Weightlifting Women's 63kg Group A - Final - Maneza wins Gold - London 2012...

      

Weightlifting Women's 63kg Group A - Final - Maneza wins Gold - London 2012...

Weightlifting Women's 63kg Group A - Final - Gold: Maiya Maneza (Kazakhstan) - Silver: Svetlana Tsarukaeva (Russian Fed.) - Bronze: Christine Girard (Canada) Highlights from the ExCeL at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Although men's weightlifting has always been on the programme of the Olympic Games - except for at the 1900, 1908 and 1912 editions -- women started to participate only at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

The Olympic weightlifting programme has evolved greatly over time. Today, weightlifters compete in snatch and clean and jerk, and are placed according to their total combined result. From the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, men have competed in eight weight categories and women in seven. This total of 15 events remains unchanged.

Find more about Weightlifting at www.olympic.org/weightlifting

Beach Volleyball Women Pool A - Czech Republic v Mauritius Full Replay

          

Beach Volleyball Women Pool A - Czech Republic v Mauritius Full Replay

Ana Klapalova & Lenka Hajeckova (CZE) v Natacha Rigobert & Nioun Chin Elodie Li Yuk Lo (MRI)

Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary - Pool A - Matches - Czech Republic Mauritius Full Replay from the Horse Guards Parade at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 30 July 2012

Beach volleyball made its Olympic debut at the 1996 Atlanta Games. USA and Brazil shared all the gold medals in the subsequent four editions, except in Sydney where the Australian women's team dominated.

Find more about Beach Volleyball at www.olympic.org/beach-volleyball

Badminton Women's Singles Group A - Korea v China Full Replay - London 2012...

               

Badminton Women's Singles Group A - Korea v China Full Replay - London 2012...

Badminton Women's Singles Group A - Korea v China Full Replay from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Badminton made its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It was not until the 1992 Games in Barcelona that it was officially included on the Olympic programme, with men's and women's singles and doubles events. The mixed doubles event made its debut in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Since then, the number of events has remained unchanged.

Find more about Badminton at www.olympic.org/badminton

Fencing Men's Foil Individual Finals - Bronze - Italy v Korea Replay

 

Fencing Men's Foil Individual Finals - Bronze - Italy v Korea Replay    

Fencing Men's Foil Individual Finals - Bronze - Italy Korea Full Replay from the ExCeL - South Arena 1 at the London 2012 Olympic Games. - 31 July 2012

Fencing was included for the first time at the 1896 Games in Athens, and has remained on the Olympic programme since then. The women's fencing competition entered the Games in 1924 in Paris. Today, men and women compete in individual and team events, in which three types of weapon are used: foil, epee and sabre. The foil was, at first, the only weapon used by women, until the 1996 Games in Atlanta, when women's epee was introduced. Women's sabre appeared for the first time on the Olympic programme in Athens in 2004.

Find more about Fencing at www.olympic.org/fencing

Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final Full Replay - London 2012...

         

Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final Full Replay - London 2012...

Michael Phelps wins his record breaking 19th Olympic Medal.

Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final Full Replay from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.

In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.

Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.

Find more about Swimming at www.olympic.org/swimming

Table Tennis Women's Singles Semifinals - Japan v China Full Replay

          

Table Tennis Women's Singles Semifinals - Japan v China Full Replay 

Table Tennis Women's Singles Semifinals - Japan v China Full Replay from the ExCeL at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Players

Ishikawa Kasumi (JPN) v Li Xiaoxia (CHN)

In 1926, meetings were held in Berlin and London that led to the formation of the International Table Tennis Federation. The first World Championships were held in London in 1926, but the sport had to wait a long time before it was given its Olympic debut at the 1988 Seoul Games.

Find more about Table Tennis at www.olympic.org/table-tennis

Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final - USA win Gold - London 2012 Olympics...

    

Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final - USA win Gold - London 2012 Olympics...

Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final - Gold: United States - Silver: Russian Fed. - Bronze: Romania Highlights from the North Greenwich Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Artistic gymnastics was introduced at the very first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, and has been present at every edition of the Games since then. At the beginning, it comprised disciplines that are difficult to qualify as "artistic", such as climbing and acrobatics.

