Chronological summary of the 2012 Summer Olympics

This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Calendar

All times and dates use British Summer Time (UTC+1)
OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony
July/August 2012 July August Events
25th
Wed 		26th
Thu 		27th
Fri 		28th
Sat 		29th
Sun 		30th
Mon 		31st
Tue 		1st
Wed 		2nd
Thu 		3rd
Fri 		4th
Sat 		5th
Sun 		6th
Mon 		7th
Tue 		8th
Wed 		9th
Thu 		10th
Fri 		11th
Sat 		12th
Sun
Ceremonies OC CC N/a
Aquatics Diving 1 1 1 1 ● ● 1 ● 1 ● 1 ● 1 46
Marathon swimming 1 1
Swimming 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Synchronized swimming ● ● 1 ● 1
Water polo ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● 1
Archery ● 1 1 ● ● ● 1 1 4
Athletics 2 6 6 5 4 4 5 6 8 1 47
Badminton ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 2 2 5
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 3 ● 5 5 13
Canoeing Slalom ● ● 1 1 2 16
Sprint ● ● 4 4 ● 4
Cycling Road cycling 1 1 2 18
Track cycling 2 2 1 1 1 3
BMX ● ● 2
Mountain biking 1 1
Equestrian ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● ● 1 1 1 1 6
Fencing 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 10
Field hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● 1 2
Gymnastics Artistic ● ● 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 18
Rhythmic ● ● 1 1
Trampolining 1 1
Handball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Judo 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 14
Modern pentathlon 1 1 2
Rowing ● ● ● ● 3 3 4 4 14
Sailing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2 2 1 2 1 10
Shooting 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 15
Table tennis ● ● ● ● 1 1 ● ● ● ● 1 1 4
Taekwondo 2 2 2 2 8
Tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 3 5
Triathlon 1 1 2
Volleyball Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 4
Indoor volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Weightlifting 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 15
Wrestling 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 18
Daily medal events 12 14 12 15 20 18 22 25 23 18 21 16 22 17 32 15 302
Cumulative total 12 26 38 53 73 91 113 138 161 179 200 216 238 255 287 302
July/August 2012 25th
Wed 		26th
Thu 		27th
Fri 		28th
Sat 		29th
Sun 		30th
Mon 		31st
Tue 		1st
Wed 		2nd
Thu 		3rd
Fri 		4th
Sat 		5th
Sun 		6th
Mon 		7th
Tue 		8th
Wed 		9th
Thu 		10th
Fri 		11th
Sat 		12th
Sun 		Total events
July August

Day-by-day summaries

25 July

Football

  • The first competitions of the Games started at 16:00. The first events were women's football matches, with six preliminary round matches held.[1]
  • Cristiane of Brazil scored her 11th Olympic goal, setting the women's record for most goals in the Olympics.[2]
  • A mistake occurred at the North Korea v. Colombia women's football match, as organisers mistakenly displayed the South Korean flag for the North Korean players. The North Korean team refused to take the field for nearly an hour. The organisers corrected the error and apologised.[3]

26 July

Football

  • The competitions started at 12:00. The events at the men's football matches included eight preliminary round matches held.[1]

27 July

Archery

  • The ranking round for men began at 9:00; for women at 13:00.[1]
  • In the men's competition, Im Dong-Hyun of South Korea set an individual world record of 699 points for 72 arrows. The South Korean team also set a new world record for a 216 arrow total, with 2,087 points.[4]

Opening ceremony

Day 1: 28 July

Archery

  • Italy won the men's team final, defeating the United States, 219–218.[7]

Cycling

Fencing

Judo

  • Brazil's Sarah Menezes defeated Romania's Alina Dumitru in the women's extra-lightweight final.[10]
  • Arsen Galstyan of Russia defeated Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan in the men's extra-lightweight final.[11]

Rowing

Shooting

  • Yi Siling of China won the first gold medal of the Games in the women's 10 metre air rifle.[16]
  • South Korea's Jin Jong-oh won the gold medal of the men's 10 metre air pistol final.[17]

Swimming

  • Ryan Lochte of the United States won his first gold medal, completing the men's 400-metre individual medley final in 4:05.18.[18] Michael Phelps finished 4th and out of the medals at an Olympic event for the first time since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
  • Sun Yang of China set a new Olympic record, completing the men's 400 metre freestyle final in 3:40.14.[19] Sun also became the first Chinese male swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal. Meanwhile, silver medallist Park Tae-Hwan (South Korea) had been disqualified after the heats for a false start, but was reinstated after an appeal.[20]
  • Ye Shiwen of China established a new world record of 4:28.43 in winning the women's 400 metre individual medley.[21]
  • Australia won the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in a new Olympic record time of 3:33.15.[22]
  • In the women's 100-metre butterfly heats, American Dana Vollmer set a new Olympic record, 56.25.[23]

Weightlifting

  • Wang Mingjuan of China won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg final.[24]
  • Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku, an entrant in the men's 77 kg division, was disqualified after testing positive for the banned steroid stanozolol.[25]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Archery Men's team Michele Frangilli, Marco Galiazzo, Mauro Nespoli  Italy [7]
Cycling Men's road race Alexander Vinokourov  Kazakhstan [8]
Fencing Women's foil Elisa Di Francisca  Italy [9]
Judo Women's 48 kg Sarah Menezes  Brazil [10]
Men's 60 kg Arsen Galstyan  Russia [11]
Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle Yi Siling  China [16]
Men's 10 metre air pistol Jin Jong-oh  South Korea [17]
Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley Ryan Lochte  United States [18]
Men's 400 metre freestyle Sun Yang  China OR [19]
Women's 400 metre individual medley Ye Shiwen  China WR [21]
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell,
Brittany Elmslie, Melanie Schlanger
Heats: Emily Seebohm, Yolane Kukla, Libby Trickett 		 Australia OR [22]
Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Wang Mingjuan  China [24]

Day 2: 29 July

Archery

  • South Korea defeated China, 210–209, in the women's team final, while Japan defeated Russia for bronze, 209–207.[26]

Cycling

Diving

Fencing

  • Áron Szilágyi won Hungary's first gold medal, defeating Italy's Diego Occhiuzzi, 15–8, in the men's sabre final.[29]

Gymnastics

  • Luiza Galiulina of Uzbekistan was suspended after traces of banned diuretic furosemide were found in a urine sample.[30]

Judo

  • North Korea's An Kum-Ae defeated Cuba's Yanet Bermoy in the women's half-lightweight final.[31]
  • Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia won the men's half-lightweight final against Miklós Ungvári of Hungary.[32]

Shooting

  • China's Guo Wenjun won the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol final, while France's Céline Goberville defeated Ukraine's Olena Kostevych in a tie-breaking shoot-out to claim the silver.[33]
  • American Kim Rhode compiled an Olympic record of 99 points to win the gold medal in the women's skeet, becoming the first US athlete to medal in individual events at five Olympics.[34][35]

Swimming

  • American Dana Vollmer won the gold medal in the women's 100 metre butterfly, setting a world record of 55.98.[35]
  • Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa set a world record of 58.46 to win the gold medal in the men's 100 metre breaststroke.[36]
  • France's Camille Muffat won the gold medal in the women's 400 metre freestyle in an Olympic record time of 4:01.54.[37]
  • Yannick Agnel look the lead in the final lap of the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final to give France victory.[38]

