatrushenka/Vadzim Makhneu (Belarus)

WOMEN'S K2 500M

Gold - Katalin Kovacs/Natasa Janic (Hungary)

Silver - Beata Mikolajczyk/Aneta Konieczna (Poland)

Bronze - Marie Delattre/Anne-Laure Viard (France)

SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING

WOMENS' TEAM

Gold - Russia

Silver - Spain

Bronze - China

HANDBALL

WOMEN'S TEAM

Gold - Norway

Silver - Russia

Bronze - South Korea

BOXING

MEN'S FLYWEIGHT

Gold - Somjit Jongjohor (Thailand)

Silver - Andry Laffita (Cuba)

Bronze - Vincenzo Picardi (Italy)

- Georgy Balakshin (Russia)

MEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT

Gold - Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)

Silver - Khedafi Djelkhir (France)

Bronze - Shanin Imranov (Azerbaijan)

- Yakup Kilic (Turkey)

MEN'S LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT

Gold - Felix Diaz (Dominican Republic)

Silver - Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand)

Bronze - Alexis Vastine (France)

- Rosniel Iglesias (Cuba)

MEN'S MIDDLEWEIGHT

Gold - James Degale (Britain)

Silver - Emilio Correa (Cuba)

Bronze - Vijender Singh (India)

- Darren Sutherland (Ireland)

MEN'S HEAVYWEIGHT

Gold - Rakhim Chakhkeiv (Russia)

Silver - Clemente Russo (Italy)

Bronze - Deontay Wilder (U.S.)

Osmai Acosta (Cuba)

ATHLETICS

MEN'S 800M

Gold - Wilfred Bungei (Kenya)

Silver - Ismail Ahmed Ismail (Sudan)

Bronze - Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya)

WOMEN'S 1500M

Gold - Nancy Jebet Langat (Kenya)

Silver - Iryna Lishchynska (Ukraine)

Bronze - Nataliya Tobias (Ukraine)

MEN'S JAVELIN

Gold - Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway)

Silver - Ainars Kovals (Latvia)

Bronze - Tero Pitkamaki (Finland)

MEN'S 5000M

Gold - Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia)

Silver - Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)

Bronze - Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (Kenya)

WOMEN'S 4X400M RELAY

Gold - U.S.

Silver - Russia

Bronze - Jamaica

MEN 4X400M RELAY

Gold - U.S.

Silver - Bahamas

Bronze - Russia

WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP

Gold - Tia Hellebaut (Belgium)

Silver - Blanka Vlasic (Croatia)

Bronze - Anna Chicherova (Russia)

TAEKWONDO

MEN'S +80KG

Gold - Cha Dong-min (South Korea)

Silver - Alexandros Nikolaidis (Greece)

Bronze - Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije (Nigeria)

Arman Chilmanov (Kazakhstan)

WOMEN'S +67KG

Gold - Maria Espinoza (Mexico)

Silver - Nina Solheim (Norway)

Bronze - Natalia Falavigna (Brazil)

Sarah Stevenson (Britain)

DIVING

MEN'S 10M PLATFORM

Gold - Matthew Mitcham (Australia)

Silver - Zhou Luxin (China)

Bronze - Gleb Galperin (Russia)

TABLE TENNIS

MEN'S SINGLES

Gold - Ma Lin (China)

Silver - Wang Hao (China)

Bronze - Wang Liqin (China)

VOLLEYBALL

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Gold - Brazil

Silver - U.S.

Bronze - China

BASEBALL

MEN

Gold - South Korea

Silver - Cuba

Bronze - U.S.

HOCKEY

MEN

Gold - Germany

Silver - Spain

Bronze - Australia

BASKETBALL

WOMEN

Gold - U.S.

Silver - Australia

Bronze - Russia

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND

Gold - Evgeniya Kanaeva (Russia)

Silver - Inna Zhukova (Belarus)

Bronze - Anna Bessonova (Ukraine)

(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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