World Athletics: Farah completes the 'Double Double' as lightning Bolt strikes again

MO FARAH added another two medals to his bulging collection in Moscow while Usain Bolt became the most decorated world champion of all time.

Team GB great Farah repeated his feat of winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres double - thus achieving a brilliant Double Double following his two gold medals in the same races at the London 2012 Olympics.

His home wins, of course, resulted in the Mobot celebration and produced a sporting memory which will most likely stay with us all as he took gold on successive Saturday nights.

If anything, though, the World Championships in Moscow were even tougher for Farah with fewer days between his races added to the fact that he was very much now a marked man.

But, on both occasions in the Russian capital, Farah got himself in his favourite position at the front of the pack and sped for home.

As usual, his opponents were destroyed by the manoeuvre and it is a fact that Farah has now won his last five major championship races.

Is he the greatest British athlete of all time? Well, I have seen no one better myself, certainly no one look so calm and assured when the pressure is really on.

Another athlete excellent at dealing with the big moments is Christine Ohuruogu, undoubtedly the other big British success in Moscow.

The silver medallist from London 2012 always seems to raise her game for the big competitions - and, at the Luzhniki, she regained her 400 metres world title, which she originally won in Osaka in 2007.

Ohuruogu thus became the first ever British woman to win two world crowns, and this time she did it in style - pipping Amantle Montsho by 0.004 seconds, and beating Kathy Cook's long-standing national record with a time of 49.41s.

Ohuruogu also anchored Team GB to bronze in the 4x400m relay, a result which the women's 4x100m relay team matched on the last day of competition.

And, with Tiffany Porter also winning bronze in the 100 metres hurdles, Britain achieved its minimum target of six medals to finish seventh in the table.

World Championships are not necessarily all just about the medals, though, and it will have pleased British athletics bosses to see a couple of the younger team members perform well.

Adam Gemili ran in his first major championship final, taking fifth place in the 200 metres in a time of 20.08.

The 19-year-old from London had earlier qualified by running his semi final in 19.98, the second fastest time by a Briton at that distance, after John Regis.

Meanwhile, impressing in the heptathlon in the absence of injured Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, was Liverpool Harriers youngster Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Like Gemili, KJT also finished fifth, with a personal best points score of 6449 having set four PBs in the seven events, taking second in the 200 metres and the long jump, and third in the 800 metres. It was all progress in the right direction.

But it was a tough championships for some established British names. Greg Rutherford - famously part of the Super Saturday triumvirate at the Olympic Stadium - failed to qualify for the final rounds of the long jump after struggling with a hamstring injury.

And injuries have hit Dai Greene hard in his bid to defend his world title in the 400 metres hurdles.

The Welshman finished fourth at London 2012 after having his build-up to the Olympics disrupted by knee trouble. In Moscow, beset by an Achilles problem, he did not even reach the final.

Perhaps the biggest British disappointment, though, was once again the men's 4x100m relay team. Having finished third in the final, the team was disqualified after passing the baton outside the takeover zone on the second changeover.

Thus, the British have now failed to get the baton around properly in six of their last seven major championships. It really is a remarkably poor record, surely unequalled.

Looking elsewhere, meanwhile, the championships went largely as expected with the Jamaicans finishing third in the medal table through their domination of the sprints.

Indeed, both Bolt and his female compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took home their maximum haul of three golds apiece, meaning Bolt has now won an incredible eight world championship gold medals on top of his six in the Olympics.

But, while Bolt has come to expect success, Fraser-Pryce perhaps did even better than predicted, taking advantage of 200 metres Olympic champion Allyson Felix pulling up on the bend.

That snapped hamstring would ultimately mean that the Americans only finished second in the medal table, behind leaders Russia for the first time since 2001.

However, some strong home success - particularly in the field events - did not translate to big attendances at the Luzhniki, save for a few notable exceptions.

The most notable of these was the big crowd who turned up to see favourite Yelena Isinbayeva take gold in the pole vault.

It was unfortunate, then, that Isinbayeva chose to use her victory to spout misguided ire at a number of visiting athletes who had decided to protest against a recent Russian law banning the "homosexual propaganda".

"We are very afraid about our nation because we consider ourselves normal, standard people," said Isinbayeva. "We just live with boys with women, women with boys.

"It comes from history," she continued. "We never had these problems in Russia, and we don't want to have any in the future."

Quite rightly, Isinbayeva's comments were widely condemned with Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling them "disappointing".

But the best (and cleverest) response came from BBC chief sports writer Tom Fordyce who tweeted, pointedly: "For someone who can clear 5m, Yelena appears to spend a lot of time with her head buried in the sand."

Isinbayeva has since apologised but her original remarks will not be easily forgotten in a championship marked as "a seven out of 10" by Bolt himself.

Ah yes, that man Bolt extended his legacy once more, his 100 metres triumph coming at an important time for the sport of athletics as a whole following the recent failed drug tests of Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay.

But, it was not only Bolt who was celebrating amid the Moscow thunderstorms.

Agence France Presse photographer Olivier Morin gained global recognition after capturing a perfect shot of the Jamaican storming to victory as lightning struck overhead.

Morin has admitted since that he did not anticipate just how much attention he would get - but, effectively, his photo had left the world's sub-editors with little work of their own to do. "Lightning Bolt" was a simply unavoidable pun.

It was indeed photojournalism at its very best - truly a moment of brilliance on and off the track.

WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014

TEAM GB MEDALLISTS

GOLD	Mo Farah	M 10000m	10 Aug
GOLD	Christine Ohuruogu	W 400m	12 Aug
GOLD	Mo Farah	M 5000m	16 Aug
BRONZE	Tiffany Porter	W 100m hurdles	17 Aug
BRONZE	Child, Cox, Adeoye, Ohuruogu	W 4x400m relay	17 Aug
BRONZE	Asher-Smith, Nelson, Lewis, Jones	W 4x100m relay	18 Aug

FULL RESULTS

TRACK
Men

100m (11 Aug)			Time
GOLD	Usain Bolt	JAM	9.77
SILVER	Justin Gatlin	USA	9.85
BRONZE	Nesta Carter	JAM	9.95
200m (17 Aug)
GOLD	Usain Bolt	JAM	19.66
SILVER	Warren Weir	JAM	19.79
BRONZE	Curtis Mitchell	USA	20.04
400m (13 Aug)
GOLD	LaShawn Merritt	USA	43.74
SILVER	Tony McQuay	USA	44.40
BRONZE	Lugelin Santos	DOM	44.52
800m (13 Aug)
GOLD	Mohammed Aman	ETH	1:43.31
SILVER	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:43.55
BRONZE	Ayanleh Souleiman	DJI	1:43.76
1500m (18 Aug)
GOLD	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	3:36.28
SILVER	Matthew Centrowitz Jr.	USA	3:36.78
BRONZE	Johan Cronje	RSA	3:36.83
5000m (16 Aug)
GOLD	Mo Farah	GBR	13:26.98
SILVER	Hagos Gebrhiwet	ETH	13:27.26
BRONZE	Isiah Koech	KEN	13:27.26
10000m (10 Aug)
GOLD	Mo Farah	GBR	27:21.71
SILVER	Ibrahim Jeilan	ETH	27:22.23
BRONZE	Paul Tanui	KEN	27:22.61
110m hurdles (12 Aug)
GOLD	David Oliver	USA	13.00
SILVER	Ryan Wilson	USA	13.13
BRONZE	Sergey Shubenkov	RUS	13.24
400m hurdles (15 Aug)
GOLD	Jehue Gordon	TRI	47.69
SILVER	Michael Tinsley	USA	47.70
BRONZE	Emir Bekric	SRB	48.05
3000m steeplechase (15 Aug)
GOLD	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	8:06.01
SILVER	Conseslus Kipruto	KEN	8:06.37
BRONZE	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	FRA	8:07.86
4x100m relay (18 Aug)
GOLD	Jamaica	JAM	37.36
SILVER	United States	USA	37.66
BRONZE	Canada	CAN	37.92
4x400m relay (16 Aug)
GOLD	United States	USA	2:58.71
SILVER	Jamaica	JAM	2:59.88
BRONZE	Russia	RUS	2:59.90
20km walk (11 Aug)
GOLD	Aleksandr Ivanov	RUS	1:20:58
SILVER	Chen Ding	CHN	1:21:09
BRONZE	Miguel Angel Lopez	ESP	1:21:21
50k walk (14 Aug)
GOLD	Robert Heffernan	IRL	3:37:56
SILVER	Mikhail Ryzhov	RUS	3:38:58
BRONZE	Jared Tallent	AUS	3:40:03
Marathon (16 Aug)
GOLD	Stephen Kiprotich	UGA	2:09:51
SILVER	Lelisa Desisa	ETH	2:10:12
BRONZE	Tadese Tola	ETH	2:10:23