Weightlifting

  • Kazakhstan's Zulfiya Chinshanlo set a world record in the clean and jerk, lifting 131 kg, en route to winning the gold medal in the women's 53 kg.[39]
  • Om Yun-Chol of North Korea won the gold medal in the men's 56 kg, setting an Olympic record of lifting 168 kg in the clean and jerk.[40]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Archery Women's team Lee Sung-Jin, Ki Bo-bae, Choi Hyeonju  South Korea [26]
Cycling Women's road race Marianne Vos  Netherlands [27]
Diving Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard He Zi, Wu Minxia  China [28]
Fencing Men's sabre Áron Szilágyi  Hungary [29]
Judo Women's 52 kg An Kum-Ae  North Korea [31]
Men's 66 kg Lasha Shavdatuashvili  Georgia [32]
Shooting Women's 10 metre air pistol Guo Wenjun  China [33]
Women's skeet Kim Rhode  United States OR [35]
Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly Dana Vollmer  United States WR [35]
Men's 100 metre breaststroke Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa WR [36]
Women's 400 metre freestyle Camille Muffat  France OR [37]
Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot
Clément Lefert, Yannick Agnel
Heats: Alain Bernard, Jérémy Stravius 		 France [38]
Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan WR [39]
Men's 56 kg Om Yun-Chol  North Korea OR [40]

Day 3: 30 July

Diving

Fencing

  • Controversy surrounded the semi-finals of the women's épée, as judges awarded Germany's Britta Heidemann a 6–5 victory over South Korea's Shin A-Lam after complaints over the time keeping during the last seconds of the match.[42]
  • Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina defeated Heidemann in the gold medal match of the women's épée, 9–8, while China's Sun Yujie defeated Shin in the bronze medal match, 15–11.[42]

Gymnastics

  • China won gold in the men's artistic team all-around; with Japan earning the silver medal; and Great Britain taking the bronze, the host nation's first Olympic team gymnastics medal in a century. An appeal and a video review overturned an initial ruling on Kōhei Uchimura's dismount off the pommel horse, raising Japan's score from fourth to the silver medal position, and dropping Ukraine out of the medals.[43][44]

Judo

  • Kaori Matsumoto won Japan's first gold medal of the 2012 games in the women's lightweight, defeating Romania's Corina Căprioriu in the final.[45]
  • Russia's Mansur Isaev won gold in the men's lightweight final against Riki Nakaya of Japan.[46]

Shooting

  • Alin Moldoveanu of Romania won the men's 10 metre air rifle final, while Italy's Niccolò Campriani took home silver, and India's Gagan Narang won bronze. Both Moldoveanu and Campriani tied the Olympic qualification round record of 599.[47]

Swimming

  • Yannick Agnel won his second gold medal, and France's third swimming gold medal in two days, in the men's 200 metre freestyle. There was a dead heat for second place, with both Sun Yang and Park Tae-Hwan receiving silver medals.[48]
  • American Missy Franklin won gold in the women's 100 metre backstroke.[48]
  • Matt Grevers of the United States set a new Olympic record of 52.16 to win gold in the men's 100 metre backstroke.[48]
  • Fifteen-year-old Rūta Meilutytė of Lithuania won gold at the women's 100 metre breaststroke, the country's first ever swimming medal at the Olympics.[48] She defeated the defending Olympic champion United States' Rebecca Soni by 0.08 seconds.

Weightlifting

  • China's Li Xueying set new Olympic records in the snatch with 108 kg and in total weight lift with 246 kg en route to claiming the gold medal in the women's 58 kg final.[49]
  • Kim Un-Guk of North Korea lifted an Olympic record 153 kg in the snatch, as well as a new world record of 327 kg total, to win gold in the men's 62 kg final. Colombian silver medalist Óscar Figueroa also broke a clean and jerk Olympic record when he lifted 177 kg.[50]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Diving Men's synchronized 10 metre platform Cao Yuan, Zhang Yanquan  China [41]
Fencing Women's épée Yana Shemyakina  Ukraine [42]
Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around Chen Yibing, Feng Zhe
Guo Weiyang, Zhang Chenglong
Zou Kai 		 China [43]
Judo Women's 57 kg Kaori Matsumoto  Japan [45]
Men's 73 kg Mansur Isaev  Russia [46]
Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle Alin Moldoveanu  Romania [47]
Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle Yannick Agnel  France [48]
Women's 100 metre backstroke Missy Franklin  United States [48]
Men's 100 metre backstroke Matt Grevers  United States OR [48]
Women's 100 metre breaststroke Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania [48]
Weightlifting Men's 62 kg Kim Un-Guk  North Korea WR [50]
Women's 58 kg Li Xueying  China OR [49]

Day 4: 31 July

Badminton

Canoeing

Diving

Equestrian

  • Germany claimed the first Equestrian gold of the 2012 Olympic Games in the team eventing final, with Great Britain taking the silver and New Zealand winning the bronze.[54]
  • Michael Jung of Germany won gold in the Individual eventing, while Sara Algotsson Ostholt of Sweden won silver, and Sandra Auffarth of Germany won bronze.[55]

Fencing

  • Lei Sheng of China defeated Alaaeldin Abouelkassem of Egypt in the gold medal match of the men's foil, 15–13, while Choi Byung-Chul of South Korea defeated Andrea Baldini, 15–14, to win the bronze.[56]

Gymnastics

Judo

  • Urška Žolnir of Slovenia won gold in the women's 63 kg final, beating China's Xu Lili.[58]
  • Kim Jae-Bum of South Korea won gold in the men's 81 kg final, beating Germany's Ole Bischof by yuko.[59] This was the reverse of the 2008 Olympics when Bischof defeated Kim by yuko for the gold.

Shooting

  • Vincent Hancock of the United States won his second successive gold medal in the men's skeet final, setting a new Olympic record of 123. Anders Golding of Denmark won silver, and Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar won bronze.[60]

Swimming

  • Allison Schmitt of the United States won gold in the women's 200 metre freestyle in a new Olympic record time of 1:53.61.[61]
  • South Africa's Chad le Clos claimed gold in the men's 200 metre butterfly with the United States' Michael Phelps claiming the silver and Takeshi Matsuda of Japan winning the bronze.[62] Le Clos finished 0.05 seconds ahead of Phelps.
  • Ye Shiwen of China claimed gold in the women's 200 metre individual medley with an Olympic record of 2:07.57, while Alicia Coutts of Australia won silver.[63]
  • The United States won gold in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. Michael Phelps, swimming the final leg, won a record 19th Olympic medal.[64]

Weightlifting

  • Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan won gold in the women's 63 kg final, setting an Olympic record of 245 kg, with Svetlana Tsarukayeva of Russia winning silver, and Christine Girard of Canada winning bronze.[65]
  • China's Lin Qingfeng claimed gold in the Men's 69 kg, while Indonesia's Triyatno won silver, and Romania's Răzvan Martin won bronze.[66]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Tony Estanguet  France [52]
Diving Women's synchronised 10 metre platform Chen Ruolin
Wang Hao 		 China [53]
Equestrian Individual eventing Michael Jung  Germany [55]
Team eventing Peter Thomsen, Dirk Schrade
Ingrid Klimke, Sandra Auffarth
Michael Jung 		 Germany [54]
Fencing Men's foil Lei Sheng  China [56]
Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney,
Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross,
Jordyn Wieber 		 United States [57]
Judo Men's 81 kg Kim Jae-Bum  South Korea [59]
Women's 63 kg Urška Žolnir  Slovenia [58]
Shooting Men's skeet Vincent Hancock  United States OR [60]
Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle Allison Schmitt  United States OR [61]
Men's 200 metre butterfly Chad le Clos  South Africa [62]
Women's 200 metre individual medley Ye Shiwen  China OR [63]
Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer,
Ricky Berens, Michael Phelps
Heats: Charlie Houchin, Matt McLean,
Davis Tarwater 		 United States [64]
Weightlifting Men's 69 kg Lin Qingfeng  China [66]
Women's 63 kg Maiya Maneza  Kazakhstan OR [65]

Day 5: 1 August

Badminton

  • All four women doubles team accused of throwing badminton matches the prior day were disqualified. They were the Indonesian team, both teams from South Korea, and the world champion team from China.[67]

Boxing

  • In the men's bantamweight round of 16, Azerbaijan's Magomed Abdulhamidov was given the win over Japan's Satoshi Shimizu despite having been knocked down five times in the last round. Japan filed an appeal which overturned the win. The referee from Turkmenistan was subsequently expelled from the games.[68]
  • In the men's heavyweight round of 16, Iran's Ali Mazaheri was disqualified because he received three penalties for holding giving Cuba's José Larduet the win. The referee from Germany subsequently received a five-day suspension for questionable judgement.[68]

