Chronological summary of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Day 13: Thu 9 August

Chronological summary of the 2012 Summer Olympics

Section Title: Day 13: Thu 9 August
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Gold medalists

Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref

Athletics	Men's triple jump	Christian Taylor	United States

Men's 800 metres	David Rudisha	Kenya	WR

Men's 200 metres	Usain Bolt	Jamaica

Women's javelin throw	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic

Men's decathlon	Ashton Eaton	United States

Boxing	Women's flyweight	Nicola Adams	Great Britain

Women's lightweight	Katie Taylor	Ireland

Women's middleweight	Claressa Shields	United States

Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	Peter Kretschmer, Kurt Kuschela	Germany

Men's K-4 1000 metres	Tate Smith, Dave Smith, Murray Stewart, Jacob Clear	Australia

Women's K-1 500 metres	Danuta Kozák	Hungary

Women's K-2 500 metres	Franziska Weber, Tina Dietze	Germany

Diving	Women's 10 metre platform	Chen Ruolin	China

Equestrian	Individual dressage	Charlotte Dujardin	Great Britain	OR

Football	Women's	Hope Solo, Heather Mitts, Christie Rampone, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara, Amy LePeilbet, Shannon Boxx, Amy Rodriguez, Heather O'Reilly, Carli Lloyd, Sydney Leroux, Lauren Cheney, Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach, Megan Rapinoe, Rachel Buehler, Tobin Heath, Nicole Barnhart	United States

Swimming	Women's marathon	Éva Risztov	Hungary

Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg	Jade Jones	Great Britain

Men's 68 kg	Servet Tazegül	Turkey

Volleyball	Men's beach	Julius Brink, Jonas Reckermann	Germany

Water polo	Women's	Elizabeth Armstrong, Heather Petri, Melissa Seidemann, Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Tumua Anae	United States

Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg	Saori Yoshida	Japan

Women's freestyle 72 kg	Natalia Vorobieva	Russia

Sentence(s)

Athletics United States' Christian Taylor took gold in the men's triple jump.

final_sentence: Athletics United States' Christian Taylor took gold in the men's triple jump.