Day 13

Brad Walker of the USA advances to the finals of the men's pole vault.

All 3 Americans, Lopez Lomong, Bernard Lagat and Galen Rupp advances to the finals of the men's 5000M.

All 3 Americans, Alysia Montano, Alice Schmidt and Geena Gall advances to the semifinals of the women's 800M.

Jason Richardson and Aries Merritt, both of the USA, advances to the finals of the men's 110 hurdles.

Morgan Uceny and Shannon Rowbury, both of the USA, advances to the finals of the women's 1500M.

The USA men's volleyball team was eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing to Italy 3-0, 26-28, 20-25 and 20-25.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Serbia 8-2.

Wallace Spearmon, Jr. of the USA advances to the finals of the men's 200M.

Americans Brittney Reese and Janay Deloach win gold and bronze respectively in the women's long jump. Elena Sokolova of Russia wins silver.

Lashinda Demus of the USA wins silver in the women's 400M hurdles final. Natalya Antyukh of Russia wins gold. Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic wins bronze.

Allyson Felix (21.88) and Carmelita Jeter(22.14) both of the USA win gold and bronze respectively in the women's 200M final. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce of Jamaica(22.09) wins silver.

Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson, both of the USA, wins gold and silver respectively in the men's 110M hurdles final. Hansle Parchment of Jamaica wins bronze.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings win gold beating the USA team of Jennifer Kessy/April Ross 21-16 and 21-16. Kessy/Ross win silver. Larissa/Juliana of Brazil win bronze.

The USA men's basketball team advances to the semifinals by beating Australia 119-86. Kobe Bryant led team USA with 20 points while Deron Williams had 18.

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Medal Count after Day 13

USA 34 gold 22 silver 25 bronze - 81 total
China 36 gold 22 silver 19 bronze - 77 total
Russia 11 gold 19 silver 22 bronze - 52 total
Great Britain 22 gold 13 silver 13 bronze - 48 total
Germany 7 gold 15 silver 10 bronze - 32 total