Volume 7, No. 48 August 27, 2008 Version ii — Olympic Games Men — BEIJING, CHINA — By-Nation Medal Chart — AUGUST 15–24 Nation ..................Men Women ......Overall G S B Total G S B Total ATTENDANCE United States .......4 5 5 14 3 4 2 9 ............23 The 91,000-seat National Stadium (the “Bird’s Nest”) had all tickets Russia ...................2 1 3 6 4 4 4 12 ..........18 sold for all sessions. All evening sessions were “full”; morning ses- Kenya ...................3 2 4 9 2 3 0 5 ............14 sions were generally about three-quarters full. Jamaica ................3 0 0 3 3 3 2 8 ............11 WEATHER Belarus .................0 2 2 4 1 1 1 3 ..............7 Official temperature—both C and F—and humidity readings are given Ethiopia .................2 1 1 4 2 0 1 3 ..............7 for the start of each event (and the range if there were heats/sections). Cuba .....................1 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 ..............5 Most sessions were in the 80s. Ukraine .................0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 ..............5 Australia ................1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 ..............4 EXPLAINING THE TYPOGRAPHY Great Britain ..........0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 ..............4 Paragraph breaks in the preliminary rounds of running events indicate Bahamas ...............0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 ..............2 the separation between qualifiers and non-qualifiers. Belgium .................0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 ..............2 COLOR CODING China ....................0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 ..............2 All medalists appear in blue ink; all Americans are in bold face and Italy .......................1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 ..............2 italics (if in multiple rounds, only in the final round in which they com- Morocco ................0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 ..............2 peted); field-event/multi medalists appear in either blue (gold medal), New Zealand .........0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 ..............2 red (silver) or green (bronze) in the progression charts. Nigeria ..................0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 ..............2 Norway..................1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 ..............2 SPLIT TIMES Poland ..................1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 ..............2 Times in 10ths were mostly taken by the official timer, Omega, by a new Trinidad .................0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 ..............2 system with transponders in the athlete bibs and a wiring system under Turkey ...................0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 ..............2 the track (the T&FN split crew also did some video analysis); times in Bahrain .................1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ..............1 100ths are eyebeam times from Omega (* for first two legs of 4x4 are Brazil .....................0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ..............1 start-line times extrapolated for handoffs on 3-turn stagger). 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South Africa ..........0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ..............1 This newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted Sudan ...................0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ..............1 in any form without express written permission. .............................24 24 24 72 23 24 22 69 ........141 www.trackandfieldnews.com -290- August 27, 2008 VI(0.9)–1. Tyrone Edgar (GB) 10.13; 2. — 100 METERS — Patton 10.25; 3. Ronald Pognon (Fra) 10.26; — 200 METERS — 4. Kai Hu (Chn) 10.39; FINAL 5. Abdullah Al-Sooli (Oma) 10.53 PR; 6. FINAL (August 16; wind 0.0) Desislav Gunev (Bul) 10.66; 7. Ali Shareef (August 20; wind –0.9) (temperature 82/28; humidity 39%) (MDV) 11.11 NR; 8. Souksavanh Tonsack- (temperature 81/27; humidity 66%) 1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) ...................... 