Women

100m (12 Aug)			Time
GOLD	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	10.71
SILVER	Murielle Ahoure	CIV	10.93
BRONZE	Carmelita Jeter	USA	10.94
200m (16 Aug)
GOLD	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	22.17
SILVER	Murielle Ahoure	CIV	22.32
BRONZE	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	22.32
400m (12 Aug)
GOLD	Christine Ohuruogu	GBR	49.41
SILVER	Amantle Monsho	BOT	49.41
BRONZE	Antonina Krivoshapka	RUS	49.78
800m (18 Aug)
GOLD	Eunice Jepkoech Sum	KEN	1:57.38
SILVER	Mariya Savinova	RUS	1:57.80
BRONZE	Brenda Martinez	USA	1:57.91
1500m (15 Aug)
GOLD	Abeba Aregawi	SWE	4:02.67
SILVER	Jennifer Simpson	USA	4:02.99
BRONZE	Hellen Onsando Obiri	KEN	4:03.86
5000m (17 Aug)
GOLD	Mereset Defar	ETH	14:50.19
SILVER	Mercy Cherono	KEN	14:51.22
BRONZE	Almaz Ayana	ETH	14:51.33
10000m (11 Aug)
GOLD	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	30:43.35
SILVER	Gladys Cherono	KEN	30:45.17
BRONZE	Belaynesh Oljira	ETH	30:46.98
100m hurdles (17 Aug)
GOLD	Brianna Rollins	USA	12.44
SILVER	Sally Pearson	AUS	12.50
BRONZE	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.55
400m hurdles (15 Aug)
GOLD	Zuzana Hejnova	CZE	52.83
SILVER	Dalilah Muhammad	USA	54.09
BRONZE	Lashinda Demus	USA	54.27
3000m steeplechase (13 Aug)
GOLD	Milcah Chemos Cheywa	KEN	9:11.65
SILVER	Lydiah Chepkurui	KEN	9:12.55
BRONZE	Sofia Assefa	ETH	9:12.84
4x100m relay (18 Aug)
GOLD	Jamaica	JAM	41.29
SILVER	United States	USA	42.75
BRONZE	Great Britain	GBR	42.87
4x400m relay (17 Aug)
GOLD	Russia	RUS	3:20.19
SILVER	United States	USA	3:20.41
BRONZE	Great Britain	GBR	3:22.61
20km walk (13 Aug)
GOLD	Elena Lashmanova	RUS	1:27:08
SILVER	Anisya Kirdyapkina	RUS	1:27:11
BRONZE	Liu Hong	CHN	1:28:10
Marathon (10 Aug)
GOLD	Edna Kiplagat	KEN	2:25:44
SILVER	Valeria Straneo	ITA	2:25:58
BRONZE	Kayoko Fukishi	JPN	2:27:45

FIELD
Men

High jump (15 Aug)
GOLD	Bohdan Bondarenko	UKR	2.41
SILVER	Mutaz Essa Barshim	QAT	2.38
BRONZE	Derek Drouin	CAN	2.38
Long jump (16 Aug)
GOLD	Aleksandr Menkov	RUS	8.56
SILVER	Ignisious Gaisah	NED	8.29
BRONZE	Luis Rivera	MEX	8.27
Triple jump (18 Aug)
GOLD	Teddy Tamgho	FRA	18.04
SILVER	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	CUB	17.68
BRONZE	Will Claye	USA	17.52
Pole vault (12 Aug)
GOLD	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.89
SILVER	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.89
BRONZE	Bjorn Otto	GER	5.82
Shot put (16 Aug)
GOLD	David Storl	GER	21.73
SILVER	Ryan Whiting	USA	21.57
BRONZE	Dylan Armstrong	CAN	21.34
Discus throw (13 Aug)
GOLD	Robert Harting	GER	69.11
SILVER	Piotr Malachowski	POL	68.36
BRONZE	Gerd Kanter	EST	65.19
Hammer throw (12 Aug)
GOLD	Pawel Fajdek	POL	81.97
SILVER	Krisztian Pars	HUN	80.30
BRONZE	Lukas Melich	CZE	79.36
Javelin (16 Aug)
GOLD	Vitezslav Vesely	CZE	87.17
SILVER	Tero Pitkamaki	FIN	87.07
BRONZE	Dmitriy Tarabin	RUS	86.23
Decathlon (10-11 Aug)
GOLD	Ashton Eaton	USA	8809
SILVER	Michael Schrader	GER	8670
BRONZE	Damian Warner	CAN	8512

Women

High jump (17 Aug)
GOLD	Svetlana Shkolina	RUS	2.03
SILVER	Brigetta Barrett	USA	2.00
BRONZE	Anna Chicherova Ruth Beitia	RUS ESP	1.97
Long jump (11 Aug)
GOLD	Brittney Reese	USA	7.01
SILVER	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	6.99
BRONZE	Ivana Spanovic	SRB	6.82
Triple jump (15 Aug)
GOLD	Caterine Ibarguen	COL	14.85
SILVER	Ekaterina Koneva	RUS	14.81
BRONZE	Olha Saladuha	UKR	14.65
Pole vault (12 Aug)
GOLD	Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.89
SILVER	Jenn Suhr	USA	4.82
BRONZE	Yarisley Silva	CUB	4.82
Shot put (12 Aug)
GOLD	Valerie Adams	NZL	20.88
SILVER	Christina Schwanitz	GER	20.41
BRONZE	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.95
Discus throw (11 Aug)
GOLD	Sandra Perkovic	CRO	67.99
SILVER	Melina Robert-Michon	FRA	66.28
BRONZE	Yarelys Barrios	CUB	64.96
Hammer throw (16 Aug)
GOLD	Tatyana Lysenko	RUS	78.80
SILVER	Anita Wlodarczyk	POL	78.46
BRONZE	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	75.58
Javelin (18 Aug)
GOLD	Christina Obergfoll	GER	69.05
SILVER	Kimberley Mickle	AUS	66.60
BRONZE	Mariya Abakumova	RUS	65.09
Heptathlon (12-13 Aug)
GOLD	Hanna Melnychenko	UKR	6586
SILVER	Brianne Thiesen-Eaton	CAN	6530
BRONZE	Dafne Schippers	NED	6477

FINAL MEDAL TABLE

Rank	Country	G	S	B	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	7	4	6	17
2	United States (USA)	6	14	5	25
3	Jamaica (JAM)	6	2	1	9
4	Kenya (KEN)	5	4	3	12
5	Germany (GER)	4	2	1	7
6	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	3	4	10
7	Great Britain & NI (GBR)	3	0	3	6
8	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	1	3
8	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	1	3
10	France (FRA)	1	2	1	4
11	Poland (POL)	1	2	0	3
12	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
12	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
12	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
12	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
12	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
12	Trinidad & Tobago (TRI)	1	0	0	1
12	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
19	Australia (AUS)	0	2	1	3
20	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	2	0	2
21	Canada (CAN)	0	1	4	5
22	China (CHN)	0	1	3	4
23	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	2	3
24	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
24	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	1	2
26	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1
26	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
26	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
26	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
26	Qatar (QAT)	0	1	0	1
31	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	2	2
31	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
33	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	1
33	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	0	1	1
33	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
33	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
33	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
33	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1

Is there life on Mars?

 Image credit: NASA

PUSHING the boundaries... no, it's not another Olympics blog post, although it cannot be denied that the likes of Usain Bolt did exactly that at London 2012.

But, among other bits of news you may have missed while the great Olympic jamboree was on, NASA has successfully landed an extraordinary craft on Mars.

Curiosity is its name. It is a rather apt name, too - for, sometimes, great discoveries have only been made as a result of curious beings.

It is refreshing that humankind remains curious to know the extent to which the boundaries of our endeavour can be pushed.

After all, three years ago - on the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing - I wrote a piece in which the last man on the lunar surface Eugene Cernan lamented a perceived lack of progress in the sphere of space exploration. 

I also wrote: "It would undoubtedly be [an] attractive proposition to see another space race, say between the United States and budding fellow superpower China, to land the first man or woman on Mars. Much more attractive, for instance, than stockpiling nuclear arms."

But, instead, there was talk earlier this year of US government funding being slashed. Basically, NASA had to get this right.

Consequently, there was huge relief at 06:32 BST on Monday 6 August when mission control in Pasadena, California heard the two vital words: "Touchdown confirmed."

There were wild celebrations and, at the press conference which followed, NASA administrator Charles Bolden gave a hearty victory speech.

He said: "Curiosity, the most sophisticated rover in history, is now on the surface of the Red Planet where it will seek to answer age-old questions about whether life ever existed there... or if the planet can sustain life in the future." 

The jubilant reaction of the science world was entirely justified: this was a really tough mission which would effectively succeed or fail in what NASA called "seven minutes of terror".

Seven minutes was the length of time which it took the rover - encased inside a protective capsule - from entering the atmosphere of Mars to landing on the surface of the planet.

In this time, its velocity reduced from over 20,000km/h to less than one metre per second and, as the capsule slowed, cords lowered Curiosity gently to the ground.

Curiosity defied the odds. Roughly two-thirds of all spacecraft destined for Mars have failed without completing their missions and US President Barack Obama was a relieved figure at hearing of the success of the landing.

Indeed, his tone was positively encouraging in light of the aforementioned budget cuts.

He said: "Really what makes us best as a species is this curiosity that we have and this yearning to discover more and more, and to push the boundaries of knowledge, and you are a perfect example of that."

Mr Obama added that the team was "laying the groundwork for an even more audacious undertaking in the future, and that is a human mission to the red planet".

But who knows exactly when it will happen? I rather hope it will be before the end of my lifetime.

Certainly, until it does happen, there will remain an insatiable fascination among humankind with our  red-coloured neighbour in the solar system... it will not go away before we do.

*The progress of Curiosity on Mars - can be followed on the NASA Mars homepage or on the rover's very own regularly updated Twitter page @MarsCuriosity.