Canoeing

  • Daniele Molmenti of Italy took gold in the men's slalom K-1 final, while Vavřinec Hradilek gave the Czech Republic its first medal with his silver, and Hannes Aigner took bronze.[69]

Cycling

Diving

  • China's Luo Yutong and Qin Kai took gold in the men's synchronised 3 metre springboard final, ahead of Russia's Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Zakharov who took silver, and Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen, of the United States, who were third.[73]

Fencing

  • Rubén Limardo won Venezuela's first Olympic gold medal since 1968, defeating Norway's Bartosz Piasecki in the men's épée final, 15–10.[74]
  • Kim Ji-yeon of South Korea defeated Sofiya Velikaya of Russia, 15–9, in the women's sabre final.[74]

Gymnastics

Judo

  • France's Lucie Décosse defeated Germany's Kerstin Thiele to win gold in the women's 70 kg.[76]
  • Song Dae-Nam of South Korea defeated Cuba's Asley González in the men's 90 kg final.[77]

Rowing

  • Germany won gold in the men's eight, with Canada taking silver and Great Britain in third.[78]
  • Helen Glover and Heather Stanning of Great Britain earned the host nation's first gold in the women's coxless pair final, while Australia took silver and New Zealand took bronze.[79]
  • Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovgodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, and Yana Dementyeva of Ukraine took gold in the women's quadruple sculls final, ahead of Germany and the United States.[80]

Shooting

  • South Korea's Kim Jang-Mi won gold in the women's 25 metre pistol, narrowly beating the defending 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Chen Ying of China.[81]

Swimming

  • Hungary's Dániel Gyurta set a new world record of 2:07.28 to win gold in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke. Michael Jamieson of Great Britain claimed the silver and Japan's Ryo Tateishi earned the bronze.[82]
  • Jiao Liuyang won gold in the Women's 200 metre butterfly in a new Olympic record time of 2:04.06. Mireia Belmonte of Spain won the silver medal and Natsumi Hoshi of Japan won the bronze medal.[82]
  • Nathan Adrian of the United States won gold by 0.01 seconds in the men's 100 metre freestyle, and became the first American to claim the title in this sporting event since Matt Biondi in 1988. James Magnussen of Australia claimed the silver and Canada's Brent Hayden earned the bronze.[82]
  • The United States set a new Olympic record of 7:42.92 to win the gold medal in the Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. Australia won the silver and France took the bronze.[82]

Table tennis

Weightlifting

  • North Korea's Rim Jong-Sim claimed gold in the women's 69 kg, while Romania's Roxana Cocoș won the silver and Belarus' Maryna Shkermankova earned bronze.[84]
  • China's Lü Xiaojun won gold in the men's 77 kg, setting two new world records with a lift of 175 kg in the snatch and a total weightage of 379 kg. Lu Haojie of China won silver despite picking up an injury during the snatch, while Cuba's Iván Cambar won the bronze.[85]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 Daniele Molmenti  Italy [69]
Cycling Men's road time trial Bradley Wiggins  Great Britain [71]
Women's road time trial Kristin Armstrong  United States [70]
Diving Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard Luo Yutong, Qin Kai  China [73]
Fencing Men's épée Rubén Limardo  Venezuela [74]
Women's sabre Kim Ji-yeon  South Korea [74]
Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Kōhei Uchimura  Japan [75]
Judo Men's 90 kg Song Dae-Nam  South Korea [77]
Women's 70 kg Lucie Décosse  France [76]
Rowing Men's eight Filip Adamski, Andreas Kuffner,
Eric Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt,
Richard Schmidt, Lukas Müller,
Florian Mennigen, Kristof Wilke, Martin Sauer 		 Germany [78]
Women's coxless pair Helen Glover, Heather Stanning  Great Britain [79]
Women's quadruple sculls Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovgodko,
Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva 		 Ukraine [80]
Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol Kim Jang-Mi  South Korea [81]
Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke Dániel Gyurta  Hungary WR [82]
Women's 200 metre butterfly Jiao Liuyang  China OR [82]
Men's 100 metre freestyle Nathan Adrian  United States [82]
Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer,
Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt
Heats: Lauren Perdue, Alyssa Anderson 		 United States OR [82]
Table tennis Women's singles Li Xiaoxia  China [83]
Weightlifting Men's 77 kg Lü Xiaojun  China WR [85]
Women's 69 kg Rim Jong-Sim  North Korea [84]

Day 6: 2 August

Archery

Canoeing

  • Great Britain took both gold and silver medals in the men's slalom C-2 final, with Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott beating David Florence and Richard Hounslow, while Slovakian twins Pavol and Peter Hochschorner took bronze.[87]
  • Émilie Fer of France won the women's slalom K-1, with Australia's Jessica Fox second and Maialen Chourraut (Spain) third.[88]

Cycling

  • In the women's team sprint, the world record was beaten by Great Britain, and subsequently by China, in the qualification, before China improved the record further in the first round. Germany won the gold medal after Britain were relegated in the first round, and China in the final, both for exchange of riders outside the designated area. China took the silver medals, and Australia the bronze.[89]
  • Great Britain won the men's team sprint, having set world records in both the first round and the final, allowing Chris Hoy to equal Steve Redgrave's British record of five Olympic gold medals. France finished second, with Germany third.[90] A minor controversy erupted when German-born Philip Hindes of the gold medal British team told the BBC that the team had pre-planned a crash in case they did not start fast enough. British Cycling suggested Hindes' comments were "lost in translation".[91]
  • In the men's team pursuit, Great Britain set a world record of 3:52.499 in the qualification round.

Fencing

  • Italy won the women's team foil final, defeating Russia 45–31. South Korea was victorious against France, 45–32, in the bronze medal match.[92]

Gymnastics

Judo

  • In the women's 78 kg final, Kayla Harrison became the first Olympic judo gold medalist ever for the United States with her win over Gemma Gibbons of Great Britain by yuko.[94]
  • Russian Tagir Khaybulaev won the men's 100 kg final, beating Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar who became the first Olympic multi-medalist from Mongolia.[95]

Rowing

  • New Zealand world champions Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan won the men's double sculls final, with Italy and Slovenia finishing second and third respectively.[96]
  • South Africa won the country's first ever gold medal in rowing in the men's lightweight coxless four, with Great Britain coming second and Denmark third.[97]
  • The women's eight final was won by defending champions the United States, ahead of Canada and the Netherlands.[98]

Shooting

  • Peter Wilson of Great Britain won the men's double trap by two shots from Sweden's Håkan Dahlby, with Vasily Mosin of Russia winning a shoot-off for bronze.[99]

Swimming

  • American Rebecca Soni set a world record of 2:19.59 to win the women's 200 metre breaststroke final.[100]
  • Tyler Clary of the United States won gold at the Men's 200 metre backstroke final with an Olympic record of 1:53.41. Japan's Ryosuke Irie won silver and American Ryan Lochte, the defending champion won bronze.[101]
  • Michael Phelps extended his Olympic medal records and became the first male swimmer to win gold in the same event at three consecutive Olympics, by winning the men's 200 metre individual medley final.[102]
  • Another Olympic record fell during the women's 100 metre freestyle final when Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands won gold with a time of 53.00.[103]

