Athletics: Alptekin leads Turkish one-two in 1500m
Asli Cakir Alptekin led a Turkish 1-2 when she held off Gamze Bulut to win the women's Olympic 1,500 metres gold after delivering a powerful final lap in a tactical, bunched race.
Athletics
Updated: Dec. 5, 2012, 5:22 p.m.
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Athletics: Ireland out after 4x400m heat
The Irish women's 4x400m team failed to progress from their heat, finishing in sixth place in a time of 3:30.55 and someway off the pace.
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Athletics: Lavillenie takes pole vault gold
France's European champion Renaud Lavillenie produced an Olympic record jump of 5.97 metres to win gold in the men's pole vault, with silver and bronze going to Germany.
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Athletics: Bolt blazes to Olympic double-double
Usain Bolt secured the legendary status he craved by becoming the first man ever to win the Olympic sprint double twice in succession on an historic night in London.
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Athletics: Rudisha wins 800m gold in record time
Kenya's David Rudisha stormed to 800 metres gold in a world record time at the London Olympics to cap four years of dominance of the two-lap event.
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Athletics: Pistorius to compete in Olympic final
Oscar Pistorius and South Africa have won an appeal to compete in the final of the 4x400m relay.
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Athletics: Triple jump glory for USA's Taylor
World champion Christian Taylor produced this year's biggest jump to take gold in the men's triple jump in an American one-two at the London Olympic Gamesy.
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Athletics: Jamaica crash out in men's 4x400m relay
Jamaica's bid for the men's 4x400 metres relay gold was cut short by injury on Thursday when Jermaine Gonzales pulled up with an injury in the third leg of their heat.
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Ryan out of high jump at London 2012
Deirdre Ryan is out of the women's high jump after failing to clear 1.90 metres as a disappointing Olympics for Ireland's track and field athletes continued.
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Athletics: Czech Spotakova defends javelin title
World record holder Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic successfully defended her javelin title in dominant style with a throw of 69.55 metres at the London Olympics.
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Athletics: American Eaton wins decathlon gold
Ashton Eaton of the United States won the Olympic decathlon title with a total of 8,869 points.
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Athletics: Pistorius to run third in 4x400m relay
South African double-amputee Oscar Pistorius will run in the third leg of the men's 4x400 metres relay heats today.
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Athletics: Merritt takes 110m hurdles gold
American Aries Merritt stormed to gold in the 110 metres hurdles at the London Olympics, holding off world champion Jason Richardson to cross the line in a personal best time of 12.92 seconds.
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Athletics: USA's Felix wins women's 200 gold
The United States' Allyson Felix has won the gold medal in the women's 200 metres.
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Athletics: Bolt and Blake cruise into 200m final
Jamaican Usain Bolt hardly had to break sweat as he coasted into the men's 200 metres final where he will bid for an unprecedented Olympic sprint double-double.
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Athletics: Golden Antyukh mulls world record bid
Russian Natalya Antyukh, a late starter to jumping barriers, secured the Olympic women's 400 metres hurdles gold medal and said she would put retirement on hold to think about a world record attempt.
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Athletics: Brittney Reese claims long jump gold
America's world indoor and outdoor champion Brittney Reese added an Olympic long jump gold medal to her growing list of titles with the second biggest jump in the world this year.
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Athletics: Cragg disappoints in 5,000m heats
Alistair Cragg finished a disappointing 17th in his heat of the 5,000m at the London Olympics.
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Athletics: Pearson takes 100m hurdles glory
World champion Sally Pearson won the women's 100 metres hurdles in a blanket finish to give Australia their first gold medal in athletics at the London Olympics.
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Athletics: Makhloufi wins shock 1500m gold
Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi won the men's 1,500 metres Olympic gold medal, a day after he had been thrown out of the event for not trying in his 800 metres heat then reinstated.
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Extended Interview: Magee on Munich
Jimmy Magee remembers the terrible events of the Munich massacre during the 1972 Olympics
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Munich Olympic massacre remembered
Ceremonies are held to mark the 40th anniversary of the Munich Olympics massacre.
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Jason Smyth
Jason Smyth speaks to RTÉ's Adrian Eames after his stunning medal success.
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Darragh McDonald
Speaking after getting his gold medal Darragh McDonald said today was a day he would remember for the rest of his life
Medal Table
| Country | Total | |||
| USA | 46 | 28 | 29 | 103 |
| China | 38 | 28 | 23 | 89 |
| Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| Russia | 25 | 25 | 32 | 82 |
| South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Team Ireland
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John Joe Nevin
John Joe Nevin: 56kg - bantamweight
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Laura Reynolds
Laura Reynolds: 20km walk
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Paddy Barnes
Paddy Barnes: 49kg - light-flyweight
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