9.69 theva (Lao) 11.51 PR. 1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) .................... 19.30 WR (old WR 9.72 Bolt ’08) VII(-1.4)–1. Francis Obikwelu (Por) 10.25; WR, OR (old WR, OR OR (old OR 9.84 Bailey [Can] ’96) 2. Obinna Metu (Ngr) 10.34; 3. Dix 10.35; 4. 19.32 Johnson [US] ’96) (first Jamaican gold) Anson Henry (Can) 10.37; (9.96/9.34) 2. Richard Thompson (Trinidad) ....... 9.89 5. Dmytro Hlushchenko (Ukr) 10.57; 6. 2. Shawn Crawford (US) .................. 19.96 PR (=e-s CR Padgett [Clem] ’08) Calvin Kang Li Loong (Sin) 10.73; 7. Jesse (defending champ) (=6, =8 OG) Tamangrow (Pau) 11.38 PR; 8. Reginaldo 3. Walter Dix (US) ............................. 19.98 3. Walter Dix (US) ............................... 9.91 Micha Ndong (EqG) 11.61. 4. Brian Dzingai (Zim) 20.22; 5. Christian PR (=9, x A; =10, x OG) VIII(-0.1)–1. Derrick Atkins (Bah) 10.28; Malcolm (GB) 20.40 (finalist in ’00); 4. Churandy Martina (NA) 9.93 NR (first NA 2. Andrey Yepishin (Rus) 10.34; 3. Jaysuma 6. Kim Collins (StK) 20.59;…dq[lane]—[2] placer ever, all events); 5. Asafa Powell (Jam) Saidy Ndure (Nor) 10.37; 4. Uchenna Emedolu Churandy Martina (NAn) [19.82], [3]Wallace 9.95 (repeat finalist); 6. Michael Frater (Jam) (Ngr) 10.46; Spearmon (US) [19.95]. 9.97; 7. Marc Burns (Tri) 10.01; 8. Darvis 5. Su Wai’bou Sanneh (Gam) 10.52; (lanes: 2. Collins; 3. Malcolm; 4. Crawford; Patton (US) 10.03. 6. Sandro Viana (Bra) 10.60; 7. Chun Ho 5. Bolt; 6. Dzingai; 7. Martina; 8. Dix; 9. (best-ever mark-for-place 1, 7–8; OG-mark- Lai (HK) 10.63; 8. Mohamed Abu Abdullah Spearmon) (Ban) 11.07 PR. for-place 1, 6–8) (reaction times: Martina 0.144, Dix 0.151, IX(-1.7)–1. Samuel Francis (Qat) 10.40; (joins Tokyo ’91 WC with 6 sub-10s) Collins 0.165, Spearmon 0.167, Bolt 0.182, 2. Burns 10.46; 3. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) (lanes: 2. Frater; 3. Patton; 4. Bolt; 5. Thomp- Dzingai 0.185, Crawford 0.210, Malcolm 10.46; son; 6. Dix; 7. Powell; 8. Burns; 9. Martina) 0.212) 4. Rolando Palacios (Hon) 10.49; 5. (reaction times: 0.133 Dix & Thompson, Pow- Ruslan Abbasov (Aze) 10.58; 6. Sébastien heats ell 0.134, Patton 0.142, Burns 0.145, Frater Gattuso (Mon) 10.70; 7. Jack Howard (Mic) (August 18; qualify 3+8) 0.147, Bolt 0.165, Martina 0.169) 11.03; 8. Gordon Heather (COK) 11.41 PR. (temperature 77–81/25–27; heats X(-1.3)–1. Martina 10.35; 2. Naoki Tsuka- humidity 60–53%) (August 15; qualify 3+10) hara (Jpn) 10.39; 3. Simeon Williamson (GB) I(0.1)–1. Crawford 20.61; 2. Marcin Je- (temperature 75–81/24–27; 10.42; 4. Tobias Unger (Ger) 10.46; drusinski (Pol) 20.64; 3. Stéphan Buckland humidity 76–53%) 5. Franklin Nazareno (Ecu) 10.60; 6. (Mri) 20.98; I(-0.2)–1. Bolt 10.20; 2. Daniel Bailey (Ant) Wilfried Bingangoye (Gab) 10.87; 7. Moumi 4. Jirí Vojtík (CzR) 21.05; 5. Fanuel 10.24; 3. Vicente de Lima (Bra) 10.26; 4. Sèbergue (Cha) 11.14; 8. Okilani Tinilau (Tuv) Kenosi (Bot) 21.09; 6. Adam Harris (Guy) Henry Vizcaíno (Cub) 10.28; 11.48 NR, NJR. 21.36; 7. Khalil Al-Hanahneh (Jor) 21.55; 8. 5. Fabio Cerutti (Ita) 10.49; 6. Jurgen The- Solomon Bayoh (SL) 22.16 PR. Quarters men (Sur) 10.61 PR; 7. Moses Kamut (Van) II(0.0)–1. Dzingai 20.25; 2. Malcolm 20.42; (August 15; qualify 3+1) 10.81; 8. Francis Manioru (SOL) 11.09. 3. Chris Williams (Jam) 20.53; 4. Shinji (temperature 84/29; humidity 39%) II(0.0)–1. Powell 10.16; 2. Kim Collins (StK) Takahira (Jpn) 20.58; 5. Amr Ibrahim Mo- I(-0.1)–1. Martina 9.99 NR; 2. Frater 10.09; 10.17 (record-tieing fourth OG); 3. Craig stafa Seoud (Egy) 20.75; 6. Thuso Mpuang 3. Tsukahara 10.23; Pickering (GB) 10.21; 4. Daniel Grueso (Col) (SA) 20.87; 4. Williamson 10.32; 5. Vizcaíno 10.33; 10.35; 5.