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Meanwhile, on Tyneside, the landing of Curiosity on Mars has coincided with a major art installation at the historic Grade II-listed Spanish City building in Whitley Bay.

Canadian artist Kelly Richardson's Mariner 9 is a 20-minute long, 12-metre wide panoramic video wall depicting the landscape of the red planet in a century or two.

Scattered across Richardson's landscape are spacecraft from both real and imagined future missions. Now little more than rusting remains, some are still half-working, still forlornly trying to find signs of life and send messages back to Earth, possibly to no-one.

The artist, now based in North Tyneside, explains: "Mariner 9 alludes to our relationship to landscape and nature at a particularly critical time in human history, as we face a future which is predicted to bring about environmental disaster on a grand scale.

"It focuses on the contradiction of our beautiful endeavour to find life beyond Earth, to know that we're not alone in the universe, while simultaneously pointing to our incredibly destructive nature as a species, which continues to destroy life we know to exist at an extraordinary rate."

Admission is free and the exhibition runs until Sunday - further information can be found here.

London 2012 Olympics: Farah and Bolt finish off with a flourish

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MO FARAH completed an amazing double by winning the 5,000m on another golden night for British athletics at the Olympic Stadium.

Farah, who won the 10,000m last on 'Super Saturday' last weekend, again ran a brilliant tactical race, taking to the front on the bell for the last lap.

On the back straight, it looked as if he may have gone to early with Kenyan Thomas Longosiwa sitting right on his shoulder, seemingly ready to pounce.

However, Farah's renowned late burst of pace in the home straight left Longosiwa trailing in his wake, and the Londoner won in 13:41.66. Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel took silver with Longosiwa ultimately just hanging on in third.

As he crossed the line, Farah had a look of sheer disbelief at his achievement written all over his face. Well, Mo - you better believe it for you are now a double Olympic champion!

It was indeed another truly special night for the 80,000 spectators in east London as the stars of track delivered yet more immense performances.

The greatest of them all, Usain Bolt, won his sixth Olympic gold medal and broke a fourth world record after anchoring the brilliant Jamaica team in the 4x100m relay.

In truth, there was little more for Bolt to do as, by the time Yohan Blake had handed him the baton, Jamaica had pulled well clear.

Credit must go to Bolt, then, for opting to make more history rather than just strolling home ahead of United States and Trinidad & Tobago.

The Great British quartet had not qualified for the final after botching a baton changeover for the fifth time out of the last six major championships - a seriously unimpressive record.

But, thankfully, that was one of very few disappointments over the last two weeks and yesterday Team GB took its total number of medals up to 62 with 28 gold, 15 silver and 19 bronze.

Remarkably, that is the same number of golds as Germany (11), France (10) and Australia (seven) combined.

And it has been confirmed that Britain will finish third in the medal table for certain, ahead of Russia and only behind the two current superpowers, United States and China.

Before the Olympics, it perhaps felt dangerously presumptuous of governing body UK Sport calling Team GB "its greatest ever team".

However, it is now clear that it was just well-placed confidence in a supreme group of athletes, the finest group this country has ever produced.

Another golden day for GB began early on the water at Eton Dorney where trainee accountant Ed McKeever powered away from the field to win the 200m single kayak event in 36.246 seconds.

Within the hour, McKeever had been joined on the podium by Liam Heath and Jon Schofield who took bronze in the doubles event to make it four canoeing medals overall for GB at these Olympics.

Later - as the light declined on Day 15 of London 2012 - boxer Luke Campbell won Britain's 28th gold medal by beating Irishman John Joe Nevin 14-11 in his bantamweight bout.

That was Britain's first bantamweight gold since 1908, and their second gold in the ring at London 2012 after Nicola Adams made history on Thursday (Day 13) by becoming the first ever woman to win an Olympic boxing medal.

The ever-smiling Adams floored three-time Chinese world amateur champion Cancan Ren for an easy win by 16-7 on a day of girl power for Great Britain.

Having broken their duck last week in terms of rowing gold, Britain's female athletes also broke new ground in the equestrian as Charlotte Dujardin and Laura Bechtolsheimer won gold and bronze in the individual dressage.

With three golds, a silver and a bronze, Britain won medals across all three disciplines - jumping, dressage and eventing - in the same Olympics for the first time ever.

Gold also came on the taekwondo mat as 19-year-old Jade Jones, from Flint in Wales, capped her meteoric rise by beating Yuzhuo Hou in the lightweight category.
Two years ago, then devoid of lottery funding, the Jones family raised the £1600 she needed to attend the Youth Olympics in Singapore.

She won gold there - and now, she is a fully-fledged Olympic champion, Britain's youngest at these Games.

On Friday (Day 14), Team GB was frustrated by a lack of gold medals but it was nonetheless still a successful day.

There was double silver in the sailing as both the male and female crews - Luke Patience/Stuart Bithell and Hannah Mills/Saskia Clark - won in the 470 class.

With silver actually already secured for both of them going into the medal race, there had been hopes that they would push for an overall victory - but, amid light winds in Weymouth, their challenges unfortunately faltered.

Later, those two silver medals were added to by three bronzes - in boxing courtesy of Anthony Ogogo in the middleweight division, taekwondo thanks to Lutalo Muhammad, and women's field hockey.

The hockey squad thus overcame the disappointment of losing their semi final 2-1 to Argentina in the finest possible way - by beating New Zealand 3-1 for bronze.

Unfortunately, the men could not follow suit. They lost their bronze match against Australia by the same score - although that was at least an improvement on their devastating 9-2 semi final defeat to Netherlands.

Finally, teenager Tom Daley has had his fair share of low points at London 2012, finishing in the worst possible placing - fourth - in the synchronised event before struggling in the individual preliminaries.

Daley had edged through his first round down in 15th but then improved in the semi finals to be placed in fourth again.

Thankfully, in the final, Daley delivered his best, and his consistency over six dives was rewarded with a brilliant bronze.

His dad, Rob, who died after battling cancer last year, would have been so proud of him - and it was touching to see the youngster pay tribute.

"I know that if he was here he would be very proud," said the 18-year-old, who is Britain's first individual diving medallist for 52 years.

"It's really tough not having him here, but I'm so glad to come out with something to show for it after all of the hard work we put in together."

Yet another magic moment in these Olympics - there have been so many, as this excellent BBC video amply demonstrates. Does it really all have to end today?

MEDAL TABLE (Day 16, 15:54)

Rank	Country	G	S	B	Total
1	UNITED STATES (USA)	45	29	29	103
2	China (CHN)	38	27	22	87
3	Great Britain & NI (GBR)	28	16	19	63
4	Russian Federation (RUS)	21	25	33	79
5	South Korea (KOR)	13	8	7	28
6	Germany (GER)	11	19	14	44
7	France (FRA)	10	11	12	33
8	Italy (ITA)	8	7	9	24
9	Hungary (HUN)	8	4	5	17
10	Australia (AUS)	7	16	12	35
11	Japan (JPN)	7	14	17	38
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	7	0	5	12
13	Netherlands (NED)	6	6	8	20
14	Ukraine (UKR)	6	5	9	20
15	Cuba (CUB)	5	3	6	14
16	New Zealand (NZL)	5	3	5	13
17	Iran (IRN)	4	5	3	12
18	Jamaica (JAM)	4	4	4	12
19	North Korea (PRK)	4	0	2	6
20	Spain (ESP)	3	9	4	16
21	Brazil (BRZ)	3	4	8	15
22	Belarus (BLR)	3	4	5	12
23	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	3	3	9
24	South Africa (RSA)	3	2	1	6
25	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	1	3	7
26	Romania (ROU)	2	5	2	9
27	Kenya (KEN)	2	4	5	11
28	Denmark (DEN)	2	4	3	9
29	Poland (POL)	2	2	6	10
29	Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	2	6	10
31	Turkey (TUR)	2	2	1	5
32	Croatia (CRO)	2	1	2	5
33	Norway (NOR)	2	1	1	4
34	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	0	3
35	Canada (CAN)	1	5	12	18
36	Colombia (COL)	1	3	4	8
37	Mexico (MEX)	1	3	3	7
37	Sweden (SWE)	1	3	3	7
37	Georgia (GEO)	1	3	3	7
40	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	3	5
41	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
41	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	2	4
41	Lithuania (LIT)	1	1	2	4
44	Serbia (SBR)	1	1	1	3
44	Tunisia (TUN)	1	1	1	3
46	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	1	0	2
47	Trinidad & Tobago (TRI)	1	1	3	5
47	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	1	3	5
49	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	1	2
50	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	0	1
50	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	0	1
50	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	0	1
50	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
50	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
55	India (IND)	0	2	4	6
56	Mongolia (MGL)	0	2	3	5
57	Thailand (THA)	0	2	1	3
58	Egypt (EGY)	0	2	0	2
59	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	3	4
60	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	2	3
60	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	2	3
60	Finland (FIN)	0	1	2	3
63	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	1	2
63	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
63	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
63	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
63	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	1	2
63	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
69	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1
69	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	0	1
69	Gabon (GAB)	0	1	0	1
69	Guatemala (GUA)	0	1	0	1
69	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	0	1
69	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
75	Greece (GRE)	0	0	2	2
75	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
75	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	2	2
75	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	2	2
79	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	1	1
79	Bahrain (BRN)	0	0	1	1
79	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
79	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
79	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
79	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
79	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	1	1

London 2012 Olympics: Bolt blasts his way into history

London 2012 Olympics on The Intrepid Reporter
Unofficial sport-by-sport guide - Medal calendar - Full results - The Big 4 - Team sports
USAIN BOLT defended his men's 100m title successfully after running the second fastest time ever and breaking the Olympic record.

