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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

Handball

Men's Placement 7-8

Match 39: Denmark bt Korea 37-26

Placement 5-6

Match 40: Poland bt Russian Feder 29-28

Bronze Medal

Match 41: Spain bt Croatia 35-29

Gold Medal

Match 42: France bt Iceland 28-23

Final: 1 France, 2 Iceland, 3 Spain, 4 Croatia, 5 Poland, 6 Russian Feder, 7 Denmark, 8 Korea, 9 Germany, 10 Egypt, 11 Brazil, 12 China

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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