Week 2: August 16-22 (Click here for Week 1)
Beijing Olympics: Week in review
August 16
Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 100m in a world record of 9.69 seconds. He collected his second gold on August 20 in 200m, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win an Olympic sprint double
August 16
Hwang Jiman and Lee Jaejin of South Korea celebrate their victory over Jonas Rasmussen and Lars Paaske of Denmark in the men's doubles badminton bronze medal match
August 17
The boat of two Austrian sailors is hit by a wave as they compete in the 49er class race held at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center
August 17
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile to win the gold medal in the men's tennis singles
August 17
Athletes competing in the women's marathon run past Chairman Mao's portrait at Gate of Heavenly Peace, entrance to the Forbidden City
August 17
British athletes compete in the men's team pursuit track cycling
August 17
A combination of eight pictures shows Michael Phelps of the US displaying the record eight gold medals he won at the swimming events in Beijing
August 18
Chinese world champion Liu Xiang leaves the Bird's nest after pulling out of the men's 110m hurdles heat due to injuries, dashing his hope of defending his Olympic title
August 19
Gold medallist Matthias Steiner of Germany poses with a picture of his late wife Susann during the medal ceremony for the men's +105kg weightlifting
August 20
World record holder Dayron Robles of Cuba prepares to compete in the men's 110m hurdles heat. He took the gold medal that China had craved for
August 20
Emilie Heymans of Canada competes in the women's 10m platform preliminary diving at the Water cube
August 21
Kjersti Tysse Platzer of Norway collapses at the finish line in the women's 20km walk final and wins the silver medal
August 21
US softball players leave their shoes at home plate after losing to Japan 1-3 during the women's grand final
August 21
US team members and children pose on the podium with their gold medals after they beat Brazil in the women's football final
August 21
Lauryn Williams of the US turns back to pick up the dropped baton during the women's 4X100m relay heat. A similar botched handover during men's 4X100m relay added further disappointment at the US athletics performance in Beijing
August 22
Japanese team competes in the synchronised swimming technical routine event
August 22
Athletes compete in the debut Olympic final of BMX. Maris Strombergs of Latvia won the gold medal after avoiding two big crashes in the run
