The bronze medal was claimed Statement by Croatia , who defeated Conquering Spain 31-27 to win Getting their second bronze and fourth European medal overall .

The bronze medal was claimed Statement by Croatia , who defeated Conquering Spain 31-27 to win Getting their second bronze and fourth European medal overall .

The host Social_event Russians lost Earnings_and_losses to Finland 2–1 in the bronze medal game Competition .

Two women were triple medalists : Erika Hess of Switzerland won three golds , with titles in the slalom , giant slalom , and combined Cause_to_amalgamate , and Christin Cooper of the U.S. won two silvers and a bronze .

England , as hosts - and also as Olympic bronze medallists - were viewed Change_sentiment as having quite a tough group , containing Olympic champions Pakistan , and a highly fancied Dutch side , with the Soviet Union seen Change_sentiment as potential dark-horse outsiders .

German sliders Kerstin Szymkowiak and Anja Huber won the silver and bronze medals Achieve respectively .

Poland captured Getting the bronze medal by defeating Conquering Spain 29–28 after extra time .

The Canadians , who struggled Confronting_problem in the early tournament , beat Competition the Americans in the quarter-finals , took Bringing the Swedes to overtime before losing , and then beat the Czechs for the bronze .

However , the Canadians extended Change_event_time their consecutive medal streak at the tournament to 14 ( 5 gold , 6 silver , 3 bronze ) with a 4–0 victory Earnings_and_losses over Finland in the bronze medal game .

However , the Canadians extended Change_event_time their consecutive medal streak at the tournament to 14 ( 5 gold , 6 silver , 3 bronze ) with a 4–0 victory Earnings_and_losses over Finland in the bronze medal game .

The bronze medal was won by the Czech Republic , defeating Conquering Canada in their first major tournament as an independent country after their split with Slovakia at the beginning of the calendar year .

United States claimed Statement a total of 31 medals ( 16 golds , 9 silver , and 6 bronze ) in the leaderboard to maintain Preserving its supremacy as the most successful nation in swimming .

Brought Bringing by an unprecedented sporting domination , Michael Phelps emerged Coming_to_be as the most decorated Olympian of all time after winning six more medals at these Games to bring Bringing his total after the 2012 games to 22 ( 18 golds , 2 silver , and 2 bronze ) .

Battling Hostile_encounter against the Americans for an overall medal count , China mounted Connect to an unexpected second-place effort on the leaderboard with a tally of 10 medals ( five golds , three silver , and bronze ) after striking Attack a superb double from Sun Yang in long-distance freestyle ( both 400 and 1500 m ) and Ye Shiwen in the individual medley ( both 200 and 400 m ) .

Meanwhile , France ended Process_end on a spectacular fashion in third spot with a total of seven medals ( four golds , two silver , and one bronze ) , followed Motion by the Netherlands with four , including two golds from Ranomi Kromowidjojo in sprint freestyle ( both 50 and 100 m ) , and South Africa with three .

After not winning Getting a gold in swimming Self_motion since 2004 , Japan produced Manufacturing the most medals in the post-war era to build a tally of eleven ( three silver and eight bronze ) .

The Czechoslovaks , playing Competition for the last time as that nation , beat Competition the Swiss to settle Statement for bronze , while Sweden , led by Mats Sundin , beat Competition Finland for gold .

Host nation South Korea placed Placing 16th with 3 total medals and won its first gold and first bronze at in Winter Paralympics .

Finland took Earnings_and_losses the bronze , while Kazakhstan and Norway earned Earnings_and_losses fourth and fifth places , respectively .

France won the tournament Competition after defeating Conquering Denmark in the final Competition , while Spain won the bronze medal after defeating Conquering Sweden in the third-place match .

After losing Earnings_and_losses on home-ice to Finland 1-3 earlier that year during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Quarterfinals Competition , in a rematch Competition , captured Conquering the gold medal by defeating Conquering Finland 5–2 in the final Competition Sweden captured Conquering the bronze medal with a 3–0 victory Earnings_and_losses over the Czech Republic .

The Great Britain team was awarded Award silver medals and the French team bronze medals , together with miniature statues of the Eiffel Tower .

Runners finishing before the 30-hour time limit for the race receive Receiving a commemorative bronze belt buckle , while runners finishing in under 24 hours receive a silver belt buckle .

Men 's canoe 's overall winner was Russia with seven medals ( one gold , five silver and one bronze ) .

In men 's kayak , the big winner was Germany with five medals ( three golds , one silver and one bronze ) .

Canada defeated Conquering Puerto Rico in the bronze medal game 6–2 for their first medal at a World Cup .

Russia won silver medals and Finland won bronze medals .

In the bronze medal game Competition , Brian Rolston scored Competition at 4:48 of overtime Competition to win Earnings_and_losses the first medal in 34 years for team USA .

The host country took Getting silver , while Zimbabwe won bronze .

The teams defeated in the semifinal played Competition a match for the bronze medal .

Defending champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam only just made Manufacturing the top ten but led Bringing Ethiopia to the team bronze .

Meselech Melkamu of Ethiopia won the fourth World Cross Country bronze of her career as Dibaba finished Process_end outside the medals .

Kenya and Ethiopia won the team gold and silver , respectively , while Shalane Flanagan led Bringing the United States women 's team to a bronze medal .

Spain triumphed Achieve over Denmark in the bronze final 24–18 and won their first ever World Championship medal , while hosts Brazil knocked out Competition title holders Russia 36–20 in the match for the fifth place to take Getting their best ever result .

The Notre Dame Hounds and Lions du Lac St-Louis took silver and bronze , respectively .

American coach Tim Taylor , trailing 9-4 , pulled Motion his goalie in the final minute , later claiming Statement that he was trying to score Getting the necessary number of goals to win Getting the bronze medal .

The run was devised Creating by former Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist and BBC Sport commentator Brendan Foster .

The United States and Great Britain took the silver and bronze respectively , while other contenders Competition included Cause_to_be_included Czechoslovakia , France , and Sweden .

The United States won the silver , while Czechoslovakia won the bronze .

Russia defeated Conquering Canada 6–5 in overtime to win Getting the bronze medal , sending Sending the Canadians home without a medal for the first time since 1998 .

It was held Hold in Sydney , Australia from 17 September through to the bronze and gold medal games on 27 September .

South Korea won their first Olympic baseball medal , beating Competition Japan in the bronze medal match Competition 3–1 .

The tournament finished Process_end on a sour note when the US and Soviet Union faced Hostile_encounter off against each other for the bronze medal .