Table tennis

Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Archery Women's individual Ki Bo-bae  South Korea [86]
Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 Tim Baillie, Etienne Stott  Great Britain [87]
Women's slalom K-1 Émilie Fer  France [88]
Cycling Women's team sprint Kristina Vogel, Miriam Welte  Germany [89]
Men's team sprint Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny  Great Britain WR [90]
Fencing Women's team foil Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Errigo,
Ilaria Salvatori, Valentina Vezzali 		 Italy [92]
Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Gabby Douglas  United States [93]
Judo Women's 78 kg Kayla Harrison  United States [94]
Men's 100 kg Tagir Khaybulaev  Russia [95]
Rowing Men's double sculls Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan  New Zealand [96]
Men's lightweight coxless four James Thompson, Matthew Brittain,
John Smith, Sizwe Ndlovu 		 South Africa [97]
Women's eight Erin Cafaro, Susan Francia, Esther Lofgren,
Taylor Ritzel, Meghan Musnicki, Elle Logan,
Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies, Mary Whipple 		 United States [98]
Shooting Men's double trap Peter Wilson  Great Britain [99]
Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke Rebecca Soni  United States WR [100]
Men's 200 metre backstroke Tyler Clary  United States OR [101]
Men's 200 metre individual medley Michael Phelps  United States [102]
Women's 100 metre freestyle Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands OR [103]
Table tennis Men's singles Zhang Jike  China [104]

Day 7: 3 August

Archery

  • South Korea's Oh Jin-Hyek added gold in the men's individual event to the bronze he won in the team event. Takaharu Furukawa of Japan took the silver with bronze going to China's Dai Xiaoxiang.[105]

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

  • The AIBA Olympic Compliance Committee expelled international technical official Aghajan Abiyev of Azerbaijan "for breaching the governing body's code of conduct by communicating with others about the competition – especially persons from one's own country or national federation".[68]

Cycling

  • Great Britain won the men's team pursuit in a new world record time of 3:51.659, beating Australia in the final to defend the title they won at the 2008 Games. New Zealand won the bronze.[109]
  • Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain took gold in the first Olympic women's keirin, China's Guo Shuang was second and Lee Wai-sze of Hong Kong, who only reached the second round via a repechage, won bronze.[110]

Fencing

  • South Korea won gold in the men's team sabre with Romania taking the silver and Italy earning the bronze.[111]

Gymnastics

  • China's Dong Dong won gold in the men's trampoline.[112]

Judo

  • Cuba's Idalys Ortiz won gold at women's +78 kg over Japan's Mika Sugimoto by judges' decision. Ortíz also defeated defending Olympic champion China's Tong Wen by yuko in the semi-final.[113]
  • Five time world champion France's Teddy Riner won gold at men's +100 kg over Russia's Alexander Mikhaylin by waza-ari.[114]

Rowing

  • Germany won the men's quadruple sculls with the same crew that won the 2011 World Championships, Croatia won silver and 2012 World Champions Australia took bronze.[115]
  • Three times world champions Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won the men's coxless pair for New Zealand.[116]
  • Great Britain won the women's double sculls through Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger, Grainger having taken silver at three previous Olympic Games.[117]
  • Five time world champion, Mahé Drysdale of New Zealand won gold in the men's single sculls.[118]

Shooting

  • Sergei Martynov of Belarus set a new world record of 705.5 as he claimed gold in the men's 50 metre rifle prone.[119]
  • Leuris Pupo of Cuba won gold in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol equalling the world record of 34 in the final.[120]

Swimming

  • Missy Franklin of the United States set a new world record time of 2:04.06 to win gold in the women's 200 metre backstroke. Anastasia Zuyeva of Russia won the silver medal and Elizabeth Beisel, also of the United States, took bronze.[121]
  • Michael Phelps claimed his record 17th Olympics gold medal in the men's 100 metre butterfly. There was a dead heat for second place, with both Chad le Clos of South Africa and Yevgeny Korotyshkin of Russia receiving silver medals.[122]
  • Fifteen-year-old Katie Ledecky of the United States claimed gold in the women's 800 metre freestyle with Spain's Mireia Belmonte taking the silver medal and defending Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington of Great Britain earning the bronze.[123]
  • France's Florent Manaudou won gold in the men's 50 metre freestyle with Cullen Jones of the United States taking silver and Brazil's César Cielo finishing third for bronze.[124]

Weightlifting

  • Kazakhstan's Svetlana Podobedova took gold in the women's 75 kg, having lifted the same weight as silver medalist, Russia's Natalia Zabolotnaya, she was awarded the win based on her lighter weight by 220 grams. Iryna Kulesha of Belarus took bronze.[125]
  • Adrian Zieliński of Poland claimed gold in the men's 85 kg with Apti Aukhadov of Russia winning the silver medal after both lifted the same total weight the Pole took the title due to his lower bodyweight. Bronze went to Iran's Kianoush Rostami.[126]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Archery Men's individual Oh Jin-Hyek  South Korea [105]
Athletics Men's shot put Tomasz Majewski  Poland [106]
Women's 10,000 metres Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia [107]
Badminton Mixed doubles Zhang Nan, Zhao Yunlei  China [108]
Cycling Men's team pursuit Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas,
Steven Burke, Peter Kennaugh 		 Great Britain WR [109]
Women's keirin Victoria Pendleton  Great Britain [110]
Fencing Men's team sabre Gu Bon-Gil, Won Woo-Young,
Kim Jung-Hwan, Oh Eun-Seok 		 South Korea [111]
Gymnastics Men's trampoline Dong Dong  China [112]
Judo Women's +78 kg Idalys Ortiz  Cuba [113]
Men's +100 kg Teddy Riner  France [114]
Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Karl Schulze, Philipp Wende,
Lauritz Schoof, Tim Grohmann 		 Germany [115]
Men's coxless pair Eric Murray, Hamish Bond  New Zealand [116]
Women's double sculls Anna Watkins, Katherine Grainger  Great Britain [117]
Men's single sculls Mahé Drysdale  New Zealand [118]
Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone Sergei Martynov  Belarus WR [119]
Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Leuris Pupo  Cuba WR [120]
Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke Missy Franklin  United States WR [121]
Men's 100 metre butterfly Michael Phelps  United States [122]
Women's 800 metre freestyle Katie Ledecky  United States [123]
Men's 50 metre freestyle Florent Manaudou  France [124]
Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Svetlana Podobedova  Kazakhstan [125]
Men's 85 kg Adrian Zieliński  Poland [126]

Day 8: 4 August

Athletics

Badminton

Cycling

Fencing

  • Third seeds China won the women's team épée, beating South Korea in the final. United States won the bronze after beating Russia in overtime.[136]

Gymnastics

  • Rosie MacLennan of Canada took gold in the women's trampoline with China's Huang Shanshan and He Wenna taking silver and bronze respectively.[137]

Rowing

  • Great Britain won gold in the men's coxless four; Tom James, Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge who each won gold in the event in 2008, were joined in the crew by Alex Gregory as Great Britain won the event for the fourth consecutive Games. Australia took the silver and the United States the bronze.[138]
  • Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking of Great Britain took gold in the women's lightweight double sculls, with China winning silver and Greece taking bronze.[139]
  • Denmark took gold in the men's lightweight double sculls final ahead of Great Britain who earned the silver with New Zealand claiming the bronze.[140]
  • Miroslava Knapková of the Czech Republic won gold in the women's single sculls with Fie Udby Erichsen of Denmark taking the silver and Kim Crow of Australia the bronze. The medal was the Czech Republic's first gold in rowing since gaining independence in 1993.[141]

Shooting

  • Jamie Lynn Gray of the United States won gold in the Women's 50 metre rifle three positions finals with a new Olympic record of 691.9. Serbia's Ivana Maksimović took the silver and Adéla Sýkorová of the Czech Republic won bronze.[142]
  • Italy's Jessica Rossi won gold in the women's trap with a new world record of 99. Zuzana Štefečeková of Slovakia and Delphine Réau of France took silver and bronze after a three way shoot off with San Marino's Alessandra Perilli who missed out on earning the country's first ever Olympic medal.[143]

Swimming

  • In the women's 50 metre freestyle, Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands won her second gold medal of the Games with a new Olympic record time of 24.05. Aleksandra Gerasimenya of Belarus took silver and Marleen Veldhuis, also of the Netherlands, took bronze.[144]
  • China's Sun Yang broke his own world record with a time of 14:31.02 in winning gold in the men's 1500 metre freestyle. Ryan Cochrane of Canada won silver and Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli won bronze.[145]
  • The United States took gold in the Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay with a new world record time of 3:52.05.[146]
  • The United States took gold in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay giving Michael Phelps his 18th Olympic gold medal.[146]