Bolt finished in 9.63 seconds, ahead of his training partner Yohan Blake with American Justin Gatlin in third after he edged out his compatriot Tyson Gay by just one-hundredth of a second.

This was Bolt pretty much at his best as he became the first man to win back-to-back 100m Olympic golds since Carl Lewis won in 1984 and 1988.

Yes, the world record may not have fallen but this was still an absolutely phenomenal performance by an athlete who has had his doubters over the past year or so.

Of course, the detractors' claims were not groundless with ammunition for them provided by his false start failure in last year's World Championships in Daegu, and his defeat to Blake at the Jamaican Olympic trials.

However, it soon became clear that at the actual Olympic Games, Bolt meant business. In his heat and his semi final, Bolt strolled over the line in 10.08 seconds and 9.87 seconds respectively.

Naturally, the final - scheduled at 9.50pm - was always going to be tougher, and Bolt got out of his blocks slowly, perhaps fearing another instant elimination for a false start.

Never too far behind, though, it was clear that - in the second half of the race - this was a one-man show. Bolt was in town, London town, and he was there to break another record.

Now, his next task comes just after midday on Tuesday when he runs in the fourth heat of the 200m qualifiers.

Can Bolt really complete successive 100m and 200m doubles? Surely, his prodigy Blake will have something more to say about that in the final on Thursday.

Indeed, the presence of 22-year-old Blake is unnerving to say the least. It suggests that, even when Bolt - three years his senior - has retired, Jamaica will still have a stranglehold over these events for years to come.

That is not Jamaica's problem, of course - the onus must fall on the other nations to catch up.

Great Britain has had three previous 100m Olympic champions with Harold Abrahams in Paris 1924, Allan Wells in Moscow 1980, and Linford Christie in Barcelona 1992.

Last night, 18-year-old Adam Gemili showed some elite potential, running 10.06 seconds in his semi final, and only just failing to progress.

Gemili only took up the sport in January, having been playing football in League Two for Dagenham & Redbridge until then, and time is certainly on his side.

Back to the present day, and Christine Ohuruogu won Britain's fourth athletics medal of London 2012 with silver in the 400m.

Of course, that meant Ohuruogu had to cede her Olympic title in her own backyard but this was still a great result after a streak of worrying form.

Last night was Ohuruogu's fastest time in three years as, once again, she hit her peak at exactly the right moment.

Incredibly, that silver took Great Britain's overall medal haul up to 37 - just 10 shy of the Beijing total, and 11 short of the Team GB target - after another golden day.

Early in the afternoon, Ben Ainslie became the most decorated Olympic sailor ever, claiming his fourth gold medal after eventually winning the week-long Battle of Weymouth Bay against the 'Great Dane' Jonas Hogh-Christensen.

Olympic champion Ainslie had been in real trouble earlier in the week as Hogh-Christensen set a blistering pace by finishing ahead of his British rival in each of the first six races.

In race seven, though, there came a turning point as Hogh-Christensen capsized and Ainslie capitalised by winning for the first time.

Still, Ainslie entered the medal race a little behind and with another threat coming from Dutchman Pieter-Jan Postma.

And so, while it looked like Ainslie had the Hogh-Christensen situation under control, there remained a real threat that Postma could undercut both of them to take gold.

A similar thing had already happened when duo Iain Percy and Andrew 'Bart' Simpson were unable to defend their Olympic title in the Star class.

Swedish pair Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen won gold after Percy and Simpson ended up tangling with Brazilian bronze medalists Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada down the field in the final race.

However, Great Britain was not going to be denied twice in the same afternoon.

Postma - perhaps feeling the pressure - made a tactical error at the final turn, and dropped to fifth. It meant Ainslee could finally relax after what had surely been the toughest race of his life.

Later in the afternoon, Andy Murray won gold in the men's singles, exacting revenge on Roger Federer for his defeat in the Wimbledon final only four weeks earlier.

Murray was in control from the very start, winning the first set 6-2. In the second set, a vital moment came as he saved six break points in his second service game to move 3-0 up, eventually winning that 6-1.

Federer had never been beaten by Murray over five sets - but another break in fifth game of the third set allowed Murray to serve out for a victory which left the staticians wiping dust off the record books.

After all, this was the first Olympic medal for a British man in tennis singles since Charles Dixon in Antwerp in 1920, and it was the first men's singles gold for a Briton since Josiah Ritchie in 1908.

Remarkably, Murray's workday was not yet complete as he and Laura Robson had qualified for the mixed doubles final having won their quarter final and semi final on the same day.

The pair started well against the number one seeds, Belarussians Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi, storming through the first set to win 6-2.

However, the gap in experience between women's world number one Azarenka and 18-year-old Robson began to show in the second set which went the way of the Belarus pair 6-3.

That set up a champions' tie-breaker - the first to 10 - and the Mirnyi-Azarenka partnership used the momentum to take an early 3-0 lead.

Murray and Robson were not yet finished, though, and a string of points brought it back to 6-6 at the second changeover.

From there, it was hard to pick a winner - but, once again, the Belarussians took control with three successive points to set up three championship points.

The first two were saved by Murray but there was no stopping an Azarenka smash on the third. Murray and Robson had to settle for silver - still an amazing achievement for the latter in particular, given her age.

Meanwhile, there was more success for Great Britain at the North Greenwich Arena where gymnasts Louis Smith and Max Whitlock took silver and bronze respectively on the pommel horse.

Smith was hugely unfortunate to miss out on gold as his brilliant routine lost out to Hungarian Krisztian Berki only on his execution score after they had tied overall.

Whitlock's placing emphasised the historic depth to this GB men's gymnastics team after he completed a clean routine to take advantage of some loose moves by earlier opponents.

Finally, back in the velodrome, Great Britain won another medal with Ed Clancy taking bronze in the men's Omnium.

Clancy was down in fifth with just one event left after finishing 10th in the scratch race. However, victory in the 1km time trial lifted him up to third on 30 points, not far short of actual gold medallist Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark, on 27.

That made it another eight medals - two golds, four silvers, two bronzes - for Great Britain on day nine, which meant that the hosts consolidated its third place in the overall medal table.

Indeed, with eight golds and 22 medals coming in the three days since Friday, this was a simply amazing weekend for British sport - and long may the success continue!


MEDAL TABLE (Day 10, 12:28PM)

Rank	Country	G	S	B	Total
1	CHINA (CHN)	30	17	14	61
2	United States (USA)	28	14	18	60
3	Great Britain & NI (GBR)	16	11	10	37
4	South Korea (KOR)	10	4	6	20
5	France (FRA)	8	8	9	25
6	Italy (ITA)	6	5	3	14
7	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	6	0	0	6
8	Germany (GER)	5	10	7	22
9	Russian Federation (RUS)	4	16	15	35
10	Hungary (HUN)	4	1	3	8
11	North Korea (PRK)	4	0	1	5
12	Netherlands (NED)	3	1	4	8
13	South Africa (RSA)	3	1	0	4
14	New Zealand (NZL)	3	0	4	7
15	Japan (JPN)	2	12	13	27
16	Romania (ROU)	2	4	2	8
16	Denmark (DEN)	2	4	2	8
18	Belarus (BLR)	2	2	3	7
19	Cuba (CUB)	2	2	1	5
20	Jamaica (JAM)	2	1	1	4
20	Poland (POL)	2	1	1	4
22	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	5	7
23	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	0	1	3
24	Australia (AUS)	1	12	7	20
25	Canada (CAN)	1	3	6	10
26	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	3	1	5
27	Sweden (SWE)	1	3	0	4
28	Kenya (KEN)	1	2	2	5
29	Brazil (BRZ)	1	1	5	7
30	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	2	4
31	Croatia (CRO)	1	1	0	2
31	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	0	2
33	Iran (IRN)	1	0	1	2
33	Lithuania (LIT)	1	0	1	2
35	Georgia (GEO)	1	0	0	1
35	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
37	Mexico (MEX)	0	3	2	5
38	Colombia (COL)	0	3	1	4
39	Spain (ESP)	0	2	1	3
40	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	3	4
41	India (IND)	0	1	2	3
41	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	1	2	3
43	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	1	2
43	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	1	2
43	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	1	2
43	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
43	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	1	2
43	Serbia (SBR)	0	1	1	2
49	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
49	Guatemala (GUA)	0	1	0	1
49	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
49	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
49	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
54	Greece (GRE)	0	0	2	2
54	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
56	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
56	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
56	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
56	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
56	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	1	1
56	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1

London 2012 Olympics: An unofficial sport-by-sport guide

ARCHERY

Total Golds: 4
Venue: Lord's cricket ground
Events: Men's individual and team, Women's individual and team.
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Men's team final
Sun 29 July Women's team final
Thu 2 August Women's individual final
Fri 3 August Men's individual final

Team GB: Laurence Godfrey, Simon Terry, Alan Wills; Naomi Folkard, Amy Oliver, Alison Williamson

