London Olympics Day 5 Medal Winners

15 events in 9 Sports offerred medals on July 31. China and USA earned 4 each. There were some new records with Phelps becoming the highest ever medal winner in the history of Olympics with his 19th medal. Check the record facts and complete list of medal winners on Day 5.

Day 4 Medal Winners
Day 3 Medal Winners
Day 2 Medal Winners
Olympic History
Indian Athletes in 2012 Olympics
Medal Tally

Facts

Phelps won his 19th medal in Olympics to break Larisa Latynina’s record of 18 Olympic medals. He has won 15 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.
Maiya Maneza (Kazakhstan) with 245kg created new Olympic record in Women’s 63kg
Tony Estanguet (France) won his 3rd Gold medal in Canoeing, after 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
Vincent Hancock of the USA became the first Skeet shooter to win back-to-back Olympic titles.
Africa won first-ever medal in Fencing.
In Tennis, Tsonga (France) won the longest ever Singles game in Olympic history.

Canoeing
Canoe Slalom

Gold: Tony Estanguet (France)
Silver: Sideris Tasiadis (Germany)
Bronze: Michal Martikan (Slovakia)

Diving
Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform Diving

Gold: Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao (China)
Silver: Alejandra Orozco Loza and Paolo Espinosa Sanchez (Mexico)
Bronze: Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion (Canada)

Equestrian
Team Eventing

Gold: Germany
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: New Zealand

Show Jumping Individual

Gold: Michael Jung (Germany)
Silver: Sara Algotsson Ostholt (Sweden)
Bronze: Sandra Auffarth (Germany)

Fencing
Men’s Individual Foil

Gold: Lei Sheng (China)
Silver: Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (Egypt)
Bronze: Choi Byungchul (South Korea)

Gymnastics
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team

Gold: USA (McKayla Maroney, Jordyn Wieber, Gabrielle Douglas, Alexandra Raisman and Kyla Ross)
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Romania

Judo
Men’s 81 kg

Gold: Kim Jae-bum (South Korea)
Silver: Ole Bischof (Germany)
Bronze: Antoine Valois-Fortier (Canada) & Nifontovi (Russia)

Women’s 63kg

Gold: Urska Zolnir (Slovenia)
Silver: Claudia Malzahn (Germany)
Bronze: Yoshie Ueno (Japan) & Gevrise Emane (France)

Shooting
Men’s Skeet

Gold: Vincent Hancock (USA)
Silver: Anders Golding (Denmark)
Bronze: Nasser Al-Attiya (Qatar)

Swimming
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Gold: USA
Silver: France
Bronze: China

Women’s 200m Freestyle

Gold: Allison (USA)
Silver: Camille (France)
Bronze: Bronte (Aus)

Men’s 200m Butterfly

Gold: Chad (South Africa)
Silver: Phelps (USA)
Bronze: Matsuda (Japan)

Women’s 200m Individual Medley

Gold: Shiwen (China)
Silver: Coutts (Aus)
Bronze: Leverenz (USA)

Weigtlifting
Women’s 63kg

Gold: Maiya Maneza (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Svetlana Tsarukaeva (Russia)
Bronze: Christine Girard (Canada)

Men’s 69kg

Gold: Lin Qingfeng (China)
Silver: Triyatno (Indonesia)
Bronze: Razvan Constantin Martin (Romania)