Tennis

Triathlon

  • In the women's triathlon, a photo-finish was needed to determine Nicola Spirig of Switzerland as winner ahead of Sweden's Lisa Nordén, both being given the same time to 1/100th of a second. Erin Densham of Australia had also been involved in the final sprint and took the bronze medal.[149]

Weightlifting

  • Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilin took gold in the men's 94 kg setting a new world record of 233 kg in the clean and jerk and 418 kg in total weight.[150]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Women's heptathlon Jessica Ennis  Great Britain [129]
Men's 20 kilometres walk Chen Ding  China OR [127]
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković  Croatia [128]
Men's long jump Greg Rutherford  Great Britain [130]
Men's 10,000 metres Mo Farah  Great Britain [131]
Women's 100 metres Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica [132]
Badminton Women's singles Li Xuerui  China [133]
Women's doubles Tian Qing, Zhao Yunlei  China [134]
Cycling Women's team pursuit Danielle King, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell  Great Britain WR [135]
Fencing Women's team épée Li Na, Luo Xiaojuan, Sun Yujie, Xu Anqi  China [136]
Gymnastics Women's trampoline Rosie MacLennan  Canada [137]
Rowing Men's coxless four Alex Gregory, Tom James,
Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge 		 Great Britain [138]
Women's lightweight double sculls Katherine Copeland, Sophie Hosking  Great Britain [139]
Men's lightweight double sculls Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen  Denmark [140]
Women's single sculls Miroslava Knapková  Czech Republic [141]
Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions Jamie Lynn Gray  United States OR [142]
Women's trap Jessica Rossi  Italy WR [143]
Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands OR [144]
Men's 1500 metre freestyle Sun Yang  China WR [145]
Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni,
Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt
Heats: Rachel Bootsma, Breeja Larson,
Claire Donahue, Jessica Hardy 		 United States WR [146]
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen,
Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian
Heats: Nick Thoman, Eric Shanteau,
Tyler McGill, Cullen Jones 		 United States [146]
Tennis Women's singles Serena Williams  United States [147]
Men's doubles Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan  United States [148]
Triathlon Women's Nicola Spirig  Switzerland [149]
Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Ilya Ilin  Kazakhstan WRx2 [150]

Day 9: 5 August

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

  • Women's boxing made its début at the Olympic Games, with Russia's Elena Savelyeva and North Korea's Kim Hye-Song facing each other in the first bout of the flyweight event.[158]

Cycling

  • Denmark's Lasse Norman Hansen won gold in the men's omnium as the event made its debut at the Olympics. France's Bryan Coquard won silver and Great Britain's Ed Clancy, who had already won gold in the team pursuit, took bronze.[159]

Diving

  • China's Wu Minxia won the gold in women's 3 metres springboard; the medal was her record equalling sixth in the sport of diving at the Olympics. He Zi, also from China took silver and Laura Sánchez of Mexico won the bronze.[160]

Fencing

  • Italy took gold in the men's team foil with Japan taking silver and Germany winning bronze.[161]

Gymnastics

  • In the men's floor Chinese gymnast Zou Kai successfully defended his gold medal. The silver medal went to Japan's Kōhei Uchimura and bronze to Russia's Denis Ablyazin[162]
  • Hungary's Krisztián Berki won gold in the men's pommel horse; Berki's overall score of 16.066 was tied with that of silver medalist Louis Smith of Great Britain, but he won gold based on a higher execution score. The bronze medal was won by Britain's Max Whitlock.[163]
  • Romania's Sandra Izbașa won gold in the women's vault ahead of silver medalist McKayla Maroney of the United States after the American failed to land her second vault. Maria Paseka of Russia won the bronze.[164]

Sailing

Shooting

Tennis

Weightlifting

  • China's Zhou Lulu took gold in the women's +75 kg setting a new world record of 333 kg in the total weight, as well as an Olympic record of 187 kg in clean and jerk. Second placed Tatiana Kashirina of Russia set a new world record of 151 kg in the snatch.[171]

Wrestling

  • Iran's Hamid Sourian claimed gold in the men's Greco-Roman 55 kg beating Rovshan Bayramov of Azerbaijan in the final.[172]
  • Russia's Roman Vlasov won gold in the men's Greco-Roman 74 kg beating Arsen Julfalakyan of Armenia in the final.[173]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's 100 metres Usain Bolt  Jamaica OR [151]
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya [152]
Men's hammer throw Krisztián Pars  Hungary [153]
Women's 400 metres Sanya Richards-Ross  United States [154]
Women's marathon Tiki Gelana  Ethiopia OR [155]
Women's triple jump Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan [153]
Badminton Men's singles Lin Dan  China [156]
Men's doubles Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng  China [157]
Cycling Men's omnium Lasse Norman Hansen  Denmark [159]
Diving Women's 3 metre springboard Wu Minxia  China [160]
Fencing Men's team foil Valerio Aspromonte, Giorgio Avola,
Andrea Baldini, Andrea Cassarà 		 Italy [161]
Gymnastics Men's floor Zou Kai  China [162]
Men's pommel horse Krisztián Berki  Hungary [163]
Women's vault Sandra Izbașa  Romania [164]
Sailing Finn class Ben Ainslie  Great Britain [165]
Star class Fredrik Lööf, Max Salminen  Sweden [166]
Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Jin Jong-oh  South Korea [167]
Tennis Men's singles Andy Murray  Great Britain [168]
Women's doubles Serena Williams, Venus Williams  United States [169]
Mixed doubles Victoria Azarenka, Max Mirnyi  Belarus [170]
Weightlifting Women's +75 kg Zhou Lulu  China WR / OR [171]
Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Hamid Sourian  Iran [172]
Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Roman Vlasov  Russia [173]

Day 10: 6 August

Athletics

Cycling

Equestrian

  • The Great Britain quartet of Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher and Nick Skelton took gold in the team show jumping after winning a jump-off against the Netherlands who took silver. Saudi Arabia won the bronze medal.[181]

Gymnastics

Sailing

  • Xu Lijia of China won gold in the women's Laser Radial class with Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands taking the silver and Belgium's Evi Van Acker earning bronze.[185]
  • Tom Slingsby of Australia won gold in the men's Laser class with Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus earning silver and Rasmus Myrgren of Sweden taking bronze.[186]

Shooting

  • Italy's Niccolò Campriani won gold in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions, setting an Olympic record during the qualifying round.[187]
  • Croatia's Giovanni Cernogoraz won gold in the men's trap after beating Italy's Massimo Fabbrizi in a shoot-off. Kuwait's Fehaid Al-Deehani also needed a shoot-off to win the bronze medal.[188]

Weightlifting

  • Oleksiy Torokhtiy of Ukraine lifted a total of 412 kg to win the men's 105 kg division by 1 kg from silver medalist Navab Nassirshalal of Iran. Poland's Bartłomiej Bonk won bronze.[189]

Wrestling

  • Omid Norouzi of Iran defeated Georgia's Revaz Lashkhi in the final of the men's Greco-Roman 60 kg event. Bronze medals went to Zaur Kuramagomedov of Russia and Ryūtarō Matsumoto of Japan.[190]
  • Russian Alan Khugayev won gold in the men's Greco-Roman 84 kg event, defeating Karam Gaber of Egypt 1–0, 2–0 in the final.[191]
  • Cuba's Mijaín López retained his Olympic title in the Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg as he defeated Heiki Nabi of Estonia in the final. The two bronze medals were won by reigning world champion, Rıza Kayaalp of Turkey, and Sweden's Johan Eurén.[192]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Women's pole vault Jenn Suhr  United States [174]
Women's shot put Valerie Adams  New Zealand [175]
Men's 400 metres hurdles Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic [177]
Women's 3000 metres steeplechase Yuliya Zaripova  Russia [178]
Men's 400 metres Kirani James  Grenada [179]
Cycling Men's sprint Jason Kenny  Great Britain [180]
Equestrian Team jumping Scott Brash, Peter Charles,
Ben Maher, Nick Skelton 		 Great Britain [181]
Gymnastics Men's rings Arthur Zanetti  Brazil [182]
Women's uneven bars Aliya Mustafina  Russia [183]
Men's vault Yang Hak-Seon  South Korea [184]
Sailing Women's Laser Radial class Xu Lijia  China [185]
Men's Laser class Tom Slingsby  Australia [186]
Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions Niccolò Campriani  Italy OR [187]
Men's trap Giovanni Cernogoraz  Croatia OR [188]
Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Oleksiy Torokhtiy  Ukraine [189]
Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Omid Norouzi  Iran [190]
Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Alan Khugayev  Russia [191]
Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg Mijaín López  Cuba [192]