ATHLETICS - TRACK
Total Golds: 29
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Events:
Men 100m (Sun 5 August), 200m (Wed 8 August), 400m (Mon 6 August), 800m (Wed 8 August), 1500m (Tue 7 August), 5000m (Sat 11 August), 10000m (Sat 4 August), 110m hurdles (Wed 8 August), 400m hurdles (Mon 6 August), 3000m steeplechase (Sun 5 August), 4x100m relay (Sat 11 August), 4x400m relay (Fri 10 August), Marathon (Sun 12 August), 20km walk (Sat 4 August), 50km walk (Sat 11 August)
Women 100m (Sat 4 August), 200m (Wed 8 August), 400m (Sun 5 August), 800m (Sat 11 August), 1500m (Fri 10 August), 5000m (Fri 10 August), 10000m (Fri 3 August), 100m hurdles (Wed 8 August), 400m hurdles (Tue 7 August), 3000m steeplechase (Mon 6 August), 4x100m relay (Fri 10 August), 4x400m relay (Sat 11 August), Marathon (Sun 5 August), 20km walk (Sat 11 August)
Key dates:
- Finals dates for each event stated above in parentheses 

Team GB (men): Adam Gemili (100m, 4x100m), Dwain Chambers (100m, 4x100m), James Dasaolu (100m, 4x100m), Christian Malcolm (200m, 4x100m), James Ellington (200m, 4x100m), Martyn Rooney (400m, 4x400m), Conrad Williams (400m, 4x400m), Nigel Levine (400m, 4x400m), Andrew Osagie (800m), Gareth Warburton (800m), Michael Rimmer (800m), Ross Murray (1500m), Andrew Baddeley (1500m), Nick McCormick (5000m), Mo Farah (500m, 10000m), Chris Thompson (10000m), Stuart Stokes (3000m steeplechase), Lawrence Clarke (110m hurdles), Andrew Pozzi (110m hurdles), Andy Turner (110m hurdles), Dai Greene (400m hurdles, 4x400m), Jack Green (400m hurdles, 4x400m), Rhys Williams (400m hurdles), Scott Overall (marathon), Lee Merrien (marathon);

Team GB (women): Abi Oyepitan (100m, 200m), Anyika Onuora (100m, 200m), Margaret Adeoye (200m), Christine Ohuruogu (400m, 4x400m), Shana Cox (400m, 4x400m), Lee McConnell (400m, 4x400m), Lynsey Sharp (800m), Laura Weightman (1500m), Lisa Dobriskey (1500m), Hannah England (1500m), Jo Pavey (5000m, 10000m), Julia Bleasdale (5000m, 10000m), Barbara Parker (5000m, 3000m steeplechase), Eilish McColgan (3000m steeplechase), Johanna Jackson (20km walk), Tiffany Porter (100m hurdles), Perri Shakes-Drayton (400m hurdles), Eilidh Child (400m hurdles), Paula Radcliffe (marathon), Mara Yamauchi (marathon), Claire Hallissey (marathon)

ATHLETICS - FIELD
Total Golds: 18
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Events:
Men High jump (Tue 7 August), Long jump (Sat 4 August), Triple jump (Thu 9 August), Pole vault (Fri 10 August), Shot put (Fri 3 August), Discus throw (Tue 7 August), Hammer throw (Sun 5 August), Javelin throw (Sat 11 August), Decathlon (Wed-Thu 8-9 August)
Women High jump (Sat 11 August), Long jump (Wed 8 August), Triple jump (Sun 5 August), Pole vault (Mon 6 August), Shot put (Mon 6 August), Discus throw (Sat 4 August), Hammer throw (Fri 10 August), Javelin throw (Thu 9 August), Heptathlon (Sat-Sun 3-4 August)
Key dates:
- Finals dates for each event stated above in parentheses

Team GB (men): Philips Idowu (triple jump), Greg Rutherford (long jump), Chris Tomlinson (long jump), Brett Morse (discus), Abdul Buhari (discus), Lawrence Okoye (discus), Robbie Grabarz (high jump), Steven Lewis (pole vault), Mervyn Luckwell (javelin), Carl Myerscough (shot put), Alex Smith (hammer), Daniel Awde (decathlon)

Team GB (women): Goldie Sayers (javelin), Yamile Aldama (triple jump), Holly Bleasdale (pole vault), Kate Dennison (pole vault), Sophie Hitchon (hammer), Shara Proctor (long jump), Jessica Ennis (heptathlon), Louise Hazel (heptathlon), Katarina Johnson-Thompson (heptathlon)

  
BADMINTON
Total Golds: 5
Venue: Wembley Arena
Events: Men's singles, men's doubles, Women's singles, women's doubles, Mixed doubles
Key dates:
Fri 3 August Mixed doubles final
Sat 4 August Women's singles, women's doubles finals
Sun 5 August Men's singles, men's doubles finals

Team GB: Rajiv Ouseph (men's singles), Susan Egelstaff (women's singles), Chris Adcock/Imogen Bankier (mixed doubles)

BASKETBALL
Total Golds: 2
Venue: The O2 Arena (North Greenwich Arena)
Events: Men's competition (12 teams), women's competition (12 teams)
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Team GB women v Australia (group match)
Sun 29 July Team GB men v Russia (group match)
Mon 30 July Team GB women v Canada (group match)
Tue 31 July Team GB men v Brazil (group match)
Wed 1 August Team GB women v Russia (group match)
Thu 2 August Team GB men v Spain (group match)
Fri 3 August Team GB women v France (group match)
Sat 4 August Team GB men v Australia (group match)
Sun 5 August Team GB women v Brazil (group match)
Mon 6 August Team GB men v China (group match)
Sat 11 August Women's final
Sun 12 August Men's final

Team GB (men's squad): Kieron Achara, Robert Archibald, Eric Boateng, Dan Clark, Luol Deng, Joel Freeland, Kyle Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Mike Lenzly, Pops Mensa-Bonsu, Nate Reinking, Andrew Sullivan

Team GB (women's squad): Dominique Allen, Rose Anderson, Kim Butler, Stef Collins, Temi Fagbenle, Chantelle Handy, Jo Leedham, Julie Page, Natalie Stafford, Azania Stewart, Rachael Vanderwal, Jenaya Wade-Fray

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Total Golds: 2
Venue: Horse Guards Parade
Events: Men's competition (24 teams), women's competition (24 teams)
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Team GB men v Binstock-Reader (Canada) (group stage)
Sun 29 July Team GB women v Lessard-Martin (Canada) (group stage)
Mon 30 July Team GB men v Cunha-Santos (Brazil) (group stage)
Tue 31 July Team GB women v Cicolari-Menegatti (Italy) (group stage)
Wed 1 August Team GB men v Skarlund-Spinnangr (Norway) (group stage)
Thu 2 August Team GB women v Khomyakova-Ukolova (Russia) (group stage)
Wed 8 August Women's final
Thu 9 August Men's final

Team GB: John Garcia Thompson/Steve Grotowski; Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin

BOXING
Total Golds: 13
Venue: ExCel Exhibition Centre
Events:
- Men: Light flyweight (49kg), Flyweight (52kg), Bantamweight (56kg), Lightweight (60kg), Light welterweight (64kg), Welterweight (69kg), Middleweight (75kg), Light heavyweight (81kg), Heavyweight (91kg), Super heavyweight (+91kg)
- Women: Flyweight (51kg), Lightweight (60kg), Middleweight (75kg)
Key dates:
Thu 9 August All three Women's finals
Sat 11 August Men's finals at Light flyweight, Bantamweight, Light welterweight, Middleweight, and Heavyweight
Sun 12 August Men's finals at Flyweight, Lightweight, Welterweight, Light heavyweight, and Super heavyweight

Team GB (men): Andrew Selby (flyweight), Luke Campbell (bantamweight), Josh Taylor (lightweight), Tom Stalker (light welterweight), Fred Evans (welterweight), Anthony Ogogo (middleweight), Anthony Joshua (super heavyweight) 

Team GB (women): Nicola Adams (flyweight), Natasha Jonas (lightweight), Savannah Marshall (middleweight)

CANOEING - SLALOM
Total Golds: 4
Venue: Lee Valley White Water Centre
Events: Men's C-1, Men's C-2, Men's K-1, Women's K-1
Key dates:
Tue 31 July Men's C-1
Wed 1 August Men's K-1
Thu 2 August Men's C-2, Women's K-1

Team GB: Richard Hounslow (K-1), David Florence (C-1), Richard Hounslow/David Florence (C-2), Tim Baillie/Etienne Stott (C-2); Lizzie Neave (K-1)

CANOEING - SPRINT
Total Gold: 12
Venue: Eton Dorney, Berkshire
Events: Men's C-1 200m, Men's C-1 1000m, Men's C-2 1000m, Men's K-1 200m, Men's K-1 1000m, Men's K-2 200m, Men's K-2 1000m, Men's K-4 1000m; Women's K-1 200m, Women's K-1 500m, Women's K-2 500m, Women's K-4 500m
Key dates:
Wed 8 August Men's C-1 1000m, Men's K-1 1000m, Men's K-2 1000m, Women's K-4 500m
Thu 9 August Men's C-2 1000m, Men's K-4 1000m, Women's K-1 500m, Women's K-2 500m
Sat 11 August Men's C-1 200m, Men's K-1 200m, Men's K-2 200m, Women's K-1 200m

