Olympics 2012: Team GB athletes at London Games Day Eight
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A sport-by-sport round-up of how every Team GB athlete performs on Day Eight of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Britain finished Day Eight on a total of 29 medals, compared with 17 at this stage at Beijing in 2008, to put them third in the medals table.
ATHLETICS
Mo Farah runs a perfect race in the 10,000m final to take GOLD with a time of 27:30.42., external
Greg Rutherford wins GOLD in the long jump with nobody able to match his 8.31m., external It is Great Britain's first long jump gold for almost 50 years. Team-mate Chris Tomlinson finishes sixth.
Jessica Ennis clinches GOLD in the heptathlon after winning the 800m. She came home in 2:08.65, external to secure the victory. She earlier achieved 6.48m, external with her third attempt in the heptathlon long jump and threw a personal best of 47.49m, external in the javelin.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson comes second in her 800m heptathlon heat with a personal best of 2:10.76 to come 14th in the final standings, external. She earlier leaped 6.19m, external in the long jump and threw 38.37m, external in the javelin.
Louise Hazel finishes the heptathlon 800m with a time of 2:18.78 to come 26th overall. Earlier, she achieved 5.77m, external in the long jump and threw a lifetime best of 47.38m, external in the javelin.
Christine Ohuruogu finishes second in her 400m semi-final with a season's best of 50.22, external to go through to tomorrow's final. Both Shana Cox and Lee McConnell finish seventh in their respective semi-finals.
Abe Oyepitan finishes last in her 100m semi-final with a time of 11.36., external
Dai Greene finishes fourth, external in his semi-final of the 400m hurdles but his time was good enough to qualify for Monday's final. Rhys Williams also comes fourth but did not qualify from his semi, while Jack Green fell and did not finish.
James Dasaolu is third in heat three of the men's 100m first round with a time of 10.13 seconds., external Adam Gemili comes second in heat five in 10.11 and Dwain Chambers wins heat seven in 10.02, external as all three progress to the semi-finals.
Nigel Levine comes third in heat five of the men's 400m in 45.58., external Conrad Williams is third in heat six with 46.12, external and Martyn Rooney runs 45.36, external to come second in heat seven. All three qualify for the semi-finals.
Barbara Parker finishes sixth in the first heat of the women's 3,000m steeplechase in 9:32.07., external Eilish McColgan finishes her heat in ninth with 9:54.36., external Both go out.
Holly Bleasdale qualifies joint fourth on 4.55m, external to go into the pole vault final. Kate Dennison can only clear 4.25m, external before a nasty fall and goes out.
BASKETBALL
Team GB lost their penultimate group match to Australia 106-75., external
BOXING
Tom Stalker heads into the light-welterweight quarter-finals after winning his round of 16 bout 20-16., external
CYCLING
Dani King, Laura Trott and Jo Rowsell win GOLD and set a world record of 3:14.051, external in the women's team pursuit final, beating the record they had set, external in the previous round. That means Team GB's track cyclists have racked up six straight world records, and nine in total so far at the Games.
Ed Clancy is fourth, external in the men's omnium standings after he picked up 5 points, external in the elimination race. He earlier grabbed 11 points, external in the 30km race and won the flying lap, with a time of 12.556., external
Jason Kenny records a time of 10.363 seconds, external to win in the round of 16 for the men's sprint, putting the Brit through to the quarter-finals tomorrow. He earlier broke the Olympic record and was fastest in the men's sprint qualifying with a time of 9.713 seconds., external
DIVING
Hannah Starling missed out on the 3m springboard final by 0.75 points, finishing with a score of 313.95., external Team-mate Rebecca Gallantree finished bottom of the semi-final standings with a score of 267.10.
EQUESTRIAN
Nick Skelton riding Big Star and Ben Maher on Tripple X are among 32 riders with a clear round, external in the first qualifier of the individual jumping. Scott Brash on Hello Sanctos is joint 42nd with 4 faults., external Peter Charles accumulates 10 faults on Vindicat and is eliminated.
FOOTBALL
Team GB were beaten in a penalty shootout 5-4, external by South Korea after drawing 1-1 after extra time.
GYMNASTICS
Kat Driscoll is ninth in qualifying with a score of 100.985, external on the trampoline and does not make the final eight.
HANDBALL
GB's men lose 34-17, external to Tunisia and are bottom of group A.
HOCKEY
The women suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to China to leave them second in Group A, external with one match left to play.
ROWING
Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge win GOLD in the men's four, holding off main rivals Australia with a time of 6:03.97., external
Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking win GOLD with an emphatic victory in the women's lightweight double sculls, recording a time of 7:09.30., external
Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter take SILVER in the lightweight men's double sculls in 6:37.38,, external narrowly beaten by race favourites Denmark.
SAILING
Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark finished fourth, external in race three and sixth, external in race four to leave them second, external in the overall standings for the women's 470.
Nick Dempsey finished second, external in race seven and third, external in race eight of the Men's RS:X to leave him second, external in the overall standings.
Men's 470 pair Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell finish third, external in race five and fourth, external in race six to see them slip to second, external in the overall standings.
Defending men's Laser champion Paul Goodison is ninth in race nine and eighth in race ten, leaving him sixth, external overall and out of contention with just the medal race to go.
Bryony Shaw finishes seventh, external in race seven and fifth, external in race eight of the Women's RS:X, leaving her sitting in seventh overall., external
Alison Young is disqualified, external from race nine of the Laser Radial and is fourth, external in race ten and now sits fifth, external with the medal race remaining.
Lucy MacGregor, Kate MacGregor and Annie Lush lose to the Netherlands in today's match race in the Elliott 6m leaving them seventh, external in the standings.
SHOOTING
Jennifer McIntosh finishes the women's 50m rifle 3 positions elimination round in 42nd place with a score of 570, external and goes out.
Charlotte Kerwood comes 16th in qualification for the women's trap with 64, external and does not progress.
SWIMMING
Team GB finish fourth in Michael Phelps' last ever race, the men's 4x100m medley, with a time of 3:32.32, external. The women come eighth in their 4x100m medley relay with a time of 3:59.46., external.
Dan Fogg comes eighth in the 1500m freestlye final with a time of 15:00.76,, external while Fran Halsall finishes fifth in her 50m freestyle final with a time of 24.47., external
TENNIS
Andy Murray and Laura Robson reach the mixed doubles final with a 10-7 champions tie-break win, beating their German opponents 2-1, external in sets in the semi-final. The victory guarantees the pair at least a SILVER. The pair had won their earlier quarter-final 2-1., external
TRIATHLON
Medal hope Helen Jenkins comes fifth, completing the race in 2:00:19., external Vicky Holland is 26th with 2:02:55, external and Lucy Hall is the last of the Brits in 33rd with 2:04:38., external
VOLLEYBALL
In group A the men suffer their fourth defeat in a row, losing 3-0, external to Poland, and remain bottom with a game to go.
WATER POLO
Team GB lose their penultimate group match to Hungary 17-6., external
WEIGHTLIFTING
Peter Kirkbride finishes with a total of 328kg in the men's 94kg and comes 16th overall., external
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