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.
Colombiawomen'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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
Officials of the
Badminton World Federation charged eight players of trying to deliberately lose their last group stage matches in order to draw favourable matchups in the knockout stage of the
women's doubles.[51]
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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Great Britain's
Ben Ainslie won the
men's Finn class. This was his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal and his fifth medal overall, making him the most successful sailor in Olympic history.[165]
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]
Félix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic regained the
men's 400 metres hurdles title that he had first won at the 2004 Olympics finishing in a time of 47.63 seconds. American
Michael Tinsley took silver and Javier Culson won bronze, becoming Puerto Rico's first Olympic medalist from a sport other than boxing.[177]
Russian
Ivan Ukhov won gold in the
men's high jump by clearing a height of 2.38 m. American
Erik Kynard took silver after jumping 2.33 m. Six athletes finished tied on 2.29 m but only three were awarded joint bronze due to clearing the height in less attempts;
Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar,
Derek Drouin of Canada and
Robert Grabarz of Great Britain earned the medals.[193]
Robert Harting of Germany threw 68.27 m to win gold in the
men's discus throw and extend his unbeaten record stretching back to August 2010.
Ehsan Haddadi of Iran won silver and defending Olympic champion
Gerd Kanter of Estonia won bronze.[194]
Sally Pearson of Australia won the
women's 100 metres hurdles final in an Olympic Record time of 12.35, over
Dawn Harper of the United States by 0.02 seconds.[195] She was also the first Australian female athlete to clinch a gold medal in the track and field since
Cathy Freeman in 2000.
Taoufik Makhloufi won gold in the
men's 1500 metres. Makhloufi had been expelled from the Games for not trying in his 800 metres heat but was reinstated after medical evidence was produced to prove he had an injury.[196]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
China won the
men's team event to complete a sweep of all the table tennis gold medals for the second consecutive Olympics. The Chinese team of
Zhang Jike,
Ma Long and
Wang Hao defeated their South Korean opponents,
Oh Sang-Eun,
Joo Se-Hyuk and
Ryu Seung-Min by a score of 3–0 in the final. Bronze went to Germany.[223]
Kenya's
David Rudisha broke his own world record to win gold in the
men's 800 metres in a time of 1:40.91.[229]Nijel Amos of Botswana won the silver medal, his nation's first Olympic medal in any sport.[230] Bronze was won by Kenya's Timothy Kitum. Of the eight competitors in the final seven of them ran personal bests, two of which were new national records.[229]Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a former Olympic 800 metres champion himself, described Rudisha's run as "the performance of the Games, not just of track and field but of the Games".[231]
In the
men's 200 metres, Jamaica swept the medals with
Usain Bolt taking gold in 19.32 seconds,
Yohan Blake silver in 19.44, and
Warren Weir bronze with 19.84. Bolt became the first man to win the 200 metres in two Olympics and the first to win the 100 and 200m races double in two Olympics.[232]
In the heats of the
men's 4 × 400m relay, United States leadoff runner
Manteo Mitchell broke his leg near the 200 m mark but managed to finish the race. The United States tied for first with the Bahamas to qualify for the final.[235]
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]
Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) became the first non-European athlete to win a gold medal in the
men's javelin throw since
Cy Young in 1952, and the first Trinidadian in a field event and in any Olympic event since
Hasely Crawford in 1976.
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.
Women's rhythmic individual all-aroundEvgeniya 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.
The
United States successfully defended their Olympic title in the
men's basketball final after beating
Spain in a rematch of the
2008 final, 107–100, in a closely fought game.
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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.
Colombiawomen'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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
Officials of the
Badminton World Federation charged eight players of trying to deliberately lose their last group stage matches in order to draw favourable matchups in the knockout stage of the
women's doubles.[51]
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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Great Britain's
Ben Ainslie won the
men's Finn class. This was his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal and his fifth medal overall, making him the most successful sailor in Olympic history.[165]
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]
Félix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic regained the
men's 400 metres hurdles title that he had first won at the 2004 Olympics finishing in a time of 47.63 seconds. American
Michael Tinsley took silver and Javier Culson won bronze, becoming Puerto Rico's first Olympic medalist from a sport other than boxing.[177]
Russian
Ivan Ukhov won gold in the
men's high jump by clearing a height of 2.38 m. American
Erik Kynard took silver after jumping 2.33 m. Six athletes finished tied on 2.29 m but only three were awarded joint bronze due to clearing the height in less attempts;
Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar,
Derek Drouin of Canada and
Robert Grabarz of Great Britain earned the medals.[193]
Robert Harting of Germany threw 68.27 m to win gold in the
men's discus throw and extend his unbeaten record stretching back to August 2010.
Ehsan Haddadi of Iran won silver and defending Olympic champion
Gerd Kanter of Estonia won bronze.[194]
Sally Pearson of Australia won the
women's 100 metres hurdles final in an Olympic Record time of 12.35, over
Dawn Harper of the United States by 0.02 seconds.[195] She was also the first Australian female athlete to clinch a gold medal in the track and field since
Cathy Freeman in 2000.
Taoufik Makhloufi won gold in the
men's 1500 metres. Makhloufi had been expelled from the Games for not trying in his 800 metres heat but was reinstated after medical evidence was produced to prove he had an injury.[196]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
China won the
men's team event to complete a sweep of all the table tennis gold medals for the second consecutive Olympics. The Chinese team of
Zhang Jike,
Ma Long and
Wang Hao defeated their South Korean opponents,
Oh Sang-Eun,
Joo Se-Hyuk and
Ryu Seung-Min by a score of 3–0 in the final. Bronze went to Germany.[223]
Kenya's
David Rudisha broke his own world record to win gold in the
men's 800 metres in a time of 1:40.91.[229]Nijel Amos of Botswana won the silver medal, his nation's first Olympic medal in any sport.[230] Bronze was won by Kenya's Timothy Kitum. Of the eight competitors in the final seven of them ran personal bests, two of which were new national records.[229]Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a former Olympic 800 metres champion himself, described Rudisha's run as "the performance of the Games, not just of track and field but of the Games".[231]
In the
men's 200 metres, Jamaica swept the medals with
Usain Bolt taking gold in 19.32 seconds,
Yohan Blake silver in 19.44, and
Warren Weir bronze with 19.84. Bolt became the first man to win the 200 metres in two Olympics and the first to win the 100 and 200m races double in two Olympics.[232]
In the heats of the
men's 4 × 400m relay, United States leadoff runner
Manteo Mitchell broke his leg near the 200 m mark but managed to finish the race. The United States tied for first with the Bahamas to qualify for the final.[235]
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]
Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) became the first non-European athlete to win a gold medal in the
men's javelin throw since
Cy Young in 1952, and the first Trinidadian in a field event and in any Olympic event since
Hasely Crawford in 1976.
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.
Women's rhythmic individual all-aroundEvgeniya 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.
The
United States successfully defended their Olympic title in the
men's basketball final after beating
Spain in a rematch of the
2008 final, 107–100, in a closely fought game.
^
abcd"Schedule & Results". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from
the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.