Day 11: 7 August

Athletics

Cycling

  • Laura Trott of Great Britain won her second gold medal of the Games, adding the women's omnium title to her victory in the team pursuit.[197]
  • Australia's Anna Meares beat Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton in the final of the women's sprint.[198]
  • Chris Hoy won gold in the men's keirin, Maximilian Levy of Germany took silver and there was a dead heat for the bronze with Teun Mulder of the Netherlands and Simon van Velthooven of New Zealand each awarded a medal. This was Hoy's sixth Olympic gold medal, making him the British athlete with the most Olympic golds, and his seventh total medal, tying him with Bradley Wiggins for the record for a British Olympian.[199]

Diving

Equestrian

  • Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin, won Great Britain's first ever medal in Olympic dressage by taking gold in the team event. The German team, winners of the event at the previous seven Summer Games won silver and bronze went to the Netherlands.[201]

Gymnastics

  • In the men's parallel bars final Chinese gymnast Feng Zhe scored 15.966 to win gold ahead of Germany's Marcel Nguyen (15.800) and France's Hamilton Sabot (15.566), who won silver and bronze respectively.[202]
  • China's Deng Linlin (15.600) won gold in the women's balance beam final with silver going to fellow Chinese gymnast Sui Lu (15.500). Cătălina Ponor of Romania was initially placed third with 15.066 but, following an appeal, American Aly Raisman had her score raised from 14.966 to 15.066 enough to take her ahead of Ponor for the bronze medal based on a higher execution score.[203]
  • Epke Zonderland became the first male Dutch gymnast to win an Olympic medal with gold in the horizontal bar. Germany's Fabian Hambüchen won silver and China's defending Olympic and world champion, Zou Kai, won bronze.[204]
  • United States' Aly Raisman added to her team gold and balance beam bronze by taking gold in the women's floor event with a score of 15.600. Romanian Cătălina Ponor took silver with 15.200 and bronze went to Russia's Aliya Mustafina (14.900).[203]

Sailing

  • Dorian van Rijsselberghe of the Netherlands won the men's sailboard, the Dutchman went into the final medal race with the gold medal already assured. Great Britain's Nick Dempsey won silver and bronze went to Poland's Przemysław Miarczyński.[205]
  • Spain's Marina Alabau won gold in the women's sailboard ahead of Finland's silver medalist Tuuli Petäjä and Zofia Klepacka of Poland, who took bronze.[205]

Synchronized swimming

  • Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina won gold in the women's duet with a score of 197.100 points. Spain's Ona Carbonell and Andrea Fuentes won silver, bronze went to China's Huang Xuechen and Liu Ou.[206]

Table tennis

Triathlon

Weightlifting

  • Iran completed a one-two in the men's +105 kg event as Behdad Salimi won gold and Sajjad Anoushiravani won silver. The bronze medal was won by Ruslan Albegov of Russia. Germany's Matthias Steiner, the defending Olympic champion, was sent to hospital for x-rays after he dropped the barbell on his head and neck while attempting to lift 196 kg.[210]

Wrestling

  • South Korea's Kim Hyeon-Woo defeated Hungary's Tamás Lőrincz in the final of the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg. Bronze medals went to defending Olympic champion Steeve Guénot of France and to Georgia's Manuchar Tskhadaia.[211]
  • Iranian Ghasem Rezaei won gold in the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg after he defeated Russia's Rustam Totrov by a score of 2–0 1–0 in the final. Bronze medals were won by Armenian Artur Aleksanyan and Jimmy Lidberg of Sweden.[212]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's high jump Ivan Ukhov  Russia [193]
Men's discus throw Robert Harting  Germany [194]
Women's 100 metres hurdles Sally Pearson  Australia OR [195]
Men's 1500 metres Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria [196]
Cycling Women's omnium Laura Trott  Great Britain [197]
Women's sprint Anna Meares  Australia [198]
Men's keirin Chris Hoy  Great Britain [199]
Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Ilya Zakharov  Russia [200]
Equestrian Team dressage Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer,
Charlotte Dujardin 		 Great Britain [201]
Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Feng Zhe  China [202]
Women's balance beam Deng Linlin  China [203]
Men's horizontal bar Epke Zonderland  Netherlands [204]
Women's floor Aly Raisman  United States [203]
Sailing Men's sailboard Dorian van Rijsselberghe  Netherlands [205]
Women's sailboard Marina Alabau  Spain [205]
Synchronized swimming Women's duet Natalia Ishchenko, Svetlana Romashina  Russia [206]
Table tennis Women's team Ding Ning, Guo Yue, Li Xiaoxia  China [207]
Triathlon Men's Alistair Brownlee  Great Britain [208][209]
Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Behdad Salimi  Iran [210]
Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Kim Hyeon-Woo  South Korea [211]
Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Ghasem Rezaei  Iran [212]

Day 12: 8 August

Athletics

Canoeing

  • Eirik Verås Larsen of Norway won gold in the men's K-1 1000 metres in a time of 3:26.462. Adam van Koeverden of Canada was second in a time of 3:27.170 followed by Germany's Max Hoff in 3:27.759.[216]
  • Sebastian Brendel of Germany finished in a time of 3:47.176 to win gold in the men's C-1 1000 metres final. David Cal of Spain finished nearly a second behind the winner to take silver and Canada's Mark Oldershaw won the bronze.[217]
  • Hungarian pair Rudolf Dombi and Roland Kökény added the Olympic gold medal to their European title in the men's K-2 1000 metres. Fernando Pimenta and Emanuel Silva of Portugal won the nation's first ever Olympic medaling in sprint canoeing as they took silver ahead of the German defending Olympic champions Martin Hollstein and Andreas Ihle who won bronze.[218][219]
  • In the women's K-4 500 metres the Hungarian quartet of Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Katalin Kovács and Krisztina Fazekas Zur won gold to end a run of four straight Olympic titles in the event for Germany, who won the silver medal. Bronze went to the team from Belarus.[219]

Equestrian

  • Steve Guerdat took the gold medal in individual jumping, while Dutch rider Gerco Schröder took silver and Ireland's Cian O'Connor took bronze.[220] Guerdat became the first Swiss rider to win an Olympic title in show jumping since Alphonse Gemuseus in 1924.[221]

Sailing

  • Australia's Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen had an unassailable lead going into the final of the 49er class, picking up the gold medal from the New Zealand pair of Peter Burling and Blair Tuke.[222]

Table tennis

Taekwondo

  • Wu Jingyu of China successfully defended her Olympic title in the women's 49 kg event by defeating Spain's Brigitte Yagüe by a score of 8–1 in the final. Bronze medals were awarded to Thailand's Chanatip Sonkham and Croatia's Lucija Zaninović.[224]
  • World and European champion Joel González Bonilla of Spain became Olympic champion in the men's 58 kg; he defeated South Korean Lee Dae-Hoon by a score of 17–8 in the final to take gold. Russian Aleksey Denisenko and Colombian Óscar Muñoz won bronze medals.[224]