Team GB: Edward McKeever (K-1 200m), Liam Heath/Jonathan Schofield (K-2 200m), Tim Brabants (K-1 1000m), Richard Jefferies (C-1 200m, C-1 1000m); Jessica Walker (K-1 200m), Rachel Cawthorn (K-1 500m), Abigail Edmonds (K-2 500m), Jessica Walker/Rachel Cawthorn/Angela Hannah/Louise Sawers (K-4 500m)

CYCLING - BMX, MOUNTAIN BIKE, ROAD
Total Golds: 8
Venue: London Velopark
Events:
- BMX - Men's event, Women's event
- Mountain Bike - Men's cross-country, Women's cross-country
- Road - Men's road race, Men's time trial, Women's road race, Women's time trial
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Men's road race
Sun 29 July Women's road race
Wed 1 August Men's time trial, Women's time trial
Fri 10 August Men's BMX final, Women's BMX final
Sat 11 August Women's cross-country
Sun 12 August Men's cross country

Team GB (men): Liam Phillips (BMX), Liam Killeen (cross-country), Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome, David Millar, Ian Stannard, Bradley Wiggins (road race), Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins (time trial)

Team GB (women): Shanaze Reade (BMX), Annie Last (cross-country), Lizzie Armitstead, Nicole Cooke, Lucy Martin, Emma Pooley (road race), Lizzie Armitstead, Emma Pooley (time trial)

CYCLING - TRACK
Total Golds: 10
Venue: London Velopark
Events:
- Men: Keirin, Omnium, Sprint, Team sprint, Team pursuit
- Women: Keirin, Omnium, Sprint, Team sprint, Team pursuit
Key dates:
Thu 2 August Men's team sprint final, Women's team sprint final
Fri 3 August Men's team pursuit final, Women's Keirin final
Sat 4 August Women's team pursuit final
Sun 5 August Men's Omnium scratch race
Mon 6 August Men's sprint final
Tue 7 August Men's Keirin final, Women's Omnium scratch race, Women's sprint final

Team GB (men): Philip Hindes, Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny (sprints); Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Andy Tennant, Geraint Thomas (endurance)

Team GB (women): Victoria Pendleton, Jessica Varnish (sprints); Wendy Houvenaghel, Dani King, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell (endurance)

DIVING
Total Golds: 8
Venue: Aquatics Centre
Events:
- Men: 3m springboard (Tue 7 August), 10m platform (Sat 11 August), synchronised 3m springboard (Wed 1 August), synchornised 10m platform (Mon 30 July)
- Women: 3m springboard (Sun 5 August), 10m platform (Thu 9 August), synchronised 3m springboard (Sun 29 July), synchornised 10m platform (Tue 31 July)
Key dates:
- Finals dates for each event stated above in parantheses

Team GB (men): Tom Daley (10m indiv, 10m synch), Peter Waterfield (10m indiv, 10m synch), Chris Mears (3m indiv, 3m synch), Nick Robinson-Baker (3m synch), Jack Laugher (3m indiv)

Team GB (women): Alicia Blagg/Rebecca Gallantree (3m synch), Hannah Starling (3m indiv), Tonia Couch/Sarah Barrow (10m synch), Stacie Powell (10m indiv), Monique Gladding (10m indiv)

EQUESTRIAN
Total Golds: 6
Venue: Greenwich Park
Events: Individual and team dressage, Individual and team jumping, Individual and team eventing
Key dates:
Tue 31 July Individual and team eventing finals
Mon 6 August Team jumping final
Tue 7 August Team dressage final
Wed 8 August Individual jumping final
Thu 9 August Individual dressage final

Team GB: Kristina Cook [Miners Frolic], William Fox-Pitt [Lionheart], Nicola Wilson [Opposition Buzz], Mary King [Imperial Cavalier], Zara Phillips [High Kingdom] (eventing); 

Laura Bechtolsheimer [Mistral Hojris], Charlotte Dujardin [Valegro], Carl Hester [Uthopia], Richard Davison [Artemis] (dressage); 

Scott Brash [Hello Sanctos], Nick Skelton [Big Star], Ben Maher [Triple X III], Peter Charles [Murka's Vindicat W] (show jumping)

FENCING
Total Golds: 10
Venue: ExCel Exhibition Centre
Events:
- Men: Individual epee, Invidivual and team foil, Individual and team sabre
- Women: Individual and team epee, Invidivual and team foil, Individual sabre
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Women's individual foil final
Sun 29 July Men's individual sabre final
Mon 30 July Women's individual epee final
Tue 31 July Men's individual foil final
Wed 1 August Men's individual epee and Women's individual sabre finals
Thu 2 August Women's team foil final
Fri 3 August Men's team sabre final
Sat 4 August Women's team epee final
Sun 5 August Men's team foil final

Team GB: James Davis (foil), Richard Kruse (foil), Husayn Rosowsky (foil), James Honeybone (sabre); Anna Bentley (foil), Natalia Sheppard (foil), Sophie Troiano (foil), Louise Bond-Williams (sabre), Sophie Williams (sabre), Corinna Lawrence (epee)

FOOTBALL
Total Golds: 2
Venues: Hampden Park, Glasgow; St James Park, Newcastle upon Tyne; Old Trafford, Manchester; City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry; Millennium Stadium, Cardiff; Wembley Stadium, London. Finals at Wembley.
Events: Men's competition (16 teams), Women's competitions (12 teams)
Key dates:
Wed 25 July Team GB women v New Zealand (group stage)
Thu 26 July Team GB men v Senegal (group stage)
Sat 28 July Team GB women v Cameroon (group stage)
Sun 29 July Team GB men v United Arab Emirates (group stage)
Tue 31 July Team GB women v Brazil (group stage)
Wed 1 August Team GB men v Uruguay (group stage)
Thu 9 August Women's final
Sat 11 August Men's final

Team GB (men): Jack Butland, Jason Steele, Ryan Bertrand, Steven Caulker, Craig Dawson, Micah Richards, Danny Rose, Neil Taylor, James Tomkins, Joe Allen, Tom Cleverley, Jack Cork, Ryan Giggs, Aaron Ramsey, Scott Sinclair, Craig Bellamy, Marvin Sordell, Daniel Sturridge, Stuart Pearce (coach)

Team GB (women): Eniola Aluko, Anita Asante, Karen Bardsley, Sophie Bradley, Rachel Brown, Karen Carney, Ifeoma Dieke, Stephanie Houghton, Kim Little, Claire Rafferty, Alex Scott, Jill Scott, Kelly Smith, Casey Stoney, Fara Williams, Rachel Williams, Ellen White, Rachel Yankey, Hope Powell (coach)

GYMNASTICS
Total Golds: 18
Venue: The O2 Arena (North Greenwich Arena)
Events:
- Artistic (a) - Men's team all-round, Men's individual all-round, Men's floor, Men's pommel horse, Men's rings, Men's vault, Men's parallel bars, Men's horizontal bars; Women's team all-round, Women's individual all-round, Women's floor, Women's vault, Women's uneven bars, Women's balance beam
- Rhythmic (r) - Individual all-round, Group all-round
- Trampoline (t) - Men's final, Women's final
Key dates:
Mon 30 July Men's team all-round (a) final
Tue 31 July Women's team all-round (a) final
Wed 1 August Men's individual all-round (a) final
Thu 2 August Women's individual all-round (a) final
Fri 3 August Men's trampoline (t) final
Sat 4 August Women's trampoline (t) final
Sun 5 August Men's floor (a) final, Men's pommel horse (a) final, Women's vault (a) final
Mon 6 August Men's vault (a) final, Men's rings (a) final, Men's parallel bars (a) final, Men's horizontal bar (a) final, Women's floor (a) final, Women's uneven bars (a) final, Women's balance beam (a) final
Sat 11 August Individual all-round (r) final
Sun 12 August Group all-round (r) final

Team GB: Louis Smith, Dan Purvis, Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock, Sam Oldham (men's artistic); Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan, Rebecca Tunney, Jennifer Pinches, Imogen Cairns (women's artistic); Kat Driscoll (women's trampoline); Francesca Jones (individual rhythmic), Georgina Cassar, Jade Faulkner, Francesca Fox, Lynne Hutchison, Louisa Pouli, Rachel Smith (team rhythmic)

HANDBALL
Total Golds: 2
Venue: Copper Box (preliminaries and quarter finals), Basketball Arena (semi finals and finals)
Events: Men's competition (12 teams), Women's competition (12 teams)
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Team GB women v Montenegro (group stage)
Sun 29 July Team GB men v France (group stage)
Mon 30 July Team GB women v Russia (group stage)

Tue 31 July Team GB men v Sweden (group stage)

Wed 1 August Team GB women v Brazil (group stage)

Thu 2 August Team GB men v Argentina (group stage)

Fri 3 August Team GB women v Angola (group stage)

Sat 4 August Team GB men v Tunisia (group stage)

Sun 5 August Team GB women v Croatia (group stage)

Mon 6 August Team GB men v Iceland (group stage)
Sat 11 August Women's final
Sun 12 August Men's final

Team GB (men's squad): Bob White, Jesper Parker, John Pearce, Mark Hawkins, Martin Hare, Ciaran Williams, Chris Mohr, Steven Larsson, Seb Edgar, Seb Prieto, Gawain Vincent, Robin Garnham, Dan McMillan, Chris McDermott

