Chronological summary of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Day 8: Sat 4 August

Chronological summary of the 2012 Summer Olympics

Section Title: Day 8: Sat 4 August
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Gold medalists

Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref

Athletics	Women's heptathlon	Jessica Ennis	Great Britain

Men's 20 kilometres walk	Chen Ding	China	OR

Women's discus throw	Sandra Perković	Croatia

Men's long jump	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain

Men's 10,000 metres	Mo Farah	Great Britain

Women's 100 metres	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica

Badminton	Women's singles	Li Xuerui	China

Women's doubles	Tian Qing, Zhao Yunlei	China

Cycling	Women's team pursuit	Danielle King, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell	Great Britain	WR

Fencing	Women's team épée	Li Na, Luo Xiaojuan, Sun Yujie, Xu Anqi	China

Gymnastics	Women's trampoline	Rosie MacLennan	Canada

Rowing	Men's coxless four	Alex Gregory, Tom James, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge	Great Britain

Women's lightweight double sculls	Katherine Copeland, Sophie Hosking	Great Britain

Men's lightweight double sculls	Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist Hansen	Denmark

Women's single sculls	Miroslava Knapková	Czech Republic

Shooting	Women's 50 metre rifle three positions	Jamie Lynn Gray	United States	OR

Women's trap	Jessica Rossi	Italy	WR

Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	OR

Men's 1500 metre freestyle	Sun Yang	China	WR

Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt Heats: Rachel Bootsma, Breeja Larson, Claire Donahue, Jessica Hardy	United States	WR

Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian Heats: Nick Thoman, Eric Shanteau, Tyler McGill, Cullen Jones	United States

Tennis	Women's singles	Serena Williams	United States

Men's doubles	Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan	United States

Triathlon	Women's	Nicola Spirig	Switzerland

Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg	Ilya Ilin	Kazakhstan	WRx2

Sentence(s)

Serena Williams won gold in the women's singles tennis tournament for the United States.

final_sentence: Serena Williams won gold in the women's singles tennis tournament for the United States.