Sporting Life - Summer Olympics - Beijing 2008

Hockey

Event Guide:

  • Sunday August 24

    0030 Athletics - Men's marathon
    0630 Boxing - Six finals
    0730 Basketball - Men's final
    1330 Closing ceremony
    All times BST
Medals Table
G S B Tot
1 CHN 51 21 28 100
2 USA 36 38 36 110
3 RUS 23 21 28 72
4 GBR 19 13 15 47
5 GER 16 10 15 41
6 AUS 14 15 17 46
Olympic History

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Team GB

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Germans take hockey gold

Germany claimed Olympic gold in the men's hockey on Saturday with a battling 1-0 win over Spain in the final.

Netherlands secure hockey gold

The Netherlands won women's hockey gold with a 2-0 success over hosts China in the final.

Defeat sees GB finish sixth

Great Britain's women lost 2-0 to Australia in their fifth-place play-off on Friday.

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