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The scramble for Africa's supremacy at the Olympics was decided when Ethiopia's Deriba Merga slowly wilted in the morning heat and Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru surged through to win the men's marathon.
A two-time Olympic medalist, Bernard Lagat's Achilles didn't allow him near the podium in Beijing. His melancholy finish to the Olympics summed up the entire U.S. track performance, writes Alan Abrahamson.
Nancy Jebet Langat of Kenya won the women's 1500m at the Beijing Olympics.
Steve Hooker of Australia found himself down to his final jump on four separate occasion. And four times, he cleared the bar to win gold. His final height of 5.96m/19-6 1/2 set a new Olympic record.
Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won the 5000m to complete an unprecedented women's Olympic distance double.
The leader of USA Track and Field said the federation will conduct a "comprehensive review" of the way it trains and coaches its relay teams after the men's and women's 4x100m teams each blew medal chances by dropping the baton in Olympic qualifying.
Lyudmila Blonska has been stripped of her Olympic silver medal in the heptathlon for doping. The Ukrainian athlete has been kicked out of the Beijing Games by the IOC and faces a lifetime ban.
Alex Schwazer of Italy won the gold medal in the 50 kilometer walk with an Olympic record Friday, beating Australia's Jared Tallent.
Carl Lewis wasn't sad to see one of his defining achievements finally equaled. He refused to talk about The Talk of the Beijing Olympic track meet - Usain Bolt - all because Bolt wears the wrong shoes.
Dee Dee Trotter will run the anchor leg for the U.S. women in Friday night's preliminary round of the 1,600-meter relay.
While Usain Bolt racks up gold medals in Beijing, European track meet organizers are polishing the gold bars in anticipation of new records by the sport's newest superstar in the coming weeks.
While Usain Bolt racks up gold medals in Beijing, European track meet organizers are polishing the gold bars in anticipation of new records by the sport's newest superstar in the coming weeks.
Dayron Robles of Cuba won the 110m hurdles, claiming a gold medal that Chinese organizers had long hoped would belong to Liu Xiang.
The men's and women's 4x100m relay teams both dropped batons between the third and fourth legs Thursday evening and neither advanced to the Friday finals. (Jamaica had no such trouble.)