Team GB (women's squad): Sarah Hargreaves, Jane Mayes, Zoe ven der Weel, Holly Lam-Moores, Ewa Palies, Kathryn Fudge, Lynn McCafferty (captain), Nina Heglund, Yvonne Leuthold, Marie Gerbron, Kelsi Fairbrother, Britt Goodwin, Louise Jukes, Lyn Byl

HOCKEY
Total Golds: 2
Venue: Riverbank Arena
Events: Men's competition (12 teams), Women's competition (12 teams)
Key dates:
Sun 29 July Team GB women v Japan (group stage)
Mon 30 July Team GB men v Argentina (group stage)
Tue 31 July Team GB women v Korea (group stage)
Wed 1 August Team GB men v South Africa (group stage)
Thu 2 August Team GB women v Belgium (group stage)
Fri 3 August Team GB men v Pakistan (group stage)
Sat 4 August Team GB women v China (group stage)
Sun 5 August Team GB men v Australia (group stage)
Mon 6 August Team GB women v Netherlands (group stage)
Tue 7 August Team GB men v Spain (group stage)
Fri 10 August Women's final
Sat 11 August Men's final

Team GB (men's squad): Nicholas Catlin, Jonathan Clarke, Matt Daly, James Fair, Daniel Fox, Ben Hawes, Ashley Jackson, Glenn Kirkham, Iain Lewers, Iain Mackay, Harry Martin, Barry Middleton, Robert Moore, Richard Smith, James Tindall, Alastair Wilson

Team GB (women's squad): Ashleigh Ball, Laura Bartlett, Crista Cullen, Alex Danson, Hannah Macleod, Emily Maguire, Anne Panter, Helen Richardson, Chloe Rogers, Beth Storry, Sarah Thomas, Georgie Twigg, Laura Unsworth, Kate Walsh, Sally Walton, Nicola White

JUDO
Total Golds: 14
Venue: ExCel Exhibition Centre
Events:
- Men: Extra-lightweight (60kg), Half-lightweight (66kg), Lightweight (73kg), Half-middleweight (81kg), Middlewight (90kg), Half-heavyweight (100kg), Heavyweight (+100kg)
- Women: Extra-lightweight (48kg), Half-lightweight (52kg), Lightweight (57kg), Half-middleweight (63kg), Middlewight (70kg), Half-heavyweight (78kg), Heavyweight (+78kg)
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Men and Women's extra-lightweight finals
Sun 29 July Men and Women's half-lightweight finals
Mon 30 July Men and Women's lightweight finals
Tue 31 July Men and Women's half-middleweight finals
Wed 1 August Men and Women's middleweight finals
Thu 2 August Men and Women's half-heavyweight finals
Fri 3 August Men and Women's heavyweight finals

Team GB (men): Ashley McKenzie (extra-lightweight), Colin Oates (half-lightweight), Daniel Williams (lightweight), Euan Burton (half-middleweight), Winston Gordon (middleweight), James Austin (half-heavyweight), Christopher Sherrington (heavyweight)

Team GB (women): Kelly Edwards (extra-lightweight), Sophie Cox (half-lightweight), Sarah Clark (lightweight), Gemma Howell (half-middleweight), Sally Conway (middleweight), Gemma Gibbons (half-heavyweight), Karina Bryant (heavyweight)

MODERN PENTATHLON
Total Golds: 2
Venue: Copper Box (fencing), Aquatics Centre (swimming), Greenwich Park (riding, running/shooting)
Events: Men's individual competition, Women's individual competition
Key dates:
Sat 11 August Men's competition (all disciplines)
Sun 12 August Women's competition (all disciplines)

Team GB: Nick Woodbridge, Sam Weale; Mhairi Spence, Samantha Murray

ROWING
Total Golds: 14
Venue: Dorney Lake, Eton Dorney, Berkshire
Events:
- Men: Single scull, Pair, Double scull, Lightweight double scull, Four, Quadruple scull, Lightweight four, Eight
- Women: Single scull, Pair, Double scull, Lightweight double scull, Quadruple scull, Eight
Key dates:
Wed 1 August Men's Eight, Women's Pair and Women's Quadruple scull finals
Thu 2 August Men's Double scull, Men's Lightweight four, and Women's Eight finals
Fri 3 August Men's Single scull, Men's Pair, Men's Quadruple scull, and Women's Double scull finals
Sat 4 August Men's Lightweight double scull, Men's Four, Women's Single scull, and Women's lightweight double scull finals

Team GB (men): George Nash/Will Satch (pair), Alex Gregory/Tom James/Pete Reed/Andrew Triggs Hodge (four), Richard Egington/James Foad/Matthew Langridge/Alex Partridge/Tom Ransley/Mohamed Sbihi/Greg Searle/Constantine Louloudis/Phelan Hill [cox] (men's eight), Alan Campbell (single scull), Bill Lucas/Sam Townsend (double scull), Charles Cousins/Stephen Rowbotham/Tom Solesbury/Matthew Wells (quadruple scull), Chris Bartley/Peter Chambers/Richard Chambers/Rob Williams (lightweight four), Mark Hunter/Zac Purchase (lightweight double scull);

Team GB (women): Helen Glover/Heather Stanning (pair), Jessica Eddie/Katie Greves/Lindsey Maguire/Natasha Page/Louisa Reeve/Victoria Thornley/Annabel Vernon/Olivia Whitlam/Caroline O'Connor [cox] (eight), Katherine Grainger/Anna Watkins (double scull), Debbie Flood/Frances Houghton/Beth Rodford/Melanie Wilson (quadruple scull), Katherine Copeland/Sophie Hosking (lightweight double scull)

SAILING
Total Golds: 10
Venue: Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Events:
Men 470 (Thu 9 August), Finn (Sun 5 August), Laser (Mon 6 August), Star (Sun 5 August), RS-X (Tue 7 August)
Women 470 (Fri 10 August), Elliott 6m (Sat 11 August), RS-X (Tue 7 August), Laser Radial (Mon 6 August)
Open 49er (Wed 8 August)
Key dates:
- Finals dates for each event stated above in parentheses

Team GB (men): Ben Ainslie (Finn), Paul Goodison (Laser), Iain Percy/Andrew Simpson (Star), Nick Dempsey (RS-X), Luke Patience/Stuart Bithell (470), Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes (Open 49er);

Team GB (women): Lucy Macgregor, Kate Macgregor, Annie Lush (Elliott 6m), Alison Young (Laser Radial), Hannah Mills/Saskia Clark (470), Bryony Shaw (RS-X)

SHOOTING
Total Golds: 15
Venue: Royal Artillery Barracks
Events:
- Men: 10m air pistol, 25m rapid fire pistol, 50m pistol, 10m air rifle, 50m rifle prone, 50m rifle three positions, Trap, Double trap, Skeet
- Women: 10m air pistol, 10m air rifle, 25m pistol, 50m rifle three positions, Trap, Skeet
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Men's 10m air pistol, Women's 10m air rifle
Sun 29 July Women's 10m air pistol, Women's Skeet
Mon 30 July Men's 10m air rifle
Tue 31 July Men's Skeet
Wed 1 August Women's 25m pistol
Thu 2 August Men's Double Trap
Fri 3 August Men's 50m rifle prone, Men's 25m rapid fire pistol
Sat 4 August Women's 50m rifle three positions, Women's Trap
Sun 5 August Men's 50m pistol
Mon 6 August Men's 50m rifle three positions, Men's Trap

Team GB (men): Richard Brickell (Skeet), Rory Warlow (Skeet), Ed Ling (Trap), Richard Faulds (Double Trap), Peter Wilson (Double Trap), Jonathan Hammond (prone rifle), James Huckle (three position rifle);

Team GB (women): Elena Allen (Skeet), Charlotte Kerwood (Trap), Jennifer McIntosh (air rifle), Georgina Geikie (25m pistol)

SWIMMING
Total Golds: 32
Venue: Aquatics Centre
Events:

Men

Freestyle - 50m (Fri 3 August), 100m (Wed 1 August), 200m (Mon 30 July), 400m (Sat 28 July), 1500m (Sat 4 August)
Backstroke - 100m (Mon 30 July), 200m (Thu 2 August)
Breaststroke - 100m (Sun 29 July), 200m (Wed 1 August)
Butterfly - 100m (Fri 3 August), 200m (Tue 31 July)
Individual Medley - 200m (Thu 2 August), 400m (Sat 28 July)
Relays - 4x100 freestyle (Sun 29 July), 4x 200m freestyle (Tue 31 July), 4x100 medley (Sat 4 August)
Women
Freestyle - 50m (Sat 4 August), 100m (Thu 2 August), 200m (Tue 31 July), 400m (Sun 29 July), 800m (Fri 3 August)
Backstroke - 100m (Mon 30 July), 200m (Fri 3 August)
Breaststroke - 100m (Mon 30 July), 200m (Thu 2 August)
Butterfly - 100m (Sun 29 July), 200m (Wed 1 August)
Individual Medley - 200m (Tue 31 July), 400m (Sat 28 July)
Relays - 4x100 freestyle (Sat 28 July), 4x 200m freestyle (Wed 1 August), 4x100 medley (Sat 4 August)
Key dates:
- Finals dates for each event stated above in parentheses

