Olympic highlights: August 11, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
August 11, 2008 is the third main day of the 2008 Olympic games, the below article lists some of the highlights. As a lot of the new records were in swimming events, this article has several sections on swimming races.
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Events[edit]
Women's 100m Backstroke[edit]
The Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry set a new world record in the semifinal of the women's 100m backstroke with a time of 58.77 seconds.
Natalie Coughlin, who was representing the United States, finished in second place, while Nakamura Reiko finished in third place with a time of 59.64.
Men's 100 m breaststroke[edit]
The Japanese Kosuke Kitajima set a new world record and won the gold medal in the final of men's 100 m breaststroke with a time of 58.91.
Alexander Dale Oen won, who was representing Norway, finished in second place, while Hugues Duboscq of France finished in third place with a time of 59.37.
Men's 100m backstroke[edit]
The Australian Hayden Stoeckel set a new Olympic record in semifinal of men's 100m backstroke with a time of 52.97 seconds..
Matt Grevers, who was representing the United States finished in second place, while Ashley Delaney, who was also Australian finished in third place with a time of 53.76.
Men's 10m air rifle[edit]
The Indian Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the final of men's 10m air rifle with a score of 700.5.
China's Zhu Qinan, who was representing China, won the silver medal, while Henri Hakkinen finished in third place with a score of 699.4.
Women's 400m freestyle[edit]
Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington won the gold medal in the final of women's 400m freestyle with a time of 4:03.22 minutes..
Katie Hoff, who was representing the US, won the silver medal, while Joanne Jackson, also British, finished in third place with a time of 4:03.52.
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay[edit]
The American team of Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak won the gold medal in come-from-behind fashion with a world-record time of 3:08.24 in the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay final. Anchor Jason Lezak made up nearly a half-second deficit against French anchor Alain Bernard to win the race by 0.08 seconds.
France took the silver medal with a time of 3:08.32, an European record. Australia won the bronze medal with a time of 3:09.91, an Oceanian record.
The American team had previously broken the world record during the qualifying heats, setting at 3:12.23.
Lezak's leg split of 46.06 seconds is the fastest 100m freestyle ever performed. However, only leadoff legs in relay events can count toward the individual event world record.
Women's 58kg weightlifting[edit]
The Chinese Yanqing Chen set a new Olympic record and won the gold medal in the final of women's 58kg weightlifting with a score of 244.
Marina Shainova, who was representing Russia won the silver medal, while Jong Ae O, a North Korean, finished in third place with a score of 226.
O's score was one less than the score of Shainova, the person in second.
Women's 200m Freestyle[edit]
The Italian Federica Pellegrini set a new world record in heat six of women's 200m Freestyle with a time of 1:55.45 minutes.
Katie Hoff, who was representing USA finished in second place, while Agnes Mutina finished in third place with a time of 1:57.25.
Mutina was just 0.05 seconds behind Hoff, who finished in second place.
Medal Table[edit]
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| Flag | Country | G | S | B | TOT | Rank |
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China | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
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United States | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
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South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
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Italy | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
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Australia | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
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Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
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Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
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Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
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Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
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Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Flag | Country | G | S | B | TOT | Rank |
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Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
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India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
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Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
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Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
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Russia | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
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France | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
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North Korea | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
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Cuba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
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Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
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Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
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Brazil | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30 |
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Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30 |
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Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
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Total | 34 | 34 | 40 | 108 | - |
| Source: Beijing 2008 Official Site | ||||||
Sources[edit]
- "Zimbabwe's Kristy Coventry sets world mark in 100-metre backstroke" — The Canadian Press, August 11, 2008
- "Kristy Coventry slices World Record in Women's 100m Backstroke" — Beijing 2008, August 11, 2008
- "Stoeckel stuns in 100m backstroke semis" — Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 11, 2008
- "India's Bindra wins gold in the Men's 10m Air Rifle" — Beijing 2008, August 11, 2008
- "Adlington claims gold in Women's 400m Freestyle" — Beijing 2008, August 11, 2008
- "Lezak's anchor saves relay gold for U.S." — NBC Olympic coverage, August 11, 2008
- "Women's 58kg" — Beijing 2008, August 11, 2008
- "Women's 200m Freestyle - Heat 6" — Beijing 2008, August 11, 2008
- "Records" — Beijing 2008, August 11, 2008
