Olympic highlights: August 23, 2008

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

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August 23, 2008 is the 14th major day of the 2008 Olympic games, the below article lists some of the highlights.

Events

Men's javelin throw final

Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen took home the gold on Saturday, with a final score of 90.57, a new olympic record. Silver went to Ainars Kovals, who represents Latvia, with a final score of 86.64, a new personal best for him. Tero Pitkamaki of Finland received bronze.

Men's 5000m final

With a final time of 12.57.82, a new olympic record, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took home gold in the 5000m dash. Following with silver and bronze was Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge and Edwin Cheruiyot Soi.

Women's Volleyball

Brazil took gold by defeating the United States (silver) 3-1 in the gold medal match of Women's Indoor Volleyball. China defeated Cuba 3-1 to take bronze.

Women's 1500m final

Kenya's Nancy Jebet Langat in the women's 1500m dash final won gold, had a time of 4.00.23, a personal best for her. She was followed by Ukraine's Iryna Lishchynska and Nataliya Tobias, with silver and bronze respectively.

Men's baseball

For baseball, in the men's gold game between Cuba and South Korea, South Korea prevailed with a score 2-3, over nine innings, with Cuba taking silver. For the bronze game, the United States came up against Japan and won with a final score 8-4, also over nine innings.

Men's 10m diving final

Australian Matthew Mitcham took home gold with a final score of 537.95 in men's 10m diving. He was followed by Luxin Zhou of China with silver, and Russian Gleb Galperin with bronze.

Medal Table

2008 Olympics - Beijing, China
Flag	Country	G	S	B	TOT	Rank
	China	51	21	28	100	1
	United States	36	38	36	110	2
	Russia	23	21	28	72	3
	Great Britain	19	13	15	47	4
	Germany	16	10	15	41	5
	Australia	14	15	17	46	6
	South Korea	13	10	8	31	7
	Japan	9	6	10	25	8
	Italy	7	10	10	27	9
	Ukraine	7	5	15	27	10

Other countries

	Netherlands	7	5	4	16	11
	France	6	15	17	38	12
	Jamaica	6	3	2	11	13
	Spain	5	9	2	16	14
	Belarus	4	5	9	18	15
	Kenya	4	5	4	13	16
	Romania	4	1	3	8	17
	Ethiopia	4	1	1	6	18
	Canada	3	9	6	18	19
	Poland	3	6	1	10	20
	Norway	3	5	2	10	21
	Brazil	3	3	8	14	22
	Czech Republic	3	3	0	6	23
	Slovakia	3	2	1	6	24
	New Zealand	3	1	5	9	25
	Georgia	3	0	3	6	26
	Cuba	2	9	11	22	27
	Hungary	2	5	2	9	28
	Denmark	2	2	3	7	29
	Thailand	2	2	0	4	30
	North Korea	2	1	3	6	31
	Switzerland	2	0	4	6	32
	Argentina	2	0	3	5	33
	Mexico	2	0	1	3	34
	Kazakhstan	1	4	7	12	35
	Turkey	1	4	3	8	36
	Zimbabwe	1	3	0	4	37
	Azerbaijan	1	2	4	7	38
	Uzbekistan	1	2	3	6	39
	Slovenia	1	2	2	5	40
	Bulgaria	1	1	3	5	41
	Indonesia	1	1	3	5	41
	Finland	1	1	2	4	43
	Latvia	1	1	1	3	44
	Belgium	1	1	0	2	45
	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2	45
	Estonia	1	1	0	2	45
	Mongolia	1	1	0	2	45
	Portugal	1	1	0	2	45
	India	1	0	2	3	50
	Iran	1	0	1	2	51
	Bahrain	1	0	0	1	52
	Cameroon	1	0	0	1	52
	Panama	1	0	0	1	52
	Tunisia	1	0	0	1	52
	Sweden	0	4	1	5	56
	Croatia	0	2	3	5	57
	Lithuania	0	2	3	5	57
	Greece	0	2	2	4	59
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	0	2	60
	Nigeria	1	0	3	4	61
	Austria	0	1	2	3	62
	Algeria	0	1	1	2	63
	Bahamas	0	1	1	2	63
	Colombia	0	1	1	2	63
	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	1	2	63
	Serbia	0	1	1	2	63
	Tajikistan	0	1	1	2	63
	Chile	0	1	0	1	69
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1	69
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1	69
	South Africa	0	1	0	1	69
	Sudan	0	1	0	1	69
	Singapore	0	1	0	1	69
	Vietnam	0	1	0	1	69
	Armenia	0	0	6	6	76
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	4	4	77
	Ireland	0	0	2	2	78
	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1	79
	Egypt	0	0	1	1	79
	Israel	0	0	1	1	79
	Morocco	0	0	1	1	79
	Moldova	0	0	1	1	79
	Mauritius	0	0	1	1	79
	Togo	0	0	1	1	79
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1	79

	Total	296	294	348	938	N/A
Source: Beijing 2008 Official Site

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Sources

Wikipedia has an article about 2008 Summer Olympics highlights.

• "Records". Beijing 2008, August 23, 2008
• "Men's Javelin Throw Final". Beijing 2008, August 23, 2008
• "Men's 5000m Final". Beijing 2008, August 23, 2008
• "Women's Bronze Medal - Match 37". Beijing 2008, August 23, 2008
• "Women's Gold Medal - Match 38". Beijing 2008, August 23, 2008
• "Men's Bronze Medal Game - Game 31". Beijing 2008, August 23, 2008
• "Men's Gold Medal Game - Game 32". Beijing 2008, August 23, 2008
• "Men's 10m Platform Final". Beijing 2008, August 23, 2008

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