The foundations of the Olympic gymnastics programme were laid at the 1924 Games in Paris, when the men's apparatus individual and team competitions appeared. In 1928, women were included in the Amsterdam Games. It was not until 1952 that the women's programme was developed, with seven events, and then stabilised at six events as from the 1960 Games in Rome.

Find more about Artistic Gymnastics at www.olympic.org/artistic-gymnastics

Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Full Replay - London 2012

        

Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Full Replay - London 2012

Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals Full Replay from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.

In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.

Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.

Find more about Swimming at www.olympic.org/swimming

Judo Men -81 kg - 1st Bronze medal match - Nakai v Nifontov - London 2012...

         

Judo Men -81 kg - 1st Bronze medal match - Nakai v Nifontov - London 2012...

Judo Men -81 kg - 1st Bronze medal match - Takahiro Nakai (Japan) v Ivan Nifontov (Russian Fed.) Highlights from the ExCeL - North Arena 2 at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Judo made its very first appearance at the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo. However, it was not included in the Olympic programme in 1968 in Mexico City, but returned, never to leave again, at the 1972 Games in Munich. As for women's judo, it was added to the Games in 1992 in Barcelona.

Men and women now compete in seven weight categories. There was originally a men's category open to all weights, but this event was withdrawn after the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

Find more about Judo at www.olympic.org/judo

Judo Men -81 kg - 2nd Bronze Medal - Valois-Fortier v Stevens - London 2012...

        

Judo Men -81 kg - 2nd Bronze Medal - Valois-Fortier v Stevens - London 2012... 

Judo Men -81 kg 2nd Bronze Medal Match - Antoine Valois-Fortier (Canada) v Travis Stevens (United States) Highlights from the ExCeL - North Arena 2 at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Judo made its very first appearance at the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo. However, it was not included in the Olympic programme in 1968 in Mexico City, but returned, never to leave again, at the 1972 Games in Munich. As for women's judo, it was added to the Games in 1992 in Barcelona.

Men and women now compete in seven weight categories. There was originally a men's category open to all weights, but this event was withdrawn after the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

Find more about Judo at www.olympic.org/judo

Tennis Women's Singles Second Round - GBR v RUS Full Replay - London 2012...

   

Tennis Women's Singles Second Round - GBR v RUS Full Replay - London 2012...      

Tennis Women's Singles Second Round - Great Britain Russian Fed. Full Replay from the Wimbledon at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Players
Laura Robson (GBR) v Maria Sharapova (RUS)

Tennis has a long Olympic history but withdrew from the programme after 1924. It did not return as a medal sport until 1988. Professionals are now welcome to compete, and the Olympic competition includes men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles.

Find more about Tennis at www.olympic.org/tennis

Judo Men -81 kg Final - Gold Medal - Bischof v Kim - London 2012 Olympic...

      

Judo Men -81 kg Final - Gold Medal - Bischof v Kim - London 2012 Olympic

Judo Men -81 kg Final - Gold Medal - Ole Bischof (Germany) v Jae-Bum Kim (Korea) Highlights from the ExCeL - North Arena 2 at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Judo made its very first appearance at the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo. However, it was not included in the Olympic programme in 1968 in Mexico City, but returned, never to leave again, at the 1972 Games in Munich. As for women's judo, it was added to the Games in 1992 in Barcelona.

Men and women now compete in seven weight categories. There was originally a men's category open to all weights, but this event was withdrawn after the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

Find more about Judo at www.olympic.org/judo

Badminton Mixed Doubles Group B - Poland v Canada Full Replay - London 2012

          

Badminton Mixed Doubles Group B - Poland v Canada Full Replay - London 

Badminton Mixed Doubles Group B - Poland v Canada Full Replay from the Wembley Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games. - 31 July 2012

Badminton made its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It was not until the 1992 Games in Barcelona that it was officially included on the Olympic programme, with men's and women's singles and doubles events. The mixed doubles event made its debut in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Since then, the number of events has remained unchanged.

