Samuel Kamau Wansiru of Kenya smashed the previous Men’s Marathon Olympic record with a timing of two hours and 6.32 minutes. Jaouad Gharib from Morocco settled for silver with two hours and 7.16 minutes. Tsegay Kebede from Ethiopia had bronze with 2 hours and 10 minutes.

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The US won the Men’s 4 x 400m Relay with a new Olympic record of 2:55.39. Bahamas had silver with 2:58.03 and Russia bagged bronze with 2:58.06.

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The US won the Women’s 4 x 400m Relay gold with a timing of 3:18.54. Russia bagged silver with 3:18.82, Jamaica had bronze with 3:20.40.

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In the Men’s 5000m event, Kenenisa Bekele of Ehtiopia clinched the gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 12:57.82. Eliud Kipchoge and Cheruiyot SOI Edwin, both Kenya, settled for silver and bronze respectively.

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Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway recorded a distance of 90.57m, a new Olympic record, to clinch the Men’s Javelin Throw gold medal. Ainars Kovals of Latvia was in second place with a distance of 86.64m. Tero Pitkamki of Finland took bronze with 86.16m.

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Nancy Jebet Langat of Kenya won the Women’s 1500m gold medal with 4:00.23, defeating Iryna Lishchynska (4:01.63) and Nataliya Tobias (4:01.78), both from Ukraine.

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Wilfred Bungei of Kenya won the Men’s 800m gold with a 1:44.65 timing at the second last day of the Beijing Olympics. Ismail Ahmed Ismail of Sudan landed silver with 1:44.70, world champion Kenya’s Alfred Kirwa Yego took bronze with 1:44.82.

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Jamaica breaks the Men’s 4 x 100m Relay world and Olympic records with a timing of 37.10 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago bagged silver in 38.06 seconds and Japan took bronze with 38.15 seconds.

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The team from Russia won the Women’s 4 x 100m Relay gold with 42.31 seconds. Belgium got silver with 42.54 seconds, Nigeria in third with 43.04 seconds.

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Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won the Women’s 5000m gold with a timing of 15:41.40. Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey landed silver with 15:42.74. Meseret Defar, also from Ethiopia, had bronze with 15:44.12.

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