Team GB (men): Adam Brown (50m freestyle), Liam Tancock (100m backstroke), Chris Walker-Hebborn (100m backstroke, 200m backstroke), Craig Benson (100m breaststroke), Michael Jamieson (100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke), Michael Rock (100m butterfly), Antony James (100m butterfly), Marco Loughran (200m backstroke), Andrew Willis (200m breaststroke), Joe Roebuck (200m butterfly, 200m medley, 400m medley), Roberto Pavoni (200m butterfly, 400m medley), Robbie Renwick (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle), Ieuan Lloyd (200m freestyle), James Goddard (200m medley), David Carry (400m freestyle), David Davies (1500m freestyle), Daniel Fogg (1500m freestyle), Simon Burnett/James Disney-May/Adam Brown/Craig Gibbons/Grant Turner (4x100m freestyle), Robbie Renwick/Ieuan Lloyd/Robert Bale/Ross Davenport/David Carry (4x200m freestyle)

Team GB (women): Fran Halsall (50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly), Amy Smith (50m freestyle, 100m freestyle), Gemma Spofforth (100m backstroke), Georgia Davies (100m backstroke), Kate Haywood (100m breaststroke), Siobhan Marie O'Connor (100m breaststroke), Ellen Gandy (100m butterfly, 200m butterfly), Elizabeth Simmonds (200m backstroke), Steph Proud (200m backstroke), Stacey Tadd (200m breaststroke), Jemma Lowe (200m butterfly), Rebecca Turner (200m freestyle), Caitlin McClatchey (200m freestyle), Hannah Miley (200m medley, 400m medley), Sophie Allen (200m medley), Rebecca Adlington (400m freestyle, 800m freestyle), Jo Jackson (400m freestyle), Aimee Willmott (400m medley), Eleanor Faulkner (800m freestyle), Rebecca Turner/Jessica Lloyd/Caitlin McClatchey (4x100m freestyle), Rebecca Turner/Caitlin McClatchey/Eleanor Faulkner/Jo Jackson/Rebecca Adlington (4x200m freestyle)

OPEN-WATER SWIMMING
Total Golds: 2
Venue: The Serpentine, Hyde Park
Events: Men's individual 10k competition, Women's individual 10k competition
Key dates:
Thu 9 August Women's 10k competition
Fri 10 August Men's 10k competition

Team GB: Daniel Fogg, Keri-Anne Payne

SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
Total Golds: 2
Venue: Aquatics Centre
Events: Women's duet competition, Women's team competition
Key dates:
Tue 7 August Women's duet final
Wed 8 August Women's team technical routine
Thu 9 August Women's team free routine (final)

Team GB squad: Yvette Baker, Katie Clark, Katie Dawkins, Olivia Federici, Jennifer Knobbs, Vicki Lucass, Asha Randall, Jenna Randall, Katie Skelton

 
TABLE TENNIS
Total Golds: 4
Venue: ExCel Exhibition Centre
Events: Men's singles, Men's team, Women's singles, Women's team
Key dates:
Wed 1 August Women's singles final
Thu 2 August Men's singles final
Tue 7 August Women's team final
Wed 8 August Men's team final

Team GB: Andrew Baggaley, Paul Drinkhall, Liam Pitchford; Na Liu, Joanna Parker, Kelly Sibley

TAEKWONDO
Total Golds: 8
Venue: ExCel Exhibition Centre
Events:
- Men: Flyweight (58kg), Lightweight (68kg), Middleweight (80kg), Heavyweight (+80kg)
- Women: Flyweight (49kg), Lightweight (57kg), Middleweight (67kg), Heavyweight (+67kg)
Key dates:
Wed 8 August Men and Women's flyweight finals
Thu 9 August Men and Women's lightweight finals
Fri 10 August Men and Women's middleweight finals
Sat 11 August Men and Women's heavyweight finals

Team GB: Martin Stamper (68kg), Lutalo Muhammad (80kg); Jade Jones (57kg), Sarah Stevenson (67kg)

TENNIS
Total Golds: 5
Venue: All England Club, Wimbledon
Events: Men's singles, men's doubles, Women's singles, women's doubles, Mixed doubles
Key dates:
Sat 4 August Women's singles, Men's doubles finals
Sun 5 August Men's singles, Women's doubles, and Mixed doubles finals

Team GB: Andy Murray (men's singles), Anne Keothavong (women's singles), Elena Baltacha (women's singles), Andy Murray/Jamie Murray (men's doubles), Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (men's doubles), Laura Robson/Heather Watson (women's doubles)

TRIATHLON
Total Golds: 2
Venue: Hyde Park
Events: Men's individiual competition, Women's individual competition (1.5km swim, 40km cycle, 10km run)
Key dates:
Sat 4 August Women's competition (all disciplines)
Tue 7 August Men's competitions (all disciplines)

Team GB: Alistair Brownlee, Jonny Brownlee, Stuart Hayes; Helen Jenkins, Vicky Holland, Lucy Hall

VOLLEYBALL
Total Golds: 2
Venue: Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Events: Men's competition (12 teams), women's competition (12 teams)
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Team GB women v Russia (group stage)
Sun 29 July Team GB men v Bulgaria (group stage)
Mon 30 July Team GB women v Algeria (group stage)
Tue 31 July Team GB men v Australia (group stage)
Wed 1 August Team GB women v Italy (group stage)
Thu 2 August Team GB men v Italy (group stage)
Fri 3 August Team GB women v Dominican Republic (group stage)
Sat 4 August Team GB men v Poland (group stage) 
Sun 5 August Team GB women v Japan (group stage) 
Mon 6 August Team GB men v Argentina (group stage)
Sat 11 August Women's final
Sun 12 August Men's final

Team GB (men's squad): Mark Plotyczer, Dan Hunter, Kieran O'Malley, Joel Miller, Nathan French, Dami Bakare, Ben Pipes, Mark McGivern, Peter Bakare, Andrew Pink, Chris Lamont, Jason Haldane

Team GB (women's squad): Grace Carter, Jennifer Taylor, Rachel Laybourne, Ciara Michel, Rachel Bragg, Joanne Morgan, Janine Sandell, Lynne Beattie, Lucy Wicks, Maria Bertelli, Lizzie Reid, Savanah Leaf

WATER POLO
Total Golds: 2
Venue: Water Polo Arena
Events: Men's competition (12 teams), Women's competition (8 teams)
Key dates:
Sun 29 July Team GB men v Romania (group stage)
Mon 30 July Team GB women v Russia (group stage)
Tue 31 July Team GB men v Serbia (group stage)
Wed 1 August Team GB women v Australia (group stage)
Thu 2 August Team GB men v United States (group stage)
Fri 3 August Team GB women v Italy (group stage)
Sat 4 August Team GB men v Hungary (group stage)
Mon 6 August Team GB men v Montenegro (group stage
Thu 9 August Women's final
Sun 12 August Men's final

Team GB (men's squad): Edward Scott, Matthew Holland, Joseph O'Regan, Jake Vincent, Robert Parker, Craig Figes, Ciaran James, Glen Robinson, Sean Ryder, Adam Scholefield, Jack Waller, Sean King, Alexander Parsonage

Team GB (women's squad): Rosemary Morris, Robyn Nicholls, Frances Leighton, Angela Winstanley-Smith, Lisa Gibson, Rebecca Kershaw, Ciara Gibson-Byrne, Fiona McCann, Chloe Wilcox, Francesca Clayton, Francesca Painter-Snell, Alexandra Rutlidge, Hazel Musgrove

WEIGHTLIFTING
Total Golds: 15
Venue: ExCel Exhibition Centre
Events:
- Men: 56kg, 62kg, 69kg, 77kg, 85kg, 94kg, 105kg, +105kg
- Women: 48kg, 53kg, 58kg, 63kg, 69kg, 75kg, +75kg
Key dates:
Sat 28 July Women's 48kg final
Sun 29 July Men's 56kg final, Women's 53kg final
Mon 30 July Men's 62kg final, Women's 58kg final
Tue 31 July Men's 69kg final, Women's 63kg final
Wed 1 August Men's 77kg final, Women's 69kg final
Fri 3 August Men's 85kg final, Women's 75kg final
Sat 4 August Men's 94kg final
Sun 5 August Womens +75kg final
Mon 6 August Men's 105kg final
Tue 7 August Men's +105kg final

Team GB: Gareth Evans (69kg), Jack Oliver (77kg) Peter Kirkbride (94kg); Zoe Smith (58kg), Natasha Perdue (69kg) 

WRESTLING
Total Golds: 18
Venue: ExCel Exhibition Centre
Events:
- Men: Freestyle and Greco-Roman at 55kg, 60kg, 66kg, 74kg, 84kg, 96kg, and 120kg
- Women: Freestyle only at 48kg, 55kg, 63kg, and 72kg
Key dates:
Sun 5 August Men's Greco-Roman 55kg and 74kg finals
Mon 6 August Men's Greco-Roman 60kg, 84kg, and 120kg finals
Tue 7 August Men's Greco-Roman 66kg and 96kg finals
Wed 8 August Women's Freestyle 48kg and 63kg finals
Thu 9 August Women's Freestyle 55kg and 72kg finals
Fri 10 August Men's Freesyle 55kg and 74kg
Sat 11 August Men's Freestyle 60kg, 84kg, and 120kg finals
Sun 12 August Men's Freestyle 66kg and 96kg finals
Team GB: Olga Butkevych (women's freestyle 55kg)