Day 12

Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson and Jeff Porter, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 110 hurdles.

Americans Will Claye and Christian Taylor advance to the finals of the men's triple jump.

In the women's 5000M, Julie Culley and Molly Huddle, both of the USA, advance to the finals.

In the men's 200M, all 3 Americans, Isiah Young, Maurice Mitchell and Wallace Spearmon, JR. advance to the semifinals.

The USA women's basketball team beat Canada 91-48. Diana Taurasi lead team USA with 15 points.

Aly Raisman of the USA wins bronze on the Balance Beam with a score of 15.066. Deng Linlin of China wins gold with a score of 15.600. Sui Lu of China wins silver with a score of 15.500. Gabby Douglas of the USA finished 7th with a score of 13.633.

Aly Raisman of the USA wins gold in the Floor Exercise with a score of 15.600.
Catalina Ponor of Romania wins silver with a score of 15.200. Aliya Mustafina of Russia wins bronze with a score of 14.900. Jordyn Wieber finished 7th with a score of 14.500.

The USA women's water polo team advances to the gold medal game beating Australia in overtime 11-9.

The USA beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh-Jennings advance to the gold medal match by beating Xue/Zhang of China 22-20 and 22-20.

The USA women's volleyball team advances to the semifinals by beating the Dominican Republic 3-0, 25-14,25-21 and 25-22.

Dawn Harper, Kellie Wells and Lolo Jones, all of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100M hurdles.

Nick Symmonds and Duane Solomon, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 800M.

In the women's 200M semifinals, all 3 americans, Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards Ross advance to the finals.

Erik Kynard of the USA wins silver in the men's high jump. Ivan Ukhov of Russia wins gold and three athletes tied for bronze, Essa Mutaz Barshim of Quatar, Derek Drouin of Canada and Robert Grabarz of Great Britain.

Americans Brittney Reese and Janay Deloach advance to the finals of the women's long jump.

Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells of the USA wins silver and bronze respectively in the women's 100M hurdles. Sally Pearson of Australia wins gold. Lolo Jones of the USA finished 4th.

Leo Manzano of the USA wins silver in the men's 1500M. Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria wins gold. Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco wins bronze. Matt Centrowitz of the USA finished 4th.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Jennifer Kessy/April Ross advance to the gold medal match against Americans May-Treanor/Walsh-Jennings by upsetting top seeded Larissa/Juliana of Brazil 15-21, 21-19 and 15-12.

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Medal Count after Day 12

China 34 gold 21 silver 18 bronze - 73 total
USA 30 gold 19 silver 21 bronze - 70 total
Great Britain 22 gold 13 silver 13 bronze - 48 total
Russia 10 gold 18 silver 20 bronze - 48 total
Japan 2 gold 13 silver 14 bronze - 29 total