Volleyball

Wrestling

  • Japan's eight-time world champion Hitomi Obara won gold in the women's freestyle 48 kg having dropped down a weight division in order to compete in the Olympics for the first time. Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan won silver, bronze medals were awarded to American Clarissa Chun and Canadian Carol Huynh.[226]
  • Kaori Icho of Japan became the first female wrestler to win three Olympic gold medals by beating Jing Ruixue of China 3–0, 2–0, in the final of the women's freestyle 63 kg. Lubov Volosova of Russia and Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg of Mongolia won the bronze medals.[227]
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Women's long jump Brittney Reese  United States [213]
Women's 400 metres hurdles Natalya Antyukh  Russia [214]
Women's 200 metres Allyson Felix  United States [215]
Men's 110 metres hurdles Aries Merritt  United States [215]
Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres Eirik Verås Larsen  Norway [216]
Men's C-1 1000 metres Sebastian Brendel  Germany [217]
Men's K-2 1000 metres Rudolf Dombi, Roland Kökény  Hungary [218]
Women's K-4 500 metres Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák,
Katalin Kovács, Krisztina Fazekas Zur 		 Hungary [219]
Equestrian Individual jumping Steve Guerdat  Switzerland [220]
Sailing 49er class Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen  Australia [222]
Table tennis Men's team Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Wang Hao  China [223]
Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Wu Jingyu  China [224]
Men's 58 kg Joel González  Spain [224]
Volleyball Women's beach Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh  United States [225]
Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg Hitomi Obara  Japan [226]
Women's freestyle 63 kg Kaori Icho  Japan [227]

Day 13: 9 August

Athletics

Boxing

  • Great Britain's Nicola Adams won the first ever women's Olympic boxing gold medal, defeating Ren Cancan of China 16–7 in the final of the flyweight division. Bronze medals went to Mary Kom of India and the United States' Marlen Esparza.[236]
  • Katie Taylor of Ireland defeated Russia's Sofya Ochigava 16–8 to win the gold medal in the women's lightweight.[237]
  • Seventeen-year-old American Claressa Shields won gold in the women's middleweight, defeating Russia's Nadezda Torlopova by a score of 19–12 in the final.[238]

Canoeing

  • Germany's Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela won the men's C-2 1000 metres ahead of defending Olympic champions Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich of Belarus. Bronze went to Alexey Korovashkov and Ilya Pervukhin of Russia.[239]
  • Australia beat out Hungary and the Czech Republic in the final of the men's K-4 1000 metres.[240]
  • Hungary's two-time European champion Danuta Kozák won gold in the women's K-1 500 metres. Ukraine's defending Olympic champion Inna Osypenko won silver and Bridgitte Hartley of South Africa won bronze.[241]
  • German pair Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze won the gold medal in the women's K-2 500 metres. Hungary's Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Douchev-Janics won silver and bronze went to Poland's Beata Mikolajczyk and Karolina Naja.[242]

Diving

Equestrian

  • Great Britain's Charlotte Dujardin and Laura Bechtolsheimer added to the gold medals they won in the team dressage by taking gold and bronze respectively in the individual dressage. Dujardin, the final competitor to ride, set a new Olympic record score of 90.089% to knock the Netherlands Adelinde Cornelissen into silver medal position.[243]

Football

Swimming

  • Hungary's Éva Risztov led for most of the race as she won gold in the women's marathon. American Haley Anderson won silver and Italy's Martina Grimaldi held off the reigning world champion, Britain's Keri-Anne Payne, to win the bronze.[245]

Taekwondo

  • Jade Jones of Great Britain beat China's Hou Yuzhuo 6–4 in the final of the women's 57 kg division to claim her nation's first ever Olympic taekwondo gold medal. Bronze medals went to France's Marlène Harnois and Tseng Li-Cheng of Chinese Taipei.[246]
  • World number one Servet Tazegül of Turkey won the gold medal in the men's 68 kg after he defeated Iran's Mohammad Bagheri Motamed 6–4 in the final. Bronze medals were won by Terrence Jennings of the United States and Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpai, who matched his result from 2008 when he won his nation's first ever Olympic medal.[247]

Volleyball

  • Men's beach final at 21:00.

Water polo

  • The United States won the gold medal in the women's event after an 8–5 victory over Spain in the final.[248]

Wrestling

  • Women's freestyle 55 kg final at 19:03.
  • Women's freestyle 72 kg final at 19:48.
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's triple jump Christian Taylor  United States [228]
Men's 800 metres David Rudisha  Kenya WR [229]
Men's 200 metres Usain Bolt  Jamaica [232]
Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic [233]
Men's decathlon Ashton Eaton  United States [234]
Boxing Women's flyweight Nicola Adams  Great Britain [236]
Women's lightweight Katie Taylor  Ireland [237]
Women's middleweight Claressa Shields  United States [238]
Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres Peter Kretschmer, Kurt Kuschela  Germany [239]
Men's K-4 1000 metres Tate Smith, Dave Smith,
Murray Stewart, Jacob Clear 		 Australia [240]
Women's K-1 500 metres Danuta Kozák  Hungary [241]
Women's K-2 500 metres Franziska Weber, Tina Dietze  Germany [242]
Diving Women's 10 metre platform Chen Ruolin  China
Equestrian Individual dressage Charlotte Dujardin  Great Britain OR [243]
Football Women's Hope Solo, Heather Mitts, Christie Rampone,
Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara, Amy LePeilbet,
Shannon Boxx, Amy Rodriguez, Heather O'Reilly,
Carli Lloyd, Sydney Leroux, Lauren Cheney,
Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach, Megan Rapinoe,
Rachel Buehler, Tobin Heath, Nicole Barnhart 		 United States [244]
Swimming Women's marathon Éva Risztov  Hungary [245]
Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Jade Jones  Great Britain [246]
Men's 68 kg Servet Tazegül  Turkey [247]
Volleyball Men's beach Julius Brink, Jonas Reckermann  Germany
Water polo Women's Elizabeth Armstrong, Heather Petri, Melissa Seidemann,
Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Maggie Steffens,
Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes,
Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Tumua Anae 		 United States [248]
Wrestling Women's freestyle 55 kg Saori Yoshida  Japan
Women's freestyle 72 kg Natalia Vorobieva  Russia

Day 14: 10 August

Athletics

Cycling

  • Maris Strombergs became the first Latvian athlete to win two Olympic medals and successfully defended his Olympic title in the men's BMX event.
  • Colombia's Mariana Pajón won gold at the women's BMX event, and first for her nation since 2000.

Field hockey

  • The Netherlands defeat Argentina 2–0 in the final of the women's tournament to defend their Olympic title. Hosts Great Britain defeat New Zealand 3–1 in the bronze medal match.

Football

Sailing

Swimming

  • Men's marathon final at 12:00.

Synchronized swimming

Taekwondo

  • South Korea's Hwang Kyung-Seon successfully defended her Olympic title by beating European champion Nur Tatar of Turkey in the final of the women's 67 kg event. The two bronze medals were won by Paige McPherson of the United States, and Germany's Helena Fromm.[249]
  • Sebastián Crismanich of Argentina defeated Spain's Nicolás García in the gold medal bout of the men's 80 kg. Bronze medals were won by Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad and Italy's Mauro Sarmiento.[250]

Wrestling

  • Men's freestyle 55 kg.
  • Men's freestyle 74 kg.
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie  France OR
Women's hammer throw Tatyana Lysenko  Russia OR
Women's 5000 metres Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix,
Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter
Heats: Jeneba Tarmoh, Lauryn Williams 		 United States WR
Women's 1500 metres Aslı Çakır Alptekin  Turkey
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Ramon Miller, Demetrius Pinder,
Michael Mathieu, Chris Brown 		 Bahamas
Cycling Men's BMX Māris Štrombergs  Latvia
Women's BMX Mariana Pajón  Colombia
Field hockey Women's Kitty van Male, Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel,
Willemijn Bos, Kelly Jonker, Maartje Goderie,
Lidewij Welten, Maartje Paumen, Naomi van As,
Ellen Hoog, Sophie Polkamp, Joyce Sombroek,
Kim Lammers, Eva de Goede, Marilyn Agliotti,
Merel de Blaeij, Margot van Geffen 		 Netherlands
Sailing Men's 470 class Mathew Belcher, Malcolm Page  Australia
Women's 470 class Jo Aleh, Polly Powrie  New Zealand
Swimming Men's marathon Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia
Synchronized swimming Women's team Anastasia Davydova, Mariya Gromova
Natalia Ishchenko, Elvira Khasyanova
Daria Korobova, Alexandra Patskevich
Svetlana Romashina, Angelika Timanina
Alla Shishkina 		 Russia
Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Hwang Kyung-Seon  South Korea [249]
Men's 80 kg Sebastián Crismanich  Argentina [250]
Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg Dzhamal Otarsultanov  Russia
Men's freestyle 74 kg Jordan Burroughs  United States

Day 15: 11 August

Athletics

Basketball

  • Women finals at 21:00.

