Chronological summary of the 2008 Summer Olympics
Day 15: August 23

Chronological summary of the 2008 Summer Olympics

Section Title: Day 15: August 23
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Gold medalists

Sport	Event	Competitor(s)	NOC	Rec	Ref

Athletics	Men's 800 m	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya

Men's 5000 m	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	OR

Men's 4 × 400 m relay	LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner Heats: Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon	United States	OR

Men's javelin throw	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	OR

Women's 1500 m	Nancy Jebet Lagat	Kenya

Women's 4 × 400 m relay	Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards Heats: Natasha Hastings	United States

Women's high jump	Tia Hellebaut	Belgium

Baseball	Men's baseball	Ryu Hyun-Jin, Han Ki-Joo, Park Jin-Man, Kwon Hyuk, Lee Taek-Keun, Lee Dae-Ho, Oh Seung-Hwan, Bong Jung-Keun, Ko Young-Min, Lee Jong-Wook, Jeong Keun-Woo, Kim Min-Jae, Jin Kab-Yong, Lee Jin-Young, Jang Won-Sam, Song Seung-Jun, Kim Kwang-Hyun, Lee Yong-Kyu, Kim Dong-Joo, Kang Min-Ho, Kim Hyun-Soo, Lee Seung-Yeop, Chong Tae-Hyon, Yoon Suk-Min	South Korea

Basketball	Women's basketball	Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Sylvia Fowles, Kara Lawson, Lisa Leslie, DeLisha Milton-Jones, Candace Parker, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Smith, Diana Taurasi, Tina Thompson	United States

Boxing	Flyweight	Somjit Jongjohor	Thailand

Featherweight	Vasyl Lomachenko	Ukraine

Light welterweight	Manuel Félix Díaz	Dominican Republic

Middleweight	James DeGale	Great Britain

Heavyweight	Rakhim Chakhkiev	Russia

Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 m	Maxim Opalev	Russia

Men's K-1 500 m	Ken Wallace	Australia

Men's C-2 500 m	Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun	China

Men's K-2 500 m	Saúl Craviotto and Carlos Pérez	Spain

Women's K-1 500 m	Inna Osypenko-Radomska	Ukraine

Women's K-2 500 m	Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics	Hungary

Cycling	Men's cross-country	Julien Absalon	France

Women's cross-country	Sabine Spitz	Germany

Diving	Men's 10 m platform	Matthew Mitcham	Australia

Field hockey	Men's field hockey	Philip Witte, Maximillian Mueller, Sebastian Biederlack, Carlos Nevado, Moritz Fuerste, Tobias Hauke, Tibor Weißenborn, Benjamin Weß, Niklas Meinert, Timo Weß, Oliver Korn, Christopher Zeller, Max Weinhold, Matthias Witthaus, Florian Keller, Philipp Zeller, Jan-Marco Montag	Germany

Football	Men's football	Óscar Ustari, Ezequiel Garay, Luciano Fabián Monzón, Pablo Zabaleta, Fernando Gago, Federico Fazio, José Ernesto Sosa, Éver Banega, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Juan Román Riquelme, Ángel Di María, Nicolás Pareja, Lautaro Acosta, Javier Mascherano, Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero, Diego Buonanotte, Sergio Romero, Nicolás Navarro	Argentina

Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual all-around	Evgeniya Kanaeva	Russia

Handball	Women's handball	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Katja Nyberg, Ragnhild Aamodt, Gøril Snorroeggen, Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Tonje Nøstvold, Karoline Dyhre Breivang, Kristine Lunde, Gro Hammerseng, Kari Mette Johansen, Marit Malm Frafjord, Tonje Larsen, Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, Linn Kristin Riegelhuth	Norway

Synchronized swimming	Women's team	Anastasia Davydova, Anastasia Ermakova, Maria Gromova, Natalia Ishchenko, Elvira Khasyanova, Olga Kuzhela, Yelena Ovchinnikova, Svetlana Romashina	Russia

Table tennis	Men's singles	Ma Lin	China

Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg	Cha Dong-Min	South Korea

Women's +67 kg	Maria Espinoza	Mexico

Volleyball	Women's volleyball	Oliveira Walewska, Carolina Albuquerque, Marianne Steinbrecher, Paula Pequeno, Thaisa Menezes, Hélia Souza, Valeska Menezes, Fabiana Claudino, Welissa Gonzaga, Jacqueline Carvalho, Sheilla Castro, Fabiana de Oliveira	Brazil

Sentence(s)

Middleweight boxer James DeGale won a gold medal in the middleweight class for Great Britain.

final_sentence: Middleweight boxer James DeGale won a gold medal in the middleweight class for Great Britain.