100M

Gold – Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jamaica)

Silver – Sherone Simpson (Jamaica)

Bronze – Kerron Stewart (Jamaica)

200M

Gold – Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica)

Silver – Allyson Felix (U.S.)

Bronze – Kerron Stewart (Jamaica)

400M

Gold – Christine Ohuruogu (Britain)

Silver – Shericka Williams (Jamaica)

Bronze – Sanya Richards (U.S.)

800M

Gold – Pamela Jelimo (Kenya)

Silver – Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (Kenya)

Bronze – Hasna Benhassi (Morocco)

1,500M

Gold – Nancy Jebet Langat (Kenya)

Silver – Iryna Lishchynska (Ukraine)

Bronze – Nataliya Tobias (Ukraine)

5,000M

Gold – Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia)

Silver – Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey)

Bronze – Meseret Defar (Ethiopia)

10,000M

Gold – Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia)

Silver – Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey)

Bronze – Shalane Flanagan (U.S.)

100M HURDLES

Gold – Dawn Harper (U.S.)

Silver – Sally McLellan (Australia)

Bronze – Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada)

400M HURDLES

Gold – Melaine Walker (Jamaica)

Silver – Sheena Tosta (U.S.)

Bronze – Tasha Danvers (Britain)

3000M STEEPLECHASE

Gold – Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (Russia)

Silver – Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya)

Bronze – Ekaterina Volkova (Russia)

4X100M RELAY

Gold – Russia

Silver – Belgium

Bronze – Nigeria

4X400M RELAY

Gold – U.S.

Silver – Russia

Bronze – Jamaica

MARATHON

Gold – Constantina Tomescu (Romania)

Silver – Catherine Ndereba (Kenya)

Bronze – Zhou Chunxiu (China)

20KM WALK

Gold – Olga Kaniskina (Russia)

Silver – Kjersti Platzer (Norway)

Bronze – Elisa Rigaudo (Italy)

HEPTATHLON

Gold – Nataliia Dobrynska (Ukraine)

Silver – Hyleas Fountain (United States)

Bronze – Tatiana Chernova (Russia)

HIGH JUMP

Gold – Tia Hellebaut (Belgium)

Silver – Blanka Vlasic (Croatia)

Bronze – Anna Chicherova (Russia)

LONG JUMP

Gold – Maurren Higa Maggi (Brazil)

Silver – Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia)

Bronze – Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria)

TRIPLE JUMP

Gold – Francoise Mbango Etone (Cameroon)

Silver – Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia)

Bronze – Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Greece)

POLE VAULT

Gold – Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)

Silver – Jennifer Stuczynski (U.S.)

Bronze – Svetlana Feofanova (Russia)

SHOT PUT

Gold – Valerie Vili (New Zealand)

Silver – Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus)

Bronze – Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus)

DISCUS

Gold – Stephanie Brown Trafton (U.S.)

Silver – Yarelys Barrios (Cuba)

Bronze – Olena Antonova (Ukraine)

JAVELIN

Gold – Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic)

Silver – Maria Abakumova (Russia)

Bronze – Christina Obergfoll (Germany)

HAMMER

Gold – Aksana Miankova (Belarus)

Silver – Yipsi Moreno (Cuba)

Bronze – Zhang Wenxiu (China)

Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic has won the Olympic gold medal in the women’s javelin.

The world championship gold medalist was in second place until the last round Thursday night. She then set a European record of 234 feet, 4 inches on the next-to-last throw.

Maria Abakumova had set a European record of 232-2 as light rain fell to lead. Going last, she was unable to regain the lead from Spotakova.

Christina Obergfoell of Germany, the silver medalist at the last two world championships, was third at 216-11. Osleidys Menendez of Cuba, the 2004 Olympic champion and world record-holder, was sixth.

There are two versions of the heptathlon. The first is an outdoor competition for women, and is the combined event for women contested in the Athletics program of the Olympics and in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The IAAF World Combined Events Challenge determines a yearly women’s heptathlon champion. The women’s outdoor heptathlon consists of the following events, with the first four contested on the first day, and the remaining three on day two:

- 100 metres hurdles
- high jump
- shot put
- 200 m
- long jump
- javelin throw
- 800 m

Usain Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter and reigning Olympic champion over 100 m. He is the current world record holder in the 100 m (9.69 s), world junior record holder in the 200 metres (19.93 s), and Jamaican record holder in the 200 m (19.67 s). His name and achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname “Lightning Bolt”