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  • 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

History Timeline

It all started in Athens in 1896...

Team GB

Competitor List

Take a look at the British athletes heading for Beijing

Table - Tennis

Men's Singles Quarter-finals:

Match 1: Wang Hao (Chn) bt Lai Chak Ko (Hkg) 4-1 (11-7 8-11 11-6 11-7 11-9)

Match 2: Jorgen Persson (Swe) bt Zoran Primorac (Cro) 4-1 (7-11 11-6 11-8 14-12 11-9)

Match 3: Wang Liqin (Chn) bt Ruiwu Tan (Cro) 4-0 (11-7 11-5 11-8 11-8)

Match 4: Ma Lin (Chn) bt Sang Eun Oh (Kor) 4-0 (11-3 11-5 11-9 12-10)

Women's Singles Gold Medal

Match 1: Zhang Yining (Chn) bt Wang Nan (Chn) 4-1 (8-11 13-11 11-8 11-8 11-3)

Singles Bronze Medal

Match 2: Guo Yue (Chn) bt Jia Wei Li (Sin) 4-2 (11-6 14-12 9-11 7-11 11-3 11-4)

Singles Semi-finals:

Match 1: Zhang Yining (Chn) bt Jia Wei Li (Sin) 4-1 (9-11 11-8 12-10 11-8 11-5)

Match 2: Wang Nan (Chn) bt Guo Yue (Chn) 4-2 (3-11 11-8 4-11 11-7 11-3 11-6)

Around the site today

Shanaze Reade: Chance of multiple gold medals

12 stars for 2012

We look at a dozen young athletes who could trigger a fresh gold rush in London in four years' time.

Egan: light-heavyweight silver

Day 16 - As It Happened

Irish boxer Kenny Egan took silver on the final day of action in Beijing.

Early stages of the marathon.

2008 Olympics - Day 16

Pictures from the final day of the Beijing Olympics including an appearance from David Beckham.

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