Find more about Badminton at www.olympic.org/badminton

Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Stage - Indonesia Denmark Full Replay

       

Badminton Mixed Doubles Group Stage - Indonesia Denmark Full Replay 

Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir v Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Badminton Mixed Doubles Group C - Indonesia Denmark Full Replay from the Wembley Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games. - 31 July 2012

Badminton made its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It was not until the 1992 Games in Barcelona that it was officially included on the Olympic programme, with men's and women's singles and doubles events. The mixed doubles event made its debut in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Since then, the number of events has remained unchanged.

Find more about Badminton at www.olympic.org/badminton

Badminton Men's Doubles Group C - South Africa v Russian Fed. Replay

 
       
Badminton Men's Doubles Group C - South Africa v Russian Fed. Replay

Badminton Men's Doubles Group C - South Africa v Russian Fed. Full Replay from the Wembley Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games. - 31 July 2012

Badminton made its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It was not until the 1992 Games in Barcelona that it was officially included on the Olympic programme, with men's and women's singles and doubles events. The mixed doubles event made its debut in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Since then, the number of events has remained unchanged.

Find more about Badminton at www.olympic.org/badminton

Badminton Men's Doubles Group A - China v Chinese Taipei Full Replay

         

Badminton Men's Doubles Group A - China v Chinese Taipei Full Replay

Badminton Men's Doubles Group A - China v Chinese Taipei Full Replay from the Wembley Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Badminton made its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It was not until the 1992 Games in Barcelona that it was officially included on the Olympic programme, with men's and women's singles and doubles events. The mixed doubles event made its debut in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Since then, the number of events has remained unchanged.

Find more about Badminton at www.olympic.org/badminton

Fencing Men's Foil Individual Finals - Gold - China v Egypt Replay

         

Fencing Men's Foil Individual Finals - Gold - China v Egypt Replay 

Fencing Men's Foil Individual Finals - China v Egypt Full Replay from the ExCeL - South Arena 1 at the London 2012 Olympic Games. - 31 July 2012

Fencing was included for the first time at the 1896 Games in Athens, and has remained on the Olympic programme since then. The women's fencing competition entered the Games in 1924 in Paris. Today, men and women compete in individual and team events, in which three types of weapon are used: foil, epee and sabre. The foil was, at first, the only weapon used by women, until the 1996 Games in Atlanta, when women's epee was introduced. Women's sabre appeared for the first time on the Olympic programme in Athens in 2004.

Find more about Fencing at www.olympic.org/fencing

Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Final - Chad le Clos wins Gold - London

        

Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Final - Chad le Clos wins Gold -  London
 
Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Final - Gold: Chad le Clos (South Africa) - Silver: Michael Phelps (United States) - Bronze: Takeshi Matsuda (Japan) Highlights from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.

In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.

Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.

Find more about Swimming at www.olympic.org/swimming

Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Final - Schmitt wins Gold - London 2012...

       

Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Final - Schmitt wins Gold -  London 2012...

Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Final - Gold: Allison Schmitt (United States) - Silver: Camille Muffat (France) - Bronze: Bronte Barratt (Australia) Highlights from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.

In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.

Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.

Find more about Swimming at www.olympic.org/swimming

Equestrian 3 day Eventing Individual Final Jumping Round - London 2012 Oiympics...

          

Equestrian 3 day Eventing Individual Final Jumping Round - London 2012 Oiympics...

Gold - Michael Jung (GER)
Silver - Sara Algotsson Ostholt (SWE)
Bronze - Sandra Auffarth (GER)

Equestrian Eventing Individual Jumping - Germany Sweden Germany Highlights from the Greenwich Park at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012

Equestrian sports featured on the Olympic programme of the Paris Games in 1900, with jumping events, and were then withdrawn until the 1912 Games in Stockholm. Since then, this sport has been on the Olympic programme with remarkable regularity.

Until 1948, only men competed in the events, as the riders had to be officers. This restriction was lifted in 1951, and, since the Helsinki Games in 1952, women have competed with men in the mixed events. They competed first in dressage, then gradually in the other equestrian events.

Find more about Equestrian sports (Dressage, Jumping and Eventing) at www.olympic.org/equestrian-dressage, www.olympic.org/equestrian-jumping and www.olympic.org/equestrian-eventing