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

  • Women's cross-country finals at 12:30.

Diving

Field hockey

  • Germany defeat The Netherlands 2–1 in the final of the men's tournament to defend their Olympic title. Australia win the bronze medal after defeating hosts Great Britain 3–1 in the bronze medal match.

Football

  • Mexico win the gold medal in the men's football tournament for the very first time after beating Brazil 2–1 in the final which saw the fastast goal scored in Men's Olympic Final history when Oribe Peralta scored in the opening minute and also went on to score the winning goal.

Gymnastics

  • Women's rhythmic individual all-around Evgeniya Kanaeva from Russian Federation wins the individual all-around title for the second time and thereby becoming the only rhythmic gymnast in history to claim more than a single gold medal in the discipline, winning by a wide margin of 2.4 ahead of fellow Russian Daria Dmitrieva with a score of 116.900.

Handball

  • Women's final at 20:30.

Modern pentathlon

  • Men's final at 08:45.

Sailing

Taekwondo

  • Women's +67 kg final at 22:15.
  • Men's +80 kg final at 22:30.

Volleyball

Wrestling

  • Men's freestyle 60 kg.
  • Men's freestyle 84 kg.
  • Men's freestyle 120 kg.
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk Sergey Kirdyapkin  Russia OR
Women's 20 kilometres walk Elena Lashmanova  Russia WR
Women's high jump Anna Chicherova  Russia
Men's javelin throw Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago
Men's 5000 metres Mo Farah  Great Britain
Women's 800 metres Mariya Savinova  Russia
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Allyson Felix, DeeDee Trotter
Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross
Heats: Keshia Baker, Diamond Dixon 		 United States
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Nesta Carter, Michael Frater
Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt
Heats: Kemar Bailey-Cole 		 Jamaica WR
Basketball Women's Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus,
Sue Bird, Maya Moore,
Angel McCoughtry, Asjha Jones,
Tamika Catchings, Swin Cash
Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles
Tina Charles, Candace Parker 		 United States
Boxing Men's light flyweight Zou Shiming  China
Men's bantamweight Luke Campbell  Great Britain
Men's light welterweight Roniel Iglesias  Cuba
Men's middleweight Ryōta Murata  Japan
Men's heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk  Ukraine
Canoeing Men's K-1 200 metres Ed McKeever  Great Britain
Men's C-1 200 metres Yuriy Cheban  Ukraine
Women's K-1 200 metres Lisa Carrington  New Zealand
Men's K-2 200 metres Yury Postrigay
Alexander Dyachenko 		 Russia
Cycling Women's cross-country Julie Bresset  France
Diving Men's 10 metre platform David Boudia  United States
Field hockey Men's Maximilian Müller, Martin Häner,
Oskar Deecke, Christopher Wesley,
Moritz Fürste, Tobias Hauke,
Jan-Philipp Rabente, Benjamin Weß,
Timo Weß, Oliver Korn,
Christopher Zeller, Max Weinhold,
Matthias Witthaus, Florian Fuchs,
Philipp Zeller, Thilo Stralkowski 		 Germany
Football Men's Javier Aquino, Dárvin Chávez,
José de Jesús Corona, Javier Cortés,
Giovani dos Santos, Jorge Enríquez,
Marco Fabián, Héctor Herrera,
Israel Jiménez, Raúl Jiménez,
Hiram Mier, Oribe Peralta,
Miguel Ponce, Diego Reyes,
Carlos Salcido, Néstor Vidrio 		 Mexico
Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Yevgeniya Kanayeva  Russia
Handball Women's Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Karoline Næss,
Ida Alstad, Kari Mette Johansen,
Tonje Nøstvold, Karoline Dyhre Breivang,
Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, Heidi Løke,
Marit Malm Frafjord, Linn Jørum Sulland,
Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, Camilla Herrem,
Gøril Snorroeggen, Amanda Kurtović,
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren 		 Norway
Modern pentathlon Men's David Svoboda  Czech Republic
Sailing Elliott 6m Támara Echegoyen, Ángela Pumariega,
Sofía Toro 		 Spain
Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Milica Mandić  Serbia
Men's +80 kg Carlo Molfetta  Italy
Volleyball Women's Fabiana Claudino, Dani Lins,
Paula Pequeno, Adenízia da Silva,
Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho,
Fernanda Ferreira, Tandara Caixeta,
Natália Pereira, Sheilla Castro,
Fabiana de Oliveira, Fernanda Garay 		 Brazil
Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg Toghrul Asgarov  Azerbaijan
Men's freestyle 84 kg Sharif Sharifov  Azerbaijan
Men's freestyle 120 kg Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan

Day 16: 12 August

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Closing ceremony

  • Commencing at 21:00.

Cycling

  • Men's cross-country final at 13:30.

Gymnastics

  • Women's rhythmic group all-around Russian Federation wins for the fourth time in a row the gold medal of the team all around competition, a run that begun in Sydney 2000

Handball

Modern pentathlon

  • Women's final at 08:45.

Volleyball

Water polo

Wrestling

  • Men's freestyle 66 kg.
  • Men's freestyle 96 kg.
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NOC Rec Ref
Athletics Men's marathon Stephen Kiprotich  Uganda
Basketball Men's Tyson Chandler, Kevin Durant,
LeBron James, Russell Westbrook,
Deron Williams, Andre Iguodala,
Kobe Bryant, Kevin Love,
James Harden, Chris Paul,
Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony 		 United States
Boxing Men's flyweight Robeisy Ramírez  Cuba
Men's lightweight Vasyl Lomachenko  Ukraine
Men's welterweight Serik Sapiyev  Kazakhstan
Men's light heavyweight Egor Mekhontsev  Russia
Men's super heavyweight Anthony Joshua  Great Britain
Cycling Men's cross-country Jaroslav Kulhavý  Czech Republic
Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around Anastasia Bliznyuk, Uliana Donskova
Ksenia Dudkina, Alina Makarenko,
Anastasia Nazarenko, Karolina Sevastyanova 		 Russia
Handball Men's Jérôme Fernandez, Didier Dinart,
Xavier Barachet, Guillaume Gille,
Bertrand Gille, Daniel Narcisse,
Guillaume Joli, Samuel Honrubia,
Daouda Karaboué, Nikola Karabatić,
Thierry Omeyer, William Accambray,
Luc Abalo, Cédric Sorhaindo,
Michaël Guigou 		 France
Modern pentathlon Women's Laura Asadauskaitė  Lithuania OR
Volleyball Men's Nikolay Apalikov, Taras Khtey,
Sergey Grankin, Sergey Tetyukhin,
Aleksandr Sokolov, Yury Berezhko,
Aleksandr Butko, Dmitriy Muserskiy,
Dmitriy Ilinikh, Maxim Mikhaylov,
Aleksandr Volkov, Aleksey Obmochaev 		 Russia
Water polo Men's Josip Pavić, Damir Burić, Miho Bošković,
Nikša Dobud, Maro Joković, Petar Muslim,
Ivan Buljubašić, Andro Bušlje,
Sandro Sukno, Samir Barač,
Igor Hinić, Paulo Obradović, Frano Vićan 		 Croatia
Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu  Japan
Men's freestyle 96 kg Jacob Varner  United States

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